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June 21, 2024 47 mins

Hosts Rich and Mainak meet The Community Library Project founder and community organiser Mridula Koshy, and learn about the politics of reading and inclusion in India, anti-caste mobilisation, the potential of libraries, and how anger is a fuel to hope.

https://www.thecommunitylibraryproject.org/

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This podcast is produced and co-hosted by Rich Thornton, an anthropologist based at SOAS, University of London (https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/rich-thornton); and Mainak Roy, CEO and co-founder of Simple Education Foundation, an organisation that builds high-quality teacher development programs for state and local governments (https://www.simpleeducationfoundation.org/).

 

It is made in association with कलाTalks Foundation, an organisation that empowers underserved communities through artistic expression. - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalaatalks

- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kalaatalks

Sound Production: Nisha Baniwal (कलाTalks Foundation)

Artwork: Rich Thornton and Artika Aggarwal

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