Episode 2: Patronage and Caste
In this episode, Host Yashoda Thakore takes us through the Devadasi history in the Telugu speaking areas. Reflecting on the…
Pinjra Tod Kar
From the bylanes of the Old City of Hyderabad to international platforms, Jameela Nishat's Shaheen, an organisation that works with vulnerable women has broken multiple barriers. Through its work in rescue and rehabilitation of vulnerable women and helping those who have been victims of violence to get back on their feet, Shaheen has started important conversations towards structural and social change. Suno India, Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad and Bol Hyderabad are proud to present to you Pinjra Tod Kar, a podcast which will bring to you powerful and poignant stories told by the women whose lives were impacted by Shaheen.
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Episode 1: The beginning
The first episode is the story of discovery, of reaching out, and the story of learning. Dancer, research, and a…
Trailer: Her Story of Dance
The Kalavantulu community women were the guardians of an art that has since been appropriated into what is today seen…
Trailer- Pinjra Tod Kar
From the bylanes of the Old City of Hyderabad to international platforms, Jameela Nishat’s Shaheen, an organisation that works with vulnerable…
Ep1: Pillar of Strength – Jameela’s story
In the first episode of Pinjra Tod Kar, you will hear from Jameela Nishat, founder of Shaheen, who tells us…
Ep2: Education – A way out
According to UNICEF, 27% of girls in India are married before their 18th birthday and 53% of girls in the…
Ep3: Child Sexual Abuse – A Silent Crime
According to the latest data by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), over 32,000 cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)…
Ep4: Domestic Violence: India’s hidden pandemic
In this episode, we discuss one of the toughest challenges facing women and their right to dignity and life- violence…
Ep5: Marriage most foul – The story of Hyderabad’s contract marriages
In this episode, Tasleem Begum tells us her story of being married as a 14-year-old to a 62-year-old man and…
Ep6: Pinjra toh todna hi hai
This podcast is conceived and produced by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad with the support of Suno India and Bol-Hyderabad as a podcast with powerful and…