The Indian Empire #001 - The Apolitical

Note:

It was said in this episode that Shiv Kumar is still in prison. Nodeep Kaur was released from prison while Shiv Kumar was still imprisoned at the time this episode was recorded.

This episode is an attempt to inform apoliticals why they should be more political.

The personal is political - Carol Hanisch:

https://webhome.cs.uvic.ca/~mserra/AttachedFiles/PersonalPolitical.pdf

How India Remains Poor:

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/how-india-remains-poor-has-poverty-become-hereditary--68790

Women Sanitation Workers:

https://www.epw.in/engage/article/manual-scavenging-women-face-double-discrimination-caste-gender

Women Denied Abortion:

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/covid-19-estimated-1-85-mln-women-denied-abortion-services-11591607252418.html

Prison Statistics:

https://ncrb.gov.in/en/prison-statistics-india-2019

Rural Women Workers:

https://www.indiaspend.com/73-2-of-rural-women-workers-are-farmers-but-own-12-8-land-holdings/

Under-5 deaths due to malnutrition:

https://scroll.in/latest/940851/in-india-8-8-lakh-children-under-five-years-highest-number-in-world-died-in-2018-says-unicef