Episodes

  • #64 India Canada Relations with Dr Avinash Paliwal

    #64 India Canada Relations with Dr Avinash Paliwal
    Dec 10 2023
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    Avinash is a Reader in International Relations. Previously, he was the deputy director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, taught Defence Studies at King’s College London, and was the Defence Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at King’s.


    2:45 What has been the biggest point the general public missed around the Canada crisis?
    8:25 How to deal with New India?
    27:45 Why Khalistan issue has not got enough steam in the Western Sphere?
    36:25 Is this issue big enough?
    41:45 What is the end point of this crisis?
    45:45 Is the Khalistani movement a response to Hindutva?
    47:35 Assuming India did it, why was this not a clean operation?
    55:15 Is R&AW on high alert?
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #63 The problem with Homeopathy & Ayurveda with Dr Abby Philips

    #63 The problem with Homeopathy & Ayurveda with Dr Abby Philips
    Jul 29 2023
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    Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, a Specialist in Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine, did his MD in Internal Medicine from Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkatta and DM in Hepatology & Liver Transplant Medicine from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi.He was awarded the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in Hepatology by the honourable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, during the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences Convocation and Foundation Day Ceremony held on 14th of January 2016 at New Delhi and won the prestigious American Association for Study of Liver Disease Award consecutively in the year 2015, 2016 and 2017 and was given Honorary Trainee Membership to The American Association for Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) at San Francisco, November 2015.



    3:00 Welcome, Dr Abby Philips
    07:50 Family support Abby received
    17:50 Privatisation of healthcare in India
    33:20 The latest research by Abby
    45:30 History of Homeopathy
    01:04:10 Is Ayurveda beating Homeopathy?
    1:08:00 Is banning Homeopathy important?
    1:26:30 The tall claims of Homeopathy?
    1:37:10 Dilemmas of patient families
    1:54:40 Ageism in the Indian Healthcare
    1:58:30 Ayurveda - The elephant in the room
    2:11:00 Any research on cow urine?
    2:25:00 The impact of alcohol on the Liver
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    2 hrs and 36 mins
  • #62 Indian Rap Culture Ft. Naveen Koomar

    #62 Indian Rap Culture Ft. Naveen Koomar
    Feb 5 2023
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    Naveen Koomar is an Indian rap artist soon moving to Mumbai from Delhi. He has released many hit tracks like Baarishein, Kho Gaya, Dilli-18, Jalwe and many more.
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    Twitter - https://twitter.com/naveen_koomar?s=21&t=q97bMvTKRogvsVGpfOMwiw

    2:15
    Understanding Naveen’s journey
    26:40
    How did Naveen meet his better half?
    37:15
    Is there a deep emotion in art?
    45:35
    Jab tak hum Zinda hai. Naveen’s alternative hip-hop
    61:30
    Battling that desire to be famous
    1:10:45
    What does it take to be a lyricist?
    1:16:25
    How can a budding artist start Rapping?
    1:22:15
    Indian music industry and its gatekeepers
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • #61 India's Nutrition and Health with Dipa Sinha

    #61 India's Nutrition and Health with Dipa Sinha
    Jan 14 2023
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    Dipa Sinha has done her MA in Economics from JNU, MSc in Development Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London and Ph.d from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has worked on issues related to food rights, nutrition and public health.

    3:10 Understanding Dipa’s journey
    5:40 What is right to food?
    8:25 How do we measure hunger?
    11:00 How is India’s progress in this area?
    16:05 State intervention in this area
    18:40 Role of Union and State Government
    20:55 Malnourishment basis groups
    24:50 How do different governments approach this issue?
    37:25 The impact on women
    50:25 The biggest battle that India is fighting when it comes to public health
    1:05:10 The fragmented model of public health in India
    1:06:50 Aam Admi Party’s model of governance
    1:08:10 Health outcomes in North vs South
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • #60 Breaking Binaries with Shashi Ashish Choudhary

    #60 Breaking Binaries with Shashi Ashish Choudhary
    Dec 11 2022
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    Shashi Ashish Choudhary (they/them/they) is queer Bahujan poet and designer currently based in Chennai.

    Show Notes

    04:00
    Welcoming Shashi

    08:00
    Shashi asks questions to Vandit

    28:00
    Shashi’s life history, Jatt identity and other things

    1:03:50
    Shashi’s affiliation with Army

    1:20:50
    Bahujan identity and its politics

    1:34:00
    Caste in town planning and urban design

    2:00:00
    Culturally how is Chennai
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    2 hrs and 15 mins
  • #59 Last Among Equals : The Story of Bihar with M.R. Sharan

    #59 Last Among Equals : The Story of Bihar with M.R. Sharan
    Sep 27 2022
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    Mamidipudi Ramakrishna Sharan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

    Sharan's research centres around questions in development economics and political economy.

    Last Among Equals https://www.amazon.in/Last-Among-Equals-Politics-Villages/dp/9390679664

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    3:00
    Sharan’s journey
    10:15
    Difference between north and south villages
    13:50
    When did Sharan have his cast realization?
    17:20
    When Sharan reached Bihar and the story behind Last Among Equals?
    26:30
    Any stereotypes on Bihar you carried?
    28:50
    How will you define a village in Bihar?
    38:50
    The politics of the village
    43:00
    Reaching Muzaffarpur
    49:50
    The story of Sanjay Sahini
    61:50
    The role of civil society in such movements?
    1:04:00
    The corruption in NREGA
    1:10:00
    Sanjay’s support system in the Sangathan
    1:13:10
    Thoughts on NREGA?
    1:25:20
    Sharan’s meeting with the Mukhiya
    1:29:30
    How Sanjay Sahini challenges the system?
    1:48:00
    The Musahar Wedding
    1:58:55
    Meeting Prashant Kishor
    2:03:00
    The following steps for Sanjay Sahini
    2:07:00
    Public grievances system in Bihar
    2:12:00
    Nitish vs Lalu
    2:17:00
    The time when Sanjay Sahini decides to file an MLA nomination
    2:49:20
    The Big Indian State
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    2 hrs and 57 mins
  • #58 Decoding the Left Wing with Dr Rehna Raveendran

    #58 Decoding the Left Wing with Dr Rehna Raveendran
    Sep 10 2022
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    Rehna Ravindran is an Assistant Professor, at the University of Delhi. She completed her Ph.D. from JNU, New Delhi. She extensively writes on issues related to caste, gender, and politics.

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    3:00
    Welcome Dr. Rehna

    11:00
    How the caste question never came in Kerala?

    16:40
    What is the fundamental difference between Right and Left?

    30:30
    Is the Left movement progressive on the question of Gender?

    51:45
    Key differences between southern and northern states?

    1:03:30
    The caste assertion of north vs south

    1:08:30
    Being anti Anti caste vs Anti Brahmin

    1:22:30
    Thoughts on BHIM Army
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • #57 The Land of the Dravidian Movement with Shalin Maria Lawrence

    #57 The Land of the Dravidian Movement with Shalin Maria Lawrence
    Jul 2 2022
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    About Shalin

    Shalin is an activist, Intersectional feminist, writer, and orator.
    Shain has published two books in Tamil, in the year 2018 “Vadachennaikari “ (Feminist take on subaltern history and culture) and “Jency en Kuraivaaga paadinaar “(Feminist Take on cinema). Shalin is a regular writer in popular Tamil magazines and portals on social issues, especially feminism and caste.


    Timestamps

    2:45
    Introducing Shalin

    9:05
    What does it mean to be free?

    13:45
    How did your relationship change since the time you started taking such a bold stance?

    17:00
    Be a feminist and be alone or be less feminist and not so alone

    19:10
    Marriages where men are feminist and the woman is not

    27:45
    Can men be feminists?

    35:10
    Problems with Tamil cinema

    43:45
    Pa Ranjith

    55:15
    The political climate of Tamil Nadu

    1:06:15
    Is Tamil Nadu politics ideological?

    1:16:15
    Is Brahminism defeated in Tamil Nadu?

    Show Notes

    Vadachennaikari “ (Feminist take on subaltern history and culture)

    https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07RLJJQPZ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_VKCAR94M1CB0WY0GCFT9
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    1 hr and 31 mins