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Ami Ganatra is an alumna of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). A management professional, she is also a devout yoga practitioner, a certified yoga instructor, and a student of Sanskrit and Indian knowledge systems.   In her latest book, 'Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Valmiki’s Epic', Ami attempts to address some key concerns: How did his childhood and youth s...

Pankaj Saxena is Co-Founder, Bṛhat and Director, Cultural Research, Bṛhat. He is an author who writes on Hindu temples, Indian art, literature, history and culture. He is also deeply interested in cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology and ecology. He has visited more than 600 ancient Hindu temples on his temple trails.

Sudhanshu Mani is a former officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, where he served for 38 years. He retired as the general manager of the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, where Train 18 was built from design to development in record 18 months under his leadership.

Historian Vikram Sampath is the author of seven acclaimed books, including Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars; My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician; Voice of the Veena: S Balachander: A Biography; Women of the Records and Indian Classical Music and the Gramophone: 1900-1930. His latest books, published by Penguin Random House India, are the two-volume...

Gautam R. Desiraju is a structural chemist who has been in the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India since 2009. Prior to this, he had been in the University of Hyderabad for 30 years. He has played a major role in the development and growth of the subject of crystal engineering. He is one of the most highly cited Indian scientists with more...

J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.  India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy,...

Sriram Balasubramanian is a reputed Economist and Author whose key areas of interest include global macroeconomics, economic trends in emerging markets, new growth models, Indic/Dharmic culture & an innate passion for India’s socio-economic happenings.   He has authored two books ‘Jamba-The Joint Family’ and ‘The Wizards’ (US version).   His latest book is an analysis of Kautily...

Rohit Pathania is an author, analyst and observer with varied interests in politics, history and environment.

Tilak Devasher retired as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Government of India in 2014. He is currently a member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) and also a Consultant with the Vivekananda International Foundation.   During his professional career Tilak served in J&K, Delhi and abroad. He specialized in security issues, especially pertaining to India’s neighbourhood. P...

Jaideep A. Prabhu is a scholar of diplomatic history and nuclear policy though he has a wide range of scholarly interests from the Classics, ethics, history, law, literature, political philosophy, religion, and security. His regional interests, however, are limited to Western Europe and the Greater Levant. Prabhu has three Masters’ degrees in the humanities despite an engineering background, and h...

Jaideep A. Prabhu is a scholar of diplomatic history and nuclear policy though he has a wide range of scholarly interests from the Classics, ethics, history, law, literature, political philosophy, religion, and security. His regional interests, however, are limited to Western Europe and the Greater Levant. Prabhu has three Masters’ degrees in the humanities despite an engineering background, and h...

Dr Prasanna Tantri is an Associate Professor in the Finance area and Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance at ISB. His research areas include- banking, financial inclusion, financial contagion, regulation, and the relationship between politics and finance. He teaches a course on Indian financial systems.

Ananth Krishna is lawyer, author and commentator. He has a deep interest in constitutional law and follows the politics and culture of Kerala closely. Ananth is on Twitter @Ananth_Krishna_

Hukmdev Narayan Yadav is a politician from Bihar, who has been Union Minister of State. He is the recipient of Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. He represented the Madhubani constituency of Bihar in 1977, 1999, 2009, and 2014. He was with Socialist Party in 1960s and various faces of Janata Dal and its off-shoots in 1980s, but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party.   Yadav...

Radhavallabh Tripathi is one of the senior-most professors of Sanskrit in the country.  Widely acclaimed for his original contributions to the study of Natyashastra and Sahityashastra, he has published 129 books, 187 research papers and critical essays as well as translations of more than 30 Sanskrit plays and some classics from Sanskrit into Hindi. He has received more than 25 national and i...

J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.   India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy,...

Pankaj Saxena is Co-Founder, Bṛhat and Director, Cultural Research, Bṛhat. He is an author who writes on Hindu temples, Indian art, literature, history and culture. He is also deeply interested in cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology and ecology. He has visited more than 600 ancient Hindu temples on his temple trails.

Ami Ganatra is an alumna of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). A management professional, she is also a devout yoga practitioner, a certified yoga instructor, and a student of Sanskrit and Indian knowledge systems.   In her latest book, 'Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Valmiki’s Epic', Ami attempts to address some key concerns: How did his childhood and youth s...

Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian music composer and singer in Marathi and Hindi movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. 0:00 Introduction 1:26 नए संगीत जैसी कोई चीज नहीं है? 5:04 सारा खेल 12 सुरों का है 6:28 🎵 पंछी बनूँ उड़ती फिरूँ 🎵 8:14 🎵 कजरारे कजरा...

Dr Amit Thadhani is a practising general surgeon and Director, Niramaya Hospital, Kharghar Navi, Mumbai, a 75-bed hospital that was a dedicated COVID-19 Hospital during the pandemic.  0:00 Intro 1:32 Why Ayushmann Bharat failed to live up to expectations 3:32 Compensation rates for most procedures are outrageous 7:35 Understanding the economics of complicated economic procedures 9:00 Why priv...

Ratan Sharda has been awarded a PhD for his thesis on RSS. He is an author, columnist and renowned TV panelist. He has written 9 books of which 7 are on RSS, one on Guru Nanak Dev and one on Disaster Management; translated two books about RSS – The Incomparable Guruji Golwalkar and M S Golwalkar: His Vision and Mission, from Hindi to English; written by the foremost RSS thinker Shri Ranga Hari. He...

Nityānanda Miśra is an author based in Mumbai. He works in the investment banking industry. He has edited and authored eight books in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English. Born in Lucknow, Misra is an MBA fro

Mayank Gandhi is a social activist who was previously a member of core committee in the India Against Corruption movement and a National Executive Member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).   Presently he is the chief trustee and founder of the non-governmental organization Global Vikas Trust which aims at transforming the drought-hit villages of Marathwada, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, by aimin...

A Microbiologist turned Development Economist,  Ravishankar is a social commentator  and a political enthusiast. An alumnus of IIT Guwahati and St Berchmans College, he is into Socio politics of Kerala, environmental issues and genetics. Ravi is on Twitter @oru_pavam_nair.   Ananth Krishna is lawyer, author and commentator. He has a deep interest in constitutional law and follows th...

Scholar and Poet of Sanskrit and Persian languages, Dr. Balram Shukla has University degrees in both with gold medals. He values necessity of these source languages to identify India in its integrity. For his outstanding and promising presence in these fields of studies, he has been conferred with many awards amongst which President of India award – “Badarayan Vyasa Samman” and “Kalidasa Sammana”...