Joined by Kunal Purohit (@kunalpurohit) and Abbas Momin (@AbbasMomin), we talk about Indian cinema and popular culture since 1 AD and about what can and cannot be made anymore. Coldplay in India, Vivek Oberoi in Davos. Kunal and Abbas provide their perspective on popular culture, media, music and films and how it is b... more
Nishant (@nishant0511) and Raj are joined by Punit (@Punit_Pania) and Vinamra (@Duneemperorpaul) as they talk about the Kumbh Mela, what it means to be developed, the rising radicalization in youth, Patal Lok and the Kannada movie Super.
The first half of the pod is Aditya and Raj talking about the legacy of Manmohan Singh and the way people in India have reacted to his passing, they also talk about H1B fiasco and in the second part the gang gets on to shoot shit from Quora and latest trailers.
In this the BhaJaPod ladies talk the fascinating evolution of the self-destructive man's portrayal in pop culture. Through an analysis of Devdas’s, subversive reimagining in DevD, and then some Kabir Singh carcass thrown in, they explore how this archetype has been reinterpreted and recontextualized over the years. Plu... more
Gang gets to talk about the slowly falling apart Hindi film industry and ask all of us ki kyu nahi ban sakti India me ab phir se a movie like Dil To Pagal Hai. Then they talk about the Maharashtra elections, Sambhal violence and Bangladesh.
Gang is together and perhaps this will be the episode that will mean that most of the pod listener abandon the pod. The gang talk American elections from the lens of the Indian liberal twitter reaction to the elections and then of course some other newsein from India.
The BJPod wimmins look at weddings and their depiction starting with Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair’s groundbreaking depiction of an intimate Punjabi wedding. To Made in Heaven’s toe-dipping into every possible wedding related societal ill (with smug voiceovers) and Neeraj Ghaywan’s Dalit Wedding episode.Hosts- Amrutha, ... more
The three get together to talk about how things have been and some news stuff, sexy jaishankar and the other ministers, Aditya's cousins book collection and Raj's cinema watching comes into discussion which also gets them into talking a comparative discussion of the slow death of Hindi cinema via Stree 2, Singham via M... more
Gang is gangier today with many folks on the pod from our discord community, we talk laddo ke peeche kya hai and other Modi Ji things. Guests-Kalim, kki, Ajay, Arbaz, Amruthaidhi, MV
To celebrate this great time of both the Narendra Day and 5 years of BJPod, as we prepare something for you, we thought we would share some of our best work till then. Enjoy and share with friends.
The BJPod Discord Community got together to discuss the Mood of the Nation, Poland Visit, Tipping in USA & Ola being the largest EV company in the world except China amongst other things.
Trigger warning: Episode discusses sexual violence, listener discretion is advised.In this episode, we have new hosts to discuss the Kolkata case and their perspectives as women.They delve into the grim state of women's safety in this country that was brought to light since this heinous crime. They discuss how Indi... more
Trigger Warning- The episode contains mention of sexual violence and worse, strong listener discretion advised. Gang talks about Indian men obviously and then dive into other areas like Ambani family being 10% of India's GDP, some crazy people talking crazy stuff and then in the same vein Kangana and her new movie.
The gang gets together to have a lengthy chat around the post world cup celebration, the Ambani shadi and pyar kya hai? Also, liberalism kya hai and Bhagwan kya hai are discussed.
Gang is missing Nishant, it is just Aditya and Raj and obviously the holy ghost of Guruji. They start by trying to dissect how to procure a chappal in Banaras and what will the Mumbai Jains will be for the next comic con. Then the discussion moves to why is power context important in deciding where your empathy should ... more
We deep dive into how our cinema has always reflected our leading political thought of the time, how Dileep Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were fundamentally different type of heroes than the modern Indian hero. We then analyze the masculine anxieties of the Indian society diving into how the theory of martial races m... more
Gang gets together to discuss how certain grifters use the term Hindu Atheist to describe themselves when in reality they are just people looking to pile hate on minorities and how there is a whole nexus of them which is also being legitimized now. They talk of their own experiences and understanding of religion too an... more
This time we look at the two different type of armed resistance out of many that India saw in the recent past and how it has dealt with the both of them and what it tells us about our motherland. We look at Ranveer Sena and the Naxal movement.
Gang is missing Nishant but Vatsal from the PCCIpod agrees to join in his absence. They talk about the flawed notion of development that plagues the sociocultural belief system of the Indian society, deep down into some of the news of the week and obviously talks about Modi Ji's chin and hair transplants. Tune in and श... more
This time we dig into the root of the inequalities that persists in our society and how much of it can be blamed on the mixed economy model adopted by early India. We start in 1793 and end in 2024.
Gang discusses what is new in the election scene, the inheritance tax and wealth redistribution chatter, what the right wing media is talking about and also review a few election adds.