The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

Dr. Ajay Chrungoo joins Sanjay Dixit to discuss the recent upsurge in Pakistan's terror infiltration into India, and to discuss whether it is time to impose substantial costs on Pakistan, the beginning of which can be done by scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.

According to Salman Khurshid in his new book, 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times', Hindutva is a political ideology akin to ISIS and Boko Haram. He also terms the Ayodhya Judgement as wrong. Sanjay Dixit teaches Salman Khurshid the basics of Jihad, and why thousands of temples were razed, and continue to be vandalised.

Prof Meenakshi Jain, famous for changing the discourse on Ayodhya, has launched a new book 'Vasudev Krishna and Mathura', that traces the entire history around Krishna worship around Mathura, and also shows clearly that there was no Idgah in the temple complex as late as 1968, when a fraudulent deed created a right for the Muslim side that is set to be contested now.

Nilesh Oak joins Sanjay Dixit to explain the concepts of Yugas and Avataras, and how they are related to the Vedas. He explodes the popular view of yugas having a length of thousands and lakhs of years, and Avataras being more divine than the divinity that Vedas and Upanishads find in every human being, and indeed, in every being.

Today, on 10th November, 1659, Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Maharaj sowed the seeds of Hindavi Swaraj by slaying the demon Afzal Khan Vakil through stealth and deceit, pre-empting Afzal's own deceit which he had employed in the past. We also look at Gandhi's and Nehru's assessment of this incident , and also Swami Vivekananda's assessment. Sanjay Dixit explains the seminal event in detail.

The entire nation is worried about an Army operation which is ongoing for more than a month. Major Manik Jolly joins Sanjay Dixit to throw light on this operation in the general area of Poonch and Rajouri under XVI Corps, and why it is proving to be so difficult to dislodge the terrorists. Also, how long should we just wage a defensive war, losing men and resources?

Tech Diaspora comprises the highest proportion of Indians in the West and in other developed countries. This is also the section that has the least exposure to the Liberal Arts dystopia that goes on in the name of academics in the West. Sankrant Sanu, himself a techie and a fairly successful one at that, shares his ideas as to how we can leverage this force to push back the assault from the anti-Hindu forces in the West in this discussion with Vibhuti Jha and Sanjay Dixit.

Yogi Adityanath’s thunderous entry into Kairana, which was at the centre of M criminals’ empire in Western UP has been full reclaimed and it is having major reverberations. Sanjay Dixit looks at the recent history of exodus and how things have come back to normal and consolidated through PAC.

Aneesh Gokhale, noted author on Maratha history, joins Sanjay Dixit to throw light on Maharani Tarabai, the Queen who started the slide of the Mughal Empire and Aurangzeb breathed his last while running away from her. A look at 1700-1707 period of Maratha-Mughal conflict.

The history of Farm Laws protests is full of glaring inconsistencies. With very little argument on merit, it has just got reduced to brazen muscle flexing. Vijay Sardana, advocate and techno-commercial expert in economic matters, joins Sanjay Dixit to give a 360 degree overview.