Podcasts by Pontificating Across The Pond
Back in the day while we were roommates in Chennai and Bangalore, we would have many long debates and conversations on the country and the many forces making it what is today. Now, with a pond separating us with Uday in London, and me in Bangalore, we want to continue these conversations, over a podcast so we can have you join in with your views. We intend to come back with an episode as often as we can, the moment we find matters that require pontificating across the pond.
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Episode 11 - The Nuclear Decades from 2020-07-20T17:58:31
On May 18, 1974, India conducted a 'peaceful' nuclear explosion - which came on the heels of vivisecting Pakistan. The intervening decades have seen nuclear adventures and misadventures, plans for ...
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Episode 10 - US Oil's Descent into Anarchy and the Special Forces Debate Rages on from 2020-04-28T08:22:33
WTI's May Contract exchanged hands at -$37/bbl a day before expiry. Is this indicative of a wider supply glut or do US's unique inland dynamics make this a one-off? More importantly, can India expe...
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Episode 9 - A Leadership Crisis During A Crisis from 2020-04-03T09:14:01
As the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the world - Som and Uday talk about the twin crises of leadership and the pandemic itself. The pain this pandemic has inflicted is not to be trifled with - bu...
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Episode 8 - Houston, we have Modi and a CDS from 2019-10-05T07:18:27
"India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi went on a charm offensive in the US. Som and Uday discuss what this means for India's foreign policy, that is, if it means anything at all. But more important...
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Episode 7 - Kashmir in the Shah era from 2019-08-13T08:40:43
The Indian government scrapped Article 370, which granted Jammu & Kashmir special status, on 5 August 2019. This historic move has seen many reactions and repucussions - but Som and Uday delve deep...
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Episode 6 - War and Peace since Kargil from 2019-07-31T11:07:46
Operation Vijay - the operation to evict Pakistani infiltrators from the commanding heights in Drass, Kargil, Leh and Mushkoh valley was successfully concluded on 26 July 1999. Som and Uday, in thi...
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Episode 5 - Breaking down a pivotal budget and the most important company in the world! from 2019-07-19T09:10:44
In this episode, Som and Uday delve deeper into the budget - not the 'bahi-khata', but its contents. Uday tries to explain why lowering the fiscal deficit target in a slowing economy is seldom a go...
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Episode 4 - A view of Kashmir and the journey of Political Satire from 2019-06-27T04:34:22
In this episode, Som and Uday discuss Kashmir - the past which brought us to the present and what the future holds as Sardar Patel's second coming assumes the Home Affairs portfolio. Political sati...
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Episode 3 - The AFSOD, the Elections Finale and our Leadership Crisis deep dive. from 2019-06-05T17:34:53
In this episode, we talk about the new Armed Forces Special Operations Command (AFSOD) and what it means for our security architecture. Why the high hopes for Modi 2.0 are justified and what econom...
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Episode 2 - Masood Azhar, Indian Web Series and the Elections from 2019-05-21T18:46:17
In this episode we break down the Masood Azhar story and it’s impact on India and it’s neighbors, and the world as a whole. We also talk about Indian web series that are piquing our interest and th...
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Pontificating Across The Pond - Ep 1 - Balakot, Elections and Things We Are Watching from 2019-05-05T04:58:47
Back in the day while we were roommates in Chennai and Bangalore, we would have many long debates and conversations on the country and the many forces making it what it is today, right from politic...
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