The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

Decolonisation of Indian Mindset Jia Manjari, Suraj Balakrishnan, Vibhuti Jha

Has Modi government decided to act decisively once more? Has it removed the shackles from Amit Shah who was reined in after becoming hugely popular by removing 370 and enacting CAA? Can we read that from arrest of Amanatullah Khan, architect of Shaheen Bagh, arrest of Maulvis and celebration of Maharaja Hari Singh's birthday in J&K, and big celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day? Sanjay Dixit explains

Two separate incidents of hanging from two Lakhimpurs on the same day - one a case of probable Love Jihad with two SC girls in UP, and the other a case of Christian mobs lynching Biki Bishal, a tribal for not converting, and a third lynching of Sadhus in Sangli - all have added to the RULLS violence cases - 218 now since 2014.

From being battered out of shape in West Bengal and Bihar, BJP seems to be showing a bit of fight and spunk in both the places, aided by the follies of Nitish and Mamata. Abhishek Tiwary joins Sanjay Dixit to discuss whether this is just a straw in the wind, or there is something deeper in the churn.

Tejas and Vikrant have bolstered India's defence production capabilities, increased atmanirbharta, and has paved the way for developing indigenous defence industry. Coming after indigenous guns, this is even bigger. Dr. Shiv Shastry and Akshay Kapoor join Sanjay Dixit to discuss pros and cons.

About Indian Muslims, Dr. Ambedkar had said that 'the brotherhood of Islam is not the Universal Brotherhood of Man' and that 'Muslims oppose any change in the existing practices' referring to social evils. Tahir Gora and Amina Begum Ansari join Sanjay Dixit to discuss the obsession of Muslim leadership with occupying temples, and shielding madarsas and hijab.

Places of Worship Act, 1991, Minorities Commission Act, 1992, and Waqf Act 1995 (made more draconian by 2013 amendment) is the troika that virtually makes India's Constitution bow before Islamic Law, and is further fortified by Sachar Committee recommendations. Vishnu Shankar Jain joins Sanjay Dixit to discuss.

With claims of Brahmastra doing INR 275 Cr World Wide Box Office collections, and over 150 Cr India collections, in face of empty advance bookings, it is more than obvious that this is a PR stunt by Karan Johar and company to save a certain flop. Sanjay Dixit explains why.

Rajiv Malhotra's new work 'Snakes In the Ganga - Breaking India 2.0' is to be unveiled in about 10 days. Co-author Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan and Rajiv Malhotra join Vibhuti Jha and Sanjay Dixit to give us a sneak peek into the book, and how it is different from Breaking India 1.0.

There is a huge clamour for becoming Prime Minister face from the opposition with at least five - Rahul, Nitish, Mamata, Kejriwal and KCR - in the fray. Omkar Chaudhary and Manish Thakur join Sanjay Dixit to discuss the present political scenario and find out the bridegroom.