Gender discrimination is all around us — at homes, workplaces, and in relationships. It starts before a child’s birth and doesn’t go away even in death rituals. And this holds true even in elite India. So, in this episode, we speak to Mahima Vashisht (@mahimavashisht), who is showing Indians the...
Bengaluru’s Zenrainman S Vishwanath talks to host Pavan Srinath about reimagining how we think about wastewater and how to manage it, on Episode 97 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast. ಎಸ್. ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್ ರವರು ರೈನ್ ವಾಟರ್ ಕ್ಲಬ್ ನ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಬೈಯೋಮ್ ಎನ್ವಿರಾನ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಟ್ರಸ್ಟ್ ನ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು. ಹತ್ತಾರು...
Our governments roll out many laws and regulations. When these laws fail to have the desired effect, we either blame the implementation deficit or the citizens. But what if the problem was in the design of the law itself? Is there a way to design better laws? In the Puliyabaazi, we are joined by...
Activist & advocate for women’s rights Priya Varadarajan talks to host Ganesh Chakravarthi about how to create safe spaces and cities for everyone. ಸುರಕ್ಷೆ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನಗರಗಳನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಪರ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ್ತಿ ಪ್ರಿಯಾ ವರದರಾಜನ್ ರವರು ಗಣೇಶ್ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ತಲೆ-ಹರಟೆಯ 96...
Most Indian languages share the same phonetic structure and yet have vastly different scripts, making communication across languages difficult. Moreover, each script has its own peculiarities steepening the learning curve for adults and children alike. To tackle this challenge, a team at IIT Madras designed a novel and technology-friendly Indic script — Bharati — that can be used to write in...
Public health expert Dr Giridhara R Babu talks to host Pavan Srinath about the deadly spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across India in 2021, on Episode 95 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast. At the heart of most of public health is human behaviour. Dr Giridhara Babu and Pavan discuss how Bengaluru and Karnataka faced the pandemic last year, as well as what lessons were learnt and what systems got...
Surya Prakash shares how the city of Bengaluru prepares its budget, and what the 2021 budget has in store for city residents. How much do governments spend on a megacity like Bengaluru? How does a city government budget look like? Surya Prakash talks to Pavan Srinath about the 2021 BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) budget on Episode 94 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast. They discuss how...
India’s connection with groundwater is recorded as far back as the Indus Valley Civilisation. What are the consequences of relying on groundwater? How can over-extraction of groundwater resources be contained? What role can you play in water conservation? We discuss all these questions and more in this episode with S Vishwanath (@zenrainman), the urban planner and water conservation expert. वैसे...
The horse has been so central to human civilisation that the history of this majestic animal alone reveals a lot about our own past. So in this episode, Yashaswini Chandra, author of the new book The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback gives a masterclass on the history of horses in India. घोडा – इस जानवर का भारतीय संस्कृति से गहरा नाता रहा है | घोड़ों का उल्लेख हमारी पौराणिक...
Host Ganesh Chakravarthi speaks to Archana Shyam of Team Antharanga on the world of Theatre in Kannada, Karnataka, and Bengaluru. ನಮ್ಮ 93ನೇ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಚನಾ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಅವರು ಗಣೇಶ್ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಟಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನಾಟಕಮಂದಿರಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ನಾಟಕ ಮಂಡಳಿಗಳಿವೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ವಿಧಾನಗಳಿವೆ. ಈ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಚನಾ ಅವರು ಅವರ ನಾಟಕವನ್ನೇ ತಮ್ಮ ವೃತ್ತಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಅವರ...
