How to Citizen

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 textbook…

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Ep. 10: Chapter 10 - Law and Social Justice with Kunal Kamra
"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable." - Louis D. Brandeis The 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. Sad…
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Ep. 09: Chapter 9 - Public Facilities with Ashish Shakya
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 Metr…
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Ep. 08: Chapter 8 - Confronting Marginalization with Joel Pereira
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 point…
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Ep. 07: Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalization with Urooj Ashfaq
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 co…
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Ep. 06: Chapter 6 - Understanding our Criminal Justice System with Aishwarya Mohanraj
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 …
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Ep. 05: Chapter 5 - Judiciary with RJ Rohini Ramanathan
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 repe…
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Ep. 04: Chapter 4 - Understanding Laws with Abbas Momin
"You only know a law when you break it." ~ Sri Sri Shreyas Manohar, Co-host extraordinaire In 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…
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Ep. 03: Chapter 3 - Why We Need a Parliament with Prashasti Singh
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…
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Ep. 02: Chapter 2 - Understanding Secularism with Srishti Dixit & Andre Borges
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: Secularis…
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Ep. 01: Chapter 1 - The Indian Constitution with Rohan Joshi
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 an…
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