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 pre-emptive strikes created and shelved and we

Episode 10 - US Oil's Descent into Anarchy and the Special Forces Debate Rages on

Apr 28th, 2020 48m 24s

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 expect to get free oil? The Special Forces debate

Episode 9 - A Leadership Crisis During A Crisis

Apr 3rd, 2020 49m 18s

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 - but when we do come out the other end, what will

Episode 8 - Houston, we have Modi and a CDS

Oct 5th, 2019 46m 20s

"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 importantly, how India might be using a civilisational a

Episode 7 - Kashmir in the Shah era

Aug 13th, 2019 58m 50s

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 deeper into why the Western press has seen fit to b

Episode 6 - War and Peace since Kargil

Jul 31st, 2019 52m 26s

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 this episode, discuss the events leading up to Kar

Episode 5 - Breaking down a pivotal budget and the most important company in the world!

Jul 19th, 2019 46m 44s

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 good move, but with states spending massively and

Episode 4 - A view of Kashmir and the journey of Political Satire

Jun 27th, 2019 40m 26s

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 satire has a rich and long history in democracies a

Episode 3 - The AFSOD, the Elections Finale and our Leadership Crisis deep dive.

Jun 5th, 2019 1h 8m

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 economic and social agenda are high priority. Leaders

Episode 2 - Masood Azhar, Indian Web Series and the Elections

May 21st, 2019 51m 33s

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 the countdown to the results of India’s most defi

Pontificating Across The Pond - Ep 1 - Balakot, Elections and Things We Are Watching

May 5th, 2019 1h 24m

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 politics to culture to it's history. We used to also h

A Post Bandersnatch Universe

Mar 14th, 2019 5m 38s

What if Bandersnatch didn’t stop here and went on to become a dystopic streaming universe that would rival all the movie franchises in the world... and even our very sanity?

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