We introduce Saumya Maniar who we are fortunate enough to share a bond with. He has this beautiful insight on the difference between Happiness and Joy. He believes in striving and persevering and says it's totally alright to fail in the short term because that's what makes you ready to win in the long term. This talk comes with a bit of nostalgia between us old friends and is filled with value and meaning which we ourselves strive and persevere to bring it to you, The Listener. Tune in to know more and enjoy The Smoking Philosophy Podcast

What is perfection and does it even make sense to chase perfection? A logical argument that I hope compels you to stop striving for perfection but instead convinces you to strive for improvement. Chasing perfection may bring dissatisfaction but trying to improve would always hold within you a fire. Listen to this episode to know the logical difference. And choose to Start!

Our very first guest on the episode - Preet Shah - discusses with us bits of India, pieces of Australia and traces of US. A fun short story involving weed, leading on to juxtaposing various aspects of Indian and Western Culture. Ending notes with a cool insight. A light hearted conversation to enjoy and laugh over, we surely did. Let us know if you did too ;) Enjoy the show!

A conversation that starts with talking about the trade off that many people make between paying the bills first or choosing a hobby that makes them happy. The conversation makes way further towards discussing the gap between parents trying to convey to their children the value of spending wisely and the children not being able to understand. We suggest the reason of why it might be so. Lastly we try to make a point as to why it so important to feed a child's curiosity and not starve it off. Enjoy the show!

In this episode we discuss what were some struggles that we faced during our college days in terms of finding what to do with our lives. The feeling of being lost and having no clue about what we would do with our bachelor degrees and with our lives, was daunting but also exciting at the same time. We have learnt a lot along the way and there is still so much to learn. This episode brings you a conversation from which we hope, you listeners would find something of value. Let us know how you like it and please share your thoughts with us. We hope you enjoy the show!

This is the pilot episode for Smoking Philosophy Podcast. We are trying to bring to the world our insights on some interesting topics. Do let us know how do you like the idea discussed in this pilot episode and please share it with your friends. Hope you all enjoy it.