Sir Jeffrey Archer is a bestselling author, having authored over 40 books and selling over 330 million copies worldwide. His most famous novels include Kane and Abel, Honour Among Thieves, The Prodigal Daughter, A Prisoner of Birth, and A Prison Diary. If that wasn't enough he's been a parliamentarian as well, he has served 2 British Prime Ministers, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher and Sir John Major. Kane and Abel proved to be his best-selling work, reaching number one on The New York Times bestsellers ...
Sep 21, 2021•51 min
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Sep 19, 2021•30 min
The Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan by US-led forces in 2001, but the group has seized control of the country once again following a rapid offensive. The capital, Kabul, was the last major city to fall to the offensive that began months ago but accelerated as the hardline Islamists gained control of territories. The group entered direct talks with the US back in 2018, and in February 2020 the two sides struck a peace deal that committed the US to withdrawal and the Taliban to prev...
Sep 17, 2021•51 min
Between the years 1659 and 1818, the Marathas fought hundreds of battles, not only in the Sahyadris, but across the country. Some of these were pivotal and game changing - such as the Pratapgad Campaign, Palkhed or Panipat. The course of Maratha and Indian history was altered by these battles. This book attempts to throw a light on a dozen of these significant battles and campaigns, focusing on the reasons, the chess - like moves and the effects of victories and defeats. In this episode, the aut...
Sep 15, 2021•52 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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). #Bharatvaarta #BVWeekly
Sep 12, 2021•27 min
This year, India is witnessing an increasing number of high-profile internet startups going public. Food delivery giant Zomato listed its shares on the public markets earlier in July and saw its market cap hitting USD 13 billion. Other big wig companies like digital payments firms Paytm and MobiKwik, omnichannel beauty product retailer Nykaa, online travel booking firm ixigo, and digital insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar, among others, have already filed with the Indian market regulator to get ...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
India on Monday has once again achieved a milestone by administering more than 1 crore Covid vaccine doses for the third time in the last 11 days. A total of 1,05,76,911 doses were administered on Monday, officials said, adding that the figure is expected to increase with thecompilation of the final reports. Dr. Yogesh Panchwagh is a doctor in Pune, working as a frontline healthcare worker during both peaks of the pandemic in Pune. In this special episode, he spoke about how the vaccine effort h...
Sep 07, 2021•22 min
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Sep 05, 2021•27 min
The politics of backward caste assertion in India is undergoing a new resurgence. The possible culmination of a series of events, mostly unrelated to each other, is likely to transform Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from an administrative category to a political one. And this has the potential to irreversibly change the nature and character of Indian democracy. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s victory in 2014 (and 2019) was not just due to greater consolidation of the upper castes, but also bec...
Sep 03, 2021•46 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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).
Aug 29, 2021•24 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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). #Bharatvaarta #BVWeekly
Aug 22, 2021•31 min
The Marathas began their quest for Swarajya in 1646 under Chhatrapati Shivaji. From this year until 1818, the Marathas remained a formidable power in the Indian sub-continent. This is a story of their rise to paramountcy in the Eighteenth century – and their fall in early Nineteenth century. It was the first indigenous Empire after centuries of foreign rule…and the last before the British took over. Dr. Uday Kulkarni is an author of 6 excellent books on 18th century Maratha history. He is an AFM...
Aug 18, 2021•57 min
More than three decades later, the Tiananmen Square incident refuses to be forgotten. The events that occurred in the summer of 1989 would not only set the course for China's politics but would also re-define its relationship with the world. China's message was clear: it remained committed to market-oriented reform, but it would not tolerate any challenge to the supremacy of the Chinese Communist Party. In return for economic prosperity, the Chinese have surrendered some rights to the state. A d...
Aug 17, 2021•58 min
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Aug 15, 2021•28 min
Shri Swaminathan Gurumurthy is a chartered accountant and corporate and legal adviser of high standing. Having qualified in the intermediate and final examination of the CA examination in 1972 with all India ranking in both examinations, he has been in practice for the last 42 years. Shri Gurumurthy is a very well known adviser to many corporates on law and finance and also on macro economic issues affecting corporates. As a professional he has mediated and solved some of the most complex corpor...
Aug 15, 2021•34 min
Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to fascinate us. Even today, we have passionate discussions about the people and their actions in the epic, fervidly defending our favourites and denouncing others. The number of works on the Mahabharata-adaptations, retellings and fiction-that still get written is a testimony to its enduring relevance. While the general storyline is largely known, a lot of question...
Aug 11, 2021•55 min
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Aug 08, 2021•26 min
The new draft e commerce policy by the government will touch upon multiple aspects of the eCommerce business itself and has wide ranging consequences for all stakeholders involved. Understandably, there's a lot of debate, skepticism, on certain clauses of the policy. To make sense of all of these policy proposals and understand what is the right way to look at these circumstances. In this episode, we have Rajeev Mantri, investor, bestselling author and Managing Director at Navam Capital. He has ...
Aug 05, 2021•47 min
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Aug 01, 2021•32 min
The Pegasus expose has caused a huge scandal for Indian journalists and politicians. With the high-tech modern approach of this virus, we need to take a big-picture geopolitical view of this complex situation. Today, our guests are Surya Kanegaonkar and Karan Datta. Surya is a finance professional passionate about Indic culture and global geopolitics, and a columnist for many prominent news outlets. Welcome to the podcast Surya. Karan has over 25 years of experience in the Financial Service indu...
Jul 29, 2021•56 min•Ep. 135
26th July is celebrated every year as Kargil Vijay Diwas. On this podcast, we look back at some of the events that unfolded 22 years ago on perhaps the toughest terrain in the world, and speak about some the history and significance of a war that everybody deemed impossible to win. To discuss this, we have Aadit Kapadia, who runs MyIndMakers, a website discussing Indian policy, politics and culture. We also have Mohal Joshi, who hosts the India Rising podcast with Kishore Narayan. He also has a ...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 134
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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). #Bharatvaarta #BVWeekly
Jul 25, 2021•36 min
Jayant Sinha is the Member of Indian Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Government of India. Sinha ji is currently the Chairperson for Standing Committee on Finance and a member of the Public Accounts Committee for 2019-2020. He has also been an investment fund manager and management consultant. He is also a global expert on Entrepreneurship and Technology and has published articles in leading magazines and newspapers suc...
Jul 22, 2021•37 min
The media landscape has changed drastically in the last 10 years with the rise of independent media that offers an alternative to mainstream media narratives. MyIndMakers, started in 2015, is one of the most eminent examples of this movement. It has become one of the most popular news sources for the Indian diaspora and beyond. In this episode, we hosted Dr. Haritha Pusarla and Shri. Pramod Buravalli, two of the founders of the site.
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 2 min
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Jul 18, 2021•31 min
On this episode of the #LongIndia series, we are pleased to have with us Shri. NK Chaudhary ji, who is the Chairman & MD of Jaipur Rugs. Jaipur Rugs is one of India's biggest manufacturers of hand-knotted rugs. The company's operations span across 600 villages in India, with the product being distributed to over 40 countries. The company manages around 40,000 artisans. He is often held up as a prime example of social entrepreneurship; one of the main focuses of this episode. We also delved i...
Jul 15, 2021•29 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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).
Jul 11, 2021•32 min
Of late, we don't just see debate on social media, but debate about it. There has been plenty of controversy about regulation, freedom of speech, big tech, sovereignty and so on. In this podcast, we explored some of these nuances with Abhishek Ashtana. Abhishek Asthana is an entrepreneur and founder of Ginger Monkey LLP and is a social media influencer with over 1Million followers on twitter. In this wide-ranging podcast, we tackled issues such as the influence and power of social media. We delv...
Jul 08, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 130
America celebrates 245 years of Independence this month, and in this episode, we take a look at some of the social and political changes that have taken place since the last few years. We tackled issues such as the Trump election, the COVID-19 pandemic, wokeism, and much more. Ruchir Sharma is an international affairs and social entrepreneurship expert across India and Europe, with experience ranging from research at IIM-Ahmedabad to public policy and security sector reform with a Swiss inter-go...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 32 min
The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. 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).
Jul 04, 2021•29 min
