Month: March 2023

Conversation with Pooja Sharma: Founder The Sarvodya Collective

 

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Maneesh is in a freewheeling conversation with Pooja Sharma, founder of The Sarvodya Collective. A NPO working to build awareness and allyship for Neurodiversity as a cause.

You can mail Pooja at pooja.sharma@sarvodya.org

The Sarvodya Collective Instagram handle: https://instagram.com/thesarvodyacollective

Inclusive Duniya Instagram handle: https://instagram.com/inclusiveduniya

 

 

 

Ankit Bhuptani on Dharma and LGBTQ

On the 31st Episode of The Indic Explorer Show, I spoke to Ankit Bhuptani a person from the Queer community and a practitioner of Hinduism on how he reconciles both these identities. He also talks about Hinduism and its commentary on LGTBQ identities. He is a TEDX Speaker as well as an activist for LGBTQ rights in the United Nations. Do check this one out for a unique perspective.

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Episode 20: History of Europeans in India

 

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Prathamesh and Omar talk to Maneesh about Europeans in India.

This a precursor to a dedicated episode on the history of British in India.

Books and References:

Indica by Arrian

A Forgotten Empire by Robert Sewell

The First Republic: The Untold True Story of the Imperial Karbhari Sarkar by Venkatesh Rangan

White Mughals and The Anarchy by William Dalrymple

 

 

 

Discussion on India with Salvatore Babones

On the 30th Episode of The Indic Explorer Show, I spoke to Comparative Sociologist Salvatore Babones on the heels of his second trip to India on what he felt about the country, its challenges with international opinion and how it can overcome these hurdles. Do Check it out.

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Suhel Seth on Future Impact of Artificial Intelligence (ChatGpt) on Advertising & Branding

On the 29th Episode of The Indic Explorer Show, I spoke to Suhel Seth (India’s premier marketing, branding and advertising expert) on The Future Impact of Artificial Intelligence (ChatGpt) on Advertising & Branding.

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Nithin Jayaraj on Indic Workout Tools, Fitness Training & Bodybuilding

On the 28th Episode of The Indic Explorer Show, I spoke to Nithin Jayaraj on Indic Workout Tools, Fitness Training & Bodybuilding. We also spoke about dieting and whether it is good to consume dietary supplements.

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Episode 19 – The Rajputs

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The references for the podcast are:

1. Early History of Rajputs (750 to 1000 A.D.) by C.V Vaidya
2. History and Culture of the Indian People – Vol III, IV, V, VI & VII
3. Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries by André Wink
4. Al-Hind, Volume 2 Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th-13th Centuries
by André Wink
5. The Political History of the Hunas in India by Atreyi Biswas
6. The Making of Early Medieval India by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya

Intellectual Brown Web

Sarah Haider, Shadi Hamid, myself and Murtaza Hussain recorded an impromptu podcast that we titled the “Intellectual Brown Web.” These are basically people I know well (I am good friends with both Sarah and Shadi) or who got involved in Twitter threads repeatedly (Murtaza). But there is no “Hindo-origin person.” Since I don’t give a shit about representation or affirmative action I don’t care too much…but this got me thinking, what based Hindu Americans would you have on? I know plenty of based Hindus from India…but most Hindu Indian Americans are Rho Khanna at the most based.

I mean think about this: why the fuck am I having to write long pieces about how the anti-caste discrimination stuff is bullshit? I’m just a tech entrepreneur who isn’t even from a Hindu background. Suhag at HAF does stuff and others, but where are the big hitters? Instead you have public Hindu Americans proudly pushing this stuff.

Note: there are plenty of based Hindu Americans who are doctors, engineers and business people. They just aren’t public people. Which is fine, but if you don’t speak for yourself, at some point Razib Khan is going to get tired of doing so.

The Keralite Martial Art Kalaripayattu & How it Influenced the Foundation of Chinese Kung Fu

On the 27th Episode of The Indic Explorer Show, I spoke to Ram Sundar on ‘Kalaripayatu’ – The Ancient Keralite martial art tradition, its principles and the combat training methods.

We also covered the fascinating and less known story of a South Indian prince Bodidharma, going to China and teaching the shaolin monks this martial art. This leads us to the origin story of modern day Kung Fu which sprouted from Kalari.

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