Videos

Sustainability Series: Why we need the Karwan e Mohabbat | #Tathya w Harsh Mander, Natasha Badhwar, Navsharan Singh
Source: Karwan e Mohabbat
Published on: May 19, 2019

Bio:“True bravery lies in standing up to violence,” says #HarshMander, “not in being violent towards the weak…The Karwan e Mohabbat will talk, write, make films…so no one can claim later that they did not know how minorities were being marginalised.” “They should not need to say it, yet Muslims feel compelled to reiterate that they have chosen India not by chance but by choice. Why should minorities be forced to prove their nationalism,” asks #NavsharanSingh “It is impossible to forget the faces of elderly parents of lynching victims…as they fight for crumbs of justice,” says #NatashaBadhwar. “It should no longer be possible for us to allow these atrocities.”

Sustainability Series: I Am Miya – Reclaiming Identity through Protest poetry | Karwan e Mohabbat
Source: NewsClickin
Published on: Jun 30, 2019

Bio:‘Miya’ poetry is a reclaiming of one’s Muslim identity by the Bengali-origin Muslims of Assam, protest poetry that rebels against subjugation and oppression. Miya is an Urdu word that means “gentleman”, but it has become a slur in Assam and is used as a word of abuse. Poets and activists from the Bengali Muslim community have found a way to take the derogatory term “Miya” and subvert it. Miya poetry seeks answers to questions of belonging and citizenship. It echoes the fears of a community threatened by exclusion from the NRC – National Register of Citizens.

Where The Streets Have No Name | #HumLogWeThePeople
Source: Karwan e Mohabbat
Published on: Mar 15, 2019

Bio: “The worse I appear, the better it is for me. No one will approach me.” Repeatedly sexually abused as a child, #Kasim grew up, homeless, lonely and HIV positive. Where does the homeless person belong? What does he inherit, what does he leave behind? Mohammad Abdul Kasim Ali Shaikh had come so far away from what was once home that he cannot find his way back anymore. Kasim was repeatedly sexually abused as a child till he found a way to become his own protector. HIV positive and working as a rickshaw puller in old Delhi’s crowded, winding streets, he had known abuse, humiliation and the desperate ignominy of hunger all his life. Today, Kasim is no more. Yet, Kasim lives forever.

Sustainability Series: Shankar Venkateswaran in conversation with Harsh Mander
Source: Tata Group
Published on: 1st July, 2016

Bio:Shankar Venkateswaran, Chief, Tata Sustainability Group, and Harsh Mander, Director – Centre for Equity Studies, discuss sustainable development in a global context. This video is one in a three part sustainability series on diverse stakeholder perspectives, discussed at the Tata Sustainability Month CXOs Symposium.

Harsh Mander tells the ancient Indian fable of “the blind men and the elephant
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Published on: Published on 15th December, 2015

Bio: Interview with Mr Harsh Mander (Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi, India) who use the ancient Indian fable of “the blind men and the elephant” to explain the different approaches to fight hunger and malnutrition.

True Media Needs True Allies | Harsh Mander
Source: The Caravan Magazine
Published on: 25th December, 2018

Detention Camps in Assam are like a concentration camp – Harsh Mander
Source: Chandan Chatterjee
Published on: Published on 6th April, 2019

Bio: Harsh Mander on detention camp of assam expressed his displeasure on the inhuman conditions of the detainee.

Mr. Harsh Mander : Current Political Climate
Source: Association of Indian Muslims
Published on: Published on 16th February, 2019

Bio: Harsh Mander, social worker and writer, is a member of the National Advisory Council, delivered his views regarding Current political climate.

Battle for the Idea of India | #Tathya with Harsh Mander
Source: Karwan-e-Mohabbat
Published on: 4th March, 2019

Bio: “This is the battle for the idea of India – an India where it does not matter which God you worship, which language you speak… where there is no conditionality to belong and to belong equally.” ~ Harsh Mander in a powerful, evocative new episode of #Tathya In India we are living in troubled times and later generations are going to ask you and as they are going to ask me, “What were you doing at this time?”

#Tathya w Harsh Mander – Rahul Gandhi’s silence on hate politics is unacceptable
Source: Karwan-e-Mohabbat
Published on: 15th December, 2018

Bio: The Congress Party must stand up for minorities, Dalits and those affected by hate crimes. We can believe that they are a viable alternative choice only if they display the courage to speak up in the run-up to the elections in 2019.

The Age of Valorisation of Hate | #Tathya by Harsh Mander
Source: Karwan-e-Mohabbat
Published on: Published on 8th February, 2019

Bio: “What is morally correct is also what is politically most sound,” says Harsh Mander in response to those who try to justify compromise of secular values for the sake of electoral gains. We have to confront the hatred in our own hearts and examine our own complicity in the violence that we witness around us.

Harsh Mander at Manthan (#164) on ‘Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in New India’.
Source: Manthan India
Published on: Nov 12, 2015

Bio: In the two decades since the early 1990s, when India confirmed its allegiance to the Free Market, more of its citizens have become marginalized than ever before. And, as the economics of inequality has converged with majoritarian politics, Indian society has become more sharply riven than ever. Harsh Mander analyses the many different fault lines which crisscross Indian society today. There is increasing prosperity among the middle classes, but also a corresponding intolerance for the less fortunate. Poverty and homelessness are also on the rise—both in urban and rural settings—but not only has the state abandoned its responsibility to provide for those afflicted, the middle class, too, now avoids even the basic impulses of sharing. Harsh Mander argues that what most stains society today is the erosion in the imperative for sympathy, both at the state and individual levels, a crumbling that is principally at the base of the vast inequities which afflict India. Harsh lays down a sobering checklist of all the things we must collectively get right if India is to be the country that was promised, in equal measure, to all its citizens.

Wide Angle, Episode 27: Ram Guha and Harsh Mander on the Liberal Churn

Source: The Wire, Youtube

Published on: Published on Apr 6, 2018

Bio: The unprecedented rise of majoritarian politics all around the world has led to volatile debates on the way we define nationalism, secularism and liberalism. While one puts identity and nation first, another frees us to pursue faith, the third involves a commitment to protect minorities. But today’s politics and its new vocabulary of hate and persecution are testing these definitions and many who stand by these values. Being open to debate is a hallmark of liberal ideologies and we have seen one unfold on the pages of a leading national newspaper. So today on Wide Angle, the authors of the two original pieces: Both Ram Guha and Harsh Mander have spent a lifetime speaking for the rights of Dalits, minorities and Adivasis – one through academia, and the other through activism.

Discourse – Defending India’s Democracy
Source: Rajya Sabha TV, Youtube
Published on: Feb 12, 2016

Bio: A discourse by Harsh Mander, Special Commissioner, Supreme Court of India & Social Activist on the four pillars of Constitution: Justice, Equality, Liberty & Fraternity.

Why are we blind to poverty? | Harsh Mander | TEDxWalledCity
Source: Ted X Talks, Youtube
Published on: Mar 29, 2016

Bio: It’s impossible to not see it, yet we are blind to it – such is our reaction to other people’s poverty, inequality and pain.

Interview with Harsh Mander about the State’s obligations on the right to adequate food in India
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Youtube
Published on: December 15, 2015

Bio: Interview with Mr Harsh Mander (Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi, India) providing an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), focusing on the State’s obligations on the right to adequate food.

The Big Picture – Kashmir Conundrum: Development and threat to peace
Source: Rajya Sabha TV, Youtube
Published on: Jun 26, 2013

Bio: Guests: Prof. Radha Kumar (Director, Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution) ; Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Kapil Kak (Defence Analyst) ; Prof. Riyaz Punjabi (Former Vice Chancellor (University of Kashmir) ; Harsh Mander (Social Activist and Former Member, NAC) ; Pushp Saraf (Senior Journalist)

Ishrat Jahan case: Harsh Mander and Siddharth Varadarajan sift fact from fiction
Source: The Wire, Youtube
Published on: Jun 20, 2016
Bio: Unavailable

Secularism and Democracy: Ashish Nandy, Harsh Mander, Neera Chandoke
Source: Idea of India conclave
Published on: July 2, 2015
Bio: Unavailable

Harsh Mander’s challenge to the UN: ‘Put the last person first’ – short version
Source: UNFPA Asia, Youtube
Published on: Jan 28, 2016

Bio: “Putting the last person first”: Harsh Mander, the noted social activist from India, spoke at UNFPA Asia-Pacific’s Regional Planning Meeting in January 2016. Mander offered ideas on how the United Nations family could address often difficult human rights and social empowerment issues, including vis-a-vis governments of member states, underpinned by the principle of putting the “last person first.”

The Multiple Social Imaginaries of Modern Indian secularism – Rajeev Bhargav
Source: McGill Univerity
Published on: September 6^th, 2012

Bio: A conference of the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Philosophie Politique (GRIPP) de Montréal, the Centre de Recherche en Éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM) and McGill University’ Research Group on Constitutional Studies (RGCS).

The Big Picture – Housing for all: Viability & Roadblocks
Source: Rajya Sabha TV, Youtube
Published on: Sep 23, 2015

Bio: Guests: Sudhir Krishna (Former Secretary, Urban Development, Govt of India) ; Harsh Mander (Social Activist and Director, Centre for Equity Studies) ; Shubhagato Dasgupta (Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research) ; Srinivas Goli (Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU)

Harsh Mander, Writer & Social Activist
Source: Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Published on: Nov 5, 2014

Bio: In conversation with Boom News, associated with PING Network, Harsh Mander, writer and social activist, shares his views on his book “Ash in The Belly: India’s Unfinished Battle Against Hunger”. He elaborates on the indifference about inequality that exists in India. He also talks about driving force behind his writing.

What Happens After a Lynching? Interview with Harsh Mander, John Dayal & Natasha Badhwar
Source: The Quint
Published on: Aug 25, 2018

Bio: ‘When you lose your loved one to hate violence, it has different kind of suffering’, says activist Harsh Mander in an interview with The Quint. Mander met families of victims in eight states as part of the ‘Karwan-e-Mohabbat’ initiative.

Interview with Harsh Mander || Sakshi Special – Watch Exclusive
Source: Sakshi TV
Published on: Feb 5, 2017
Bio: Unavailable

The Long Shadow of Joblessness in the High Noon of Growth
Source: The Wire, Youtube
Published on: Aug 23, 2018

Bio: Jayati Ghosh, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Renana Jhabvala & Atul Sood join Harsh Mander in the first Policy & Inclusion Debate on joblessness. The event was held at the India International Centre, Delhi on August 13, 2018.

Lessons and Debates from India’s Recent Elections: Inequality and Indifference in New India
Source: AID JHU
Published on: Nov 17, 2014
Bio: Unavailable

Live with Harsh Mander: What is ‘Karwan e Mohabbat’?
Source: The Wire, Youtube
Published on: Aug 22, 2017

Bio: ‘Karwan e Mohabbat’ is a journey of shared suffering, of solidarity, of atonement and of love – activist and author Harsh Mander.

Interview with Harsh Mander – International Commission of Jurists – Geneva Forum 2014
Source: True Hereos
Published on: Dec 10, 2014

Bio: The Geneva Forum 2014 on judicial enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights has been made possible with the support of the République et Canton de Genève, the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, and the Taipei Bar Association.

Tarkash with Harsh Mander
Source: Rajya Sabha TV
Published on: May 15, 2013
Bio: Unavailable

Urban Futures Defeating Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in a New India
Source: Sumeet Madhukar Moghe
Published on: Oct 25, 2016
Bio: Unavailable

Khaas Mulaqat: Harsh Mander, Social activist
Source: Munsif TV Live
Published on: Jul 16, 2018
Bio: Unavailable

Bio: Just over two weeks ago, on December 3, inspector Subodh Singh was killed by a mob in UP’s Bulandshar. Some 400 people rampaged through a village after 25 cow carcasses were found in a nearby jungle. Inspector Subodh Singh died of gunshot wounds when he went there to control the violence. The main accused, Yogesh Raj, a local Bajrang Dal leader, is still missing but he has put out videos proclaiming his innocence. The other main accused is Shikhar Agrawal, President of BJP’s Yuva Morcha in Bulandshahr. He’s also made videos, but the police just can’t seem to find them. For the police he priority was clear – from day one they said they needed to catch the cow killers, and they arrested four people. But now they say those four people were innocent and three fresh arrests have been made. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said his government should be praised and he called this a political conspiracy after first calling the incident an accident.