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As the title suggests, a relook of what Quora offered in the Modi Years.

Aditya and Raj are joined by Abbas and Dr. Medusa to talk about the latest movie that is doing the rounds and what does good art mean? What does art need to do? Does it have a duty toward society and other such boring questions. They also talk about Modi Ji and his new antics like changing the name of MGNREGA to Pujya Bapu something and why.

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Aditya and Raj are joined by Vatsal and Kaustubh to discuss the pros and mostly cons of gig economy, goa, modi ji ke hilane ka shauq, democracy's temperature in vishwaguru, and kya hoga India ka?

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Gang is joined by Kalim and Richa. They discuss Mamdani, Bihar elections, perils of AI and the latest substack essay that Kalim and Raj wrote together. Also, Dhoom Machale.

Trigger Warning at 1 hour 30 min mark there is discussion of suicide and self harm, if you have to, please skip the next 15 minutes from there.

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Essay Link- https://themonolithbykalim.substack.com/p/perpetual-victimhood

Raj (@discoursedancer) and Aditya (@BhaJaPod) are joined by Vinamra (@Duneemperorpaul) as they discuss the latest movie to bathe in the waters of propaganda, what makes a film or a novel good versus what makes them mass popular. They also talk about the true intent of such films and art along with the regular news that is doing the rounds around.

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Aapko Mummy Kasam.

Gang talks of the latest Trump tarrifs and the H1B fiasco and how Modi Ji is the best master stroker for our country.

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We bring you a crossover episode from the PCCI where we talk about the recent India Pakistan cricket drama and how that ties into the jingoistic republic we live in today.

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OG Gang gathers to discuss new Modi Ji shenanigans and the RaGa H-Bomb. The state of democracy in India and why it is tough for centrist aligned people to truly understand how fast things have unraveled.

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Aditya and Nishant are joined by Richa, MV and Megh to talk about the Delhi order of capturing stray dogs while Modiji does dog whistle, what is Gendaswamy ka fuse conductor? Kya Arundati Roy hi Sanjay Raut hai? Women army officers as a shield against criticism of the govt. Mithun Da, India development day moved forward some BJPCCI discussions and an epic rap battle.

Gang starts by talking about the Trump Tariffs on India and how that is creating challenges for the Bhakt crowd. How Modi Ji is democracy and democracy is Modi Ji. They also debate if Rahul Gandhi's expose would have any impact on the general Indians? The cherry on the cake is the trailer review of not one but two Hedgewar movies.

Gang tries to talk about Dhankar Ji's sudden resignation and Indian media not being able to even sniff the news but then digresses into the PR around Modi Ji foreign trips which is not too different than Saiyyara. They then compare and contrast Saiyyaraa to Kaho Na Pyar Hai and realize they are getting old and therefore do not get the hype but also realizing in the process that India has only one rockstar which is Modi Ji.

Raj watched the movie Emergency and tries to explain it.

They end with, how the dream for them is to have Priyank Kharge someday say, fk.. those bhajapod guys.

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Gang reflects on their failures on not being able to be astro talk. They also listen to Shashi uncle singing offkey and apologize that they wanted him to be INC chief and then Yogi Ji movie trailer.

MV from PCCIPod is with us on the episode too.

Had Nilakantan RS on the pod for a conversation around how societies shape themselves around trust, why is India a low trust society, what it means for us as we fantasize about development while we are such low trust and are there ways to move us up the spectrum in trust.

What does it mean when a nation fears a poem? When an actor is boycotted not for what he says, but for who he shares a screen with? We unpack the growing wave of cultural censorship in India from the backlash against Diljit Dosanjh for starring alongside a Pakistani actor, to the banning of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry, to the rise of hyper-nationalist films.

We explore how art becomes resistance, how silence becomes complicity, and why, despite the weariness, we must still speak. Because, as Faiz said—Bol, ke sach zinda hai ab tak.

TW- Sensitive subject discussed.

Gang offers condolences but then does a commentary on how the sad news of the crash is being covered by Indian media and how right before this they were doing Hindu-Muslim on Eid. They talk of the things that happen only in India and the Indian delegation abroad singing.

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Talking about how we are slowly cultivating blood lust within us further, how war is hyper propaganda dressed as patriotism and finally what needs to be done to survive this time.

In this episode, the gang talks about a lack of sombreness in discussions around the recent conflict, the liberal readiness to lap up feminist tokenism by the govt. Also, Godi media and the helplessness around the lack of credible sources for news.

Clip used by Nidhi Suresh

In this emergency episode, we talk of how we have reduced ourselves to become obedient spectators. We talk about modern nationalism and the silent complicity that sustains it.

We try to understand why citizens cheer war like sport, and thinking becomes the enemy. Then end on why true love for a country might begin with saying no.

Song- Dastoor Habib Jalib by Ammar Rashid in JNU

Gang gets to talk about a movie called G20 where there is a role played by a fictional Indian PM and expands that to India's image in the world. Then they talk about how the PM spoke about the Muslim Youth by calling them Puncture Wala and then there is a bit on what happened in Pahalgam.

Episode Art thanks to Neiltee

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Another Pop Culture Deep Dive by the women at BhaJa Pod, this time they look at the influencer landscape, how they are shaping our views, selling us things and providing us a peek into their heavily curated lives. We start with Kusha Kapila who’s arguably one of the biggest success stories amongst influencers on Instagram, and we go through male feminists (?), flying beasts, curly tales and the biryani elaichi at every famous party Orry. They are joined enthusiastically by Dr. Medusa, a satirist and content creator herself, to provide her insight into influencing. 

In this special episode, the hosts of our sister pod, the desi academia pod and the PCCI pod join us namely- Megh, Vatsal, Richa, and MV; they talk about their professional experiences in education and workplaces.

We also talk about how we got here: our degree choices and motivations, experiences growing up in different parts of India, exposure, and moving away from home.

We discuss the impact of Liberalisation and 2014, creating reliable knowledge sources and reading, visiting India, the thoughts of moving back, and the impact of education systems and degrees on our lives.

Check out our sister podcasts!

• Desi Academia Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v6ymNb9uoxMc9gaCKJYLp
• PCCI Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oGfaWZ5cbsc18sfeP8g3o

The gang gets to the job of reviewing that interview on that podcast. After which it is one rant after another rant along with intermittent display of gareebi.

Gang is back and with them is the amazing Sucharita (@su4ita), where she tells them about Super Boys of Malegaon and what made the YRF and Johar movies tick in the 90's and 00's and what happened afterward. What does the audience want now and a lot more.

BJPod had returning champion Dr. Medusa (@ms_medusssa) and first timer Dr. Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) on the pod. We talk Sati Pratha, Chaava, the historical revisionism around Muslim invaders obviously India's got latent and Shah Hussaina.

In this special episodes of BhaJaPod, It is the much demanded ladies crew again, and the women have Shweta on to talk about why Kyunki Saans Bhi Kabhi bahu emerged and catapulted Smriti Irani into our lives.

They also talk about what came before in the 90’s, the aftermath with Balika Vadhu and Gopi Bahu, as well as Anupama today and the impact of all of these serials on society.

There’s a deep dive into Nagins which is the explainer you didn’t know you needed!

Tune in to hear Richa, Kesar, Amrutha and Shweta.

Edited by- Amrutha

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 being shaped under the current regime.

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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.

Just three guys chatting away while Modi Ji plays.

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. Plus, they throw in some men like 'Animal' for good measure! Tune in to hear Richa, Nidhi and Amrutha

Episode Editor- Nidhi

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, Nidhi and Richa

Editing- Nidhi

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 Mithun da in 90's along with a monkey among other random things.

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 Indian men have yet again managed to make this about themselves and explore the broader subject of how sexual violence against women is perceived and discussed.

Hosts for the episode- Richa, Kesar and Amrutha Links https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/asia/india-women-safety-rape.htmlhttps://youtu.be/YhTggnMwc8A?si=voFb6ejTQ9c624Yvhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/harsher-anti-rape-laws-alone-do-not-deter-crimes-against-women-sc-had-warned-govt-in-nirbhaya-verdict/article68537350.ece Book recommendations

1. Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day.

1. All About Love: New Visions, Book by Bell Hooks

https://amzn.in/d/8DkV0U5https://www.amazon.in/All-About-Love-Visions-Paperback/dp/0060959479?dplnkId=6bc6c05c-013e-4227-81a9-0d28ce70bb95

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 fall and then they look at some RW influencers who on paper seem smart enough to know better but do not (Ranga Uncle) and try to dissect why they are the way they are.

Gang goes over the various exit polls and their interpretation of what it all means.

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 might have impacted it and then finally talk about the men who should have been our ideals of positive masculinity compared to who in reality are.

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 and then finally an election roundup.

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 शर्माओ मत शेयर करो

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.

The next part of our history installment looks at the phenomenon of papa war rukwa di but with a historical twist.