The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League kicked off on 9th April. There have been a few surprises, with RCB leading the points table and winners of the last two editions Mumbai Indians losing 3 out of the 5 games they have played so far. With about a quarter of the games in the group stage completed, and teams moving to a different venue, we look back at the games so far with Abhishek Paul(@abhility), Mahek Vyas(mahektetweet), Nirav Kanodra (@niravstoons) & Srivatsa Subbanna (@s_srivats...
Apr 24, 2021•41 min
India reported over 15 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of April 18, 2021. Out of these, over 12.9 million patients had recovered, while 178 thousand cases were fatal. The number of people infected with the virus was growing and the government had swung into action to curtail further spread of the outbreak. Globally, over 141 million cases of the coronavirus were reported as of April 18, 2021. India expanded its vaccination programme to include all adults over the age of ...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 110
We have seen a spate of startup funding activity in recent times. Just in the last couple of weeks we have seen Fintech startup, Groww, raised $83 million in its Series D funding, in a round led by Tiger Global; Gupshup raised a 100M from Tiger again; sharechat raised 500M from Tiger too; Meesho raised 300M from Softbank; epharmacy startup Pharmeasy raised 350M, Cred raised 200+ million from Falcon Edge. There have been 10 unicorns created in this year already! And this is aside from more mature...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 108
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about Citibank's India exit, USA blocking export of vaccines, Nirav Modi's extradition, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on Instagram).
Apr 18, 2021•32 min
The Indian Railways are the backbone of the country, connecting the various remote parts of our country. It is the largest network in the world by size. Beyond the immense utility of the railways, there is also a rich cultural and historical significance to it. In this episode, we delve deeper into the history and culture of the Indian Railways. An officer with the Indian Railways, Vinita Srivastava is presently the Executive Director, Railway Heritage heading the Heritage Directorate of the Rai...
Apr 17, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Manohar Parrikar was India's first IIT-qualified Chief Minister. But that description doesn't capture even a fraction of his achievements. He used his natural brilliance to serve the country, first as a committed grass-roots volunteer, then as four-time popular Chief Minister of Goa and finally contributed to strengthening India's national security as Defence Minister between November 2014 and March 2017. Nitin Gokhale, one of South Asia's leading strategic and defence analysts, became acquainte...
Apr 14, 2021•46 min•Ep. 107
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the production-linked incentives for solar & LED, Punjab Farmers' DBT, unicorns in rapid succession, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bhara...
Apr 11, 2021•32 min
Robert 'Bob' Blackman is a Conservative Party leader from the United Kingdom, who has served as the Member of Parliament from Harrow East since 2010. He has also served as the Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee since 2012. Bob is a great friend of India, representing a constituency, where a third of his voters are of Indian origin. He has made great attempts to integrate and assimilate his constituents of the Indian origin in the business, social and political mainstream over the years. I...
Apr 06, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 106
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the Yoga ban in Alabama, Indian Railways' electrification, highest ever exports in March 2021, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: We're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on...
Apr 04, 2021•16 min
Gautam Bambawale is a retired Indian diplomat with a distinguished career in key foreign missions like the USA, China, Pakistan and Germany. Mr Bambawale retired in 2018 from the Indian Foreign Service and is now settled in Pune. His last posting was India's Ambassador to China, Mr Bambawale has had several difficult situations in his career to deal with. He was in Beijing during India's nuclear tests in 1998. He was again in Beijing when the Doklam crisis unfolded in 2017. He was in the USA aro...
Apr 01, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 105
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the Suez Canal blockage, H&M and Nike's Chinese boycott, Lloyd Austin's India visit, the MMDR bill, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharat...
Mar 28, 2021•34 min
Sridhar Vembu is the co-founder and CEO of Zoho, one of India’s best known software companies. He is also among the most avant-garde thinkers today, reimagining how India should view Education, Economy, and Entrepreneurship.In this quickfire conversation with Roshan Cariappa, he speaks about receiving the Padma Shri award, his learnings from running Zoho, and hiring, retaining, and nurturing talent in his copnay. He went on to speak about increasing productivity in the Indian workforce, addition...
Mar 27, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 104
The Tamil Nadu assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6. For the last 50 years, the State’s politics has been dominated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). For half that time, there have been two dominant figures, loved and reviled in equal measure: J Jayalalithaa of the AIADMK and M Karunanidhi of the DMK. But, with their passing in 2016 and 2018, respectively, the State’s politics has seen tremendous flux over th...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 103
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the new vehicle scrappage policies, vaccine diplomacy and its criticisms, the global chip shortage, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaar...
Mar 21, 2021•32 min
Sri. Rakesh Verma is the Managing Director and Founder of MapmyIndia – which is a leader in digital map data and associated technologies and products. Mr. Verma is a true innovator and visionary who quit a successful career in the USA with General Motors to return to India and build for Bharat. In this conversation, Mr. Verma described his journey of the last two decades, how he persevered to invest in a space that had multiple challenges including the fact that he had to take on one of the Worl...
Mar 20, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 102
In its original form, Chess originated in the 6th century in India. However, India produced its first International Master only in 1961. In 1997, India had only 3 Grandmasters. This number has risen to 87 (including 20 Women GMs) thanks to the stellar work of organisations such as Chess Gurukul. In this episode, we talk to Ramesh RB (Grandmaster & Founder - Chess Gurukul) about India's chess ecosystem, the approach Chess Gurukul takes when it comes to nurturing young talent, some of the key ...
Mar 18, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 101
The West Bengal elections are a couple of weeks away and campaigning is in full swing with high drama every day. It promises to be an exciting content and on this episode, we delve into the nuances with our experts, Aankhi Ghosh (Supreme Court Advocate) and Rohit Jayaraman (Political Commentator). We begin the discussion by laying out some of the key issues that this election will be contested on. Then, we analyse the campaigns of the various parties and alliances involved and also dissect some ...
Mar 16, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 100
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the the international Quad meeting with a joint statement, V-Dem report downgrading India to an electoral autarchy, Uttarakhand CM change (AC) and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/b...
Mar 14, 2021•34 min
This episode is a discussion with Mr Shailesh Pathak, who is a distinctive and unique personality. Mr Pathak is currently the CEO of L&T Infrastructure Development Projects and has in the past worked in leadership roles with leading firms like Srei, IDFC and ICICI. He served the Indian Administrative Service for 16 years running projects to build roads, power plants, tiger habitats and dams – notably projects linked to the Sardar Sarovar dam. Mr Pathak is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. Mr Patha...
Mar 13, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 99
India enacted three laws in September 2020 to liberate its agriculture sector from decades of restrictive market practices. These changes have however led to farmer protests in parts of India - specifically Punjab and Haryana. These protests have been extensively covered in the Western media after some celebrities were roped in to tweet in favour of these protests. This episode attempts to demystify the farm laws and the ongoing protests. This is a joint production between Bharatvaarta and Conse...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8th), we speak to a couple of outspoken voices on social media, Monica Verma (Researcher, Political Economy) and Pratyasha Rath (Researcher, Behavioural Science) about the challenges that women face and potential social and political solutions to alleviate their experience. Monica and Pratyasha begin by discussing women’s participation in politics, why there is a lack of adequate representation, what can be done to increase the same, and also how women’s...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the Ease of living Index of cities, 50th anniversary of Gavaskar's debut, Record FDI inflows and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on I...
Mar 07, 2021•34 min
It has been a year of Bharatvaarta; we published our first episode (“Namaste Trump”) on Feb 25th 2020. Since, we have recorded over 125 podcasts, interviewed the likes of Amish Tripathi, Sridhar Vembu, and Smriti Irani, and covered various topics within Politics, Policy, and Culture. In this episode, Ravi Shankar (Author, Columnist, PR Expert) talks to Bharatvaarta Host, Roshan Cariappa, about the genesis of Bharatvaarta, what makes the podcast unique, and what we have coming up in the future. T...
Mar 04, 2021•33 min
The Indian Government has released guidelines for regulating OTT streaming platforms and digital news media. Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad ji and Prakash Javadekar ji, said these are for “empowering the ordinary users of social media.” Joining us in discussing the impact of this, are Neha Joshi, (Social Activist and the National Media Co-Incharge of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha) and Aashish Chandorkar (Author, Columnist, & Social Media Commentator). They explain the proposed regula...
Feb 28, 2021•52 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the results of the Gujarat Municipal polls, the Indo-Pak ceasefire, the Narendra Modi stadium, positive GDP growth in Q3, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Fac...
Feb 28, 2021•32 min
Kerala is scheduled to go to the polls in May. Politically, it has largely been bi-polar, with power alternating between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front and the Congress led United Democratic Front. While the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government has praised for having delivered welfare schemes efficiently during the Kerala Floods of 2018, it’s recent mishandling of the COVID pandemic and also the spate of scams has cast a shadow on its performance. In the UDF, the Congress’ decline political...
Feb 24, 2021•55 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about China releasing images of the Galwan clash, Telecom sector PLI scheme announcement, E Sreedharan joining BJP, Punjab local polls, and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.i...
Feb 21, 2021•32 min
Guy Sorman is a French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy. He has written twenty books that promote the ideals of creativity and modern capitalism. Sorman was a founder of a French NGO, Action against Hunger (ACF), in 1979 and was its President until 1990, when he became its Honorary President. He is the global advisor of the South Korean President. Sorman has held many government positions in France. Guy Sorman has also written many articl...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 96
We are at the mid-way point of the India-England series. In addition, the IPL mini-auction has thrown in a few surprises. In this episode, we have Abhishek Paul (@abhility), Shrikant Subramanian (@homeropines) & Srivatsa Subbanna (@s_srivats) look back at the first two tests and look ahead to what can be expected from the pink ball test and the last test at Ahmedabad. We also look at how some of the new acquisitions could affect the franchises. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr
Radhika Gupta is the MD & CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Funds. She is India’s only woman head of a major asset manager and is a very popular voice on social media, as well – LinkedIn recognized her recently as among the top 10 voices on Finance and Economy in the World. In this conversation, Radhika describes why she is optimistic about India this new decade, how India’s perception has changed over generations, how the retail investor’s confidence has increased tremendously in that time, and final...
Feb 18, 2021•43 min
