The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

'USA the only Super Power' is now a joke ringing across world capitals. The sheer gauche manner of its withdrawal in which the Taliban betrayed it to inflict total humiliation is too stark. Even as the Leftists subvert the US society and the State Establishment, the arrogant exceptionalism and manifest destiny are now in retreat. Dr. Shiv Shastry and Vibhuti Jha join Sanjay Dixit to track the change in the global order.

Tufail Chaturvedi joins Sanjay Dixit to discuss the abdication of USA and the West both militarily and intellectually to radical Islam. Is Taliban just a symptom and the causes lie elsewhere? Why are Liberals and Panchmakkars criticising Taliban? They are only doing what their religion teaches them to do.

Everyone is talking about the huge cache of American weaponry that has landed in the hands of Taliban. Dr. Shiv Shastry joins Sanjay Dixit to describe all the arms and weapon platforms that may have fallen into the hands of Taliban and the impact it will have on other countries around.

Sardar Ravi Ranjan Singh remembers the horrors of partition in this talk with Sanjay Dixit - how Hindus and Sikhs were systematically targeted in Punjab right since early 1947, and how the Congress leadership completely ignored their interests while settling for partition.

Munawwar Rana is making some important statements - that no Afghan has ever harmed India or Indians, that there is more oppression in India, Maharshi Valmiki was also like Taliban and similar stuff. Sanjay Dixit has some history lessons for Munawwar Rana here.

Sanjay Dixit gives the military perspective of collapse of Afghanistan in this talk. How a 3 lakh strong Army equipped with the best weaponry just went under against a 75,000 strong ill-trained militia.

A lot of people look at Afghanistan and say that terror has no religion. They also say that Islam is good, some misguided Muslims interpret it wrongly. Tufail Chaturvedi joins Sanjay dixit in the JD Studio to discuss the issue.

'USA the only Super Power' is now a joke ringing across world capitals. The sheer gauche manner of its withdrawal in which the Taliban betrayed it to inflict total humiliation is too stark. Even as the Leftists subvert the US society and the State Establishment, the arrogant exceptionalism and manifest destiny are now in retreat. Dr. Shiv Shastry and Vibhuti Jha join Sanjay Dixit to track the change in the global order.

The world is surprised at the super-quick capitulation of Afghanistan's Afghan National Defence Forces. Sanjay Dixit says he is not surprised because this is exactly how Islamic armies have behavedt throughout the history - from Multan in 712 CE to Kabul 2021 CE. Remember also Tarain 1192, Khanwa 1526, Talikota 1565, Poonch, Mirpur-Kotli, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit 1947, Mosul 2014 and Afghanistan 2021. Dr. Ajay Chrungoo joins Sanjay Dixit to explain how Islamic troops care more for the call of Ummat conscience than for the command structure.

Pakistani Establishment is cheering the Taliban victory in Afghanistan. Will it turn out to be a Pyrrhic Victory, and come back to bite Pakistan where calls for a Taliban like Shari'a regime is already gaining ground. A girl was subjected to Taharrush Gamiya as the effervescence about Imran Khan's version of independence from slavery came about. Arzoo Kazmi joins Sanjay Dixit to discuss the impact on the region in terms of human rights and other issues that come up when Shari'a strikes.