The Cārvāka Podcast

In this monologue. Kushal shares his views on performative politics. He will try to explain what he means by that and how it tends to backfire in the realm of policy making in the long run. #bageshwardham #sgpc #bajrangdal #christmas #islamism #zomato #blinkit ---------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia about the recently concluded municipal elections across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra where the BJP led alliance has had a decisive victory in a majority of those corporations. Follow them: X: @ask0704 X: @Tushar15_ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/politypolicy/p/whats-going-on-in-the-aravalli-range?utm_campaign=post-expanded-shar...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Abhijit Chavda about the current India-USA trade deal that has been pending for a while. The Americans have levied a 50% tariff on Indian products and are threatening an additionl 25% for trading with Iran and an extra 500% for reasons that only they can decipher. This podcast tries to understand what President Trump wants. Follow Abhijit: X: @AbhijitChavda YouT...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Catherine Perez-Shakdam and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the latest eruption of Anti-Government protests across Iran. Will the Iranians be successful in toppling the Mullah regime? Also, is Raza Pehlavi the ideal replacement instead of the Mullah regime? Follow Them: Catherine: @ShakdamC Abhijit: @Iyervval Book: https://amzn.in/d/3MkIvgs #iranprotests #iranunrest #t...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja as they discuss the alarming rise in shootings and subsequent extortion demands in Surrey and Brampton. Why are Canadian politicians so reluctant to talk about the real mistakes that led to this horror? They will also talk about a recent investigative report by Canadian journalist Nitin Chopra where he conducted a sting operation in the Peel reg...

In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit discuss the lame attempt by the Bangladesh cricket board to not play the T20 World Cup in India. The ICC has told them to either play in India or forfiet their matches. They also discuss the recently concluded Ashes series where Australia beat England 4-1. Follow them: X: @ask0704 #bangladesh #T20worldcup #TeamIndia #CricketNews #IndianCricket #ashes2025 #benstoke...

In this podcast, Kushal talks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the attack on Caracas, Venezuela where American troops conducted precision airtsrikes and arrested President Nicolas Maduro. Did the Americans do it for oil? Or was it for protecting the Western hemisphere and giving freedom and democracy to the citizens of Venezuela? Follow Abhijit: X: @Iyervval #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #trump #crudeoil...

In this podcast, Kushal and Tushar Gupta talk about the latest controversy around the entire gig economy of India. Are gig workers being exploited? Are delivery service providing company owners behaving like zamindars? Or is India a victim of the same old socialistic mindset that can never got rid of its insecurities? Follow Tushar: X: @Tushar15_ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/politypolic...

In this monologue, Kushal talks about the trend of competitive bigotry in India. Whether it is Bajrang Dal goons attacking Christmas celebration or Islamists pelting stones at Hindu processions or Christians trying to convert Hindus using fraudulent methods India has a system where politicians encourage bigots for votes. Is competitive bigotry a solution? #bajrangdal #christmas #islamism ---------...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia on the upcoming BMC elections on January 15th 2026. Follow them: X: @ask0704 #bmcelections #bjp #shivsena #uddhavsena #shindesena ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcast...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja and Kirk Lubimov about the tragic death of a 44-year-old father of three who died after waiting in hospital to see a doctor. Prashant Sreekumar was complaining of severe chest pains. They also talk about the death of a student Shivank Avasthi from University of Toronto who was shot near University campus. Follow tem: X: @TheophanesRex X: @KirkLu...

In this podcast, Kushal chats with The Sangha Show as they discuss how the Khalistanis are trying to repeat the same immigration scams in Australia and New Zealand that they used to seek asylum status in North America. This behaviour is leading to some pushback from the residents of those countries and is ruining the image of the hard working and innocent Indian community. Follow The Sangha Show:...

In this podcast, Kushal chats with Tushar Gupta about the recent Aravalli Hills controversy where everyone was accusing the central government of completely destroying the mountain range by allowing mining on the ranges at higher limits. This podcast is an attempt to separate the fact from fiction. Follow Tushar: X: @Tushar15_ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/politypolicy/p/whats-going-on-i...

In this podcast, Kushal talks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about a very basic questioni.e should intelligence aencies influence cinema? It is a known fact that has been reported in many books of the role of the American intelligence agency CIA indirectly investing and influencing multiple movies for propaganda and other covert motives. The Pakistani ISI is also known to do that. Should India's R&AW als...

In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit talk about the recently concluded T20 series where India beat South Africa 3-1. They also talk about the ongoing ashes where Australia have already regained the urn as they lead 3-0. They also talk about the T20 squad announced by India for the upcoming T20 Would Cup. Follow them: X: @ask0704 #IndiavsSouthAfrica #GautamGambhir #TeamIndia #CricketNews #IndianCricke...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the current state of affairs in Bangladesh where a Hindu man was lynched by a mob and protests have erupted all over again. Follow Abhijit: X: @Iyervval #BangladeshProtests #OsmanHadi #SharifOsmanHadi #BangladeshUnrest #DhakaViolence #BangladeshPolitics #StudentUprising #SheikhHasina ------------------------------------------------------...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Kamlesh Singh about all the noise around the movie Dhurandhar. A section of the society has accused the movie makers of indulging in propaganda. This led Kushal to chat with Kamlesh to look at a core question, should movies indulge in propaganda? Have movies always done propaganda? Is it unique to India? Follow kamlesh Singh: X: @kamleshksingh #dhurandhar #movie...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Harris Sultan about the terror attack at Bondi beach Sydney where a father and son duo started firing randomly on Australian Jews who were celebrating Hannukah. Follow Harris: X: @TheHarrisSultan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PakistaniMulhidUrdu #bondibeach #islamism #pakistan ----------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the podcasts...

In this monologue, Kushal talks about The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025. This bill is scheduled to be tabled for a discussion in the eight session of the sixteenth legislative assembly of Karnataka. Kushal reads this bill verbatim and then showcases the conceptual problems in this bill and the concept of hate speech overall. #hatespeech #freespeech #freedom --------...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta about an order by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that talks about the constitution of a working group on Urban Governance Reforms. Follow Tushar: X: @Tushar15_ Substack: https://politypolicy.substack.com/ #urbangovernance #urbanreforms #municipalreforms #policyupdate #electedmayor ----------------------------------------------------------...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Sanjay Lazar about the Indigo flight cancellation crisis and the overall handling of it by Indigo and the government of India. Follow Sanjay: X: @sjlazars Books: https://amzn.in/d/8wL4ZyF #indigo #indigocrisis #FlightDelays #FlightCancellations ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud....

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Nikhil Mehra about the controversy surrounding the ban on wearing Hijab inside the educational premises i.e the classrooms at St Rita’s Public School in Ernakulam’s Palluruthy and Vivek Vidyalaya and Junior College at Goregaon, Mumbai. Is the freedom of the institute more important or is the students right to religious freedom being encroached upon? Follow Nikhi...

In this monologue, Kushal talks about privacy in the current day and age. Privacy is buzzword that gets peddled every now and then by wannabe internet libertarians. The latest advent of wannabe libertarianism was the outrage around the Sanchar Saathi App where we had the government starting with a nnouncement and ending with a complete roolback. But beyond all the outrage is sheer stupidity of Ind...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aabhas Maldahiyar about what the Ram Mandir Inscriptions say specifically when it comes to who broke the Ram Mandir. Did Babar break the Ram Mandir? Or was it Aurangazeb? What do the inscriptions say? Follow Aabhas: X: @Aabhas24 Book: https://amzn.in/d/fhpmWT1 #rammandir #babar #aurangazeb #hindutva #islamism #mughals --------------------------------------------...

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Sushant Sareen about the Pakistani 27th amendment that gives Asim Munir unabashed powers in Pakistan. They also talk about the rumours surrounding the alleged death of Imran Khan. Follow Sushant: X: @sushantsareen #operationsindoor #induswatertreaty #pahalgam #islamism #pakistan #terrorism #kashmir ------------------------------------------------------------ Lis...