The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

Military infrastructure on the China and Pakistan border has undergone incredible change to keep up with China. Rohit Vats and Dr. Shiv Shastry join Sanjay Dixit to discuss the strategic and tactical importance of these developments.

Eternal Atheist Javed Akhtar reincarnates to support the Bollywood Druggie Aryan Khan and his accomplices. Watch Sanjay Dixit take him apart.

When PM Modi went to AMU and called it the 'epicentre of National Movement', one knew instantly that it was a tribute to the success of the Aligarh School of History in completely whitewashing not just the History of India, but also the History of the National Movement. Prakhar Srivastava, the well known media personality, joins Sanjay Dixit to lift the veil from the real face of AMU, the real AMU that was Jinnah's arsenal and that led the intellectual and physical battle for the nation of Pakistan, not of India.

Is it time to invoke the UN Convention on genocide in Bangladesh and Kashmir with respect to the ongoing assaults on the very existence of Hindus. It should be accompanied by a world wide ban on blasphemy laws. Pandit Satish Sharma and Vibhuti Jha join Sanjay Dixit to examine the important issue.

Frustrated at getting the royal ignore from all over the world, Pakistan found yet another means of doing anti-India propaganda - that they chased away an Indian submarine from their territorial waters. Sanjay Dixit busts the propaganda.

Almost the entire opposition has forgotten how to do politics and remains obsessed with the persona of Narendra Modi. Reminds one of the heydays of Indira Gandhi, but with the important difference that even at that time opposition did manage to articulate a different ideology. Bhau Torsekar and Omkar Chaudhary join Sanjay Dixit to examine this curious phenomenon.

Sanjay Dixit talks to J Sai Deepak on the insights from his best selling recent book - India that is Bharat - Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution. Evocative as the subject is, Sai Deepak dives deep into the what he calls the OET (Ontology, Epistemology, Theology) framework of the colonial project, juxtaposes it against the Indic civilisation and examines our Constitutional journey against this backdrop. Can watch Sai Deepak talk substantially in Hindi.

Tariq Hameed Karra of Congress tried to run down Sardar Patel in the CWC meeting, while eulogising Nehru as the person who integrated Jammu and Kashmir with India. The facts cannot be twisted more than this. Sanjay Dixit looks at the role of Patel in integrating other Princely States, and how Nehru detached J&K from the States department and made blunders after blunders.

In the 5th and final episode of 'Lessons from Hindu History, Sandeep Balakrishna talks to Sanjay Dixit about, 1. Creation of the Macaulay Class, and 2. Nehruvian Darkness. This ends the series.

Ask Me Anything with Sanjay Dixit - Questions and Answers Episode Number 62 - Ask Anything on Islam, History, Geography, International Affairs, Indian Affairs, Politics.