Being a Dalit feminist on social media and illegal mining in TN

About this episode

The episode discusses Dalit feminism and illegal mining in Tamil Nadu with insights from various activists and a prominent Dalit feminist thinker.

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss politics, gender, and self-expression with Aleena, a prominent writer and poet. She is a Dalit feminist thinker from Kerala who won the Sahithya Academy Kanakashree Award for her poetry collection titled Silk Route.  In the second part of the episode, the hosts discuss illegal mining and quarrying, which persist across several states. They are joined by activists G Sundarrajan, Coordinator of Poovulagin Nanbargal and Jayaram V, Convenor of Arappor Iyakkam. Audio timecodes 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:48 - Headlines  00:09:21 - Self-expression with Aleena 00:52:31 - Illegal mining in TN 1:27:51 - Recommendations Check out the recommendations and references from this episode . Support South Central: https://pages.razorpay.com/south-central Send your thoughts, suggestions, and criticism as well. Contribute to our reporting fund. Click here.   To check out our other shows, Click here   To not miss any updates, join TNM's WhatsApp Channel! Click here You can also let us know what you think by filling out our quick feedback form . Your suggestions help shape future episodes of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna

Guest: Aleena

Topics covered

• Dalit feminism
• social media
• illegal mining
• politics
• gender
• self-expression

Keywords

• Dalit feminism
• illegal mining
• social media
• politics
• gender
• self-expression
• Aleena
• G Sundarrajan
• Jayaram V

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sahithya Academy, Poovulagin Nanbargal, Arappor Iyakkam

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