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Ep. 74: A tale of two Supreme Courts: best practices from the US and India need to be adopted
Ep. 73: The rules-based liberal world order, or whatever, is coming apart at the seams
Ep. 72: Nupur Sharma, neo-feudalism and the geopolitical squeeze on India
Ep. 71: The Quad: Will China dominate the Indo Pacific, as the US reverts to Atlanticism? What can India do?
Ep. 70: Infrastructure in the deep Peninsula for national security and self-reliance
Ep. 68: Gyanvapi discoveries, the Places of Worship Act, and what next
Ep. 67: Pyrrhic victory: even if Biden defeats Putin, it will be costly for the US and most of the world
Ep. 66: an in-depth interview of George Augustine T on the German response to the Ukraine war
Ep. 65: The Indian response to US pressure over the Ukraine war: did anybody notice?
Ep. 63: 'Z', the world after the Ukraine crisis, and India's role in it
Ep. 62: The meta-narrative about India’s non-involvement in the Ukraine imbroglio
Ep. 59: The usual gambit by Deep State and ISI: a million 'woke' mutinies all the time
Ep. 57: Did the Woke Century come and go in a heated rush?
Ep. 55: Human rights? All humans are equal, but some are more equal than others
Ep. 56: The argument about a British hymn: well, here’s an alternative
Ep. 54: Are things looking up for India at the Makara Sankranti, a time for new beginnings?
Ep. 53: Was it a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister?
Ep. 52: Punjab phenomenon is devastating psychologically, but is it just reversion to the mean?
Ep. 51: India's quest for a role in the future of semiconductors
Ep. 50: December is the cruelest month; but maybe memory and desire are stirring
Ep. 49: What's behind the death of General Rawat?
Ep. 48: The Hindu Work Ethic
Ep. 47: The Indian-American paradox: Indians expect them to be Indians, but they are not
Ep. 46: There is another crisis in education. Can India turn this to its advantage?
Ep. 45: Deepavali, the powers that be, and Civil Disobedience
Ep. 44: AUKUS is a bad pact: poor optics, retreat from Quad, nuclear proliferation
Ep. 43: All those anniversaries, but they all may boil down to the powerful screwing the meek
Ep. 42: Mr Modi goes to Washington in the middle of a chill in Indo-US relations
Ep. 41: Has Apple peaked?
Ep. 40: The rationale behind China’s clampdown on its technology champions
Ep. 39: A tale of two hacks: Pegasus and China’s Microsoft Exchange penetration
Ep. 38: South Africa matters to us
Ep. 37: Lessons for India from Africa: Beware of those bearing gifts
Ep. 36: What does the American withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for India?
Ep. 35 "Things are much better now that Biden is President"
Ep. 34: What could India have done when a Black Swan event hit?
Ep. 33: "A Verb, Mr Prime Minister, We Need A Verb"
Ep. 32: Biden, Afghanistan and Relations with India
Ep. 31: The War in West Asia that almost was
Ep. 30: How western '#datajournalism' on #wuhanvirus deaths in India is a crock
Ep. 29: How to use #Wuhanvirus for world domination, or at least make some money
Ep. 28: Dr Naras Eechambadi on innovative marketing using data science and analytics
Ep. 27: Dr K V Bapa Rao on President Biden and Indo-US relations: looking beyond the irritants
Ep. 26: The ‘stunning’ reaction to #India’s horrendous #Wuhanvirus wave
Ep. 25: Linking Cities: human scale, back to the past?
Ep. 24: Dr Uday Balakrishnan on what ails Governance in India. What can we do to fix it?
Episode 23: AI 2.0 and the coming language wars
Episode 22: Kerala, the BJP's final frontier
Episode 21: Suez, De-Globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India
Episode 20: Britain's Daughters: are women safe there?
Episode 19: The tragic(?) defenestration of Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Episode 18: #BigPharma Vaccine imperialism? IPR shenanigans?
Episode 17: Why is the West attacking India?
Episode 16: Is India reining in #BigTech/#socialmedia?
Ep. 15: It's a kulak revolt, not a farmer protest
Episode 14: Just weeks into the Biden presidency, how has China behaved in Asia?
did china weaponize a glacier against india?
how to build a #narrative: marvel and learn from the masters of '#truth by repeated assertion'
on the rihanna mia greta circus which is in fact far more sinister than it appears on the surface
How to steal an election: a manual, and also embarrassing presidential relatives
Episode 13: Why Pompeo is laying landmines for Biden re China
Episode 12: Epidemiologist, public health expert Dr Ramankutty on India's covid vaccines
Episode 11: Lancet paper on Covishield: Lots of unanswered questions on the trials and data.
Episode 10: Narayanan Komerath on Glitter Belt for reducing Global Warming
Podcast Episode 9: TrueIndology incident is a watershed social media moment
Podcast Episode 8: Thanksgiving special on animal rights
Podcast: India is being bullied into covid vaccination
Is the Pfizer vaccine the holy grail for Covid?
Episode 5: Dr Bapa Rao: What does a Biden presidency actually mean?
US Elections: After the voting and other stories
Why I'll go out on a limb and say Trump will win
US Elections: podcast with Bapa Rao in LA