Welcome back to Recommenatry - Recycled, the podcast where we take a fresh look at old topics and give them a new spin.

In this episode, we're joined by our regulars Rudresh and Gautam Jayasurya, as well as a special guest, Sachin Sathyarajan, an international lawyer working on intellectual property and tech policy.

We talk about the new Data Protection Bill (DPDP Act), which applies to Indian residents and businesses collecting the data of Indian residents. Also, we touch up on it compares to the old act and GDPR laws in Europe.

In the second half of the episode, Gautam shares his cricket World Cup predictions and his latest hiking experience in Himachal with India Hikes.

So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and get ready for a thought-provoking and entertaining episode of Recommenatry - Recycled.

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We proudly bring to you a new series Recommentary's {Off The Line} - A Sports Podcast

WARNING: Tune in ONLY if you are interested in FOOTBALL and are willing to hear STRONG opinions from our passionate ENTHUSIASTS. 

In this series, we will discuss everything about football. Our hosts include Gautam & Rudresh will bring you football gossip by partnering with three football enthusiasts Satwik, Swaroop & Aswin. This is the first episode of 'Content Factory - Off The Line' we start with introducing our football enthusiasts and get into the hot topic of this year - FIFA World Cup 2022.

Aswin shares his experience of watching the world cup live in Qatar, Swaroop brings in his lens on the players he looked forward to performing well and Satwik predicts the winners. Our enthusiasts discuss cultural & socio-political aspects of the FIFA World Cup while battling a bizarre football quiz. 

In this episode of Recommentary's {Recycled},

Deepak John is an energy policy enthusiast who ensures access to quality and affordable energy for everyone. He works in Energy Transitions, Sector Decarbonisation, Governance, Energy Access and many more.  As somebody who had taken a typical route of engineering, he narrates what prompted him to make that big jump to the social sector leaving a thriving banking career, the content that influenced him along the way and what he looks forward to. 

Listen to this episode of the content factory, as Deepak talks about COP 27, bringing about behavioural change with respect to climate change and conscious consumption in the company of Rudresh Dahiya and Gautam Jayasurya.

In this episode of Recommentary's {Recycled}, we are joined by two of our Ex-Youth For India Colleagues Anurag & Nikhil. 

Both our guests carry a blend of scientific rigour and empathetic experiences that are really engaging & structural. We discuss what made them join the Indian Development Sector, how their life experiences help them create purpose and drive their work to scale impact. 

We dig deeper into storytelling and why humans as species developed this ability. As we move into the modern world, storytelling is not limited to real life based movies. Today, we have content creators who have developed mind boggling fantasy worlds that are far from current scientific possibilities yet educate us about human sociology more than anything else. We often call this genre 'Fantasy'.

So much is possible if you are willing to delve into a bit of suspension of disbelief. Our guests talk about the content they consume which helps us learn about the unparalleled strength of human imagination. We bring in varying lens to human culture and finally conclude the conversation with thought resonating to the  the modern day mental health issues, especially those faced by men in the Indian society.

As a reference to Amit Varma's recent episode of 'The Seen And The Unseen' titled 'The Loneliness of The Indian Man' 

"Women are not the only victims of patriarchy — men are also diminished by it."

If what we discuss in this episode resonates with you, don't forget to pass it on. It helps us create more such content.

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LinkedIn, ADHD Subreddit 

In this episode of Recommentary's {Recycled} Gautam Jayasurya joins Rudresh Dahiya in an hour-long conversation to discuss the following topics:

Let us know what you think about the episode! 

ഗൗതം ജയസൂര്യ - സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് 4:46 മുതൽ.  

കേരളയുവത്വം നാടവിടുന്നുണ്ടോ? എങ്കിൽ എന്തുകൊണ്ട്?

ഉണ്ട്. പക്ഷെ എന്തിനു എന്ന ചോദ്യത്തിന് ഒരു ലളിതമായ ഉത്തരമില്ല. കേരത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള പ്രവാസികളുടെ സഞ്ചാരത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്രം ആധുനിക കേരത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്രത്തോളം ഉണ്ട്. പണ്ട് സാധാരണ തൊഴിൽ തേടി ആണ് ഈ പോക്കെങ്കിൽ എപ്പോൾ അതിനൂതനവും  സാങ്കേതികമായ തൊഴിലുകൾ തേടിയാണ് ഈ പോക്ക്. മുമ്പ് സാമ്പത്തികമായ മെച്ചം തേടി മാത്രം ആയിരുന്നു എങ്കിൽ ഇന്ന് മെച്ചപ്പെട്ട ജീവിതശൈലി കൂടെ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചാണ് ഈ മാറ്റം.

ആഗോളവത്ക്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട നമ്മുടെ ഈ ലോകത്തു വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം, ജോലി എന്നിവ തേടിയുള്ള യാത്ര കുറെയൊക്കെ സ്വാഭാവികമാണ്. എന്നാൽ കേരളത്തിന്റെ കാര്യത്തിൽ ഈ ഒരു നാടുവിടൽ ആശങ്ക ഉളവാകുന്ന ഒരു വസ്തുതയാണ്. 2021 ലെ പീരിയോഡിക് ലേബർ ഫോഴ്സ് സർവ്വേ കണക്കുകൾ നോക്കിയാൽ കേരളത്തിലെ തൊഴിലില്ലായ്‌മ നിരക്കുകൾ 15 നും 30 നും ഇടയിലുള്ള ജനസംഖ്യയുടെ 36 ശതമാനത്തിലും അധികമാണ്‌. ഇതിന്റെ ഭീകരാവസ്ഥ മനസ്സിലാകുന്നത് ഇന്ത്യയിലെ മൊത്തം തൊഴിലില്ലായ്‌മ നിരക്ക് 17 ശതമാനം എന്നതാണ്. സ്വാഭിവകമായി ഇത് വഴി തെളിയിക്കുന്നത് കേരളത്തിന്റെ പുറത്തുള്ള അവസരങ്ങൾ തേടിയുള്ള യാത്രകളാണ്. 

എന്തുകൊണ്ട് ഇത് സംഭവിക്കുന്നു ?

ഇനി മുന്നോട്ടു എങ്ങിനെ?

Presenting our take on Parasite, the best film of Oscars 2019-20 by Bong Joon-ho. We touch upon the underlying themes, social relevance and a bit of 'The Politician' (I don't know why).  Introducing legal nerds and film enthusiasts - Sachin Satyarajan & Suraj Girishankar who spice up the conversation with their personal anecdotes. Let me know your feedback! 

Catch my dear friend and Fitness Guru Manikanta Sharma talk about his adventures doing marathons and triathlons across India. He has run and swam in every possible water body you've known of and a great coach you can have if you take fitness seriously. When he is not running, swimming or cycling, he either working in the rural areas of India as a rural development fellow or making policy suggestions as a researcher in IIM-Bangalore. So to know more about how he balances his roles as a development practitioner and as a researcher, all the great food spots in Bangalore and some amazing movie suggestions, check I, Gautam Jayasurya chatting with Manikanta Sharma.

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