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Ep. 121: generative AI creates challenges in Intellectual Property and Epistemology
12 mins; January 11, 2024
Ep. 119: The impact on India of the Israel-Hamas war and the eclipse of the Western world order
12 mins; October 17, 2023
Ep. 118: Does the war in Israel mark the end of Pax Occidentalis?
9 mins; October 11, 2023
Ep. 116: G20 and its fallout: India the swing state, IMEC and Trudeau’s tantrums
9 mins; September 20, 2023
Ep. 115: Apartheid against Hindus in the so-called Hindu Rashtra?
3 mins; September 08, 2023
Ep. 113: Udayanidhi Stalin has called for genocide and that must be taken seriously
16 mins; September 05, 2023
Ep. 110: What a difference 10 years make!
14 mins; August 30, 2023
Ep. 109: George T speaks about German/EU views on India and the fallout from the Ukraine war
31 mins; August 18, 2023
Ep. 107: Paris is burning. Why?
10 mins; July 07, 2023
Ep. 106: Permanent interests, not permanent friends, drive foreign policy
11 mins; July 05, 2023
Ep. 105: Mr. Modi goes to Washington. It's deja vu all over again
11 mins; June 17, 2023
Ep. 104: If India does not encourage and regulate Artificial Intelligence innovation, it could be game over
46 mins; June 12, 2023
Ep. 103: No, the finance mandarins don’t always screw up; they only do it in petty ways
12 mins; June 01, 2023
Ep. 102: Crown, Scepter and "The Saga of Dharmapuri"
9 mins; May 27, 2023
Ep. 96: The fallout from Silicon Valley Bank: how did it fail, and why? And what are the consequences?
12 mins; March 17, 2023
Ep. 95: The fallout from the Wuhan virus continues to roil the US
10 mins; March 11, 2023
Ep 91: What ails the United States? Poor leadership, or malign forces?
10 mins; February 23, 2023
Ep. 90: Sarpam Thullal, the Naga dance of Kerala
13 mins; February 19, 2023
Ep. 89: Musharraf, the BBC hit-job documentary, and the background of Gujarat 2002
8 mins; February 15, 2023
Ep. 86: Three exemplars of Indian cinema in 2022: RRR, The Kashmir Files, and Kantara
14 mins; January 06, 2023
Ep. 85: A deplorable Supreme Court decision on Demonetization
8 mins; January 05, 2023
Ep. 83: The FTX saga, and the many implosions in the US, especially in Big Tech
17 mins; January 01, 2023
Ep. 82: Hindus, the diaspora and the Rishi Sunak phenomenon
9 mins; December 31, 2022
Ep. 84: The big story in technology is generative AI, and it is like riding a tiger
15 mins; December 30, 2022
Ep. 81: The US Midterm elections and the implications especially for India
14 mins; November 07, 2022
Ep. 80: Kantara and Rocketry: Two heroes' journeys in a Hindu context
7 mins; November 07, 2022
Ep. 79: 75 years: Have Midnight’s Children come of age?
12 mins; August 26, 2022
Ep. 78: Cinema as metaphor: Enough with trashing Hindu sentiment, especially as streaming largesse fades!
11 mins; August 10, 2022
Ep. 77: Concentrating President Biden’s mind wonderfully
13 mins; July 27, 2022
Ep. 76: Does Roe v Wade foreshadow the end of the American Dream?
10 mins; July 26, 2022
Ep. 75: Requiem for a Statesman: Abe Shinzo
14 mins; July 13, 2022
Ep. 74: A tale of two Supreme Courts: best practices from the US and India need to be adopted
18 mins; July 06, 2022
Ep. 73: The rules-based liberal world order, or whatever, is coming apart at the seams
12 mins; June 23, 2022
Ep. 72: Nupur Sharma, neo-feudalism and the geopolitical squeeze on India
12 mins; June 21, 2022
Ep. 71: The Quad: Will China dominate the Indo Pacific, as the US reverts to Atlanticism? What can India do?
14 mins; June 05, 2022
Ep. 70: Infrastructure in the deep Peninsula for national security and self-reliance
9 mins; June 02, 2022
Ep. 68: Gyanvapi discoveries, the Places of Worship Act, and what next
12 secs; May 19, 2022
Ep. 67: Pyrrhic victory: even if Biden defeats Putin, it will be costly for the US and most of the world
10 mins; May 15, 2022
Ep. 66: an in-depth interview of George Augustine T on the German response to the Ukraine war
22 mins; May 03, 2022
Ep. 65: The Indian response to US pressure over the Ukraine war: did anybody notice?
9 mins; April 17, 2022
Ep. 63: 'Z', the world after the Ukraine crisis, and India's role in it
12 mins; April 03, 2022
Ep. 62: The meta-narrative about India’s non-involvement in the Ukraine imbroglio
13 mins; February 24, 2022
Ep. 59: The usual gambit by Deep State and ISI: a million 'woke' mutinies all the time
13 mins; February 15, 2022
Ep. 57: Did the Woke Century come and go in a heated rush?
7 mins; February 08, 2022
Ep. 55: Human rights? All humans are equal, but some are more equal than others
9 mins; February 01, 2022
Ep. 56: The argument about a British hymn: well, here’s an alternative
7 mins; January 29, 2022
Ep. 54: Are things looking up for India at the Makara Sankranti, a time for new beginnings?
12 mins; January 15, 2022
Ep. 53: Was it a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister?
11 mins; January 06, 2022
Ep. 52: Punjab phenomenon is devastating psychologically, but is it just reversion to the mean?
11 mins; January 04, 2022
Ep. 51: India's quest for a role in the future of semiconductors
9 mins; December 28, 2021
Ep. 50: December is the cruelest month; but maybe memory and desire are stirring
9 mins; December 23, 2021
Ep. 49: What's behind the death of General Rawat?
23 mins; December 09, 2021
Ep. 48: The Hindu Work Ethic
5 mins; December 06, 2021
Ep. 47: The Indian-American paradox: Indians expect them to be Indians, but they are not
8 mins; December 05, 2021
Ep. 46: There is another crisis in education. Can India turn this to its advantage?
8 mins; November 21, 2021
Ep. 45: Deepavali, the powers that be, and Civil Disobedience
9 mins; November 14, 2021
Ep. 44: AUKUS is a bad pact: poor optics, retreat from Quad, nuclear proliferation
8 mins; October 15, 2021
Ep. 43: All those anniversaries, but they all may boil down to the powerful screwing the meek
14 mins; September 28, 2021
Ep. 42: Mr Modi goes to Washington in the middle of a chill in Indo-US relations
10 mins; September 25, 2021
Ep. 41: Has Apple peaked?
11 mins; August 31, 2021
Ep. 40: The rationale behind China’s clampdown on its technology champions
13 mins; August 13, 2021
Ep. 39: A tale of two hacks: Pegasus and China’s Microsoft Exchange penetration
17 mins; July 30, 2021
Ep. 38: South Africa matters to us
6 mins; July 20, 2021
Ep. 37: Lessons for India from Africa: Beware of those bearing gifts
13 mins; July 15, 2021
Ep. 36: What does the American withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for India?
7 mins; July 13, 2021
Ep. 35 "Things are much better now that Biden is President"
8 mins; June 23, 2021
Ep. 34: What could India have done when a Black Swan event hit?
12 mins; June 12, 2021
Ep. 33: "A Verb, Mr Prime Minister, We Need A Verb"
16 mins; June 09, 2021
Ep. 32: Biden, Afghanistan and Relations with India
7 mins; May 21, 2021
Ep. 31: The War in West Asia that almost was
6 mins; May 21, 2021
Ep. 30: How western '#datajournalism' on #wuhanvirus deaths in India is a crock
3 mins; May 03, 2021
Ep. 29: How to use #Wuhanvirus for world domination, or at least make some money
15 mins; April 28, 2021
Ep. 28: Dr Naras Eechambadi on innovative marketing using data science and analytics
30 mins; April 27, 2021
Ep. 27: Dr K V Bapa Rao on President Biden and Indo-US relations: looking beyond the irritants
44 mins; April 25, 2021
Ep. 26: The ‘stunning’ reaction to #India’s horrendous #Wuhanvirus wave
8 mins; April 23, 2021
Ep. 25: Linking Cities: human scale, back to the past?
25 mins; April 19, 2021
Ep. 24: Dr Uday Balakrishnan on what ails Governance in India. What can we do to fix it?
47 mins; April 10, 2021
Episode 23: AI 2.0 and the coming language wars
13 mins; April 06, 2021
Episode 22: Kerala, the BJP's final frontier
8 mins; April 01, 2021
Episode 21: Suez, De-Globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India
14 mins; March 29, 2021
Episode 20: Britain's Daughters: are women safe there?
6 mins; March 24, 2021
Episode 19: The tragic(?) defenestration of Pratap Bhanu Mehta
