The topic of discussion: “Naming and abusing through caste: The case of Chamar”
A Conversation with Shubhanshu Singh
Dalit rights activist and former joint secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union.
Held on: 11 February, 2023
Host: Heman Das; Sr. Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with DB Sagar
President & Founder, International Commission for Dalit Rights (ICDR), USA
Held on: Feb 8, 2023
Host: Rimsha Shahid; Research Analyst, SARIM
Reflections on the Status of Minority Women in Nepal.
A Conversation with Sajhana Tolange
Independent Researcher, Program Officer Forum for Nation Building, Nepal
Held on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Host: Purkho Essir Bheel; Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dorothy Guerrero
Head of Policy & Advocacy at Global Justice Now, Author & Organiser, UK
Held on Friday 20 January, 2023
Host: Furqan Ahmed, Senior Research Associate, SARIM
Topic: Internalized Humiliation of Marginalized Minority Women in South Asia-
A Conversation with Cynthia Stephen Dalit Activist, Writer, Social Policy Researcher & an Independent Journalist, India
Held on : Friday 13 January, 2023
Host: Furqan Ahmed; Senior Research Associate, SARIM
“Struggles of Muslim Dalits and other lower caste groups in India”
A Conversation with Arif Hussain Community Organizer & Researcher, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Held on: Thursday 5 January, 2023
Host: Syeda Kissa Zehra, Sr. Research Associate & Program Officer, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Kirit Rathod
Dalit Activist, Convener Dalit Adhikar Manch, Gujarat, India
Held on: Friday 30 December, 2022
Host: Purkho Essir Bheel; Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Reeta Pariyar
Writer, Human Rights Activist, Social Entrepreneur & Philanthropist Kathmandu, Nepal
Held on: 15 December, 2022
Host: Purkho Essir Bheel; Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Shams-ul-Islam Author, Columnist & Professor at Delhi University, India
Held on: 28 November, 2022
Host: Syeda Kissa Zehra; Program officer & Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Goldy M. George Activist & Social Scientist,
India Held on: 25 November, 2022
Host: Furqan Ahmed; Sr. Research Associate, SARIM
Interview Series by SARIM “Dalit Christians And Their Struggle Against Caste Oppression”
Exclusive Interview with Shalin Maria Lawrence
Writer, Intersectional Feminist & Anti-caste Activist, India
Held on: 21 November, 2022
Host: Heman Das; Senior Research Associate – SARIM
Interview Series by SARIM “The wavering struggles for Minorities and Marginalized Community”
Exclusive Interview with Oscar Pérez de la Fuente
Associate Professor of Legal Philosophy, Carlos III University, Spain
Held on: Wednesday 16, November 2022
Host: Furqan Ahmed; Sr. Research Associate, SARIM
Challenges & Opportunities to Achieve Social Cohesion & Communal Harmony in South Asia –
A Conversation with Mike Ghouse
Founder & President – Center for Pluralism, Director – World Muslim Congress, USA
Held on: 11 November, 2022
Host: Rimsha Shahid – Research Analyst; SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Ananda Nepali
Founder and Director at Policy Research & Consulting Services, and Pride Foundation Nepal. And also U.S. Embassy Youth Council Member, Country Chair at Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation USA for Nepal. Chapter Head at Global Board of Environmental Sustainability Trust, fellow at Federation of International Gender and Human Rights USA and working as a Human Rights and Policy Advocacy Officer at Jagaran Media Center, Nepal.
Held on: 11, November, 2022
Host: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate; SARIM
In Conversation with Dr. Jaimine
Professor, Writer & Dalit Rights Activist – India
Held on: Thursday, 29 September 2022
Host: Heman Das, Sr. Research Associate, SARIM
“Eradicating The Dominant Caste-based Discrimination”
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi
Founder & CEO People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights Dalit Rights Activist, India
Held on: Wednesday 19, October 2022
Host: Heman Das; Senior Research Associate, SARIM
A Conversation with Dr Muhammad Shahabuddin; Author of “Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law”
Held on: Thursday, 20 October, 2022
hosted by Sumbul Yousuf, Associate Project Director at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
Exclusive Interview with Maya Pramod Dalit
Research Scholar, Kerala
Held on: Saturday 30 July, 2022
Host: Heman Das; Senior Research Associate, SARIM
“Postcolonial Narratives of the Social Standing of Minority Women in South Asia” A Conversation with Zehra Kazmi
Co-Founder of Tasavvur Collective, PhD. Candidate, University of St. Andrews, UK
Held on: Thursday, 8 September, 2022
Host: Rimsha Shahid; Research Analyst, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Nikhil Mandalaparthy
Deputy Executive Director Hindus for Human Rights Washington, D.C. USA
Held on: Tuesday 23 August, 2022
Host: Heman Das; Senior Research Associate, SARIM
Exploring the Challenges to Refugees and Stateless Persons in South Asia-A Conversation with
Anwar S. Arkani
Founder & President of Rohingya Association of Canada (RAC), Canada
Held on: Friday, 26 August 2022
Host: Rimsha Shahid; Research Analyst, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Rachana Sunar
Dalit Human Rights Activist, Founder of IDEA, Nepal
Held on Tuesday 26 July, 2022
Host: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Sumitra Magrati
Social Activist, Social Mobilizer, U.S Youth Council Member, CEO & Founder of Pride Foundation, Nepal
Held on: Thursday, 30 June, 2022
By: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate; SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Prof. Dean Accardi
Professor of History Connecticut College, USA
Held on: Wednesday 22 June, 2022
By: Faiqa Lakho – Deputy Convener – SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Aasif Mujtaba
Social Activist, Journalist & Founder – Miles2Smile, India
Held on Thursday 2 June, 2022
By: Faiqa Lakho – Deputy Convener, SARIM
A Conversation with Dilip Menon | Understanding Polarization of Caste and Communal Identities
Dilip Menon
Professor of History, Director at Center for Indian Studies in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Held on: Thursday, 9 June, 2022
Host: Rimsha Shahid, Research Analyst, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Sylvia Karpagam
Caste, Nutrition Public Health Doctor & Researcher – Karnataka, India
Held on 27 May, 2022
By: Heman Das – Sr. Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Professor Ayesha Jalal
Mary Richardson Professor of History Tufts University, USA
Held on 24 May, 2022
By: Faiqa Lakho – Deputy Convener, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Mohan Rabidas
Dalit Human Rights Defender & Motivational Speaker Dhaka, Bangladesh
Held on Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
By: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Florian Schybilski
Expert in Literature, Culture & American Studies The University of Potsdam, Germany
Held on: Friday April 1, 2022
By: Heman Das – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with John Clarke
Anti-Poverty Activist Packer Visitor in Social Justice, York University, Canada
Held on Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
By: Mehwish James – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Leslie Martin D
Dalit Human Rights Activist, India
Held on Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
By: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Khalida Parveen
Social Activist, Women’s Rights Activist & General Secretary, Amoomat Society Hyderabad, India
Held on: Friday, April 1, 2022
By: Syeda Kissa Zehra, Senior Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Jyotinisha
Writer & Filmmaker India
Held on Sunday, 27 February 2022
By: Heman Das – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Anubhav Singh
Dalit Activist & Independent Researcher, USA
Held on Monday, 7 March, 2022
By: Heman Das – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Kirit Rathod
Convener, Dalit Adhikar Manch, India
Held on Wednesday, 23 February 2022
By: Purkho Essir Bheel – Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Tazeen Hasan
Campaign Manager at ‘Justice for All Canada’, Human Rights Advocate Alberta, Canada
Held on Friday, 11 February 2022
By: Sumbul Yousuf – Associate Project Director, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Mike Ghouse
Executive Director, “Center for Pluralism, USA”
Held on Tuesday, 1 February 2022
By: Faiqa Lakho – Deputy Convener, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Binod Paudel
Secretary-General Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Istanbul, Turkey (Nepal)
Held on 11 January 2022
By:- Purkho Bheel, Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Aman Wadud
Human Rights Lawyer and Fulbright Fellow at The UT School of Law, USA
Held on Friday, 07 January 2022
By: Faiqa Lakho – Deputy Convener SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Subhajit Naskar
Assistant Professor of Politics at Jadavpur University
Held on Wednesday, 05 January 2022
By: Heman Das, Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Ad. Rita Thapa Magar
Co-President, Chief of Intl. Department, Federation of National Christian Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
Held on: 13 January 2022
By:- Mehwish James, Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Abhay Kumar
Writer, Journalist & Social Activist New Delhi, India
Held on. 17 December 2021
By:- Syeda Kissa Zehra, Research Associate, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Bezwada Wilson
Founder & National Convener Safai Karmachari Andolan, India
Held on: 20 December 2021
By:- Mehwish James, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Khuram, Convenor, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Bikash Das
Dalit activist, Head of Right & Humanitarian Response Sathkira, Bangladesh
Held on, Friday, November 26, 2021
By:- Purkho Essir Bheel, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Nidhin Donald
Researcher & Academician Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Held on, Friday, November 19, 2021
By:- Mehwish James, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Suraiya Rasheed
Co Founder United Muslim Community England, United Kingdom
Held on, Wednesday, November 17, 2021
By:- Faiqa Lakho, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Prof. Dr. Tanweer Fazal
Political Sociologist University of Hyderabad, India
Held on, Wednesday, October 20, 2021
By:- Syeda Kissa Zehra, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
Exclusive Interview with Kiran Mehra
Social Activist working with Dalit Adivasi Mahila Sangathan Uttar Pradesh, India
Held on, Thursday, October 14, 2021
By:- Purkho Raj Essir Bheel, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Martin Jones
Senior lecturer in international human rights law at the Center for Applied Human Rights and the York Law School of the University of York in the United Kingdom
Held on, Tuesday, 14 September 2021
By:-Iqra, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Ambika Satkunanathan
Open Society Fellow, Chairperson (NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM TRUST) Human Rights Advocate, Former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Held on, Tuesday, 14 September 2021
By:- Afreen John, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Ruki Fernando
Human Rights Defender Executive Committee Member Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka
Held on, Monday, 13 September 2021
By:- Mehwish James, Research Associate,
SARIM Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Nitesh R Pradhan
Journalist Founder, Eastern Himalayan News Service, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Held on Tuesday, 7 September 2021
By:- Syeda Kissa, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Jaimine
Professor, Blogger & Writer Mumbai, India
Held on Monday, 6 September 2021
By:- Heman Das, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Dharmdev Paswan
State Coordinator National Campaign On Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) Bihar, India
Held on Friday, 20 August 2021
By:- Purkho Essir Bheel, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Knox Thames
Senior Visiting Expert at United States Institute of Peace, State Department Special Advisor for Religious Minorities
Held on Thursday, 05th August 2021
By:- Afreen John, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Fernand de Varennes
UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Held on Wednesday, 14 July 2021
By:- Afreen John, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Bhanwar Meghwanshi
An Award-Winning Writer, Journalist, and Social Activist
Held on Monday, 12th July 2021
By:- Heman Das, Research Associate, SARIM
Special Thanks to Dr. Syed Khuram Mehdi, Convenor, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke
Human rights lawyer, author, former UN advisor DPhil (Law), MSt (International Human Rights Law), LL.M (Harvard Law School) Visiting Fellow (Harvard Law School) Former advisor to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry (Specialised in international treaty compliance, and negotiation) Served on legislative drafting committees (Drafted key human rights laws in Sri Lanka) Working primarily on freedom of expression, religious liberty, and countering violent extremism
Held on Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Interviewer:
Syeda Kissa, Research Associate, SARIM
An Exclusive Interview with CJ Werleman
Writer, Columnist, Journalist, Global Human Rights Defender &
Analyst on Conflict and Terrorism
Held on Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Interviewer:
Iqra Shehbaz
Social Activist & Columnist Research Associate at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
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Exclusive Interview with Mary Lawlor
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Held on Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Interviewer:
Afreen John
Research Associate at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
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Exclusive Interview with Pushpam Priya Choudhary
President, Plurals Party Bihar, India
Held on Friday, May 21, 2021
Interviewers:
Iqra Shehbaz
Social Activist & Columnist Research Associate at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
Afreen John
Research Associate at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
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Exclusive Interview with Mr. Mabrur Ahmed
Founder / Director, Restless Beings, Human Rights Activist,
Senior Researcher on Rohingya Refugees,
Street Children in Bangladesh, Assam NRC,
Punjab Agrarian Crisis, Kyrgyzstan Women’s Rights
Held on Monday, May 10, 2021
Interviewer:
Iqra Shehbaz
Social Activist, Columnist & Research Associate at South Asia Research Institute for Minorities