Ep 10: What India Gave To The World & The Incandescent Talent Of Renu Saluja
When we speak about India and its relationship with the world, we often focus on what we have received from the world. But what about what w...
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Haal-Chaal Theek Thaak Hai
Indian popular culture through the lens of cinema, music and books by Pavan and Subrat. Each episode includes a contemporary issue and its roots in culture, trivia on forgotten artists who d...
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11 episodesEp 9: Swanand Kirkire On Popular Culture & S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - A Voice For The Ages
Aimless conversation is therapy. It is good for the soul. We drifted a lot in this episode. Because we had Swanand Kirkire as our guest. Wit...
Ep8:Food In Our Lives & Mallika-e-Ghazal Begum Akhtar
"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relatives." - Oscar Wilde Good food does that and more. We talk about food in t...
Ep7 Finding Art In Bureaucracy & The Renaissance Man That Was Salil Chowdhury
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy. —Franz Kafka We don't take such a dim view. There's more...
Ep6 The Lifeline Of India And That Magical Sparsh Of Sai Paranjpye
"Mother, I sit by my window for hours on end, And watch the long trains rumble past" (Trains, Humayun Kabir) Trains. Watching them, travelli...
Ep5: The Voice From The Sky And The 'King of Forest' Among Composers - Vanraj Bhatia
"I'd sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio" (Radio Ga Ga:...
Ep 4: The Variegated Shades of Truth And V.K. Murtyh - Guru Dutt's 'Eyes'
Twain wrote: "The Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend,...
Ep3: Rains In Our Culture And Mangesh Desai - A Forgotten Legend Of Indian Cinema
यही तो है मौसम बारिश का मौसम, जयपुर में चाय-पकौड़ी और बैंगलोर में फ़िल्टर कापी-भज्जी के साथ कुछ गप-शप, बारिश के ही आस-पास. महाकवि कालीदास से...
Ep2: Migration In Our Popular Culture, Jaidev and A Surprise At The End
02 August, 2020 शुक्रिया दोस्तो, हाल-चाल ठीक-ठाक है के पहले एपिसोड को समय देने के लिये और आपकी प्रतिक्रियाओं के लिये बहुत सारा शुक्रिया. कोर...
China in Indian popular culture, Haqeeqat and Manohari Singh
In this first episode, Pavan and Subrat talk about their backgrounds, China's presence (or absence) in our popular culture, the legendary in...
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