The VM Podcast

Vichaar Manthan Sustainable Narratives (VMSN) is a biennial conference that brings together leading academic lights, policy-makers and industry leaders to explore and address the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Please register on our website and for more information > https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

Panel Discussion at VMSN22 >> Does Religion Subjugate Women?

Throughout history, religion has often engendered patriarchal societies in almost every corner of the globe. Their central scriptures have been interpreted in ways that explicitly and implicitly grant men greater freedoms and social benefits. These interpretations have been maintained across time to the modern day, where we see vastly different levels of gender equality across the world’s civilisations. This is most stark in the Islamic world, but even in societies influenced by Christianity, debates about equality of the sexes are hotly contested. Does the continued prevalence of religion mean that such debates are unsolvable and that women must be relegated to an inferior status? Or is there an alternative? Can dharmic traditions and the application of dharma show the way for a more sustainable approach?

Please register on our website and for more information: https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/vmsn2022

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Through in-depth interviews with some of the best thinkers of our time, the podcast explore how we can better understand dharma, our lives, and recapture the ancient and classical ideals of sustainability, liberty and flourishing. Tune in, for an earnest conversation! - Hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]. Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/podcast and on all streaming platforms:

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Vichaar Manthan Sustainable Narratives (VMSN) is a biennial conference that brings together leading academic lights, policy-makers and industry leaders to explore and address the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Please register on our website and for more information > https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

Fireside Conversation at VMSN22 >> Carbon Tax - Crafting the Silver Bullet

Markets are not perfect. Arguably, our current climate crisis is an example of the greatest market failure ever seen. Global and national institutions seem unable to find the silver bullet that will make the market work for us and our long-term interests. Carbon tax is often seen as a solution par excellence, but the challenge appears to lie in its implementation, and creating an international standard seems almost impossible. What does an effective carbon tax look like? What real-world effects would such a universal tax programme have on our volatile and complex global economy?

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Through in-depth interviews with some of the best thinkers of our time, the podcast explore how we can better understand dharma, our lives, and recapture the ancient and classical ideals of sustainability, liberty and flourishing. Tune in, for an earnest conversation! - Hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]. Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/podcast and on all streaming platforms:

Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / RSS Feed / YouTube

#thevmpodcast #vichaarmanthanuk #vichaarmanthan #podcast #dharmicpodcast#podcastrecommendations #podcastlovers #dharma #dharmic #dharmicideas #sustainableideas #sustainablenarratives2022 #sustainablenarratives #sustainability #listennow #hindudharma #vm

Vichaar Manthan Sustainable Narratives (VMSN) is a biennial conference that brings together leading academic lights, policy-makers and industry leaders to explore and address the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Please register on our website and for more information > https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

Fireside Conversation at VMSN22 >> Markets - Panacea or Wilful Ignorance?

Milton Friedman once quipped, “underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself”. Friedman believed in a small government, limited regulation, and faith in market pricing, allowing the relationship between supply and demand to control everything. Do we want markets to decide how much we pay for our healthcare? Do we trust the markets to solve climate change? Those that advocate free markets believe it is the bedrock of all that we value in a liberal democracy, while the naysayers, who are also equally convinced, argue for intervention, and a bigger role for regulation and legislation. Who is right? Come and explore one of the most pertinent questions of our time.

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Through in-depth interviews with some of the best thinkers of our time, the podcast explore how we can better understand dharma, our lives, and recapture the ancient and classical ideals of sustainability, liberty and flourishing. Tune in, for an earnest conversation! - Hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]. Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/podcast and on all streaming platforms:

Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / RSS Feed / YouTube

#thevmpodcast #vichaarmanthanuk #vichaarmanthan #podcast #dharmicpodcast#podcastrecommendations #podcastlovers #dharma #dharmic #dharmicideas #sustainableideas #sustainablenarratives2022 #sustainablenarratives #sustainability #listennow #hindudharma #vm

Vichaar Manthan Sustainable Narratives (VMSN) is a biennial conference that brings together leading academic lights, policy-makers and industry leaders to explore and address the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Please register on our website and for more information > https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

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If the aim of education was to give each of us the capability to flourish to our fullest potentials, what would education look like? In this light, the time has come to re-evaluate our modus operandi for educating people. Is it time to move away from an industrialised model of schooling focused on employability to one in which the purpose of education is the flourishing of the individual and the whole society? What would such an education system look like, and more importantly how might we get there? What are the systemic changes that we need to make in order to be able to rebuild this most precious of institutions?

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Through in-depth interviews with some of the best thinkers of our time, the podcast explore how we can better understand dharma, our lives, and recapture the ancient and classical ideals of sustainability, liberty and flourishing. Tune in, for an earnest conversation! - Hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]. Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/podcast and on all streaming platforms:

Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / RSS Feed / YouTube

#thevmpodcast #vichaarmanthanuk #vichaarmanthan #podcast #dharmicpodcast#podcastrecommendations #podcastlovers #dharma #dharmic #dharmicideas #sustainableideas #sustainablenarratives2022 #sustainablenarratives #sustainability #listennow #hindudharma #vm

Vichaar Manthan Sustainable Narratives (VMSN) is a biennial conference that brings together leading academic lights, policy-makers and industry leaders to explore and address the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Please register on our website and for more information > https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

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Discussing the current verticals of society: Wealth, Religion, Civics, Governance, Culture & Literature, Political Theory, Political Economy.

Introducing panel discussions, fireside conversations, networking opportunities, a keynote address and bonus podcast material!

Join us as we put the most prevailing narratives of our times on trial in the light of ‘sustainability’. The conference proceedings are open to anyone who wishes to observe the vanguard of thought around global issues. 

Please register on our website and for more information: https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/vmsn2022

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Through in-depth interviews with some of the best thinkers of our time, the podcast explore how we can better understand dharma, our lives, and recapture the ancient and classical ideals of sustainability, liberty and flourishing. Tune in, for an earnest conversation! - Hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]. Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org/podcast and on all streaming platforms:

Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / RSS Feed / YouTube

#thevmpodcast #vichaarmanthanuk #vichaarmanthan #podcast #dharmicpodcast#podcastrecommendations #podcastlovers #dharma #dharmic #dharmicideas #sustainableideas #sustainablenarratives2022 #sustainablenarratives #sustainability #listennow #hindudharma #vm

“A lot of these clients will have different ambitions, but what I can do as a consultant is I can help them reach their ambitions around ESG that they care about and that we care about that do help move the world forward. If they want to get at net zero, you can either not help them to get to net zero or you can. But the question is, are you helping move the dial for a positive change in the world, regardless of who you’re working with and are you helping them move forward…There are always going to be conflicts, whether you perceive yourself as not having any conflicts whatsoever, you will have conflicts…Make the decisions that help make a better world and don’t get too embroiled in figuring out what the motives are, because everyone has a motive…its this distrust that’s stopping us moving forward.”

Climate change, global warming and sustainability have been the major themes in the news for some time now, with the world starting to face the consequences of the rising temperatures on weather patterns, agricultural outputs, and entire ecosystems. These changes are being addressed by countries worldwide by setting goals of bringing down carbon emissions, switching to cleaner sources of energy, and a host of other measures. Every activity undertaken has an impact on the environment, and vice-versa. In order to continue having a functional economy while reducing environmental impact, a review of older processes, and new investments is being undertaken to minimise harm. A whole new field of ESG has now emerged to tackle this challenge. So what exactly is ESG?

In this episode of The Vichaar Manthan Podcast, we turn to Yajur ji Haria to help us understand and explore the topic. Yajur Ji explains Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in layman’s terms, and explores the complex, interconnected components that must be integrated to measure these impacts. Ultimately, he helps us understand the impact we have as consumers on the supply chain, and realise how each individual can make a conscious choice towards addressing these global issues. This episode helps answer: how does an individual fund the change we need in the world?

Yajur Ji Haria is an Oxford graduate. He is the SVP and head of ESG analytics at Redington.

Follow Yajur: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yajur-haria-cfa-25479a59

Recommended Reads: Value Everything

#ESG #CSR #FundingChange #MoneyMatters #InvestinIdeas #Environment #social #Governance #hindupodcast #hindu #dharmic #dharmicinvesting #dharmicinvestments #wealth #investments

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Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.com/podcast and on all streaming platforms

The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern-day issues through a Dharmic lens. Please tune in and subscribe. If you agree or disagree with any comments, please let us know and let's keep the conversation going in an earnest manner. Be critical and let's explore together. The VM podcast is hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]

Join the conversation at https://www.vichaarmanthan.org

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“Academic freedom comes with academic integrity”

Hinduism is characterised by an open, seeking and enquiry-based learning of life. Indeed, Hinduism has the potential to be an integrative platform, bringing in the values of acceptance, individual freedom and societal upliftment, to an increasingly polarised and fragmented society today. However, we have seen more and more individuals and institutions at the forefront of leading systematic biases, even attacks against Hindus and Hinduism, whether due to ignorance or with informed malicious intent. This is the central subject of discussion in this episode of The Vichaar Manthan Podcast, with the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)’s Suhag Ji Shukla. 

Suhag Ji is a lawyer and co-founder of The HAF. She takes us through the journey of her encounters with representation or misrepresentation of Hinduism in the American societal narrative, even by academics, and the motivations behind the foundation of the HAF. She discusses the need for educational reforms, correcting the stereotypes and misconceptions about Hinduism and its symbols, and raising awareness regarding the human rights issues of the Hindu community in other parts of the world. From building a legitimate ground for open discussions on Hinduphobia to addressing the immense challenges of active dehumanisation of Hindus based on these misconceptions, HAF is actively contributing to building a stronger voice for Hindus not only in America but also for the Hindu community across the globe. 

Follow Suhag Shukla: https://twitter.com/SuhagAShukla

Hindu American Foundation: https://www.hinduamerican.org/

Fireside Conversation @ VMSN2020: https://youtu.be/muIYaCAzZvU

 Recommended Reads: The Bhagwad Gita 

#hindupodcast #Hindu #HinduAmerica #HinduAmerican #AmericanHindu #HinduAmericanFoundation #HAF #HindusinAmerica

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern-day issues through a Dharmic lens. Please tune in and subscribe. If you agree or disagree with any comments, please let us know and let's keep the conversation going in an earnest manner. Be critical and let's explore together. The VM podcast is hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]

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“(The Upanishads speak of)...the sutra-atman, the threading breath, the breath that threads all of us together. Like in a rosary, all the different beads have been thread together by a thread, similarly, this breath threads all of us together. It is that connecting entity which connects all of us …”

In this episode of The Vichaar Manthan Podcast, we discuss, as a part of the Hindu Library series, the Upanishads, with Siddhartha ji Krishna. The Upanishads can be thought of as a turning point in the history of human civilization. They explore the ideas of the Atman and the Brahman, the self and the Universal consciousness. The Upanishads represent some of the most fundamental discussions on the subject of the human experience of life, and the path to experience the purest state of one’s being. And despite their antiquity, the very nature of their subject matter not only ensures their relevance today, but indeed, makes them timeless…

Siddhartha ji Krishna was raised in a family tradition of yoga, memorised the Gita at the age of six and was educated at the Kailash Ashram Brahma Vidyapeeth in Rishikesh. He is a spiritual master and a teacher of Indian philosophy, including Advaita Vedanta, Patanjali’s Yoga and Sanskrit, and continues to be based in Rishikesh at the Omkarananda Ashram.

Follow Siddhartha Krishna: https://www.siddhartha-krishna.in

Recommended Reads/Watchs:

The Challakere Brothers

Principal Upanishads - Prof. S. Radhakrishnan

The Upanishads Paperback – Eknath Easwaran

#hindubooks #upanishads #upanishad #gita #bhagawadgita #indianpodcast #hindupodcast #hindubooks #vedas #vedanta #vedicbooks #hindulbrary #thehindulibrary #sanskrit #sanskrittexts

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern-day issues through a Dharmic lens. Please tune in and subscribe. If you agree or disagree with any comments, please let us know and let's keep the conversation going in an earnest manner. Be critical and let's explore together. The VM podcast is hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]

Follow on Social Media:

Instagram: @thevmpodcast 

Twitter: @the_vmpodcast

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University years form a core of our life experience: this is a time we step out of our homes into the world, absorb the multitude of ideas around us, which shapes our identity and our contributions to the society. Indeed, having access to a safe space for exploring one’s identity becomes a critical need. This is the key vision of the National Hindu Students Forum (UK).

In this episode of the Vichaar Manthan podcast, we’re in conversation with the current President of NHSF, Bhavya Shah, as we look into the challenges and experiences of the youth, and the need to have an open environment that allows the exploration of dharma in University life. Learn how the largest Hindu student movement outside of India operates on a completely voluntary basis, is youth-led, and envisions supporting the youth of today leading a change towards a more dharmic, sustainable society.

#NHSF#Youth #HinduYouth #KarmaBhumi #PunyaBhumi #Dharma #Dharmic #Values #Culture #Bharat #India #IndiaYouth #BritishHindu

Recommended books: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Sadhana_of_Service.html?id=fQ_oCQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Follow NHSF:

https://www.nhsf.org.uk/

https://twitter.com/nhsf_uk

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0OofXboDQoeBqXneh_kWA/videos

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern-day issues through a Dharmic lens. Please tune in and subscribe. If you agree or disagree with any comments, please let us know, and let's keep the conversation going in an earnest manner. Be critical and let's explore together. The VM podcast is hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]

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#thevmpodcast #vichaarmanthanuk #Hindu #Hinduism #vichaarmanthan #podcast #dharmicpodcast #podcastrecommendations #podcastlovers #dharma #dharmic #dharmicideas #sustainableideas #sustainablenarratives2020 #sustainablenarratives #sustainability #listennow #hindudharma #vm #sustainablenarratives2022 #VMSN22

We go about our lives, making our way through a ton of choices everyday, and rarely give a second thought to the ideas of liberty and freedom, as the society we live in celebrates these as guarantees to its citizens. But do we live with ‘absolute liberties’?

Can we always say what we want? - There are certain rules, often unstated, that are observed. Not following these rules will often get you isolated, hence the idea of civil liberties is somewhat restricted.

How about freedom? We celebrate our freedom in the form of exercising our specific choices. Are these choices based on free will?

How are these ideas a keystone of our living experience?

In this episode of The Vichaar Manthan Podcast, we ask and reflect on liberty, freedom, the differences between them and asking the all important question; Are you free?

Dr. Sachin ji Nandha has a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Nottingham, is an ex-private equity partner, and is currently working with the Charitable Earth Foundation.

Follow Sachin: https://twitter.com/sachinnandha

Recommended books: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo5966065.html

#liberty #freedom #culture #freewill #democracy #power #consciousness #equality

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The VM Podcast, a Vichaar Manthan project looking to explore modern day issues through a Dharmic lens. Please tune in and subscribe. If you agree or disagree with any comments, please let us know, let's keep the conversation going in an earnest manner. Be critical and let's explore together. The VM podcast is hosted by VM fellow Sumit Sharma, who you can email on [email protected]

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