Podcast Episodes

India and the US - world's largest and biggest democracies - are "flawed democracies", as per EIU's latest report. Time for some deep intros

India has slipped two places to 53rd position in the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2020 Democracy Index global ranking. India's overall score has fallen from 6.9 in 2019 to 6.61 in the I…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Why the latest Oxfam report on India's widening income gap must be taken seriously

According to the just-released Oxfam’s ‘Inequality Virus Report,’ India's billionaires increased their wealth by 35% during the lockdown whereas millions lost their jobs during the same period. The f…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Why 2020, even though gone, will stay with us forever

2020, even though gone, will stay with us forever. Obviously for the pain it inflicted on many but also teachings and being a blessing in disguise in several things for humanity as well as individual…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Politics: Is India indeed "too much" of a democracy to its disadvantage?

Controversy broke out early this week in India when it was reported that the country's apex planning body Niti Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant had said at an event that  “tough” reforms are “very difficult …

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Maybe just a jab for Margaret Keenan but a big shot in the arm for billions' vaccine hopes

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday. She enthusiastically received the Pfiz…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Latest Amazon rainforest deforestation a rude wake-up call for us all to save our planet

It's a rude wake-up call for us all. Brazil's environmental ministry has released preliminary figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest rate in a decade. Between August 201…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

This is why a world class Film City in UP is a win-win for the people of both UP and Maharashtra

As the war of words on the upcoming Film City in UP continues, in this episode I explain as to why a world-class Film City in UP is a win-win development for the people of both UP and Maharashtra. An…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

This Small Business Saturday let's pledge them more of our support especially during these hard pandemic times

Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses and communities. There are 3 very important reasons why small businesses should thrive more 1) Every touch of theirs is perso…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

How India is now dumping Chinese fabric after dumping Chinese apps

India's DRDO is now helping Indian textile industries produce yarns to end its dependence on Chinese and other foreign clothing for military uniforms. There is a big use of technical textiles such as…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Why the world famous Bhagalpuri Silk is called the queen of all fabrics I Special Series

Episode 1

In this special Great Indian Ethnic Clothing Landscape podcast series, we talk about the wide ethnic Indian clothing scene and everything associated with it all - in as colorful words as they are.  I…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago