"⁠A journey through time, and gender- exploring Dalit womanhood and Dravidian masculinity through an anti-caste and trans lens. Bounded and centred by an all-Dalit & Tamil Greek chorus consisting of photographer Jaisingh Nageshwaran, scholar Dr. Roja Singh, community oragniser Grace Banu and wise young woman Ritu Elizabeth Samuel, soundtracked by rapper nasbandi - and me."

R.Talitha Samuel is a cultural producer based in New Delhi. Featuring only guest experts from caste-oppressed communities, Clear Blue Skies S1: Experiencing Ambedkar (2021-23) was a radical political theory podcast that Samuel hosted & edited. It built on the final year seminar Samuel developed & led, which was the first university-level course on anti-caste thought across Turtle Island. Currently, the larger project of Clear Bue Skies Productions is expanding into mixed media collaging, experimental research-based narrative soundscapes & sonic ethnography.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
Nasbandi - पढ़ाई (put that ₹₹₹ on me)
Nasbandi - pretty like secrets
Anuraja Kamaraj - Blood Bath (Asuran OST)
VZN, Vinci & Caeserboii feat. Lemonstand Boys - RAKSHEESH
Rock D - Ravan Ravan Hoon Main

𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
+ Here's a reading list generously compiled by R. Talitha Samuel, with a heap of resources that informed this piece and a primer on caste, queer and trans history and legacies in this context docs.google.com/document/d/1zQ0ff…/edit?usp=sharing

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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 a queer, experimental radio project that traces eight unique sonic worlds from different creators across this continent and beyond. ⁠
+ theme sound design - wytchings
+ series artwork - tyberius larking
+ design & art direction - tim worton
+ series concept & gatherer - shareeka helaluddin, title inspired by the work of Ruby Sircar
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𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆.

𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏⁠, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑩𝒊 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚