From Umar Khalid to Sharjeel Imam: Being Muslim in Modi’s India

From Umar Khalid to Sharjeel Imam: Being Muslim in Modi’s India

Jailed student activist Umar Khalid’s friends and mentor Banojyotsna Lahiri, Anirban Bhattacharya, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta join TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal to discuss their book ‘Umar Khalid and His World’. The guests read excerpts from the book and discuss their student days in JNU, the formation of BASO, the evolution of the anti-CAA protests, and what Shaheen Bagh meant for the movement. The speakers also discuss the distance that l…