This episode with Ita Mehrotra — visual artist, researcher, and educator — explores how illustration functions as advocacy, archive, and act of witness. The episode traces her practice from Shaheen Bagh: A Graphic Recollection (2021), which documents the 101-day anti-CAA sit-in led by Muslim women in Delhi, to Uprooted (2025), a slower, monochrome account of the Van Gujjar and Taungya communities' generational struggle for forest rights in Uttarakhand. Across both works, Mehrotra positions drawing as a form of "visual testimony" — a way to archive erasure, dissent, and memory that official records and data-driven policy reports routinely miss.

The Radical Promise of a Library: Reading, Community & Social Change with Mridula Koshy | Episode 11

This episode explores the power of libraries, reading, and access to knowledge through the journey of Mridula Koshy, Founder of The Community Library Project (TCLP).

Mridula shares her journey of building community libraries and creating welcoming spaces where children can read, explore, ask questions, and imagine possibilities beyond their immediate circumstances.

The conversation also explores the role of community, volunteers, storytelling, and collective action in making reading and learning a meaningful part of everyday life.

📚 What does it take to build a library that truly belongs to a community?

📖 Can access to books change how children see themselves and their futures?

🏘️ What can community-led learning spaces teach us about education?

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Team

🎙️ Host: Nikunj Agarwal

🎤 Guest: Mridula Koshy, Founder, The Community Library Project

📖 Research: Natasha

🎬 Production: Nazaneen & Neehra

📝 Mentors: Shaiza & Anjani

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This episode explores digital advocacy as both an opportunity and a risk. It follows Shafali Chadha's journey through education, disability justice, and online advocacy. The discussion begins with how schooling shapes people's ability to question authority and information. It then moves to digital citizenship, asking what it means to participate responsibly in online public spaces.The episode examines storytelling as a tool that makes policy, data, and lived experience accessible.It questions whether Instagram activism builds political learning or encourages shallow and performative engagement.It highlights how disabled people and women face specific forms of online harm, silencing, and platform neglect. 🔗 To access episode transcripts, explore our events and community, and learn more about Postcards, visit the link below:https://app.notion.com/p/postcards-co...Team🎙️ Host: Nikunj🎤 Guest: Shafali Chadha📖 Research: Natasha🎬 Production: Alfiya and Chaithali📝 Mentors: Shaiza, ShafaliEnquiries, contact us at : postcards.inbox@gmail.com💬 Have thoughts or questions? Leave them in the comments. We would love to hear from you.