Hosted by Anup Zawar, Panchayat is yet *another* show where we discuss World Affairs, TV Shows, Movies, Cricket, History, Relationships, Life and Common Sense? Tune in every Saturday for new episodes! *Disclaimer: Anup Zawar’s qualifications to host a podcast are: living in NYC, owning a huge ass TV, convincing his parents to let him marry a girl out of their caste AND growing a ponytail.
On this week's episode of podcast Panchayat, I am joined by Smriti Kannan and we discuss world affairs and comment on recent breaking and not-so-breaking stories. Tune in to listen as we talk about the farm laws in India, Vir Das, NASA, and Cricket Australia.
With India's loss to New Zealand in the T20 Cricket World Cup 2021, India is virtually knocked out of the tournament. Nisheet and Chetan join me on this week's episode as we analyze the Indian team's performances in the recent ICC events. India won its last major ICC tournament in 2013 under MSD's captaincy. Since then, the Indian team is making it to the knockout stages consistently but failing to lift the trophy. With an early exit from the 2021 T20 Worldcup, an important question arises. Has the Indian Cricket Team forgotten how to win an ICC tournament? Tune in to listen to our thoughts.
Nisheet and Chetan (cricket tragics like me) join me on this week's episode of panchayat where we discuss the ongoing cricket T20 World Cup, India's first ever loss to Pakistan in a world cup game, recently concluded IPL2021, Chennai Super Kings and MS Dhoni's legacy as the captain of the most consistent IPL team.
Welcome back to a brand new season of podcast panchayat! Season 02 is kick-started by Smriti Kannan who is a content writer and a movie critic. We get together to discuss what we are binging and what did we binge this past year. Wondering what to watch when you come back from work? Or when you have dinner? or what to watch with your friends? with your family? Which series will make you laugh? Which will make you cry? Which one will creep you out? Tune in to listen to our conversation! You can follow Smriti's Instagram page at - https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofacdq/?hl=en You can follow her movie reviews at - https://confessionsofacertifiedcinephileblog.wordpress.com/ You can follow podcast panchayat at - https://www.instagram.com/podcast_panchayat/?hl=en
Nisheet, Chetan, and Vaibhavi join me on this week's episode of Panchayat where we talk about current world affairs! We discuss covid and covid vaccines, the situation in India, IPL suspension, Indian Women's cricket and pay disparity, Bill Gates, recent movies, and much more. Tune in to listen!
I am joined by Nisheet Reddy on this week's episode of Panchayat as we talk about the recently concluded India England Test Series where India beat England 3-1. We talk about the pitch, England's player rotation policy, Ravi Ashwin, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Rohit Sharma, India's squad for the England tour, probable playing XI for the world test championship against New Zealand at Lords, and much more! Tune in to listen to our conversation!
"Meet" Sneha Desai on today's episode of Panchayat! Born and brought up in the US, Sneha moved back to India at the age of 10, literary restarted her life and stumbled upon dancing that became her path to freedom later on in life. Sneha has a huge social media following thanks to her dance tutorials and amazingly choreographed and shot dance videos. So how does she manage her time between dancing and being a full-time software engineer? How has social media changed her life? What does dancing mean to her? What is her ultimate goal when it comes to dancing? Tune in to listen to our conversation!
When I first moved to the US, I got to know that the Indian kids who were born and brought up in the US were referred to as ABCD - American born confused desi, hinting towards the notion that kids of Indian descent in the US are confused about their identity. Well, our guest on today's episode will completely shatter any doubts you might have about American Indians. She is 26, has already been to at least 12 different countries, run 5 marathons, went to universities around the globe, founded an athletic apparel brand, founded an education consulting company, and is working on a startup with NASA. Tune in to listen to this week's podcast with Karishma Bali! Visit Pulse Athletic Apparel Website at: https://pulseathleticapparel.com/ Follow Pulse on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/pulseathleticapparel/?hl=en
A few months ago, during India's tour of Australia, I came across a Twitter handle, that if archived, can be converted into a Cricket History Textbook or an Encyclopedia. You will find threads on this Twitter account telling fascinating stories about individuals from the cricketing world. What's more fascinating is the series of statistical data, accompanying these stories, analyzed in a way that makes them even more compelling. Tune in to listen to the owner of that Twitter account, cricket historian and statistician, former chief editor of CricketCountry, formerly assistant editor at Wisden India Almanac, and Co-author of the book "Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town" - Mr. Abishek Mukherjee Please follow Abhishek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovshake42?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Follow Podcast Panchayat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_panchayat/ **Sorry about the traffic noise in the background in this episode**
I am joined by a SANE Trump supporter this week. Armin and I met while I was at Iowa State University and was surprised (like everybody else) when he announced that he was voting for Trump in 2016. So, why does a Muslim Immigrant from Bosnia supports Donald Trump? Tune in to listen to this conversation!
Indian Team Cricket created history at The Gabba by beating Australia in their own backyard and ending Australia's winning streak at The Gabba since 1988. Join me on this week's episode of Panchayat as I speak with Nisheet and Chetan about the incredible effort that the Indian team put in after the Adelaide debacle and won the test series 2-1, thus retaining the Border - Gavaskar Trophy. Come, relive the amazing moments with us!
This week on Podcast Panchayat, I talk about four topics on every young Indian adult's mind. 1. How to pay off that education loan 2. How to pay off the credit card debt 3. How to but that first piece of real estate 4. When is the right time to quit your job (if you are unhappy) and do something you like Now because I live in the US, a lot of my experiences are from around here. But you can apply the same logic to whichever place on the earth you are living in. Tune in! *Disclaimer: this episode is not about making a million dollars quickly, or about a business idea, or about trading stocks. It is just about helping young adults like myself save money a bit different than the conventional way. I promise I do not lecture on saving money. I just share my experiences.
The Cricket fever is on! Nisheet & Chetan join me on this week's episode of Panchayat where we discuss India's demoralizing defeat in the 1st test match of the Border-Gavaskar test series, what to expect out of the remaining 3 test matches, our predictions for the squad, and the result. Tune in to listen to us talk about: reasons behind India's batting debacle, the never-ending search for No.4 batsman in ODIs, Prithvi Shaw's poor form, Kohli's captaincy, Shastri's coaching, the revival of Jadeja, Hardik Pandya's new role as the finisher, chopping and changing of the playing 11, Rahane's chance to prove himself and much more!
What makes a dancer stand out for you? For me, it is somebody who makes us “non-dancers” want to dance with their vibe and energy. And boy does this person make you feel like shaking a leg. Ladies and gentlemen meet Aditya Bilagi! A dancer, content creator, artist, and a full-time software developer! You might also know him by THAT cute guy in the Bfunk videos! Listen to Aditya speak about his journey as a dancer, what dancing means to him, if he plans to take it up as a career, how does he divide his time between his full-time job and dancing, and much more! You can follow Aditya on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/adi_bilagi/ You can follow Podcast Panchayat on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_panchayat/
Did you know that the chocolate industry is worth $100 billion and more than 60% of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa? The ivory coast alone is responsible for producing 40% of the world's cocoa i.e. 2 million tons a year and it accounts for 15% of the country's GDP. That would make you believe that the cocoa farmers in West Africa make a lot of money, right? Wrong. There are 5 million cocoa farmers in West Africa and just 5 major corporations buying the cocoa from these farmers. So, it is not difficult to understand who has the bargaining power. The price of cocoa per KG for a farmer is set as a percentage of the London market price. In 2018, the price was set at about $1.5 per KG. Each cocoa tree produces about 1 KG of cocoa in a year. So, an average cocoa farmer in Africa makes about $200 a year i.e., less than $1 a day. This unbalanced wealth distribution between the farmers and big corporations has led to modern-day slavery on the ivory coast. Children are trafficked into the cocoa farms and are made to work as slaves to get more profits and lower the cocoa production cost. About 1.3 Million children work illegally in West Africa. There have been laws made to forbid slavery, but the west African governments do not have the budgets to enforce it. The farmers just have 1 option to overcome poverty: Grow more cocoa. The farmers grow cocoa in protected national forests where the soil is more fertile to supplement their farm cocoa harvest. But you have to chop down trees to make way for an illegal cocoa farm. And that is what the farmers do. The ivory coast has lost around 85% of its forest cover since 1990. But one man is trying to change it all. Axel Emmanuel is a chocolatier in Abidjan where he employs local women, purchases cocoa from local farmers, and makes his own chocolate. His story was featured in the Netflix documentary – Rotten this year and I was lucky enough to speak with him and listen to his thoughts. So here is my conversation with Axel, who joined me from Abidjan, the ivory coast in west Africa.
Despite being a world superpower, a lot of Indians still don't know a lot about US history. We had a few chapters about it in high school, but that wasn't enough. Who came to the US first? Who were the ancestors? Who are the founding fathers? What is Thanksgiving? How did the US become a superpower? How did the US overcome the cruel past of slavery and elected Barack Obama as their 1st African American President? Since a lot of people don't have the time to read books, and that too about the history of a different country, I thought about telling it in form of a story in chronological order. Because stories are fun! This episode is in Hindi so I (hope) can reach a lot of people in India. I am not a Historian, but I am living in the US since 2015 and am some sort of a history buff. So please forgive me for any incorrect facts and bear with my Hindi! *A lot of this material was based on the series "America: The story of us" by the History Channel. Credits to them. It is on Amazon Prime if you want to watch it. It is a 10 episode documentary. Highly recommended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- अमेरिका दुनिया का सबसे शक्तिशाली देश होकर भी इसके इतिहास के बारे में काफी लोगो को अब भी जानकारी नहीं है| स्कूल में आठवीं नौवीं कक्षा में इसके इतिहास के बारे में दो या तीन चैपटर थे लेकिन वो काफी नहीं था| इस देश के पूर्वज कौन है, वो कहाँ से आए थे, कैसे उन्होंने इस देश को विशाल बनाया, अफ्रीकन अमेरिकन लोग यानी काली चमड़ी वाले लोग कैसे इस देश में आए, कैसे उन्होंने ज़ुल्म सहे, कैसे इन सब चीजों को पीछे छोड़ अमेरिका ने बराक ओबामा को अपना पहला अफ्रीकन अमेरिकन राष्ट्रपति चुना, ये काफी दिलचस्प कहानी है| अब क्योंकि लोगों के पास टाइम कम है तो मैने सोचा लोगों को कहानी सुनाकर अमेरिका के इतिहास के बारे में बता देते हैं| तो इसलिए आज का एपिसोड हिंदी में है ताकि ज्यादा से ज्यादा लोगों तक ये कहानी पहुँच सकें| मैं कोई इतिहासकार नहीं हूँ लेकिन 2015 से अमेरिका में रह रहा हूँ तो थोड़ी बहुत जानकारी है| अगर कोई चीज़ ग़लत बोल दी तो माफ़ कर देना और यार हिंदी को थोड़ा संभाल लेना| स्कूल के बाद पहली बार इतनी शुद्ध हिंदी बोल रहा हूँ|
Nisheet, Chetan, and Anmol join me on a super fun podcast episode where we discuss people we would like to meet! We discuss people from different walks of life - Tennis, Cricket, F1, Politics, Movies, Finance, Books, etc.! You do not want to miss out on this episode if you are a fan of - Nadal, MS Dhoni, Ayrton Senna, Nelson Mandela, Obama, Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Warren Buffet, and Ayn Rand. Tune in to listen to our thoughts on these and a lot of other celebrities!
1.2 billion menstruating women around the globe do not have access to sanitary products. Alone in India, only 12% of the 355 million menstruating women can afford sanitary protection. 23 million women drop out of school every year once they start menstruating. So what is the root cause of period poverty? Are we doing enough to solve this problem? What is the need for sustainable sanitary products? What are the current alternatives to sanitary pads? Why is a menstrual cup not socially acceptable? Tune in to listen to Shagun Maheshwari talk about the groundwork that the Myna Mahila Foundation does to alleviate period poverty and help the women of Mumbai's slum community.
Our guest on this week's episode of Panchayat is 1 in a billion. Dr. Kaustubh Radkar is the first ever Indian to finish an Iron Man race, first and only Indian to complete 25 Iron Man Races, only Indian and Asian to complete an Iron Man race on all 6 continents and only 4th person in the WORLD to have finished an Iron Man race on all 6 continents. We talk about his journey from his 1st race in 2008 to his 25th race in 2020, what it takes to be an Iron Man and his coaching venture Radstrong where he coaches athletes for marathons / Iron Man races around the globe. We also brush upon a lot of other topics like the poor infrastructure in India for athletes, his efforts on how to overcome those shortcomings, overcoming the fear of failure, difference between being fit and just being in shape and much much more! Tune in to listen to his thoughts!
Vaibhavi, Nisheet and Chetan join me on this week's episode of Panchayat and bust a few myths about the United States. Do girls in the US drool over desi guys? Is getting your bachelor's / master's degree enough to make money in the US? Is US a developed country and everybody here is well to do? Is it corruption free, liberal and free minded? Tune in to listen to our thoughts!
This week on Panchayat we are joined by India's one of the most chased wedding photographers - Shashank Issar! An MBA turned Photographer, Shashank talks me through his journey from the first wedding assignment he took up in 2014 to being nominated in India's top 10 wedding photographers by Wedding Sutra in 2020. We talk about how the wedding photography scene has changed in the last decade with the rise of social media and the wedding industry in general, how prewedding shoots can become pretentious if not handled carefully, the importance of having the right gear and training and photographers he looks up to. Tune in to listen to his thoughts!
Nisheet and Chetan join me on a bonus episode of Panchayat to discuss IPL 2020 so far. This is also a follow up episode to EP:04! We touch base on a range of topics right from CSK's surprising poor season and KXIP's tenacious turnaround. All CSK fans must tune in to this episode and share your grief with me & Chetan. What are your predictions for playoffs and championship this year?
Naman joins me on this week's episode of Panchayat where we discuss life of a Techie / Coder in the West i.e. California and Seattle. Naman has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University and currently works for Amazon Web Services in Seattle. We dive into a few different topics that sum up the Computer Industry in the West. How does one choose between a high paying job and a well positioned job? How does one choose between giants like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google and a Startup? How is the work culture in the West different than everywhere else in the world? How has COVID affected a Techie's life? Is it true that the West is the Holy Grail of innovations? Where is the Computer Industry headed? Should we teach Computers to build a program by themselves? Tune in to listen to our thoughts!
Pallavi and Rutali join me on this week's episode of Panchayat to discuss Women Empowerment at a personal and family level. Why do we add more restrictions to a woman's way of life on top of all the biological "issues" she is already dealing with? When will the stigma around menstrual cycle end? Why don't we teach the teenagers, boys and girls, what a postpartum depression is? How do we end the deeply rooted patriarchal system we live in? Why is Rakshabandhan the most misunderstood Indian festival? Tune in to listen to our thoughts!
Yello! On this week's episode of Panchayat, I discuss "Love Aaj Kal" with the most eligible bachelors and Tinder players in town! Abhishek and Himanshu! We discuss long distance relationships, premarital sex as a taboo, friends with benefits and many more things defining the millennials! This episode was also shot on video and will be uploaded to Youtube. Do check it out there as well!
On a special episode of the podcast, I, along with fellow cricket buffs Nisheet & Chetan, discuss how the IPL 2020 has turned out so far and the future of world cricket in general.
On this week of the podcast, I, along with my roommates Korey and Polo, discuss our all time favorite TV shows!
On this week of the podcast, I discuss movies that shaped our lives with fellow movie buffs - Tanmay, Abhishek and Himanshu.
Nisheet and Krishna join me on my first ever podcast! We discuss Cricket in Covid era, Summer 2020, Media content we watched and much more!
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