Episodios

  • Ep 58. Trans Dhurandar & Other Strange News

    Ep 58. Trans Dhurandar & Other Strange News
    Mar 28 2026
    There is a Trans Bill which has been pushed through Parliament with strange haste, meanwhile discourse is stuck on Dhurandar even as some very strange news erupt around us. The world just keeps getting weirder and no one learns anything.

    Very 'end of days' coded. Time to embrace the strange!
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    1 h
  • Ep 57. Savarna Fragility & the College Campus

    Ep 57. Savarna Fragility & the College Campus
    Feb 3 2026
    An angry, upset rant on the reality of college campuses & the absolute savarna fragility of overreaction over the UGC Guidelines
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    52 m
  • Ep 56. Cultural Trend Predictions for 2026

    Ep 56. Cultural Trend Predictions for 2026
    Dec 20 2025
    2026 will be an interesting year for the elite savarna-sphere. Some trend-predictions from podcast fatigue, wanderlust to sex, polyamory and dating apps-- a fun end-of-the-year rambling.
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    1 h y 21 m
  • Ep 55. Post 'post-diwali' Blues

    Ep 55. Post 'post-diwali' Blues
    Oct 23 2025
    Festive season is over, was it fun? Was it real? Or did everything- the social media stories, the ethnic outfits, the 'family time', the celebrations and even the objections-- did it all feel like carrying the spontaneity & verve of staged, choreographed "candid" picture.

    As an outsider to Diwali festivities, I am wondering is there any authenticity left in post-retail, post-rehearsed cultural hellscape where everyone is an emotional infant needing cues from ads & shows to navigate life.
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    56 m
  • Ep 54. Is India heading for a Dictatorship

    Ep 54. Is India heading for a Dictatorship
    Aug 23 2025
    Clickbait-y title aside-- these are ominous times. Like a precursor to bad things, most folks dont think it will get so bad before it rapidly does. Let's hope this is not one of those. A ramble through just how possible a dictatorship is in India with lessons from Pakistani-history, who know a thing or two about this jig.
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    57 m
  • Ep 53. Nothing Much just Basic Election Fraud

    Ep 53. Nothing Much just Basic Election Fraud
    Aug 10 2025
    Yep, now we are dealing with potential proof of electoral fraud. Nope, it wasn't the EVM. It was good old fashioned list manipulations. Why can't AI & techies make our frauds more high-tech at least? We can't do anything classy in this country. Sigh!
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Ep 52. Collective Memory Failure

    Ep 52. Collective Memory Failure
    Jun 21 2025
    Iran-Israel War, RCB wins IPL, India-Pak drone wars, Kannada language pride, Justice Yashwant Verma, Gaza, Ukraine, Daddy SRK's fit, Air India Crash, Thala forever, Manipur, Govt policy on AC temperature, Great Nicobar island, Anant 'Dada' Ambani, to hot mayor Mamdani.

    There is too much.
    There is collective memory fatigue.
    There is collective memory failure.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Ep 51. Counting Castes: Census & Savarna Anxieties (w. Sumit Samos)

    Ep 51. Counting Castes: Census & Savarna Anxieties (w. Sumit Samos)
    May 16 2025
    Caste census announcement is probably one of the biggest policy interventions in independent India-- now that the fog of war is lifting, the incredibly talented Sumit Samos breaks it down for us. Also breaking a few savarna academic egos along the way for fun.

    PS. Apologies for the bad network & technical difficulties. This show has no budget for better production levels.
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    Link to Sumit & Arjun's article on Caste Census in The Print (mentioned in the episode): https://theprint.in/opinion/caste-enumeration-market-liberty-private-sector-reservations/2626120/
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    59 m