Abhijit Chavda Podcast

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Conversations with Abhijit Chavda: Indian & world history, science, geopolitics, power, culture, art, education, technology, philosophy, the future of humanity, and everything in between and beyond.

Abhijit Chavda


    • Sep 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 35m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    #18 -​ Dr. Brian Keating : Big Bang Theory, Alien Life, Cosmology, Nobel Prize

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 67:11


    Dr. Brian Keating is a Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Prof. #BrianKeating is a writer and podcaster and the best-selling author of one of Amazon Editors' "Best Non-fiction Books of All Time", Losing the Nobel Prize.

    #17 - Chandrachur Ghose: Bose - Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 114:19


    Chandrachur Ghose is an author, researcher and commentator on history, economics and environment. He has co-authored Conundrum: Subhas Bose's Life After Death. He is one of the founders of the pressure group Mission Netaji that has been the moving force behind the declassification of secret documents related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. His activism led to the declassification of over ten thousand pages in 2010.

    #16 - Vedveer Arya: Correcting the Flawed Chronology of Indian History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 100:12


    Vedveer Arya is a chronologist, historian and author. He has written books such as "The Chronology of India: From Manu to Mahabharata", "The Chronology of India: From Mahabharata to Medieval Era", and "The Origin of the Christian Era: Fact or Fiction".

    #15 - Gaurie Dwivedi: Blinkers Off - How Will the World Counter China

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 59:24


    Gaurie Dwivedi is a journalist, geopolitical analyst, and author of "Blinkers Off: How Will the World Counter China".

    #14 - Chemi Lhamo: Tibetan-Canadian Activist - Free Tibet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 44:05


    Chemi Lhamo is an India-born Tibetan-Canadian activist and former student leader. She is one of the 50 Canadians selected for Maclean's annual power list 2022.

    #13 - Dr. Isa Blumi: Destroying Yemen - A History of Capitalist Imperialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 131:37


    Dr. Isa Blumi is an Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He has authored and co-authored numerous books, including "Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World", which was published in 2018.

    #12 - Dr. Edward Luttwak: India's Chinese Threat; China's Strategic Stupidity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 75:55


    Dr. Edward N. Luttwak is a world-renowned American military strategist and author known for his works on grand strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. He has, over a long and fabled career, advised presidents, prime ministers, governments, world leaders, and superpowers. He has published over twenty books and is best known for being the author of "Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook".

    #11 - Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan: James Webb Space Telescope Explained

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 48:06


    Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan is an astronomer and a James Webb Space Telescope project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The STScI is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope. It is also the mission operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

    #10 - Dr. Alok Kumar: Ancient Hindu Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 81:49


    Dr. Alok Kumar is a distinguished professor of physics at the State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego. He has authored and coauthored four books, including "Ancient Hindu Science: Its Transmission and Impact on World Cultures".

    #9 - Dr. Subhash Kak: Vedanta, Computer Science, AI, Yoga, Consciousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 160:19


    Dr. Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist, theoretical physicist, historian, Indologist, Vedic scholar, linguist, philosopher, and poet. He is Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Dr. Kak's scientific research has spanned the fields of information theory, cryptography, neural networks, quantum information, and theoretical physics. He is one of the pioneers of quantum learning. He coined the term "quantum neural computing" which is a theory of consciousness that is partly classical and partly quantum. He has authored and co-authored at least 20 books on a variety of topics. In 2019, Dr. Kak was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award, for his immense contributions in multiple areas of expertise.

    #8 - Aneesh Gokhale: History of the Maratha Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 100:47


    Aneesh Gokhale is a historian and author of books such as "Bramhaputra - The story of Lachit Barphukan", "Sahyadris to Hindukush - The Maratha conquest of Lahore and Attock", and "Battles of the Maratha Empire".

    #7 - Virendra Singh Rathore: Origin And History Of The Rajputs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 88:51


    Virendra Singh Rathore is an author and researcher of history. He has authored a book "Prithviraj Chauhan – A Light on the Mist in History", aiming at dispelling the myths and controversies around the famous Chauhan king's life and events. In this episode, Virendra speaks about the origins and the history of the Rajputs.

    #6 - Dr. Meenakshi Jain: Sati Myth - A Colonial Evangelical Fabrication

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 69:42


    Dr. Meenakshi Jain is one of India's most authoritative, influential and consequential historians. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri, India's 4th Highest civilian award. Dr. Jain debunks long-standing colonial myths and fabrications about the practice of "Sati".

    #5 - Anuj Dhar: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Was Alive Until 1985

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 178:16


    Anuj Dhar is an acclaimed historian and author. Did the great Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in a plane crash in Taiwan on 18 August 1945? Was he murdered in a Russian gulag on the orders of Joseph Stalin at the behest of Jawaharlal Nehru, as some allege? Or did he return to India and live anonymously as "Gumnami Baba" until 1985? Anuj Dhar reveals the incredible truth about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's life and ultimate fate.

    #4 - Velina Tchakarova: Geopolitics, US-China Rivalry, DragonBear, EU, India, Indo-Pacific

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 102:41


    Velina Tchakarova is the director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Velina speaks about the US-China systemic rivalry, multipolarity vs bipolarity, the Dragonbear (systemic coordination between China and Russia), Russia's central role in the emerging global order, the European Union and its role as a geopolitical player, NATO, Kazakhstan & Ukraine developments, possibility of a future India-China conflict, and more.

    #3 - Dr. Niraj Rai: India's Deep Genetic History, Demise of Aryan-Dravidian Myth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 94:48


    Dr. Niraj Rai is one of the world's foremost archaeogeneticists and molecular biologists. He is the group Head of the Ancient DNA Lab at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Dr. Rai speaks about India's deep genetic history, Out-of-India migrations, the demise of the Aryan invasion/migration myth, the flawed ANI-ASI model, Rakhigarhi, Sinauli, Yamnaya invaders, the origin of the R1a1a lineage, endogamy and stratification, Indian horses and cattle, the origin of ancient agriculture, and much more.

    #2 - Virendra Singh Rathore: Prithviraj Chauhan Demystified

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 100:47


    Historian and author Virendra Singh Rathore demystifies the life, career, and legacy of king Prithviraj Chauhan on Episode 2 of the #AbhijitChavdaPodcast.

    #1 - Anuj Dhar: PM Lal Bahadur Shastri Death Mystery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 92:06


    Acclaimed historian and author Anuj Dhar talks about Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's death mystery on Episode 1 of the #AbhijitChavdaPodcast.

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