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Major General Mick Ryan graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1989 as a Combat Engineer. Early career highlights include: serving with the 6RAR Battalion Group in East Timor in 2000; in 2003, being the lead planner for development of the first ADF  Network Centric Warfare Roadmap; and in 2005, serving as the Deputy J3 for the MultiNational Security Transition Command – Iraq, Baghdad.

Major General Ryan has a Bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of New England and is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force School of Languages. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and a graduate of the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting. In 2012, he graduated with distinction from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, earning a Master’s in International Public Policy.

Major General Ryan has deep experience the fields of strategy, interagency and joint operations, command and leadership as well as professional military education. He possesses a long-standing interest in national and military strategy, military history, as well as organizational innovation and adaptation. He is President of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (Australia), an undertaking to nurture innovation in the ADF’s junior leaders. He is a proud Member of the Military Writers Guild. Major General Ryan was appointed Commander, Australian Defence College in January 2018.

In this episode, he talks about topics such as the Aukus pact, reconfiguring supply chains after the pandemic, the role of Australia in the evolving geopolitical landscape and more. 

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Sir Jeffrey Archer is a bestselling author, having authored over 40 books and selling over 330 million copies worldwide. His most famous novels include Kane and Abel, Honour Among Thieves, The Prodigal Daughter, A Prisoner of Birth, and A Prison Diary. If that wasn't enough he's been a parliamentarian as well, he has served 2 British Prime Ministers, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher and Sir John Major.

Kane and Abel proved to be his best-selling work, reaching number one on The New York Times bestsellers list. As well as novels and short stories, Sir Archer has also written three stage plays. Over My Dead Body is the latest book in his William Warwick series.

In this wide-ranging discussion with Sir Archer, Roshan Cariappa and Phoebe Sullivan pick his brain about topics from cricket to writing to cancel culture and more. He also recalls anecdotes from his time working for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, along with advice to youth who are looking to get into politics. Sir Archer also offered his take on the impact of the pandemic on the world and how trade has been affected by Brexit. All this and more in this special episode of the Bharatvaarta podcast.

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The Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan by US-led forces in  2001, but the group has seized control of the country once again  following a rapid offensive.  The capital, Kabul, was the last major city to fall to the offensive  that began months ago but accelerated as the hardline Islamists gained  control of territories.  The group entered direct talks with the US back in 2018, and in February  2020 the two sides struck a peace deal that committed the US to  withdrawal and the Taliban to preventing attacks on US forces. Other  promises included not allowing al-Qaeda or other militants to operate in  areas it controlled and proceeding with national peace talks.  The promise made by the Taliban - in Pashtun areas straddling Pakistan  and Afghanistan - was to restore peace and security and enforce their  own austere version of Sharia, or Islamic law, once in power.  Having outlasted a superpower through two decades of war, the Taliban  began seizing vast swathes of territory, before once again toppling a  government in Kabul in the wake of a foreign power withdrawing.  They swept across Afghanistan in just 10 days, taking their first  provincial capital on 6 August . By 15 August, they were at the gates of  Kabul.

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Between the years 1659 and 1818, the Marathas fought hundreds of  battles, not only in the Sahyadris, but across the country. Some of  these were pivotal and game changing - such as the Pratapgad Campaign,  Palkhed or Panipat. The course of Maratha and Indian history was altered  by these battles. This book attempts to throw a light on a dozen of  these significant battles and campaigns, focusing on the reasons, the  chess - like moves and the effects of victories and defeats.   In this episode, the author of the book Aneesh Gokhale breaks down the  significance of some well-known battles of the Maratha Empire. He began  by describing the situation in the Deccan before the rise of Chhatrapati  Shivaji, followed by his encounter with Afzal Khan and his fight  against the British. He also broke down the significance of the 27 year  war with the Mughal empire and the reasons for the eventual fall of the  Maratha Empire.  This episode is hosted by author Ami Ganatra, who has appeared on the Bharatvaarta episode "Mahabharata Unravelled".

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This year, India is witnessing an increasing number of high-profile  internet startups going public. Food delivery giant Zomato listed its  shares on the public markets earlier in July and saw its market cap  hitting USD 13 billion. Other big wig companies like digital payments  firms Paytm and MobiKwik, omnichannel beauty product retailer Nykaa,  online travel booking firm ixigo, and digital insurance marketplace  PolicyBazaar, among others, have already filed with the Indian market  regulator to get listed.  The market for initial public offerings in India is turning into a  feeding frenzy. The amount of money raised in IPOs this year has reached  $8.8 billion, already surpassing the totals of the past three years  though it's only August. At the current pace, 2021 would exceed the  all-time record of $11.8 billion.  In this live episode of the Bharatvaarta podcast, Rajeev Mantri and  Nimish Joshi speak about the process of growing as a startup to going  public in an IPO. Tune in with your questions on the IPO boom and  discuss the golden age of going public in India.

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India on Monday has once again achieved a milestone by administering  more than 1 crore Covid vaccine doses for the third time in the last 11  days. A total of 1,05,76,911 doses were administered on Monday,  officials said, adding that the figure is expected to increase with thecompilation of the final reports.

Dr.  Yogesh Panchwagh is a doctor in Pune, working as a frontline healthcare  worker during both peaks of the pandemic in Pune. In this special  episode, he spoke about how the vaccine effort has been progressing in  Pune, the role of technology in combating the pandemic, vaccination  efforts as a public-private partnership, and under-16 vaccination.

He  also tackled topics such as India's earlier efforts in inoculating the  population and how it has helped in combating the pandemic and more. If  you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel  and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at  Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on  Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on  Instagram).

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The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the  week that was.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel  and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at  Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on  Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on  Instagram).  #Bharatvaarta #BVWeekly

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The politics of backward caste assertion in India is undergoing a new  resurgence. The possible culmination of a series of events, mostly  unrelated to each other, is likely to transform Other Backward Classes  (OBCs) from an administrative category to a political one. And this has  the potential to irreversibly change the nature and character of Indian  democracy.  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s victory in 2014 (and 2019) was not  just due to greater consolidation of the upper castes, but also because  of the deep inroads the party made among the lower castes, especially  among the lower backward castes.  In this episode, our resident political expert Rohit Jayaraman speaks  about the rise of OBC politics in the wake of Shri. Kalyan Singh's  death. He talks about topics such as the state-wise classification of  OBCs, Kalyan Singh's influence in OBC politics, his relationship with  Mulayam Singh, and much more.   Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfBfBd-1kvCOPxVll8tBJ9Q/join

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