The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

Abbajaan is a perfectly parliamentary Urdu word for father, then why does Yogi remark on children of different Abbas drawing so much flak from the Panchmakkars? Sanjay Dixit traces Yogi's first dig on Akhilesh with that jibe and how the term has caused consternation from SP and Congress to Owaisi and Liberal-Leftist-Islamist axis.

Abhijit Chavda joins Sanjay Dixit to cull out seven important lessons from Indian History that should go into informing every walk of political, cultural, social and economic life. Starting from Maharani Nayaki Devi and Prithviraj Chauhan letting the terrorist Mohammad Ghori to escape with his life to the present day.

Ask Me Anything with Sanjay Dixit | Episode 57 | QnA

Rahul visits Mata Vaishno Devi, calls the pindis or murtis as symbols, and then goes on to tell us how human beings empower or disempower the Devis. Saraswati Mata disempowered by RSS/BJP appointees, Lakshmi Mata by demonetisation and GST, and Durga Mata by farm laws. Rahul of course has the power to give them back the power. Sanjay Dixit explores the profound thinking of baba log.

9/11 is not known just for the WTC attack by Al Qaeda, but also for the soul stirring address to the World Parliament of Religion in 1893 by Swami Vivekananda. Sanjay Dixit contrasts the two events and anchors the future of the world with Sanatana values.

The Bharatiya Sanskriti icon, Sonal Mansingh, Padma Vibhushan and Rajya Sabha MP, brings out important ‘Lessons of Leadership’ from Mahabharata in this talk with Sanjay Dixit.

Hassan Nisar, the well known Pakistani intellectual has kicked up a storm by openly advocating that Pakistan should accept Israel as a State and forget its claims on Kashmir. Arzoo Kazmi has publicly supported that stance. Sanjay Dixit catches up with her to find her side of the story and to also check on her take on Afghan women.

The new Taliban Govt. will take office on 9/11, and is cast in the shadow of Pakistan. Meanwhile, a section of American Academia will be targeting Global Hindutva on 9/11. Arif Aajakia joins Sanjay Dixit for his take on the inexorable global urge to be deceived by Pakistan and to look for reasons and scapegoats everywhere except in the place where the roots are.

Asset Monetisation has been rubbished by the opposition as 'sale of family silver' by the opposition. Karan Bhasin clears up the fog around the issue to show how it is going to contribute to growth, and to keeping the economic indices robust. He also deals with the V-shape recovery in GDP and other current economic issues.

In a departure from convention, a Sikh, Iqbal Singh Lalpura has been appointed as Chairman of the Minorities Commission, called NCM. It is only for the third time in 43 years that a non-Muslim has been appointed as Chairman. Minoo Masani in 1978 was the first Chairman, but quit after 3 months. Sardar Tarlochan Singh was appointed in 2003 by ABV govt. Sanjay Dixit traces the history of minority politics in the country, which is almost synonymous with Muslim politics in India, and nothing has been done to quell the separatist tone of Muslim politics by any party.