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In this episode of Nous Network, Ali Javed speaks with Dr. Shamsul Islam, a leading scholar of religious nationalism whose work critically examines the ideological foundations of the RSS, Hindutva, and the politics of the Hindu Rashtra. Drawing on decades of archival research, Dr. Islam explains how the RSS imagined
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In this episode of Nous Network, journalist Asad Ashraf speaks with former IPS officer and author Abdur Rahman, whose books Denial and Deprivation and Absent in Politics and Power explore the marginalization of Indian Muslims. The discussion focuses on the political exclusion of Muslims in India, with a special emphasis
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In this episode, we speak with Prof. Vipin Kumar Tripathi, a retired IIT Delhi professor advocating for communal harmony, secularism, and social justice. Shaped by his Gandhian freedom-fighter father and Muslim teacher Ahmed Baksh, Prof. Tripathi’s journey led him from academia to activism, sparked by the 1982 Lebanon attack
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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Abdul Qadeer, founder of the Shaheen Group of Institutions, who has spent the past 35 years connecting underprivileged children to modern, meaningful education. His work goes beyond conventional schooling — designing specialized curricula for madrasa graduates and school dropouts to help them achieve their
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In this conversation, Ali Javed speaks with Dr. Javed Jamil — author, scholar, and founder of the concept of Applied Islamics — on how Islamic principles can be systematically applied to modern fields of knowledge. Dr. Jamil explains how Applied Islamics goes beyond traditional theology or the “Islamisation of knowledge” to propose
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The Supreme Court’s interim order on 15 September, partially staying the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, has been called a “welcome step” by some Muslim bodies. But beneath the surface, the reasoning behind the judgment raises serious questions. In this Nous Podcast episode, Dr. Nizamuddin Siddiqui analyses the Court’s
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Eviction drives in Assam are intensifying, displacing thousands of families. Reports reveal how these actions disproportionately target Bengali-speaking Muslims, often bypassing due process and stripping communities of homes and rights. In this episode of Nous Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie, Professor of Law at the University of
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In this episode of Nous Network, we are joined by Dr. Ram Puniyani, former professor of biomedical engineering and a leading voice against communalism and the selective interpretation of history. Together, we explore how Hindutva narratives weaponise the past, from claims of temples beneath mosques to the vilification of India’
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In a conversation with Asad Ashraf, Abdul Wahid Shaikh, one of the individuals acquitted by the Bombay High Court in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, speaks about his wrongful imprisonment. He discusses being framed for a crime he didn't commit, detailing how he and others were subjected
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Join us on “The Politics of Law: From Law Schools to Courts.”, a thought-provoking podcast hosted by Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui, with Associate Editor of The Leaflet, Sushovan Patnaik as our special guest. In this in-depth episode, we dive into the heart of India’s legal education and institutional framework,
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For generations, the Muslim community in India has been seen—and often described—as casteless, grounded in ideals of egalitarianism and unity. But does this vision truly reflect the lived experiences of Indian Muslims? In this thought-provoking and fieldwork-driven conversation, scholar Dr. Shireen Azam (PhD, University of Oxford) joins host
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In this episode of Nous Podcast, we speak with Dr. Yasmin Saikia, historian of South Asia and peace scholar, whose work examines memory, erasure, and the ethics of belonging. Reflecting on her personal and intellectual journey from Assam to Aligarh to American academia, she unpacks the condition of Assamese Muslims,