Vinod Narayan

Pahayan Talks - Malayalam Podcast

A Malayalam Podcast published by Vinod Narayan. Mostly Solo rants packaged as 'notes to self' on life, career, society, culture, films, books, articles read and so on. @PahayanMedia on Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook.

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Vinod Narayan

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Education

Podcast website

www.pahayanmedia.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

EP-359 Steps to take care of ourselves at home 12.09.2022

We all need to take care of ourselves and often it is too busy and not happening. What can we do? here is an interesting Article I came about and would like to chat with you through it. I read it in triangle Physicians for Women Website. https://www.tp4w.com/ Please do subscribe and support Malayalam on YouTube Pahayan Media and Vayanalokam and Pahayathra Malayalam on Instagram Pahayan Media and V...

EP-358 Few Tiny Steps to begin Minimalism 05.09.2022

Last week we spoke about Minimalist Living. So today I thought let us read an article by Courtney Carver in the website Be More With Less.  Please do subscribe and support Malayalam on YouTube Pahayan Media and Vayanalokam and Pahayathra Malayalam on Instagram Pahayan Media and Vayanalokam and Pahayathra English on YouTube:  Penpositive & Vinod Uncut English on Instagram: Penpositive...

EP-357 Let us talk about Minimalist Living 29.08.2022

Today let us talk about Minimalist Living as I read an article by Hannah Jeon in Good Housekeeping. Stay Connected. Please do subscribe and support the Books Channel Vayanalokam , the Travels Channel Pahayathra and the Personal Development Channel Personally Pahayan and the respective Instagram channels which is gaining traction Vayanalokam and Pahayathra and Personally Pahayan . I am also now act...

EP-356 The Movies that take me down my memory 22.08.2022

Today I want to take you through my memories of Movies and I hope you can journey through yours. Here is the monologue from The Big Kahuna that I would want you to listen to. The Big Kahuna Monologue Please do subscribe and support the Books Channel Vayanalokam , the Travels Channel Pahayathra and the Personal Development Channel Personally Pahayan and the respective Instagram channels which is ga...

EP-355 Independence Day Special Podcast 15.08.2022

Today is India's Independence Day and I want to share my thoughts and ask some questions about Freedom and Independence. Here is the Episode I did in Hindi and attempted to translate Tagore's Poem. Jahaan Mann hai Nirbhay Please do subscribe and support the Books Channel Vayanasala , the Travels Channel Pahayathrakal and the Personal Development Channel Personally Pahayan . On Instagram there are...

Ep-354 How songs I hear bring memories to me 08.08.2022

Today I want to take you on a trip. A trip through the songs I remember and what memories they invoke… Enjoy the ride. Please do subscribe and support the Books Channel Vayanasala , the Travels Channel Pahayathrakal and the Personal Development Channel Personally Pahayan . On Instagram there are some interesting reels I am doing which is gaining a lot of interest both in Malayalam and English We (...

Ep-353 When I analyze some of my really bad behaviors 01.08.2022

I am recording this from Lake Tahoe. Something happened that made me do this post on how we realize things about our behavior. I want to share the incident and what I learned about myself and what I am going to do about it.  Please do subscribe and support the Books Channel Vayanasala , the Travels Channel Pahayathrakal and the Personal Development Channel Personally Pahayan .  On Instag...

Ep-352 A peek into my week after a long time 25.07.2022

Today I want to just take it light in a format I used to do these podcasts before. Do let me know. Sometimes the same formats get boring after a while.  Today' s poem is by the Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski. I don't have the video version of the podcast as I think the voice quality gets compromised when I do that. Also here are the New diversified list of Channels which I am adding content t...

Ep-351 A Conversation with Usha on Project Management 18.07.2022

Project Management is a topic I wanted to bring here. And the idea was a presentation that can be used both as video and Audio. I had a better idea and decided to have a conversation.. A Sora with Usha who is also like me in the same field of work. I thought that Sora will have more value to listeners and viewers. Yes the conversation is also available on Video. Here is the link https://youtu.be/Q...

EP-350 A Method to my Madness 11.07.2022

If you have an idea do you patiently think about that idea by making painful analysis for considerable time like days or weeks? Or do you embark the idea immediately and then let it evolve as you act on it. I belong to the second category. I think I have a Method to my Madness, but I still don't know how to explain it. In this podcast I will take you through my thinking on my content creation and...

EP-349 Complementing our Kids 04.07.2022

Should we complement kids and if so what should we keep in mind. This is an interesting topic and I would like to share what I read on these lines and some personal anecdotes. New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpositive Hindi Today's Malayalam Translation are few short poems by the poet Ashraf Fayadh Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here is the link and you ha...

EP-348 My memories of Gun Violence in USA 27.06.2022

I have been in the United States since 2001 and I have seen Gun violence happen. A few of them still remain vivid in my memory. I am using this episode to talk about it. New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpositive Hindi Today's Malayalam Translation are few short poems by the poet Ashraf Fayadh Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here is the link and you have it...

EP-347 Part-2 Why is change so difficult? 20.06.2022

Here is the second part of the question 'Why is Change so difficult'  New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpositive Hindi Today's Malayalam Translation are few short poems by the poet Ashraf Fayadh Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here is the link and you have it in Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M Also please do lis...

EP-346 Why is change so difficult ? Part-1 14.06.2022

I always try to change, some work, some don't and I wonder why is change so hard.. So difficult. This week and next I will go over something I recently read on Change. New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpositive Hindi Today's Malayalam Translation are few short poems by the poet Ashraf Fayadh Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here is the link and you have it in...

#345 Why and How do we help others ? 06.06.2022

We all might have helped someone else. I don't know about you, but I have also not helped in some instances. The questions I am exploring is Why do we help others and if so how do do we help others. New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpositive Hindi Today's Malayalam Translation is a few haikus by the Japanese poet Masaoka shiki Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course?...

#344 How do we pivot our Personal Life? 30.05.2022

Today I turn one more year older. I thought let us chat about pivoting our personal lives. How do we view our life and the future. What changes can I make. Welcome to this journey. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Japanese poet Yamabe no Akahito 'Mt Fuji'  Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https:...

#343 How to be a better person 23.05.2022

I am sure we all want to be a better person. And for that we need to regularly talk about what it means to be a better person. In this podcast I am doing some personal reflections on 15 things they say is needed to be a better person. Thank You for Tuning in. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Chinese poet Bei Dao 'The Boundary': ദി ബൗണ്ടറി Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here ar...

#342 A podcast into driving and road accidents 16.05.2022

On Saturday when I went for my morning walk I witnessed something. A car was on the track and a Goods vehicle had hit it. Luckily no one was injured as the car had stuck on the tracks and the driver was able to get out of the car. I had been wanting to do an episode on driving and car and the need to be safe. I decided I will do it this week. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Palestin...

#341 A Simple Life..? Is that possible? What is it? 09.05.2022

I think I lead a simple life. Well that is what I think about me, and so I thought I will start looking for some evidence to figure out if that is even true. As all people now do. I browsed the net and checked on what people say. I found I was far from being simple in their terms. But I still wanted to go over some of them. I do fall into the simple category in some case. Today's Malayalam Transla...

#340 Being Enslaved by Social Media Algorithms 02.05.2022

What do we want from Social Media and what does Algorithm's want.. That is the question I am trying to explore. As a content creator, as a content consumer. I am first a creator and then a consumer.  Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Spanish poet of Juan Ramon Jimenez 'Dawn outside the city walls': ഡോൺ ഔട്ട്.സൈഡ് ദി സിറ്റി വാൾസ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the...

#339 Why I like my job 25.04.2022

Last Friday I sat down and wrote why I like my job and also want to share 15 things about work Today's Malayalam Translation was of 'MIguel Pinero's poem 'A Lower East Side Poem': എ ലോവർ ഈസ്റ്റ് സൈഡ് പോയം  Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be...

#338 Reentering Life and work post Pandemic 18.04.2022

We are all in a Post Pandemic world. Can we say that for all the people in the world? I am not sure but many of us have got back to normalcy in one way of the other.. Today's Malayalam Translation was of 'Louise Glück's poem 'Aboriginal Land': അബോർജിനൽ ലാൻഡ്സ്കേപ്പ്  Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: http...

#337 Gandhi and India after Gandhi - Ramachandra Guha 11.04.2022

There are three books of Ramachandra Guha India After Gandhi, Gandhi and Gandhi Before India. I have not read all three, but two of the books I want to share with you my reader's experience. Today's Malayalam Translation was of Carl Sandberg's poem 'A Father to his son: ഏ ഫാദർ റ്റു ഹിസ് സൺ – കാൾ സാണ്ട്ബർഗ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and...

#336 Why do we lose Friendships ? 04.04.2022

We all have friendships and we all have fallen out of friendships. I recently read that people lose friends when they grow older. I don't know, but I thought that this will be an interesting topic to delve deeper Today's Malayalam Translation was of Carl Sandberg's poem 'Streets Too Old: സ്ട്രീറ്റ്സ് റ്റൂ ഓൾഡ്‌ – കാൾ സാണ്ട്ബർഗ് Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking i...

#335 Are we bad in Giving Complements to others? 28.03.2022

I have personally struggled and still do in complementing. Both giving and getting it. And I think that has to do with the way I grew up. But today I want to explore an interesting article that I read, 20 Authentic Compliments to Make Someone’s Day . Today's Malayalam Translation: ദി വിൻഡ്‌ – എ ബ്രില്ലിയന്റ് ഡേ – അന്റോണിയോ മച്ചാഡോ Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in takin...

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