In the 10th Episode of The Next Big Thing, we talk to Amandeep Sandhu. 

We discuss his recent book Panjab- Journeys Through Fault Lines and talk to him about the current socio-economic condition of the region.

Amandeep is an Indian writer and columnist. He has covered Panjab in great detail and his work on the region has been published in leading English dailies. He has previously written 2 fiction books Roll of Honor and Sepia leaves before writing his recent book Panjab.

Panjab- Journeys Through Fault Lines is published by Westland publishers. It is highly rated by both critics and readers and is available on leading book stores including Amazon.com worldwide.

Episode music- Waris Shah by the Mekaal Hasan Band

In the 9th Episode of The Next Big Thing, we talk to Dr. Charan Singh. The discussion revolves around the current state of the Indian Economy (vis-a-vis COVID-19) and the relief efforts in India.  

Dr. Charan Singh is a senior economist and the CEO of EGROW foundation, a think tank in New Delhi. He was full time visiting faculty and former RBI Chair Professor (Dec 2012 to Dec 2016) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India where he taught comparative monetary policy and policy issues in the Indian economy.  Prior to joining IIMB, he served as Senior Economist at the IEO of IMF from 2009-2012. He was Director (Departments: Research; Debt Management) at the RBI from 1997-2009.

In this episode of The Next Big Thing, we talk to Mr. Rahul Chandra, the co-founder and MD of Helion Venture Partners. 

The discussion revolves around his recent book- The Moonshot Game, in which he takes through his adventures as a VC in India.

https://www.amazon.in/Moonshot-Game-Adventures-Venture-Capitalist/dp/0670091200

This is also the first episode featuring the newest member of the NBT team- Keshav Jain.

In this episode of The Next Big Thing, we interview Nabarun Gogoi, Sishir Mohammed, and Aayushman Jain. They talk about their opinions on the CAA and their experiences with the recent protests against the act. We also learn about their newly founded organization- Engineers Against Injustice.

Follow them on https://www.instagram.com/engineers.against/

A quick chat (about an hour) about the Indian economic slowdown. We learn about the factors responsible for the sub 5 % growth including policies, consumer behavior, and public sentiments.  How long do we expect such a downturn and what needs to be done to reach the 5 trillion dollar mark? 

Article 370 has been nullified and this is a historical moment for Kashmir and India. Let us learn how this materialized and what this means to all of us. Special thanks to Yashovardhan Singh who joined us for this episode.  

Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget for 2019 on the 5th of July. We talk about the hits and misses of this budget and the Indian economic situation in general. Presenting Episode 3, ft.  Arka Talukdar 

This is actually our second attempt in recording this episode, the previous attempt may be released as a blooper and will have its own educational value.  In this episode we will be discussing how oil is formed, a bit of history, how it is traded, demand trends and the technology behind the shale revolution.