symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  A short statement of the issues involved

• MUSIC AND JUSTICE
  T.M. Krishna, singer, author and activist, Chennai

• WHATS COOKING?
  Deepa Ganesh, writer; Deputy Editor, 'The Hindu', Bengaluru

• BRAND IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA
  Santosh Desai, social commentator and CEO, Future Brands, Delhi

• DEATH OF LANGUAGE IN NEOLIBERAL TIMES
  Rajeev Kumaramkandath, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ University, Bangalore

• IDEA OF RAGA: EXPLORING CARNATIC MUSIC THOUGHT AND CULTURE 
  Sumithra Vasudev, Carnatic musician and Head of Research, Music Academy Research Centre, Chennai

• ON TOUCHING - BETWEEN TRUTH AND TACT
  Deepti Sachdev, Assistant Professor, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi

• COMPASSION AS A POLITICAL EMOTION
  Rudolf C. Heredia, independent researcher at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai; earlier at Indian Social Institute, Delhi

• CRAFT AND QUEER ECOLOGY: REJECTING BINARIES
  Vivek S. Oak and Mamidipudi V. Soumithri, researchers at the Handloom Futures Trust, Hyderabad

• THE STRANGE STORY OF SUSHANT RAJPUT
  Shiv Visvanathan, social science nomad

• OF PERPETUAL BECOMING, INFORMAL AS A LIFE SPACE 
  Solomon Benjamin, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Science Department, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

• OUR COMMON FUTURES IN CITIES 
  Bhuvaneswari Raman, Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat