In this episode, children speak about how they experience freedom in their everyday lives – children from cities and villages, girls and boys, from poor families and not so poor ones, from Hindu and Muslim and Sikh families. By listening to the children speak about what makes them feel free, is there something we can learn about the nature of freedom?

About the Guest
Shuddhabrata Sengupta is an artist with the Raqs Media Collective, a writer and political commentator who has been thinking long and deeply about the idea of freedom. The Raqs Media Collective was founded in 1992 and has exhibited widely, including at Documenta, the Venice, Istanbul, Taipei, Liverpool, Shanghai, Sydney and Sao Paulo Biennales. Works by Raqs are part of several contemporary art collections and museums, and their essays have been published in numerous anthologies. Shuddhabrata is also one of the founders and contributing editors of kafila.org. His political commentary and essays have been widely published in India and abroad.

Some of his writings on freedom include:

The Garden of Freedom
https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/lessons-that-shaheen-bagh-teaches-us-about-citizenship

A modest proposal to end all controversies on freedom of expression in India
https://kafila.online/author/musafir/page/19/

Art in the Time of CAA
https://caravanmagazine.in/arts/art-in-the-time-of-caa


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CREDITS
The Hum Hindustani Poetry Podcast is a production of The Magic Key Centre for the Arts and Childhood.

Conceived, Written, and Hosted by
Samina Mishra

Poems read by
Aanvi, Arudra, Danyal, Haniya, Ishanvi, Labina, Lakshmi, Kashvi, Kyra, Rohan, Ronish, Samaa, Sarah, Sediqa, Ulfa

Children reading the poems mentored by
Anannya Tripathyi

Studio recordings
Amartya Ghosh, Quarter Note Studios

Music
Shireen Ghosh

Vocals
Ishaan Chintamani

Artwork
Alia Sinha

Additional Research
Rhea Kuthoore

Co-Writer
S Gautham

Hindi Translation
Tazeen Ali

Produced by
Vaaka Media

Acknowledgements
Anannya Tripathyi
Gaurav Chintamani
Priya Mathews
Shikha Sen
Simurgh Centre
TESF India
All the children who participated in the Hum Hindustani workshops and wrote the poems

Support for this podcast comes from Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies.
The Hum Hindustani research project is part of TESF India.