Gang gets together to discuss how certain grifters use the term Hindu Atheist to describe themselves when in reality they are just people looking to pile hate on minorities and how there is a whole nexus of them which is also being legitimized now. They talk of their own experiences and understanding of religion too and then finally an election roundup.
This time we look at the two different type of armed resistance out of many that India saw in the recent past and how it has dealt with the both of them and what it tells us about our motherland. We look at Ranveer Sena and the Naxal movement.
Gang is missing Nishant but Vatsal from the PCCIpod agrees to join in his absence. They talk about the flawed notion of development that plagues the sociocultural belief system of the Indian society, deep down into some of the news of the week and obviously talks about Modi Ji's chin and hair transplants. Tune in and शर्माओ मत शेयर करो
This time we dig into the root of the inequalities that persists in our society and how much of it can be blamed on the mixed economy model adopted by early India. We start in 1793 and end in 2024.
Gang discusses what is new in the election scene, the inheritance tax and wealth redistribution chatter, what the right wing media is talking about and also review a few election adds.
The next part of our history installment looks at the phenomenon of papa war rukwa di but with a historical twist.
The theme of this episode is why do we as Indians not ask, 'SO WHAT?'. Gang talks of the elections, of course, but also the shenanigans of that candidate from hyderabad, our undemocratic social tendencies, the state of indian railways as an example of the hype around Indian government and the actual work they can do, UPSC exam essay that lead to talking of the exam systems that exist in different places and lastly what would they do if they are hired as political advisors....
Another episode that goes into a less known bit, this time, it is about the man who challenged Nehru for the Phulpur seat in 1952, a mauni celibate baba 'Prabhudutt Brahmchari', and how he was the first step toward developing an anti Nehru majority that exists today.
Gang gets together to discuss among other things Modi Ji's body language, and certain conditions that need to be met for them to retire the podcast, forever, also a chat around Modi Ji kitne niche aadmi hai.
As elections approach, this is an attempt to do a short bit on Indian election history an attempt for all of us to think beyond whatsapp and a trial to let all of us know that history did exist before 2014. In the first episode of this kind, we talk about a hero unheard Sukumar Sen, the first election commissioner of India. Let's know your thoughts.
Gang gets together and discusses the interview between Bill Gates and Modi Ji and who writes Modi Ji's speeches, can they be crowdsourced? Then they discuss some up coming films like Jahangir National University, the BJP adds and Kejriwal ke masterstroke. Some of the recent developments might be missing as the episode was recorded last week.
Gang asks itself, if your company is called Madanlal is there any doubt you would pay BJP? Or would you accept campus placement offer from a company called Megha engg? They delve into the magic of names , Govinda films, what's happening in the world of carnatic music vis a vis TM Krishna and then jumps into some major existential questions. Tune in for some therapy.
Gang gets together to comment on the wedding that is yet to happen in July. Raj used sentences like, "Let me defend Mukesh Ambani.. or let me defend Jay Shah." They also as per usual reviewed a few Hindutva-verse trailers this time Savarkar and Bastar. Some time was spent in talking about SBI letting Supreme Court know it is lunch time and general digressions that the pod indulges in. Tune in and like and share and subscribe.
The gang reviews a couple of movie trailers, it is like a tsunami of sanghi movies out there. They also briefly chat about how UPI is the new Viagra and education policy of Kailasa. Aditya watched that Dhruv Rathi video and explains it to all of us all this and a lot of Modi Ji.
Gang discusses the whole Ram mandir thing then a tiny bit of Maldives. Questions like is the Uttarakhand UCC an uncle civil code, who gets Bharat Ratna, and the never ending sanghi movie universe.
Gang was visited bu Punit Pania, for those who have already listened to the episode on youtube start at min 47 every one else, they talk about cricket, ram rajya, the uncle pandemic and why are we all addicted to our phones.
Gang was visited by the fantastic Kunal Purohit, the prolific journalist and the writer of H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars. Discussion includes, well what else do you think it includes? Raj said in his home town friends would say chalo baithke ghum ghalat karte hai, so tune in with some rum and do ghalat some ghum.
The gang has the man, the myth, the parliament ka subject matter expert Meghnad and we talk about telecom bill the world of right wing influencers, loneliness as a pandemic in our society and much more. Tune in and also do not forget to subscribe, share and like
Gang gets together before the year ends and takes a long look at one of the cultural foundation of our society the Hindi film industry with amazing Abbas Momin. They discuss the changing nature of the Indian hero through the decades, the changing conflict in Hindi cinema, the impact of southern films, DDLJ, DCH, K2H2, KHNH etc etc and the 90's and early 2000's nostalgia. Muslim in Bollywood, Amar-Akbar-Anthony. Finally what is next for Hindi cinema.
The gang as usual decides on talking of the telecom bill, parliament function or lack thereof, the Dhankar saga, but end up doing a lot around the trailer of Main Atal Hoon, some BJP universe spinoff ideas, some more Animal talks, ask big questions like can Annamalai be a minister in Modi cabinet, also some simple-shantanu stories and of course the featured tweet of the week.
Gang talks about the film that everyone else is talking about, and what cinema means and what it says about the society. Also, Kya Meodi Ji Animal hai? We also talk of the soulless aspirations of Archies. Then we land our plane into the Tejas flight that the real alpha Tomendra Cruisodi bhai. Favorite tweet of the month features. Finally, gangs looks into the animals inside them and it becomes a random therapy session. PS- There are some audio quality issues for a few seconds in the middle...
Gang got together but realized Nishant was missing so we had the very funny and very on-point with his critique of all and sundry Anurag Minus Verma @confusedvichar. We talked about the right wing influencer pandemic, how being apolitical is also political, what type of dictator does the country want and also how we examine our own prejudices, biases and how sometimes we censor ourselves as well.
Gang is on a short hiatus but fikar not, for this episode Raj sat down with the master satirist and perhaps an even better linguist Dr. Medusa @ms_medusssa on X. They talked about the challenges of doing satire in a country that often itself resembles a satire, the Chavda ailment that the BJPod boys gave Dr. Medusa, how does NASA sanskrit coding happens, the phenomenon of right wing influencers especially the women and a lot more. Tune In.
Gang gets together to ask the most important question of them all. How much work is ok work per the infosys simple murthy uncle. Also, why no talks of Qatar or RaGa Satyapal meet, but a lot of talks of Danish Kaneria. Also, they discuss Indian Roads and how to be a Roads Scholar along with what is Gita GPT. Special mention to, kya naam bataya? Bhupendra Jogi
Gang gets together and has a whole rant on the way this world cup is going and especially that game between India and them. Then they jump into the Israel and Palestine situation and how India is reacting to it. Tune in for the thoughtein.
Gang talks about the first day in the new parliament, the Modi Ji folder-folder khaali khaali folder. Also, India- Canada row and the trajectory our media and scientific temperament is sinking to.
Old timers might recognize but as part of the birthday of the Mahamanav Modi Ji we propose our version of the Modi Ji film and it is better than what the Vivek's Oberoi and Agnihotri can. It is the story of an Avatar. PS- The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. No Animals, Mothers or Cows were harmed during the re-imag...
Raj is joined by the man, the myth, the legend Meghnad. They talk about G20, Modi Ji as a brand, what does his successes tell us about the larger public. They also talk about the future and weird hypothesis like, how would Modi Ji and Shah Ji do if they were part of the Congress Party instead.
In this episode, we take a step-back and let our Discord community take the stage. They share how they feel at this moment in India and what hurts them and gives them a pause. If you wanted to understand the anguish that people who believe in a diverse, broader nation. Give this one a listen.
Just an epic rap battle between the first one and the current one
