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Nithin Jayaraj is a traditional workout tools trainer and is a pioneer in bringing traditional Indian fitness forms to the mainstream. He specializes in using traditional fitness equipment like Gada, Mudgar, Indian clubs, Persian meels and Sumtola to help people get fitter, stronger, muscular and leaner. He is also a strong advocate of wholesome foods and no diet supplements. In this episode he spoke about what the equipments are, how they're different from the mainstream gyms, what diets should be like and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
00:48 Introduction
02:42 How did Nithin get into training with traditional equipment?
06:48 The Shredded Farmer - Story behind the name
09:18 101 on Indian Traditional Equipment
14:27 How important is grip strength 
15:46 What muscles do these exercises engage?
20:29 Natural movement v/s controlled movement
22:58 How do Indian Equipments help achieving different goals?
26:36 Nithin's philosophy in terms of diet 
32:35 What diets should be like
34:22 Common mistakes to avoid while dieting
36:27 Bringing back ancient knowledge and systems
39:16 Closing Comments

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Salvatore Babones is an American sociologist, and an associate professor at the University of Sydney. He is an author of several books, numerous academic articles, and a contributor to Foreign Affairs, Al Jazeera English, Quadrant, The Australian and Truthout. 

Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
00:58 Introduction
02:06 Salvatore's favourite Indian meal
03:24 Salvatore's perspective from the outside
10:20 The purpose of international rankings
13:38 Can rankings be influenced by governments?
15:09 Are ranking organizations aware of misrepresentations?
19:49 Do personal biases of rating agencies impact the rankings?
23:43 Interpreting the rankings
26:00 What can the Indian Govt. do to influence rankings
28:32 How are Indian intellectuals unique
32:46 Bridging the gap between the intellectuals and the masses
37:20 Reforming the social sciences
41:55 Self study v/s Universities
44:00 Studying indigenous systems of social science
49:45 How to be independent and open minded

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The US just had its mid term elections the past week where the senate and the house of representatives got elected. This was an important election for the US and to the world for several reasons. In this episode our resident political commentator Rohit Jayaraman spoke about how the US governance system is structured, what the results of the elections were and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
00:50 Introduction
01:40 US Governance system
07:05 Is the house AND Senate system efficient?
10:51 Biggest Factors influencing the Midterm elections
27:10 Level of Trust in the election process
29:04 Voter Dynamics across demographics
35:22 Republicans and Roe v Wade
36:47 Is this the end of the road for Trump?
38:43 Biggest winners and losers in this election
41:34 Red wave poll predictions and other surprises
43:21 Is Ron DeSantis Presidential material?
45:50 The Way forward for the Democrats
49:31 The Way forward for the Republicans
52:29 How do US elections concern India

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Vikram Sampath is a popular Indian historian, noted for authoring seven acclaimed books. Notably the biographies of Gauhar Jaan and V. D. Savarkar.  His two-volume biography of Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past and Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 Both have gone on to become national best sellers.
In  this episode we discuss his latest book "Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History" narrates the tales of valour and success that India, as a nation and civilization, bore witness to in its long and tumultuous past, the book opens a window to the stories of select men and women who valiantly fought against invaders for their rights, faith and freedom.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak peak
00:49 Introduction
01:21 The pursuit of Unsung heroes 
05:47 Difference between Queens & Kings In Indian history
08:29 Representation of Matrilineal Societies
12:20 Transcribing traditional oral history to books
15:10 Kashmir at the Crossroads of History
17:50 Why the Mughals Invaded India
21:40 South Indian history
25:06 India's history in foreign policy
28:58 Culture of Northeast India
31:42 What's next for Vikram

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Arpit Gupta joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Finance in September 2016.

Professor Gupta's research interests focus on using large datasets to understand default dynamics in household finance, real estate and corporate finance. Recent papers examine the role for foreclosure contagion in mortgage markets and estimate the impact of adverse health events on foreclosures and bankruptcies. He is the recipient of the 2016 Top Finance Graduate Award at Copenhagen Business School.

Topics: 
00:00 Sneak Peak
01:18 Introduction
01:51 How Growth in Electric Vehicles affect Economies
04:07 How will the resource constraints affect EV adoption
06:42 India's Transition to Electric Vehicles
08:40 How will the PLI schemes help India
13:33 Concerns with the PLI Schemes
18:55 Arpit's thoughts on Industrial Policies
23:11 India's Vulnerabilities
27:57 Pandemic's impact on equality across the world
33:05 How long will the Inflation last?
39:00 Impact of Remote Work on cities
40:56 Impact of Remote work on India's services sector

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