The Undismal Paradox

SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT

9 newbies. 3 miniseries. One crazy experience.

Like the saying goes, sharing is caring, and it pretty much applies to our experiences too,  so ahead and listen to all of the crazy, behind-the-scene stories that we have for you!

See you later, Alligator!

According to the World Economic Forum, "It will be 118 years before women have the same career prospects as men." In our fourth episode, we discussed what patriarchy is and how far we are from putting an end to it. Now, we are going to talk about how it has been affecting the workforce of women and our national economy. 

Women have to fight for their rights, for equal income on every scale in their everyday life. 

Tune into our fifth and final episode to find out more.

Thank you for listening to Obstacles To Progression. We have enjoyed this experience a lot and we hope you did too!

Ever wondered how companies like Hotmail and Airbnb became worth billions of dollars without having to do advertising? Ever wondered how every other person knows about Instagram when Instagram doesn't even directly market itself? Well then, allow us to introduce you to the world of Growth hacking.

"The end goal of every growth hacker is to build a self-perpetuating marketing machine which reaches millions by itself"

Links Mentioned in the Episode

Andrew Chen’s essays

http://andrewchen.co

Noah Kagan’s blog

http://okdork.com

Patrick Vlaskovits

http://vlaskovits.com/blog

twitter.com/pv

Jesse Farmer

http://20bits.com

Sean Ellis

http://www.startup-marketing.com

Paul Graham’s essays

http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html

Aaron Ginn

http://www.aginnt.com

Josh Elman

https://medium.com/@joshelman

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much have you been missing concerts lately? How much do you sacrifice on little things to save up for that one concert ticket? What's a concert ticket worth? What do you think makes these concert tickets so pricey?  

Too many questions? Pretty sure This Is ‘not’ What You Came For!

Just head on to the episode, There’s Nothing Holding you Back!

Reference - Rockonomics: Book by Alan Krueger

Women's horizons are limited by the idea that their primary responsibility is domestic work. 

This is the truth.. but wait.. don't make up your mind just yet. We have another bitter truth coming your way.

Women do cooking at home, But all professional chefs are male. So when something gets professionalised, then the men get monopoly.

So, in both cases who's paying the price? Women!

In our fourth episode we are going to talk about patriarchy in India. Join Ananyaa, Sanjeet and our guest speaker Sunita ma'am to unravel the bitter truth and various aspects of The Patriarchal Problem..

Ever find yourself buried in the deep, dark hole of thoughts about how everything is fake and how nothing really matters and how existence is a scam? 

Well, turns out, it might not be as bad as it sounds! 

Wanna find out how? 

Tune into the fourth episode of Too Long; Didn’t Read, where we’re taking you all on a small philosophical joyride!

References :

https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14

https://www.openculture.com/2017/10/the-philosophy-of-optimistic-nihilism-or-how-to-find-purpose-in-a-meaningless-universe.html

Not much for you to read here today except, just go to this Youtube link - https://youtu.be/6FURuLYrR_Q and take a look at the title of the video.

Turn on your desi mode as in this episode, we go Bollywood style!

References:

- https://vidiq.com/blog/post/cover-songs-on-youtube/

- https://ccs.instructure.com/courses/1428874/pages/lecture-2-bollywood

- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/08/bollywood.playback.singers/index.html

- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/now-bollywoods-playback-singers-get-payback/articleshow/63765379.cms

- https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/decoding-the-process-involved-in-the-making-of-a-bollywood-song-779112

- https://open.spotify.com/episode/29epLzqicuj7OTj5whxs7A?si=de9b55286b494390

Right from a black cat crossing your way might ruin your day to not cutting your hair on the day of eclipse, we’ve all been around people who believe in superstition.

But does this superstition affect different aspects of the economy?

Tune in to the third episode of OTP, where Mukta and Kalyani will try to answer this question, by analysing it's role in trade, businesses and various industries.

References :

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/superstitions

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/About-61-of-Indian-employees-are-superstitious-Study/article20529780.ece

264823772_Economic_implications_of_superstition_and_the_defacement_of_the_currency_notes_Nigeria_experience

43.pdf

Rising-need-anti-superstitious-laws-india

superstitions-in-real-estate.html

Article.asp

4898066.cms

csr-superstitions-in-india

top-5-weird-superstitions-hotels-have-to-deal-with

Do discounts mitigate numerological superstitions? Evidence from the Russian real estate market

The rising need for anti-superstitious laws in India

Superstitions and stock trading: some new evidence: Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy: Vol 19, No 4

Why Superstition Works in Business

ThrowbackThursday: 10 Superstitions that Make Small Businesses Thrive

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/businessmen-and-superstition/articleshow/9735921.cms

13 Crazy Facts About Stock Markets

superstition-in-india

1216ijhas08.pdf

qt70z5b0ng.pdf

Ever wonder why you chose Spotify even though you have an Amazon Prime membership that includes music?

Well it's all about a way a product is designed that makes you want to chose it over it's competition. Tune in this podcast to learn about UX design and how it bridges the gap between machines and human beings

Links of resources mentioned:

abnux.com

uxdesign.cc

uxplanet.org