The student, the educator, the cinephile, and the rebellious Indian combine in this episode to unpack the relevance of the 2006 Hindi film Rang De Basanti. Ankita and Azhar do so via the Cockroach Janta Party led student protests unfolding in India. Consider this a tribute to revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, the rebellious spirit of Indian masses, and India as well–the India which at one point aimed to be the symbol of decoloniality. The hosts extend their solidarity to the Indian students, complicate CJP, criticize mainstream Bollywood's cowardly right-wing turn while unpacking questions like:
1) What is revolutionary optimism?
2) What are the reasons behind the pessimistic belief that protests lead to nothing?
3) Why are the Indian students protesting and hows does RDB blur the lines between fact and fiction?
4) Why is RDB is still a relevant radical political film?
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