Conversations
at Manthan

Preserving & Researching Pakistani Music History The talk will discuss Natasha Noorani's research as an ethnomusicologist and practitioner of Pakistani popular music. Themes explored will include socio-political impact on music...

How Information Warfare Shapes Your World How do politicians in today’s world attain power? How do nations become powerful? Why do human beings follow others unquestioningly, even if it is...

Ability in Disability In times like Covid, vulnerable sections of society like persons with disability are doubly discriminated and invisible. Meera Shenoy talks of her challenging journey in transforming lives...

The State of Civil Services in India Surely disappointing, but small mercy is that the frame remains in position. It's battered a lot, yet largely functional. It remains resilient and...

Afghanistan Today and Implications for India Mr Talmiz Ahmad, a seasoned diplomat, will talk about the recent developments in Afghanistan and its implications on India. TALMIZ AHMAD Talmiz Ahmad is...

To Kill a Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism With a unique narrative combining moving life stories and scholarly insight, a journalist and a political theorist have teamed up to offer...

THE TALK What are the lessons of the Emergency for today’s India? In the dominant imaginaire, Indira Gandhi is often portrayed as an absolutist dictator who eliminated free speech, dissent,...