Source: IAMC Official Channel
Published on: Feb 10, 2022
On February 9, 2022, a coalition of 17 US-based rights organizations organized a special Congressional Briefing on “Worsening Hate Speech & Violence in India.”
Source: SOAS University of London
Published on: Jun 23, 2022
India has long been held up as the world’s largest democracy. But Harsh Mander argues that its democracy is fraying worryingly in many ways. Most of all, this is reflected in the mounting campaign of hate built up against its minorities, the criminal targeting of dissenters, the crushing of labour rights of working people, and the dilution of various institutions of democracy, including the political opposition, the higher judiciary, the Election Commission, the independent civil service, the media, academia and civil society. Harsh Mander, Centre for Equity Studies, Delhi and Richard von Weizsacker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin. This hybrid event was organised by SOAS South Asia Institute and the SOAS Department of Development Studies.
Archive Lecture Series: Can a State Love its People? Reflections on governance
Source: BLiSC India
Published on: Aug 13, 2021
One way to think about governance is as a contract between the citizens and the state, one that relies on trust, caring and civility. The talk is a reflection on a simple question: Can a State and its institutions love its people? In Mahatma Gandhi’s words, can it wipe every tear from every eye? Today, the calamitous pandemic has often revealed States that abandoned their citizens when they most needed them. As we look forward, on the other side of the pandemic, can we imagine – and build – a just and caring state? The talk would draw from personal experience both within and in resistance to the government, unpacking the idea of fraternity in the constitution, and the journey of seven decades of the Indian republic.
Harsh Mander on Fr Stan Swamy, activism, terror laws & the danger of being good I Shoma Chaudhury
Source: Enquiry with Shoma Chaudhury
Published on: July 21, 2021
“Obstructors”. “Disrupters”. “Anti-nationals”. “Enemies of the State”. Sometimes it’s crucial to meet those one demonises. And assess what one truly fears. Activist Fr. #StanSwamy — 84, frail, suffering from Parkinson’s — died in custody. Declared a threat to the State. As the #Pegasus snooping scandal explodes, it’s educative to see who is being positioned as the “enemy at the gate” and why. What is the mindset the State is afraid of? Peace activist #HarshMander — himself framed as an apostle of hate — takes on these questions & lays bare the danger of being good.
The 2nd JB D’Souza Memorial Lecture: ” The Collapse of the Republic” by Dr. Harsh Mander
Source: Dilip D’Souza
Published on : June 03, 2021
Later generation owe J.B D’Souza an immense debt of gratitude for his contribution to the administrative service it is the seeming example for the younger generation and the officers in service.
Says, when i turn to our country now and i look around its comprehensive betrayal of so many pledges and dream of our freedom struggle and our constitution. He reflected why the state of our republic today worries him during this dark times. He explained why he fears because he has to witness these times nothing-less then the calamitous near collapse to our republic.
Festival: Locking Down the Poor: The Pandemic and India’s Moral Centre| Harsh Mander and Arun Maira
Source: Jaipur Literature Festival
Published On : March 16, 2021
An intense and eye-opening #JaipurLiteratureFestival2021 session which lays bare the reality of the humanitarian crisis in the wake of the pandemic, tracing responsibility to state institutions and policy choices. This is one session everyone needs to hear. At the launch of his powerful new book ‘Locking Down the Poor’, Harsh Mander, Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, examines India’s response to the pandemic, with particular emphasis on the ramifications of imposing the world’s longest and strictest lockdown, and its harsh consequences for the less fortunate in the country.
The Ayodhya Judgment and Constitutional Morality : Harsh Mander
Source : Anhad India
Published On : Dec 10, 2019
Bio: ANHAD and Karwan e Mohabbat organised a public meeting on 6 December 2019 to discuss the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Ayodhya case and Constitutional Morality.
The Times We Live In and How We Can Respond : Harsh Mander
Source: Karwan e Mohabbat
Published On : June 06, 2020
Bio: He talks about the present situation of Pandemic in the country and how the human rights of the marginalised is been violated, the unhealthy response of the state in dealing with this humanitarian crisis. How we as an individual can respond to it in a holding up the humanity first.
Lecture : Part 1 of CAG’s Founder’s Day Lecture by Harsh Mander
Source : CAG Chennai
Published On : Nov 27, 2017
“There is a sense of fear that is being communicated through this epidemic of lynching that has broken out in many parts of India,” Mr. Harsh Mander speaks, at CAG’s Founders’ Day Lecture, about threats to the Constitutional Values of Justice, Liberty, Equality, and particularly Fraternity. There have been increasing instances of lynchings where fellow citizens have passively witnessed or even actively encouraged the violence; showing a lack of empathy for a fellow human being.
Oration: Activist & writer Harsh Mander delivers the 2019 Ida Scudder Oration
Source: CMC Vellore
Published On : Aug 23, 2019
Jointly organised by Christian Medical College Vellore and the US-based Vellore CMC Foundation. The objective of the Oration is to perpetuate the legacy of CMC’s founder, Ida Scudder, by honouring individuals who exemplify her courage, compassion, integrity and character, in order to inspire future generations to follow in her footsteps and emulate her dedication to the well-being of humanity.
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
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.
