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Mallika Taneja : "Taking risks can lead to beautiful things"

Katie Kheriji-Watts

In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Mallika Taneja, a theatre maker and independent artist from New Delhi. They talk about how trauma has informed her work, the importance of walking to her artistic practice, the various ways she’s created in and with community, and why she doesn’t consider herself an activist. 


follow Mallika and her work : https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlfromgoodfamily 

the Zanana Ensemble viral video : https://www.thequint.com/news/india/hawaon-mein-jawaab-milega-zanana-ensemble-viral-musical-protest-shaheen-bagha

to learn more about the recent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests & communal violence in India : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/world/asia/india-citizenship-protests.html 

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special thanks : Meghna Singh Bhadauria   


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