Tirunelvelikaran

Since the beginning of time, when a group of people started to employ another group of people to work for them and make money, they have devised several tactics to improve productivity ie., extract work from the given resource. With the advent and penetration of gadgets and internet, the whole of workforce across the world has been gamified making the workforce run behind something that is very hard of impossible to achieve. As consumers we too play a part in somebody's such pursuit without even us realising. 

This episode discusses about the gamification and digitisation of the work evaluation and the perils of it. 

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A few days back I watched an YouTube video of a startup founder turned content creator. He put up valuable points of the cons of buying one's own house from a financial perspective. Today when I was scrolling through his twitter feed, he confessed that he does really own a house. so why does people who already own a house, discourage people from getting their own nest? What is the point behind this?

In this episode we explore the politics behind land ownership and the authority that comes with it. After seventy long years of independence, we still see that some strong forces which own majority of land, make it hard for the oppressed people to own a house or even a cent of land. 

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Kidnapping and holding people for ransom is nothing new to us. It has been in the history for a very long time. But as they saying goes, some kidnaps are weirder than others. 

Kidnapping is a different kind of torture than killing and robbing. The emotional trauma the victim has to go through is very real and in most cases, normal people going about their daily life, is snatched off their freedom and their life is never the same again. 

In this episode we talk about

- The Lindbergh Child Kidnapping

- The Getty Curse - Inspired the movie "All the money in the world"

- And the curios case of kidnapping by North Korean Leader - A film star and director to make movies for him. 

With this episode, we are going on a small hiatus to hone our skills and come back with better content. 

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Riots aren't always organized. But there are many underlying factors one can study about when and where a Riot can occur. We may deploy forces, make the citizens alert, indulge in peace talks to stop or avert the riot. But there is a long term solution. It is not like people don't know that there is a long term solution. But they hide it in plain sight for their political aspirations. 

In this episode we are going to talk about the Riots that shook the world. 

- Tulsa Race Massacre 1921

- India - Pakistan Partition Massacre 1947

Apart from this we also discuss a little bit about Rwandan Genocide and Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka. Surprisingly, Tamil Nadu, as a state took a proactive approach to address this problem and it is paying its dividends. 

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Our world has been divided more than anytime. Each person lives in their own bubble and they are not very welcoming of the opinions of the other people. The way we consume news and awareness has become fickle. Content has been tailored and it is targetted for us to not have a whole view of any issues. 

When it becomes the real world, life threatening problem we have to sit up and take note of what we think and why we think that?

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A lot of times we try to make change in something and something that is completely unrelated gets really messed up. We learn from our mistakes and move on. But there are few people who hold immense power think of altering the flora and fauna in their region and end up creating lasting disasters which echo through the generation. 

In this episode we talk about 

When we look at history, we find that there were ways pandemics could have been avoided. It was a very simple solution. To do nothing. 

To do nothing to disrupt the rhythm of the world itself is a huge favor we do for mother earth. 

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Tamil heritage is one of the richest as we all know it. The Tamil poets understood the value of documentation long ago and had documented everything from hunger, anger, war and love. The interesting aspect of it is most of the Sangam literature was written by common people, about common people and their lifestyle. Sangam Literature lets us look into the lives of men and women through the eyes of their lovers, friends, masters and also slaves. 

We will never know if it was done on purpose or if that is the way they lived. 

In this episode of the Tirunelvelikaran Podcast, we are looking at the food and cooking during Sangam period. And as a tribe, Tamils handed down the recipes and styles of cooking for 2300 odd years. What does it mean to us, the millennial?

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Historically, there had been a witch hunt for people who had dared to speak the side which isn't so popular. A democracy is for the people, by the people and of the people. But at the same time, it is made of the majority. What happens when the majority decides to do the witch hunt? Who will stand up to it and how? 

The establishment have always tried to influence the majority to find an enemy in the minorities or a group of people who have different ideologies. Only a fair process of trail and investigation could make sure that it doesn't become a mob justice. 

In this episode we have Chennai's important Podcaster Chennaikaaran make an appearance in our show and talk about a movie which affected him in recent times. 

You can also watch and Subscribe to his YouTube Channel here

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When Radio which can transmit Morse code became available in America, it was a huge hit. The cities turned into chat rooms communicating with each other. The hobbyists were having a ball with all the information they could share and also the learning from other people. Soon the government moved into take over their radio sets and soon the technology fell in the hands of the corporate and soon became money making machine. 

After almost 90 years, when Internet and blogging came into the scene something very similar happened. 

In this episode we discuss, how the democartic, anti-establishment voices or platforms slowly merge with the establishment and become unreachable for the common man. 

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It is said that the next big thing is already here and what is worse, it has been here for  at least a decade. There is a subtle difference between invention and innovation. Innovation can be one thing and packaging and taking full advantage of it is different thing altogether. 

In this episode, we are going to see

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