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Have you ever found yourself in a dangerous situation where you feared for your life, when you didn't know whether you’d make it out of there alive? My name is Insiyah Vahanvaty and I recently had one such terrifying experience, wherein I was attacked by a mob in New Delhi’s Khan Market in broad daylight! After this experience, a lot of people reached out to me, to share their own stories…. and the more people I spoke to, the more I realised that these incidents are more common than we know. ...
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Fighting Hate Speech is a complicated concept. However, we are not helpless- there are things you and I can do. If it’s on social media, you might choose to engage with the speaker and battle his/her hateful messaging by putting forward a contrary message. The #iamhere campaign, a counter narrative to hateful messaging, which was started in Sweden …
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The power of one may not seem like much, but if used right, it can be more than enough. In this episode, Badsha Ray tells us about a frightening moment, when he came face to face with a murderous mob, ready and willing to lynch a young boy. Keeping his wits about him, Badsha managed to intervene and save the boy, while keeping himself safe as well.…
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Historically, wherever there has been a revolution, there has been music. Songs and poetry have been used to engage people, unify them, maintain enthusiasm and “josh”. What is happening in India might not be a revolution yet, but it is certainly a movement that cannot be ignored- one that has spread across the nation as well as internationally. So …
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GoondaRaj by Police- Stories by students of Jamia
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Imagine sitting on your college canteen, sipping tea, when you suddenly find yourself tear gassed. Imagine running around in a panic, trying to get out of there, while you are chased by uniformed police with lathis. Imagine being beaten with those lathis, while you see your friends drop around you. Tune in to hear three students of Jamia Milia Isla…
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Out for a leisurely day of shopping and lunch, ex- Bollywood actress Farheen Prabhakar finds herself targetted by a gang. Accosted, mugged and bashed in the middle of the road in India's capital city, Farheen tells her story. Tune in to listen.By Insiyah Vahanvaty
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Please don’t kill me, I am Assamese, just like you!
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A holiday goes horribly wrong -- What was meant to be a fun guy's day out, turned into the last day of their lives. Tune in to hear Abhijeet and Nilotpal's story.By Insiyah Vahanvaty
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Imagine a regular day like any other, when you have a little time in the evening, and you decide to go out for a coffee. Imagine choosing Khan Market for that coffee. Now imagine you get there, and instead of getting a coffee, you find yourself being attacked by a mob of roughly 70-80 hooligans, who are coming at you with metal rods, cricket wicket…
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Hi! My name is Insiyah Vahanvaty, and in each episode of GoondaRaj, I will be sharing one story coming out of this country we all call home. A story that could have just as easily come from someone like you or me.By Insiyah Vahanvaty
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