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"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."
- Louis D. BrandeisThe Final episode of How To Citizen deserves a good quote, amirite? Yes, we've reached the end of a ten episode long journey of this Podcast which delves into our lovely 8th Grade CBSE civics book.
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In this season finale, Meghnad & Shreyas have instigator-in-chief as their guest: Kunal "Wah-Modiji-Wah" Kamra. He talks to our hosts about 'Law & Social Justice's where they discuss how absolutely crappy the enforcement of our laws is, how there is an elitist bias in pretty much everything and how Social Justice is kind of an unrealistic concept in present day India. This is even more true, according to our Civics book, because it gives the example of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy to prove a point.
If you have just discovered this podcast, you're in luck! There are 9 whole episodes for you to binge now! Oh and don't forget to have an immersive experience of this podcast. Visit this link: https://ivm.today/2JG55O3 and download the chapters for ultra-funz.
See you next season!
You can catch all our previous episodes here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/how-to-citizen
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We are done with confronting people! Hush.
After some intense episodes, How To Citizen takes another dramatic turn with the penultimate chapter: Public Facilities. Meghnad and Shreyas are joined by comedian, columnist and writer, Ashish Shakya as they unleash and epic battle between the Delhi Metro and Mumbai Local. Hint: Delhi Metro Wins. Always. Forever and ever.
The trio discuss why Government exists and why its primary job is to provide basic facilities to its citizens. Listen to this hour long answer to the profound question: "If not the Government, then who?"
If you wish to have an immersive experience of this podcast and journey through Chennai with the protagonists in this book, go to this link: https://ivm.today/2Fk3VU4 and download the chapter. Read along with us!
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After Understanding Marginalization in the last episode, and much talk about Pterodactyls and Capitalism, now it's time to Confront Marginalization. To achieve this oh-so-important deed, Meghnad and Shreyas talk to Joel Parriera, show-runner, director and doer of all things media. Also, as he points out, a minority.
Joel talks about his experience coming to India from Saudi Arabia, from a Monarchy to a Democracy. But the fun thing is he was talking about the Indian Democracy while he lived in a Monarchy. Quite an awkward situation IRL.
The trio discuss reservations and why we need them, try to bust some common upper-caste myths about the issue and also discuss the recent 10% general category quota.
To listen to this episode AND have an immersive experience, please download the chapter here: https://ivm.today/2J6wd8z. Let's get schooling and let's get schooled!
Oh and our host got really schooled in this one.
If you liked this episode check out the other IVM shows Joel Pereira has been on:
Cyrus Says ep. 309: https://ivm.today/CS-309
Cyrus Says - Cock & Bull ep .310: https://ivm.today/CS-310
The Pragati Podcast Ep. 39 - Of Jesters and Stand-up comics: https://ivm.today/2KboRgr
IVM Daily Ep. 205 - Election Frenzy: https://ivm.today/2F3Y8CaYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android
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What is the relationship between Pterodactyls, tribals in Madhya Pradesh and Marginalization? The answer is: this episode of How to Citizen.
Meghnad and Shreyas are joined by comedian Urooj Ashfaq to discuss Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalization. Bringing in Urooj for this chapter was purely coincidental and had nothing to do with her being a Muslim Woman...
Nah. It was totally intentional. Together, these three discuss what is Marginalization, what did it look like in schools and how can we deal with it. Is capitalism the answer? Seriously, is it?
For an immersive (and explosive) experience of this podcast, visit this link - https://bit.ly/2C2Bp7J and read the chapter while the hosts banter with the guest about it.
Follow Urooj on twitter @RogueAF
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Aishwarya Mohanraj loves a lot of people. This includes her school principal, her domestic help and Salman Khan... in no particular order.
It's episode 6 of How To Citizen and the hosts, Meghnad and Shreyas, are joined by comedian Aishwarya Mohanraj. Together, they do an extra dramatic reading of a longest comic they have encountered till date in 8th grade civics. A comic that deals with our broken justice system and how police operate. The comic is so long that Meghnad starts thinking about how there is an inbuilt Marvel Universe style crossovers happening between chapters. Our hosts are clearly super obsessed with this book.
For this episode, we highly recommend you head over here: https://ivm.today/2EuycPD and download chapter 6 from our CBSE Civics Book. We promise you a highly immersive experience in this particular episode.
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It's episode five and we're going to do some justice to Chapter 5, Judiciary. This time Meghnad and Shreyas joined by RJ Rohini Ramanathan who talks about our courts, how they function, how justice delayed is justice denied and a bunch of banter on Aadhaar. They also touch upon the changes and repercussions brought about by the #MeToo movement.
To have an immersive experience of this chapter, visit this link: https://bit.ly/2Ij52Hiand be enthralled as we banter about a 4 page comic book from this chapter.
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"You only know a law when you break it."
~ Sri Sri Shreyas Manohar, Co-host extraordinaireIn episode 4 of How To Citizen, Meghnad and Shreyas are joined by comedian Abbas Momin and they discuss such philosophical concepts like laws evolving in India, much wow thoughts involving Immanuel Kant from the perspective of 8th graders and very awesome views about what laws citizens should be aware of for being good citizens in general.
If you want to have an immersive experience, please click on this link: https://ivm.today/CH-4 and download Chapter 4. Read along with us while we discuss laws applicable in society like no long hair, no long nails, no dirty shoes and no dirty thoughts.
You can like Abbas' page on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/abbascomic/
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Do we need a Parliament even? I mean, what's the point really. It's not like elected representatives wait for citizen consent to do things, right?
Wrong. At least according to our 8th grade Civics book. Our guest for this podcast, comedian Prashasthi Singh, has much to say about her representative for Amethi. Wonder who that is? Our hosts, Meghnad and Shreyas, also have a lot to say about their representative from Nagpur. Who is that again?
If you wish to have an immersive experience of this podcast, do check out this link https://bit.ly/2RAHm0A where you will be able to download chapter 3. So, without further ado, let's get into the epic verbal battle of Amethi vs Nagpur.
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What is Secularism? Is it separation of church and state or is it something else entirely? Wait, there's a desi form of secularism?
Welcome to India.
In this episode the hosts are joined by Srishti Dixit and Andre Borges of BuzzFeed where they discuss Chapter 2 of CBSE 8th Grade Civics: Secularism. Meghnad and Shreyas forcefully build up towards a dramatic twist in the episode, Srishti eloquently explains what secularism means and Andre tells us how his school shaped him as a human being.
For an immersive experience of this episode, download the chapter here: https://ivm.today/Ch-02 and read it with us. Let's get schooling and let's get schooled.
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In the first episode of How to Citizen, Rohan Joshi discusses chapter 1 of 8th grade CBSE Civics textbook titled "Constitution".
The participants of this intensive exercise discuss why we even need a Constitution and get philosophical with a heavy dose of lulz. Many deep questions are asked and answered like whether the Constitution is a document which tells us what India is or what it's supposed to be, whether we have personal constitutions which are being amended and why playing cricket in Mumbai is hilarious because of the application of non-constitutional environmental rules.
For an immersive experience of this podcast, go download the first chapter from here and read it along with us. As Rohan put it, this promises to be the best Navneet Digest of your life.
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There is a world of difference between the theory we learnt in school and the reality we experience everyday. This is especially true about Civics. This podcast lays bare the gap between what textbooks preach to school kids about politics and what we actually see in Indian politics.
Starting with the 8th Grade CBSE CIvics textbook, every episode will have a guest who will talk about their reflections, doubts and takeaways from reading the chapter. The podcast will be hosted by Meghnad S and co-hosted by Shreyas Manohar. Every episode situates the guest at their hang-out spot from 8th grade, and recreates the vibe of friends revising for an exam moments before it starts.
So let's get schooling, let's get schooled and let's learn how to citizen!
