The Rights Collective Podcast

S1E7 - Pritt

In our seventh episode, Inaya Hussain from the Rights Collective is joined by Pritt - an emerging R&B artist from South London. By coupling R&B beats with traditional Carnatic melisma, and using her experiences as a Tamil woman to subvert stereotypes through her songs, Pritt’s music takes on an ‘Eastern meets Western’ stand both musically and lyrically. In this episode, Pritt shares her personal experiences navigating identity, balancing duty & passion, and redefining what community means to her.

S1E6 - Meera Ghani

In our sixth podcast episode, Inaya Hussain from The Rights Collective is joined by Meera Ghani, a facilitator and community builder who has been working with various NGOs on climate change and human rights for twenty years. Meera shares her experiences working in activist and environmental spaces both in and outside of the diaspora, as well as her journey in cultivating a #cultureofcare, which she describes as the antidote to systems of violence, where wellbeing, care and love are central to survival.

S1E5 - Armeghan Taheri

In our fifth podcast episode Inaya Hussain from The Rights Collective is joined by Armeghan Taheri who - alongside being a writer, editor, publisher and essayist - curates and runs online magazine, What’s Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?, a collection of works exploring taboos which affect the Afghan diaspora. Armeghan shares her own experiences with identity and delves into the intricacies of love and politics, and how they manifest into her everyday life.

S1E4 - Almass Badat

In our fourth episode, Inaya Hussain is joined by Almass Badat- a director, DJ and strategist from London who uses art to inspire introspection, embrace fearlessness and to unlock multi-potentialism.  Almass shares her journey with her identity - from Lusaka to London to India - and her acceptance of self through spirituality and connection with her heritage.

S1E3 - Taimour Fazlani

In our third episode, Inaya Hussain is joined by Taimour Fazlani - a mental health advocate who started off as a young writer at Media Diversified. He is now the founder of Expert By Experience (EBE) - a volunteer-led multi-media platform dedicated to looking at mental health in South Asian communities from an intersectional and critical lens. Taimour shares how his experiences as a working-class immigrant have shaped the ways in which he engages with activism and mental health within South Asian spaces.