In an address to the Indian community of Houston, Sunanda Vashisht talks about Sardar Patel, his legacy and his contribution to India, What Patel meant for India then and what he means for India now.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by author and columnist Shefali Vaidya as they discuss Gujarat Elections, India Today's war on sarees, Radio Mirchi's controversial ad on India and the controversy around National Anthem.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by columnist and author J Sai Deepak. They talk about BJP MLA Sangeet Som's comments on Taj Mahal and the leftist narrative on the Mughals. They also talk about Indic Renaissance and Indic Collective, Rohingyas and the petition in Supreme Court.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by Editorial Director of swarajya and senior journalist, R Jagannathan as they discuss the Supreme Court's ban on sale of fire crackers in Delhi. They also talk about Judicial over reach, economic reforms in India and the wire's story on Jay Amit Shah
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by columnist and author Rupa Subramanya and they talk about the GST implementation in India and the economy. Is it improving or is it tanking. Apart from that they talk about Rahul Gandhi and Indian politics. The last part is a focus on The Wire's story on Jay Amit Shah and a tribute to Kundan Shah & Tom Alter
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht talk to columnist Harsh Gupta about the Mumbai Stampede, Rail infrastructure in India and the state of the Indian economy, They also talk to Anirban from SIIA about the immigration issues that Indian immigrants face in USA and the issue with green cards.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht talk about the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar and India's response to it. They also talk about the India-Pakistan responses at UN, the incident in BHU, Rahul Gandhi and share an interesting report about Dwarka and Mathura
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by India Pride Project's activist Anuraag Saxena. They discuss bringing the Indian idols home and the challenges with it. They also discuss Rahul Gandhi's visit to US, The bullet train project and the Sardar Sarovar project. They finish up with a discussion on Karl Marx.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht are joined by journalist and author Hindol Sengupta. They discuss his new book ‘The Sacred Sword’ on Guru Gobind Singh and his previous books on Swami Vivekananda, Being Hindu and so forth. They also talk about Gauri Lankesh’s dastardly murder and the reactions to it. They discuss why the media was so intent on just focusing on who the PM follows and weren’t discussing other aspects of the murder.
Aadit Kapadia and Sunanda Vashisht talk about the Cabinet Reshuffle in India, Nirmala Sitharaman's elevation to the post of Defence Minister and what team modi looks like. They also discuss the Demonetisation numbers that were released and North Korea's latest nuclear test.
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