Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe with Mayur Trivedi
Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe, hosted by Mayur Trivedi, brings to life stories that reflect the complexities of poverty, marginalisation, and societal norms through fictitious letters received from people from various walks of life.
Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe, a podcast series in Hindi from Radio Azim Premji University, highlights the unheard voices of everyday Indians. Hosted by Mayur Trivedi, an experienced development practitioner who teaches the Master of Public Health programme at Azim Premji University’s Bhopal campus, this show brings to life stories that reflect the complexities of poverty, marginalisation, and societal norms through imagined letters received from various people.
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Each episode presents a letter to the researcher from someone at the margins of society — a taxi driver questioning unsolicited health advice on his tobacco habit, a pastoralist navigating life in the wilderness while confronting societal pressures on contraception, or even the researcher’s mother who led a life under patriarchy questioning her son’s newly acquired gender sensibilities.
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Although fictional, these letters are inspired by real-world observations from fieldwork. They capture the complexities, frustrations, and emotions of individuals often reduced to case studies or statistics.
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Through heartfelt storytelling, Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe invites listeners to engage with these perspectives, cultivating empathy and a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the millions of Indians living in the shadow cast by the juggernaut of progress and development.
This Hindi show from Radio Azim Premji University is available on all major podcast services including Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, JioSaavn, Gaana, and more.
Credits
Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Gorveck Thokchom, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi, and Velu Shankar
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सड़कों की आवाज़ें | Sadakon Ki Awaazein
“If society or the government really wanted us to quit, they’d make it harder to access tobacco, wouldn’t they?” Ramesh asks. “But no, it’s available everywhere.” In the first episode of Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe presented by Mayur Trivedi, a public health researcher gets a letter from a taxi driver that raises thought-provoking questions.
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जंगलों की आवाज़ें | Sounds of the Forest
In this episode of Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe, Mayur Trivedi shares a heartfelt fictional letter from Bhikhabhai, a Maldhari shepherd who lives in the Gir Forest. Bhikhabhai says that in his pastoral community, having a son is not viewed as a rejection of daughters, but a necessity to ensure economic continuity. This poignant episode urges us to reflect on our inherent cultural biases and blind spots.
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दिल की आवाज़ें | Sounds of the Heart
In this poignant episode, a mother shares her struggles with her son, a gender studies professor, offering a personal perspective on societal identity. In her message to him, she highlights the gap between academic theories and lived realities, reminding him, “You study gender; we women live it.”
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अनकही आवाज़ें | Unspoken Voices
In this deeply personal episode, a former student reconnects with her professor after a decade, sharing a heartfelt reflection on how the lessons from his demography and health economics classes have unexpectedly shaped her understanding of life. Through a recorded letter, she narrates her quiet struggle with infertility, the weight of societal expectations, and the unspoken emotional toll of reproductive choices.
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समुदाय की आवाज़ें — Voices from the Community
In the fifth and final episode of Season 1 of Likhe Jo Khat Mujhe with Mayur Trivedi, an elder from the Agariya tribe of salt-farmers in the Little Rann of Kutch asks a powerful question: why does the academic world treat them as mere statistics, and not as people?
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