India Insight with Sunny Sharma

Send us Fan Mail Season 8 Episode 3 The true spirit of industry and capitalism is emblematic of choice and to reflect that idea means there must be a multiparty system in America and the world. The growth of special interests means there must be a counteracting force to serve the interests and grievances of everyday workers and taxpayers. This is the genesis of the need for new parties to come on...

Send us Fan Mail The dangers of political parties, why we are so partisan in the modern era, and potential solutions to the problem. I further extrapolate on what the American founding fathers, especially James Madison, knew about political parties including the costs and benefits and why their 18th century arguments are still relevant today. I also point out that in hindsight that they were not a...

Send us Fan Mail For the first episode of season 8 I explain that despite the fact that the American founding fathers were not party men, the Constitution in many ways facilitates the rise of parties and factions. This was the genius of Madison; creating a system of checks and balances whereby special interests would inevitably develop, but "ambition would counter ambition" ensuring that...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to part 1 of a 5 part series I will be making on the significance of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States who united America during its Civil War, emancipated the slaves, and gave meaning, more so than any American (or even world leader) to America's experiment in self government and humanitarianism. I rely heavily and recommend Doris...

Send us Fan Mail The 16th President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln Shifted the Moral Narrative of Slavery during the Civil War from being merely a political issue to one of social justice and reform. He did so masterfully through the traits he possessed of a unselfish heart that allowed him not only to be a quintessential humanitarian during a unique time and crisis in American hi...

Send us Fan Mail At the end of the war, President Lincoln, through the establishment of certain stipulations for the Southern Rebels to be brought back into the Confederacy, made the Emancipation of the Slaves the Cornerstone of Reconstruction in the South. Through his determination and personality, Lincoln he had won the affections and popular support of the American people. Moreover, he took a c...

Send us Fan Mail Over time the legend of President Lincoln has only grown larger. A man, through his very goodness became great by which he represented the true ideals of democratic self government as outlined by the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence. As the Leader of America, he took it upon himself to impress upon his people, political cabinet, and political general his policy, per...

Send us Fan Mail President Lincoln stayed true to himself till his assassination leaving the grandest legacy by any leader in not only the 19th century but perhaps all of the modern era. Through his leadership and moral example, he gave a renewed meaning to democracy and social justice for America and the world watched America during their time of challenge, evaluating whether America, the first d...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to hear about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's most famous clarion call and slogan declared at the 1942 All India Depressed Class Conference in Nagpur, India to "Educate, Agitate, Organize". This phrase has been a motto of labor organizers throughout the world. Dr. Ambedkar was a true servant to the people (Bodhisattva) with a vision to end systemic discrimination n...

Send us Fan Mail Please tune in to hear my case for the need for an organized effort against poverty in America. I expound on some of the ideas below. There have been concerted efforts by political, religious, and non profit organization to combat poverty in America and abroad but there has yet to be significant traction behind a movement to put an end to poverty once and for all in the richest co...

Send us Fan Mail President Barack Obama and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were not just impeccable social reformers, but they were also unprecedented leaders for their time. It is difficult to compare them, but in every regard they were constitutional experts and trendsetters. They put their theoretical education into practical organizing: President Obama organized the very first true social media presid...

Send us Fan Mail Exalting upon high the principle of liberty to smash the pedestal upon which the principle of avaricious profit lays. Tune in to hear my case for the need for our society to dedicate itself to the principle of liberty in an era of growing inequality. I take inspiration from many of the greatest human rights icons, educators, and leaders of the modern eras such as President Obama,...

Send us Fan Mail In this season 7 finale episode 10 podcast to close out the New Year and usher in 2025, I want to bring to attention the key ideas President Obama explicated at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum of 2024 on Pluralism and why they are relevant today. The principal question is can diverse groups of people with different perspectives and ideologies live together in a free, open, an...

Send us Fan Mail Reform precedes revolution and in the words of John Adams the only true revolution is that which occurs in the minds of the people. Similarly in the words of the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, just as revolution occurs in the mind so does peace as demonstrated by his declaration that, “Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, I discuss why the global citizen, constitutional expert, humanitarian, egalitarian, and social reformer President Barack Obama is perhaps the most consequential president of the modern era.

Send us Fan Mail Join Sunny Sharma with his elder, insightful, and informative cousins in a discussion around some of the themes highlighted by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's most famous piece of writing from 1963 called Letter from a Birmingham Jail. We discuss such ideas as the need to break unjust laws in a society, moral authority to confront societal despotism, and most importantly wh...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast I briefly describe the legacy of Malcolm X. "Standing up and telling the truth can warp reality." Malcolm X was the best example of the above statement as he changed the minds and perspectives of millions of people during his lifetime and after his death.

Send us Fan Mail The revolutionary Bhagat Singh who lived from 1907 to 1931 was executed by the British for throwing a bomb in Parliament at the age of 23. He was indeed the greatest revolutionary of the Indian Indenpedence movement, likened as the Che Guevara of India. Like Che he was a student of class revolutions and Marxism and use these principles to not only inspire the Indian nation, but a...

Send us Fan Mail In honor of Indian Independence Day August 15, 2024.  Tune in to hear about the founding fathers of India (lost generation) that set the constitutional and institutional foundation for India.  These men and women set the foundation for future generations yearning for democratic aspirations and maintaining the pillars of democracy in their society.  These men born from 1869 to 1897...

Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy this Part 2 discussion and continuation of the previous podcast with Sunny Sharma and his two elder cousins Abhishek Kasid (Vinni) and Ranjan Wali (Tinku). I further delve into the ideas of James Madison so as to understand what James Lawson meant by bringing the Constitution to life. 

Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy this discussion between Sunny Sharma and his two elder cousins Abhishek Kasid (Vinni) and Ranjan Wali (Tinku). This podcast was in honor of the main nonviolent and Civil Rights tactician Reverend James Lawson who passed away this year June 9 at the age of 95. James Lawson final message to the world was "We need the Constitution to come alive" if we are to ho...

Send us Fan Mail The discussion is between Sunny Sharma and his elder cousins Vinni (Abhishek Kasid) and Tinku (Ranjan Wali). The India election took place through 7 phases of voting in different regions respectively in india lasting from April 19, 2025 to June 1, 2024. Is the fact that the BJP won the election but reduced its seat number to 240 a sign of a referendum on either the BJP, Hindutva,...

Send us Fan Mail The  discussion is between Sunny Sharma and his elder cousins Vinni (Abhishek Kasid) and Tinku (Ranjan Wali). This is a continuation of the previous podcast concerning the Indian election of 2024. The India election took place through 7 phases of voting in different regions respectively in india lasting from April 19, 2025 to June 1, 2024. How important and difficult is it for our...

Send us Fan Mail Whether it was on the Selma bridge, in Cairo, the stadiums of South Africa, the legislative chambers of England and India, or the executive halls of America, President Obama strove to reshape the mores of a globalized society away from separation, extremism, oppression, and bigotry towards a politic that stood for not only human rights, but also an understanding that rights can on...

Send us Fan Mail March 31 theme: Social Democracy (Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity) I have released five podcasts on March 31. The primary theme of these podcasts are the legacy of the French Revolution, and more specifically, the Buddha. Whether it was the first law minister of India Babasaheb Ambedkar, France grassroots reform from the left Jacobins, President John Adams, President Barack Obam...