The Making of a Protest

Struggle for a Name: Women in the Namantar Andolan

As one of Nanded's leading Dalit Panthers, Tulasabai Shankarrao Sonwane brought hundreds of women, including her daughter, Mala Siddharth Pradhan, to protests in Mumbai and Delhi for the Namantar Andolan. But organizing a working class, Dalit protest had risks: how do you provide clean food and shelter on minimal resources? What happens if the police see you as a problem, not a person? Starring Mala Siddharth Pradhan (voiced by L. Indubala) and Tulasabai Shankarrao Sonwane (voiced by Jie Zhang). Special thanks to Rahul Pradhan, Dr. Rajendra Gonarkar, Buddhapriya Kabeer, and Sheetal Gonarkar for making these interviews happen. Theme Song: Ajinkya Kamble {http://m.soundcloud.com/ajinkya-frankly-rockzz} Cover Art: Pappu Kumar Naik {https://www.facebook.com/Pappu.kumar.naik} This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Suhasini Sakhare, who wrote the translations of Tulsabai Sonawane's interview and did English voiceovers for past episodes. References * Mogle, P. (Ed.) (2015). Yek hota Panthar. Nanded: Ambedkarvadi Prakashan. * Reid, E. (2017, September 25). Eric Reid: Why Colin Kaepernick and I decided to take a knee. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/colin-kaepernick-football-protests.html * Pratinidhi (1993, 27 November). Tanavpurna watawaranat Waghmarenwar antyasanskar. Lokmat. This podcast is supported by the Yale South Asian Studies Rustgi Award, the Yale South Asian Language Fellowship, and the Yale Parker Huang Travel Fellowship.