Episode Details

Episode Topic: The Demands of Belonging (https://go.nd.edu/cda978)

Aatish Taseer and Karan Mahajan explore the complex terrain of exile, identity, and the search for home. This essential dialogue confronts the "unfinished detonation" of the Partition of India, revealing how its aftershocks continue to shape the modern self and challenge our understanding of what it means to belong. Listen in for a discussion rich with personal insight and historical depth. 

Featured Speakers:

• Aatish Taseer, Reporter, Writer
• Karan Mahajan, Author, Associate Professor in Literary Arts at Brown University
• Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi, American Novelist and Non-Fiction Writer, Founder of Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance. (https://go.nd.edu/f3f3a3)

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