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Vaad episodes

April 07, 2024 संवाद # 171: Randeep Hooda in full Haryanvi mode on marriage, Savarkar, Laal Rang, Rohtak, Mumbai
Randeep Hooda is an Indian actor, writer, producer, director and national medal winner equestrian, known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema and few English films.
57 min
April 07, 2024 संवाद # 170: Shocking truth about Taj Mahal, 'Great' Akbar, Babur & Mughals | Aabhas Maldahiyar
Aabhas Maldahiyar, an Architect and Urban-Designer, amalgamates an intense love for History with captivating storytelling. Initially embracing Marxism in architecture school, a visit to Ajanta’s caves ignited a profound transformation. Shifting from Marxist literature to crafting fiction inspired by the Red Ideology, he delved deeper into the realms of History and Politics.
Babur: The Chessboard King stands as the inaugural volume in his forthcoming series on ‘Timurid Gurkaniyan’ (erroneously known as Mughals), founded on primary sources. A skilled reader of Persian manuscripts, Aabhas offers a distinctive lens to historical narratives.
1 hr 17 min
April 03, 2024 संवाद # 169: Pavneet Singh explains ISI-CIA toolkits & India's faultlines - South India, North East, Punjab
Pavneet Singh is an author and teacher at Tmentors UPSC platform. He teaches aspirants for Indian Civil Services Examination. His YouTube channel is called SpyGamesPavneet.
1 hr 11 min
March 28, 2024 संवाद # 168: Insider details of Atal Sarkar revealed by top PMO officer of Vajpayee | Ajay Bisaria
Ajay Bisaria joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987 and, in a career spanning thirty-five years, dealt with some of India's key economic and security relationships. He served as Indian high commissioner to Pakistan from 2017 to 2020. He has been Indian high commissioner to Canada (2020-22), and India's ambassador to Poland and Lithuania (2015-17).
He has also represented the country at the World Bank in Washington DC and in embassies in Berlin and Moscow. He has served in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs, Department of Commerce, and the Prime Minister's Office, where he was a key aide to Prime Minister Vajpayee from 1999 to 2004.
He has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from St Stephen's College, Delhi University, an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Princeton University.
46 min
March 27, 2024 संवाद # 167: Why Savarkar & Ambedkar’s ideologies will decide India’s future | Priyank Chauhan
Priyank Chauhan is a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He is founder of JNU IR society and Savarkar-Ambedkar Study Circle.
1 hr 59 min
March 25, 2024 संवाद # 166: Fake Tantriks & Real sadhaks | Manish Pandit on Devtas, Aghoris, Ghosts, Karn Pisach
Dr. Manish Pandit is a physician who lives in the United Kingdom. He arrived in England in the mid 1990’s and trained as a surgeon (FRCS General Surgery and FRCS ENT) before switching career streams to Nuclear Medicine and obtaining a Masters with a Merit from Kings College in the process. He is an alumnus of BJ Medical College in Pune. He has published on many research topics within the fields of medicine and is a senior tutor for medical students in England as well as regional director for training in his medical speciality.
Dr Manish has had an active interest in Indian history and spirituality since he was 21 years old, which is also when he met his Guru, Nakhate Maharaj. However he considers that spirituality (and alignment with so called dharma) is mostly useless unless closely moving with humanity and compassion on the ground in real life. It is easy for those who have not been miserable in life and not been engaged in the service of others for decades to be dismissive of any other sentient being’s troubles as mere “thought” or “nonsense”. Medicine provides him that impetus as nothing moves humans more than the sight of others suffering.
He maintains an extensive personal library of books on Indology. He has studied the dating of the Mahabharata sufficiently enough to be considered as an expert on dating the Mahabharata using ancient Indian astronomy and is considered as a student of Dr Narahari Achar (a physics professor from Memphis who dated the Mahabharata to 3067 BCE).
He is also a director, scriptwriter and cinematographer, who is known for making films on topics which very few within the broadcast and non-broadcast media like to touch. He has made several films including the acclaimed Krishna: History or Myth, Mumbai: Pani Mafia, SaiBaba: An Indian Jesus, Bharat ek Chetna and perhaps his best known film “The Ishrat Jahan Conspiracy (2014)”.
His films can be divided into two principal categories, those which pertain to religion and those which pertain to politics. Apart from his feature length documentaries, he also makes short films which can be seen on saraswatifilms.org.
1 hr 47 min
March 20, 2024 संवाद # 165: Modi Sarkar SHOULD DO THIS for 10% GDP growth | Dr Prasanna Tantri
Dr Prasanna Tantri is an Associate Professor in the Finance area and Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance at ISB. His research areas include- banking, financial inclusion, financial contagion, regulation, and the relationship between politics and finance. He teaches a course on Indian financial systems.
1 hr 27 min
March 17, 2024 संवाद # 164: Economist PM Vs Chaiwala PM - Who was better | Modi Vs Manmohan | Dr Samir Kagalkar
An alumnus of IIMB’s prestigious doctoral program specializing in Corporate Strategy & Policy, Dr. Samir Kagalkar's education career has 24 years of experience spanning across Business, Society & Government domains.
He has a BA in Economics from National College Basavanagudi, Bengaluru and an MA in Economics from the prestigious Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune. This was capped later on with a PhD from IIMB (Corporate strategy & Policy).
He has served in the Modi Govt (2016-2018) as Additional PS to Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers. In specific, he worked closely on the Jan Aushadhi program, helping it scale massively. Currently he heads the Economic Cell of BJP Karnataka as its State Convener since 2020.
His other past engagements include: Heading Corporate Affairs at Ola, Director of MIT SOG, Pune – mentored by TN Seshan, (Political leadership school), Chief Academic officer at Avagmah, an investee firm of Infosys’ Kris Gopalakrishnan, Banking Executive at HSBC, India.
He consults to various corporates on Public Policy & Corporate Strategy.
59 min
March 16, 2024 संवाद # 163: Why Vipul Shah stopped working with Akshay Kumar, Bollywood-Underworld, Bastar, Kerala Story
Vipul Amrutlal Shah's directorial debut was Aankhen, which was one of the five biggest hits of 2002. He then impressed the audience and critics in his next film Waqt: The Race Against Time, which was again one of the highest-grossing films of 2005. His next two films, Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng did very well at the box office with the latter breaking all previous opening records in Bollywood.
He is also a producer of movies like Force, Commando, Holiday and The Kerala Story. His latest 'Bastar: The Naxal Story' released on 15th March 2024.
He is married to actress Shefali Shah.
1 hr 4 min
March 16, 2024 संवाद # 162: Biggest threat from China - Why Modi is making Chips in India | Arun Mampazhy
#makeinindia #narendramodi #dholerasmartcity
Arun Mampazhy has a BTech from IITM and MS from University of Maryland in semiconductor fabrication and over a decade of industry experience.
His dreams of seeing a commercial fab takeoff in India has changed from black and white to colour over two decades. He can be reached via email [email protected] or @nano_arun on X. Views expressed are personal.
1 hr 2 min