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Title: BarisheinText and Voice: Poonam AhmedPoonam Ahmed, born and raised in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, is the daughter of teacher parents and holds an M.A. in Fine Arts from Meerut. Active in writing for over 15 years, her work includes nearly six hundred stories and around two hundred articles published in magazines like Grihashobha, Sarita, Mukta, Femina, Women's Era, and others.Her story collections include Kabhi Apne Liye, Chidiya Ka Bachcha, Ishq Iska Uska, Upar Wali Khidki, and Moongate. A memoir, Us Din (Kuch Man Kahi), and several audiobooks and Kindle editions are also part of her published work.She has received honors such as the Smt. Sneh Prabha Shukla Memorial Award, Punjab Sahitya Kala Manch Award of Honor, and the Salila Sahitya Ratna for Moongate. Her stories have been adapted for stage and a short film, Konewali Table, available on YouTube. Poonam currently lives and writes in Thane.Curator: IrfanJoin the Art of Reading:Share Your Story on Listen with IrfanDo you have a passion for reading literature or narrating captivating prose? Here's your chance to shine! I'm thrilled to announce a new collaborative series, Art of Reading, on my podcast channel, Listen with Irfan.If you love bringing stories to life, I'm offering you a platform to showcase your talent.Record a short story of your choice (maximum 8 minutes) and share it with a community of like-minded narrators and listeners. This is a free, non-commercial initiative to connect aspiring narrators, promote storytelling, and build a creative community. No monetization, just pure love for the art of narration.How to Participate:- Choose a short story or piece of prose you're passionate about.- Record it with clear audio using a mobile phone or audio recorder. Do not include your name or the story's title in the recording.- Background music is optional, but avoid copyrighted tracks to prevent hosting issues.- Send your recording via email to ramrotiaaloo@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +91 9818098790.Full credit to the writer and narrator will be given on the Listen with Irfan podcast channel. Take inspiration from the sample recording by narrator Munish (attached).Join us to share your voice, connect with an audience, and celebrate the art of storytelling!Let's create something beautiful together!Cover: IrfanWe respect creative ownership. If you believe this is your work or if appropriate credit hasn't been given, kindly get in touch at ramrotiaaloo@gmail.com

Story Shahtoot by Jyotsana Milan | Narrated by Salman Elahi KhanSalman Khan, originally from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, has professional experience in the telecom and agrochemical industries. He now manages a school in his hometown. A passionate admirer of cinema, music, and literature, he is also an avid collector of vintage books, periodicals, and records.Curator: IrfanJoin the Art of Reading:Share Your Story on Listen with IrfanDo you have a passion for reading literature or narrating captivating prose? Here's your chance to shine! I'm thrilled to announce a new collaborative series, Art of Reading, on my podcast channel, Listen with Irfan.If you love bringing stories to life, I'm offering you a platform to showcase your talent.Record a short story of your choice (maximum 8 minutes) and share it with a community of like-minded narrators and listeners. This is a free, non-commercial initiative to connect aspiring narrators, promote storytelling, and build a creative community. No monetization, just pure love for the art of narration.How to Participate:- Choose a short story or piece of prose you're passionate about.- Record it with clear audio using a mobile phone or audio recorder. Do not include your name or the story's title in the recording.- Background music is optional, but avoid copyrighted tracks to prevent hosting issues.- Send your recording via email to ramrotiaaloo@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +91 9818098790.Full credit to the writer and narrator will be given on the Listen with Irfan podcast channel. Take inspiration from the sample recording by narrator Munish (attached).Join us to share your voice, connect with an audience, and celebrate the art of storytelling!Let's create something beautiful together!Cover: IrfanWe respect creative ownership. If you believe this is your work or if appropriate credit hasn't been given, kindly get in touch at ramrotiaaloo@gmail.comBECOME A PATRON : Work on Listen with Irfan takes time, money and hard work to produce. As of now it is being done voluntarily with the family, friends and listeners who came forward for hand holding from its inception.  If you like the Podcasts, admire it, and benefit from its content, please consider awarding us an honorarium to make the future of this Podcast Channel robust and assured.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠यहाँ आपको मिलती हैं वो दुर्लभ आवाज़ें खुद बोलती, गाती और बहस करती। मनोहर श्याम जोशी, कमलेश्वर, कृष्णा सोबती, बी वी कारंत, शमशेर बहादुर सिंह, बलराज साहनी, अज्ञेय, रसूलन बाई, निर्मल वर्मा, मंगलेश डबराल, राजेंद्र यादव, चंद्रकांत देवताले, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र, इस्मत चुग़ताई, सत्यदेव दुबे, त्रिलोचन, अमरीश पुरी, इब्राहीम अल्क़ाज़ी, मोहन उप्रेती, गोरख पांडेय, नैना देवी, वीरेन डंगवाल, मन्नू भंडारी, भीष्म साहनी, देवकी नंदन पांडे आदि के अलावा अनगिनत भारतीय और विदेशी समकालीन विचारक, कलाकार, लेखक, कवि और सांस्कृतिक लड़ाके। किताबों पर चर्चा के पॉडकास्ट, संगीत, फिल्म रिव्यू और स्ट्रीट रिकॉर्डिंग्स का एकमात्र पॉडकास्ट मंच। Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen with Irfan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ :-Bank Name: State Bank Of IndiaName: SYED MOHD IRFANAccount No:32188719331Branch: State Bank of India, Vaishali Sec 4, GhaziabadIFSC–SBIN0013238UPI/Gpay ID irfan.rstv-2@oksbiPayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/farah121116⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RazorPay etc ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://irfaniyat.stck.me/⁠⁠⁠

* Video Podcast with clips is available on YouTube as Spotify is not allowing me to post video right now.On March 18th, a couple arrived at the Brahmpuri Police Station in Meerut, accompanied by their daughter. Their names were Mr. and Mrs. Rastogi, and their daughter was Muskaan Rastogi. Without hesitation, the parents made a shocking confession: “Our daughter has killed our son-in-law. She is with us. Please arrest her.”The police officers were taken aback. It is not every day that a murderer walks into a police station with their own parents, surrendering without a chase. This immediately raised questions. Why did she kill her husband? Why was she giving herself up so easily? And most importantly, what had really happened?The police began their investigation by questioning Muskaan. Based on her statement, they were led to the house where the murder had taken place. There, they uncovered a horrifying scene. Muskaan's husband, Saurabh, had been brutally murdered. Episode show notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.3amfear.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Narrated by: Nikita FerraoInstagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@3amfearpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ncferraoauthor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on Youtube @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠3AM Fear Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free thriller eBook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ncferrao.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.purple-planet.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode Music: Music by Dark BurdenLink to the composer's YouTube channel: ⁠⁠   / @darkburden  ⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3qumnPH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/33RWRtP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email me on nikita@3amfear.comSources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCtSM3XLSbYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIWRgn4rZUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9ys-Uhym8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG__ZWUl7oohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LulWhfEp6PAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHuQ6b8z7Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI82NIFTDK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6pefcgnTaIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9gscGKkON4&t=8shttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/love-betrayal-a-cemented-body-haunting-details-so-far-in-meerut-merchant-navy-officers-murder-101742690182910.htmlhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meerut-murder-accused-suffer-severe-drug-addiction-refusing-food-demanding-marijuana-morphine-shots-in-jail-101742694734996.htmlhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/decoding-the-concrete-plot-behind-merchant-navy-officer-s-murder-in-meerut-101742500744393.htmlhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/papa-is-in-the-drum-meerut-victims-mother-claims-her-6-year-old-granddaughter-as-saying/article69356420.ecehttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/puncture-in-heart-head-severed-hands-cut-off-legs-bent-backwards-autopsy-reveals-savagery-of-killing-in-meerut-murder/articleshow/119338489.cmshttps://www.ndtv.com/india-news/head-severed-wrist-cut-off-legs-bent-to-fit-body-in-drum-meerut-murder-autopsy-7984398https://www.livemint.com/news/india/untitledshocking-details-emerge-in-meerut-murder-case-after-killing-saurabh-rajput-muskan-sahil-set-off-on-a-15-11742645397063.htmlhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meerut-murder-11-days-after-killing-her-husband-muskan-rastogi-celebrated-holi-with-lover-claims-viral-video-101742608687729.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Meerut_Merchant_Navy_officer_murderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKRr_xtJXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3SyPknkIhM

This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 19th of March and here are the headlines. The Opposition raised concerns about the Gaganyaan astronauts being kept away from public view. Minister Jitendra Singh stated this was to prevent distractions during their acclimatisation and training. He added that excessive media exposure could be counterproductive. One astronaut, Group Captain Shukla, will also join international astronauts on a mission to the ISS.Prime Minister Modi welcomed back NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams after their nine-month space mission. He lauded their grit and courage, calling their return a testament to the human spirit. PM Modi expressed pride in their perseverance and the dedication of those who ensured their safe return to Earth.An FIR details how a man accused in the Nagpur violence allegedly misbehaved and inappropriately touched a woman police officer. The accused also reportedly made obscene gestures towards other women, including police personnel. The incident occurred on March 17 and continued until late that night. The FIR was filed by a Sub-Inspector on March 18.A woman and her lover were arrested in Meerut for allegedly murdering her husband. They dismembered his body and dumped parts in a cement-filled tank. Police said the couple killed the man on March 4 and used the cement to conceal the smell. The wife had purchased the tank, and the lover brought the cement.The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2023 will be presented by President Droupadi Murmu. The awards recognize outstanding journalism across print, digital, and broadcast media in 13 categories. Winning stories include investigations into medical colleges, athlete villages, and the fight for justice by wrestlers, showcasing courageous reporting.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by the Indian Express.

The U.S. hotel transaction market is flourishing for properties valued under $50 million or over $250 million, but mid-size full-service hotels have essentially frozen due to owners clinging to 2019 prices and increased renovation costs. Meanwhile, a severe winter storm caused over 1,400 flight cancellations in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, most notably at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport, with airlines waiving rebooking fees. Lastly, Indian budget hotel operator Oyo has barred unmarried couples from its Meerut properties, sparking questions about the legality and potential spread of this policy to other cities. The U.S. hotel transaction market is currently hot for luxury properties Airlines canceled more than 1,400 flights in the U.S. on Monday Oyo will no longer permit unmarried couples to stay in Meerut, India Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry.

This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 23rd of December and here are the headlines.Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the central government's efforts to provide ‘lakhs of government jobs in the last 1.5 years'. Addressing a Rozgar Mela virtually today, PM Modi said that his government set a “record” by giving permanent government jobs to almost 10 lakh people in the course of the last 18 months. PM Modi stated, quote, “There is a campaign going on to provide government jobs in various ministries, departments and institutions of the country. Today also, more than 71,000 youths have been given appointment letters,” unquote.Meanwhile, Three members of the Khalistan Zindabad Force, who were allegedly involved in grenade attacks at police establishments in border areas of Punjab, were killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district today. The encounter was jointly conducted by the police forces from Punjab and UP. While the Punjab Police said in the morning that the men had been arrested, police in UP confirmed later that the men had died a little before 10 am. The deceased have been identified as Gurvinder Singh, Virendra Singh alias Ravi, and Jasan Preet Singh alias Pratap Singh, all residents of Gurdaspur.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that six Bangladeshis have been apprehended by the Assam Police for entering the Indian territory illegally and handed over to the authorities of the neighbouring country, He, however, did not mention the sector of the India-Bangladesh border, where they were held. The chief minister said on X, quote ‘No place for illegal infiltration in Assam, carrying out their strict monitoring against infiltration attempts, Assam police apprehended 6 Bangladeshi nationals and pushed them across the border,” unquote.Meanwhile, the police in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor said today they arrested the main accused in the abduction of comedian Sunil Pal and actor Mushtaq Mohammed Khan after an encounter late Sunday. While the police arrested the main accused Lavi Pal, his accomplice Himanshu managed to escape during the cross-firing. Lavi Pal was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head and had been absconding since being booked by the Meerut and Bijnor police for abduction or ransom of Mushtaq Khan on 20th of November and Sunil Pal on 2nd of December.On the global front, US President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Sriram Krishnan, an aide of billionaire Elon Musk and Microsoft's ex-employee, as the Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social said, quote “Sriram Krishnan will focus on ensuring continued American leadership in AI and help shape and coordinate AI policy across Government, including working with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.” unquote.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express.

This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 11th of December and here are the headlines.In Parliament, the Opposition is in full swing as tensions rise. Rahul Gandhi met Speaker Om Birla, pushing for a discussion on key issues, including the Adani row. He also requested that derogatory remarks made against him in the Lower House be expunged. Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned after the Opposition demanded the removal of Vice President Dhankhar. On Tuesday, Opposition MPs filed a no-confidence motion, accusing him of partisan behavior. The situation continues to heat up with both sides standing firm.In a creative protest, Opposition MPs greeted their BJP counterparts with the national flag and red roses, urging the House to continue its proceedings and discuss important issues, including the Adani row. This gesture included Congress, DMK, JMM, and Left party MPs. The protest took place at Parliament steps, with leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra showing their support for the cause. The move is a direct response to the political gridlock over ongoing matters in the House.Bangladesh confirmed on Tuesday that 88 incidents of communal violence targeting minorities, mostly Hindus, occurred after the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Interim government spokesman Shafiqul Alam said 70 people were arrested in connection with the attacks. This announcement came after Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri raised concerns about the safety of minorities during talks with Bangladeshi officials, calling the incidents regrettable. The violence has drawn significant international attention and criticism.Actor Mushtaq Khan has shared his ordeal after claiming he was kidnapped in Meerut. Invited to an event, Khan was allegedly abducted, tortured for 12 hours, and demanded to pay a crore in ransom. His business partner stated that the kidnappers withdrew Rs 2 lakh from Khan's and his son's accounts. Khan managed to escape after hearing the morning azaan, thinking a mosque was nearby. This unsettling incident follows comedian Sunil Pal's similar claims of abduction.MIT's suspension of Indian-origin research scholar Prahlad Iyengar has sparked controversy. Iyengar, a PhD student in Electrical Engineering, was suspended after writing a pro-Palestine essay for a student journal. His suspension has led to an open letter from university faculty demanding his reinstatement. Iyengar was barred from campus until January 2026, and the student magazine that published his essay has been banned. The suspension has raised questions about academic freedom and expression at prestigious universities.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express

In a scene straight out of a movie, a groom abandoned his wedding ceremony to chase a man in a mini-truck, who snatched his garland of cash, in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut. The incident took place recently on the highway when the groom was riding a horse during his wedding procession. Join the lads as they jump into wedding season with this banger of an episode. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/man-flees-with-garland-of-money-from-wedding-then-groom-runs-behind-him-7099019 Send us money yo! Paypal ⁠paypal.me/farfromfact⁠ UPI huseinmerchant@oksbi Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/keshavnaidu_/⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/husein.merchant/⁠ + Music credit – Simon D'Souza + Write to us – ⁠https://www.instagram.com/farfromfact/

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, we bring you the extraordinary story of Ranu Maini, a visually impaired resident of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has carved her path as a radio jockey, YouTuber, and teacher. Ranu shares her inspiring journey of overcoming challenges in education, navigating a lack of resources, and finding her voice through creativity and resilience. From her early education in sighted schools to her accomplishments at Delhi University and her passion for teaching, Ranu's story is a testament to the power of perseverance. She talks about her experience with Radio Udaan, where her show Verses of Wisdom with RJ Ranu airs weekly, and her popular YouTube channel, Melodious Masterpiece, which showcases diverse content ranging from poetry to motivational topics. Ranu discusses her love for spirituality, her drive to spread positivity, and her aspirations for the future. Whether you're seeking inspiration, motivation, or insight into the life of someone who refuses to let limitations define them, this episode is a must-listen. Show Notes: Introduction: Hosted by Score Foundation. Guest: Ranu Maini, RJ, YouTuber, and teacher from Meerut. Journey with Radio Udaan: Internship details and the making of Verses of Wisdom with RJ Ranu. Insights into the RJ Hunt 2024 competition and her experience as the first runner-up. About Melodious Masterpiece: Ranu's YouTube channel featuring topics like unknown facts, motivational stories, and poetry. Recent episode: The Power of Silence. Educational Journey: Studying in sighted schools and overcoming challenges with limited inclusivity in Meerut. Transition to Miranda House, Delhi University, and the support systems that shaped her academic success. Teaching Aspirations: Why Ranu chose teaching as a career after her history degree and B.Ed. Her fulfilling experience during teaching internships. Vision for the Future: Aiming to be a successful teacher, YouTuber, and social worker while spreading positivity. Takeaway Message: Ranu's journey highlights the importance of support, resilience, and belief in one's abilities. Resources & Links: Radio Udaan: Tune in to Verses of Wisdom with RJ Ranu every Wednesday at 8 p.m. YouTube: Check out Ranu's channel, Melodious Masterpiece, for diverse content. Helpline: If you or someone you know with vision impairment needs guidance, contact the Eyeway National Toll-Free Helpline at 1800 53 20469. Connect with Us: Share your thoughts about this episode and follow us for more inspiring stories! Quote from the Episode:"We should do our work. We should do our karma. And never stop, no matter the challenges." – Ranu Maini

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Nadya Marwah is an Indian-Canadian photographer, film production professional, and founder of the Photo Poet Society, a mindful wedding photography company. She began her career journey in Mumbai, India, before relocating to Toronto, She left her hometown of Meerut, India at the age of 19 to pursue an education in Communication Design at MIT Institute of Design and later completed a post-graduate program in Film Production at the Vancouver Film School. The profound experience of deep meditation shifted her perspective on life. She is now a mindful visual creator, specializing in both photography and film. Alongside wedding and occasion photography, I have collaborated with musicians and film professionals, including three-time Juno-nominated musician Alysha Brilla and Canadian actor, director, and musician Steven McCarthy. Additionally, I have had the opportunity to work with businesses and not-for-profit organizations such as Compass Digital Ventures at SXSW in Austin, North Shore Restorative Justice Society (North Vancouver), Arvorei Communications Group (Vancouver), and Hawkeye Pictures (Toronto). Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

This week, Newslaundry's Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by policy researcher Yamini Aiyar and senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai. On the challenges facing think tanks in India, Yamini says working in policy has “moved from jholawala inputs to suit-boot inputs” over the years, referring to the increased corporatisation. The panel then discusses the Congress manifesto, and the party's relevance in the upcoming elections. Abhinandan asks, “Is the Congress inevitable?” Rasheed says the grand old party is “not a dead body. It is very much alive and kicking.” The conversation then moves on to the controversy around Ramayana fame actor Arun Govil campaigning in Meerut with a photograph of the deity Ram. On the use of religion for votes, Rasheed says it's “not an issue” for voters in India. This and a whole lot more. Tune in!We have a page for subscribers to send letters to our shows. If you want to write to Hafta, click here. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Download the Newslaundry app.General elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans. Click here to support us.Timecodes00:07:09 - Policy research in India 00: 17:41 - Headlines00:27:09 - Think tanks in India 00:38:13 - Is the Congress inevitable?00:59:50 - Use of religion in election campaign 01:22:31 - Letters01:55:19 - Recommendations Hafta letters, recommendations, songs and referencesCheck out our previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra, edited by Samarendra K Dash and Umrav Singh. —------------ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First, we talk to Indian Express' Anand Mohan about the huge volume of Congress party leaders, members and workers who are now jumping ship and joining the BJP.Second, Indian Express' Rural Affairs Editor Harish Damodaran joins us to talk about the high-yielding varieties of paddy seeds that have led to some of the best varieties of Basmati rice in India making its way to Pakistan, illegally. (10:12)Lastly, we talk about BJP fielding Arun Govil, the actor who played the role of Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, from Meerut in UP. (21:58)Hosted by Niharika NandaWritten and Produced by Shashank Bhargava and Niharika NandaEdited and Mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this podcast episode, Shivani Kulkarni (AVP, Investments @ Prime Venture Partners ) speaks to Nitin Agrawal (Founder & CEO @ Navadhan Capital), an IRMA graduate, a former CEO of Spandana Sphoorty and an inspiring leader passionate about rural India.Nitin highlights his journey from a lower middle class family in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to CEO of India's leading micro-finance organisations. He encourages entrepreneurs by narrating personal stories in Rural India from his 20+ years of experience travelling across every nook and corner of the country. Tune in to learn about #bharat , rural mindset, demographics, smartphone penetration, #jandhanyojana and much more:0:00 - Opportunities in Rural India11:24 - Evolution of Rural Finance and Livelihoods20:03 - Rural Tech Transformation and Opportunities32:45 - Building a Tech-Led Scale-Up Business45:32 - Parenting and TechEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:LinkedIn:   / primevp  Twitter:   / primevp_in  This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes.Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Falsely accused at 18 of a heinous crime in Meerut, Amit's life was turned upside down. Despite facing police torture, mental harassment, and a decade-long struggle, Amit emerged not only innocent but also as a beacon of hope and resilience. Now a dedicated advocate, he shares his bone-chilling story, from the pain his family endured to his transformation into a defender of justice. In the latest episode of Dostcast, we delve into the harrowing journey of Amit Choudhary, a young man who overcame tremendous odds to clear his name. - Amit's account of being falsely accused and the intense interrogation he endured. - The legal challenges and the sections of IPC involved in his arrest. - Amit's personal transformation in jail, leading to his career in law. Tune in and witness Amit Choudhary's journey from a wrongfully accused student to a passionate advocate. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - How was falsely Amit accused of the crime 03:42 - Which IPC sections were involved in Amit's arrest 04:08 - Amit was preparing to join Army when he got arrested 04:37 - Who was the real culprit of that murder 06:01 - What was Amit's first reaction to accusation 06:56 - Police took away Amit's father 08:45 - Police came with bulletproof jackets to arrest Amit 09:54 - How police treated Amit in jail 11:12 - Was there an illegal remand in arrest 13:21 - Amit's family wasn't informed about which jail he's in 14:18 - How Amit felt when he entered the Jail 15:42 - Did Amit make friends in jail 16:38 - Gangs operating in Indian jails 17:32 - Jailmates wanted Amit to work for them 18:35 - Amit used to wait every month for his father to visit him 19:57 - Did Amit's relatives support him? 21:12 - Amit's dream of joining army got ruined 22:12 - Amit used to pray daily to god 23:09 - Amit stood in the path of education 24:36 - Amit has seen death very closely 25:06 - Amit was electrocuted in jail 27:02 - You have to get permission to even take a paper in Jail 28:23 - How Amit managed to get out of jail 29:02 - This city changed Amit's life 30:06 - This lawyer helped him in the lowest time 30:56 - Amit used to eat once a day 32:40 - Amit's friends used to give him Rs. 500 to survive 35:41 - Did Amit used to feel anger and frustration? 37:47 - Amit now wants to live the life for others 39:13 - Amit was a mission on proving himself innocent 41:12 - Police officers who arrested Amit didn't even know who Amit was 43:24 - Despite the situation Amit never stopped being positive 45:02 - Amit faced third degree torture in Jail 47:15 - Are there any laws to prevent from false accusation? 48:42 - We need police reforms in India 50:27 - What tricks police resort to after restraining people 52:05 - Horrible things police do inside the jail 54:27 - Amit has started practicing law and helps people now 55:42 - Amit's experience has made him a better lawyer 56:47 - Amit advocates the free blood donation drive 58:29 - This is Amit's rebirth as a human being 01:00:27 - This family helped Amit to never give up hope 01:02:12 - The driving factor in Amit's case 01:04:38 - You earn worthy relations throughout your life 01:06:45 - Amit didn't want to leave with a blot in his name 01:09:12 - Patience and knowledge will help you stay strong 01:10:23 - A father saved his daughter by reading about diseases 01:12:13 - Ending notes == This is the official channel for Dostcast, a podcast by Vinamre Kasanaa. Connect with me LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Dostcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast_tweets Dostcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dostcast Dostcast on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/dostcast == Contact Us For business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com == #Dostcast

Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. In India it is also called the First War of Independence and other similar names. Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Travel to Peru with me here Travel to Italy With Me here Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Podcast Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we will talk about two ambitious rail projects which are in the news. One is meant for passengers, and the other dedicated to freight. Both -- the Delhi-Meerut RRTS and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor -- are unrivalled in scale and spectacle. In our first two segments, we dwell in details into these two projects. Let us start with Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor whose priority section was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. This is India's first Regional Rapid Transport System. But why wasn't Indian Railways given responsibility to build it?  And now, in our special segment, we will explore a massive rail project which is being billed as a highway for goods trains. The 1,337-km long Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is finally complete. The project, running from Punjab to Bihar, was commissioned in 2006. And after a host of delays and cost escalations, it will be operational from November 1. But are there more challenges ahead for this ambitious project?  Let us now turn our gaze to financial markets. Shares of media companies are on an up run thanks to a pick-up in advertising spending, aided by the ICC World Cup and the coming election season. As stocks remain hot, is it time to binge on the rally? Which stocks find favor with analysts in this space?  Stocks of companies in the automobile sector are also on a roll. Meanwhile, Japanese automaker Toyota recently said that it would soon start mass-producing next-generation solid-state batteries. If successful, Toyota expects its electric cars powered by solid-state batteries to have a range of 1,200-km on a charging time of 10 minutes. Find out more about evolution of these batteries in this episode of the podcast. 

India is investing lots of funds in rail infrastructure projects including urban rail systems in cities, rapid rail transit system for regional cities, and High-Speed rail project to connect cities. Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) projects in the National Capital Region of India is connecting 3 major satellite cities with the capital city – Meerut (82 km), Alwar (198 km) and Panipat (103 km). The first corridor from Delhi to Meerut is under construction, costing $5 billion in investment. National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is mandated to design, develop, implement, financing, operate, and maintain the RRTS project. RapidX has adopted an outsourcing model and has appointed Deutsche Bahn for operation and maintenance. The agency is using many innovative technologies to build the project, including BIM (Building Information Modelling), Digital twins, Precasted Tracks, Catenary (Rigid), Rolling stocks, and UPI ticketing solutions.Vijay Kumar Singh is Managing Director of NCRTC and presently leading transformation in regional mobility by implementing Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) projects in the National Capital Region of India. NCRTC is mandated for designing, developing, implementing, financing, operating, and maintaining the RRTS project. He has built NCRTC from scratch and is now spearheading the development of the idea into a reality through this $ 15 billion project. Before joining NCRTC, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the High-Speed Rail Corporation, where he played a key role in developing the Mumbai-Ahmedab ad HSR project. Having served as Executive Director in the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, he has experience working on the Board of many joint venture companies and has acquired a profound policy perspective. He has been the officer in charge of the execution team of the first section of Delhi Metro project in the field.

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Hello to you listening in Meerut, India!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.The old ones say that understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery.Why do we work to understand? We work to understand so that we can accept a road to healing our misunderstanding and by healing our misunderstanding we heal ourselves.What do we need to understand? So many things. Here's one: “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.” [H. Jackson Browne]Question: What is it you'd like someone to understand?  You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic would you subscribe, share with your friends, leave a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out What I Offer,✓ Arrange your free Story Session call + Bonus gift,✓ Opt In to my monthly Newsletter for valuable tips & techniques to enhance your story work, and✓ Stay current with me and on LinkedIn.Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

Join my free weekly newsletterThis is part 2 in my series on the Indian Rebellion against British rule in 1857 (sometimes called the Sepoy Mutiny or Indian Mutiny).Having left their barracks in Meerut, the sepoys arrived at the ancient Mughal capital of Delhi. Greeted enthusiastically by many in the local population and in the court of the last Mughal emperor they took control of the city.British forces arrived but were not strong enough to take the offensive so tried to place the city under siege.Eventually in September 1857, the British stormed the city.This episode tells that story.Support the show

Part 1 in my series on the Indian Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-58.Join my free weekly newsletterThe Indian Mutiny, or Sepoy rebellion or First War of Independence was the most critical challenge to British rule in India in the 19th century.It resulted in the loss of thousands of British and Indian lives, it saw savagery that rivals any modern conflict and saw the snuffing out of the last vestiges of the Mughal Empire, the end of the powerful East India Company and the establishment of the British Raj.It is an event that has shaped India, it shaped Britain and its idea of empire and it continues to impact on the world today.Welcome to my first talk in a series on the Sepoy Mutiny in India in 1857-58.In this particular episode, we will explore at why and how the rebellion broke out.I will follow up in the coming weeks with the war itself: the siege and storming of Delhi, the massacre at Cawnpore, the siege of Lucknow, and the Indian warrior queen, the Rani of Jahnsi.Along the way I will also cover the savagery conducted by both sides.Support Me:https://www.thehistorychap.com/THC-SupporterWhilst the traditional reason given for the Sepoy mutiny was their refusal to use a new cartridge that they believed was smeared in animal fat, this was more of a pretext than the fundamental reason.Resentment had been growing against East India Company rule in many quarters.Hereditary rulers were losing power and status. Religious Indians feared the British wanted to convert them to Christianity.Others resented the general replacement of Indian customs and laws with British ones.Landowners resented losing rights to peasants.Within the army, there was already disquiet over stagnation of wages, lack of promotion opportunities and a growing gulf between Indian sepoys and their British officers.The Hindus in the Bengal army were also alarmed that the East India Company was recruiting a growing number of Muslims and Sikhs into their ranks - diluting their own identity and influence.All it needed was a cause to coalesce around...and that is where the new cartridges came in.As Indian (Hindu) sepoys refused to even touch the cartridges tensions grew.Across northern Indian chappatis (flat bread) started to be passed from village to village.No one knew where they came from or why they were being passed, but it was seen as a sign of monumental change.That change came in May 1857 when the Indian troops at Meerut mutineed, killing British officers and civilians, before marching on (and seizing) the old Mughal capital, Delhi.There, they captured the undefended magazine and were given the endorsement of the ageing Mughal Emperor.Across northern India, sepoys began to follow their lead...Support the show

The story of Shivam is about being able to accept who you are and take control of your life. A Meerut-born social media influencer who has shared their personal story at Josh Talks and now opens up talking about bullying, sexual harassment, and how it affects a child. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last time we spoke Rear Admiral Seymour took the charge as he waged war first on the city of Canton to hunt down the seemingly tyrannical Ye Mingchen. Seymour took the city quickly and with ease, but knew he had no way to hold onto it so he opted to start capturing all the forts he could along the riverways. Meanwhile back in Britain, the politicians were raging over the entire conflict and what was to be the best course of action. The Torries and Whigs fought another to use the issue for their own interests and it seems the Torries might be successful at thwarting the need for another war with China, but not if the Whigs had anything to say about it. Now a new figure will come to the forefront to be placed in charge of the China issue and it will consume his life. Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. #20 This episode is Part 2 of the Second Opium War: Lord Elgin's reluctant War Now outside parliament, the British public was in a jingoistic mood after winning the Crimean War. Palmerston began to appeal to the masses on the basis of patriotism. Meanwhile the Prime Minister decided to appoint a plenipotentiary to carry out negotiations with the Qing court. The Duke of Newcastle was Palmerstons first choice, but he rejected the job as he knew it would be a thankless one and would earn him no favors. On March 13th, in the middle of a general election, Palmerston announced a new appointment for the new envoy to China. It was the popular Scotsman, former governor of Jamaica and British North America, James Bruce the Earl of Elgin, a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce. Lord Elgin was the son of a famous antiquarian who had notoriously preserved or better said vandalized, if you're Greek, parts of Ancient Athens by shipping them back to Britain. Yes the British museum issue. Elgin also sold these pieces of history in question to the British Museum at around 35,000 pounds in 1816 before going bankrupt and leaving England in exile to escape creditors. So yeah daddy was not a good person so to say. Ironically Elgin's fathers actions would haunt him in this story, because he would perform a heinous act on a similar level. During the 3 day voting period that began on March 28th of 1857, the Whigs managed to return to office with a landslide victory. Turns out Palmerston had won the public over, alongside the Queen and now parliament.  The day before Palmerston named Elgin the plenipotentiary to China, Elgin wrote to his wife “My Dearest, I have had a note from [Palmerston] followed by an interview. The proposal is to undertake a special mission of a few months' duration to settle the important and difficult question now embarrassing us in the East and concentrating the attention of all the world. On what grounds can I decline? Not on political grounds for however opposed I might be to the Govt. that would be a reason to prevent them from making the offer, but not me from accepting it. The very mission of a Plenipotentiary is an admission that there are errors of policy to be repaired.” Elgin's wife responded “Dearest, it was unexpected but if your conscience and feelings tell you to say yes I would not for the world dissuade you. God bless you my own darling. I promise you to do my best not to distress you. Forgive me if I can't write more today. Your own ever Mary.” Now Lord Elgin had a very impressive career, as I said he had been the governor of Jamaica and the governor-general of British North America, I live in quebec and he is quite the figure here. There is a statue of him in front of the Quebec parliament building. Lord Elgin attempted to establish responsible government to Canada, wrestled issues of immigration to Canada and took a surprising stance during a French English conflict. You see there were rebellions in what was then Upper and Lower Canada over various colonial issues. Lord Elgin ended up compensating French Canadians who had suffered during the rebellions and this greatly pissed off his British colleagues. On top of that Elgin invited the leader of the lower Canada revolt, Papineau to dine with him at the governor-generals residence in Canada. An English mob began burning parliament buildings in montreal, Elgin was assaulted, but instead of calling in the military, Elgin got his family to safety and allowed civil authorities to restore order. Anyways Elgin did a lot in Canada such as setting up economic treaties with the US and such, he is a large figure in my countries history, though I'd argue not many Canadians are even aware of him haha. Canadian history can be, the best way to put it, a bit boring. Now back to the story at hand, Lord Elgin was a very well regarded figure for his capabilities and royal blood. But he also held a ton of debt from his father, the Greek artifact plunderer. Elgin was notably not xenophobic in a time when many British were. Elgin spoke English and French and was a highly educated man. The day before Elgin set off for China he was given detailed instructions from Lord Clarendon. Clarendon ordered Elgin that under no circumstance was he to try and retake Canton, a tall order since Bowring and Seymour were literally trying to do just that. Clarendon stated he was to acquire the right for Britain to send an ambassador to Beijing to conduct and direct negotiations with the Qing imperial court. He was to demand the opening of new ports of trade and to force the Qing government to adhere to the terms of the treaty of Nanjing. Military force was to be only a last resort if the Emperor refused and Elgin was urged to contain the military action to naval attacks only to save British lives. Elgin had his own demand, he wanted the British military forces in China to be under his sole command. Britain ended up giving Elgin joint command alongside Lt Generals Ashburnham and Seymour who could decide when and where to attack. Elgin made record time journeying to China by riding on the brand new railroad that cut across the Isthmus of Suez. From Suez he took a ship, rounding the coast of India in late May. Elgin came across troops who had been summoned from Bombay and Calcutta. Interesting side note, in May, Sepoy's, those being Indian troops of the East India Company Army, stationed in Meerut performed a mutiny. They had refused to follow orders from the British officers and on May 10th, an entire garrison killed their officers, their families and any Europeans in the vicinity. Word spread of the mutiny resulting in similar outbreaks amongst other sepoy units. Within just a few days there was a widespread rebellion as some Indian prince joined, rallying against the British Raj. Northern India was ablaze with bloodshed and it looked like Britain was at threat of losing its greatest colony. Elgin arrived in Singapore on June 3rd where he was met with two letters from Lord Canning the governor general of india. The letters told Elgin the dire news and begged him to divert troops assigned to the China mission to come help in India. Canning was an old classmate of Elgin and said “If you send me troops they shall not be kept one hour more than is absolutely needed.” Elgin had no time to consult with Plamerston or Clarendon, as it would take 2 months to get word back to London. Without hesitation Elgin diverted 1700 men of the 90th regiment from Mauritius to help quell the rebellion. I obviously cant go into the Indian Rebellion of 1857, but just want to say if you get a chance do learnt about it, an absolutely horrible event. Around 150,000 Indians were killed in the rebellion with 100,000 of them being civilians. The British suffered around 6000 troops and 40,000 civilians killed. The British forces performed massacres and numerous atrocities in places like Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow and Allahabad. On top of the war deaths, it is estimated up to a possible 800,000 Indians would die from famine and disease as well. A truly horrible event.  Back to Elgin, he faced a period in Singapore where he had to await some troops from India to come over to China and during this period he began to study the China situation. Elgin visited an opium den in Singapore to witness the evil effects of the drug firsthand. He wrote this to his wife about the experience  “They are wretched, dark places with little lamps. The opium looks like treacle, and the smokers are haggard and stupefied, except at the moment of inhaling, when an unnatural brightness sparkles from their eyes,” As a result of dispatching men to India to help Canning, Elgin now had to go to China aboard a single ship, the Shannon without any troops. He arrived in Hong Kong on July 2nd of 1857 and was welcomed warmly by the Chinese. Seymour was not all too pleased to find Elgin arriving without any troops. Seymour soon pressed Elgin to form an attack on Canton, handing to him a petition signed by 85 British opium merchants who all believed if Canton fell to the British, the Emperor would have to capitulate to all of their demands. Elgin did not give in to the pressure, though he also did not have the troops to carry out the task regardless.  Elgin then began to brush shoulders with Harry Parkes and they did not get off on the right foot. Parks said of Elgin  “He may be a man that suits the government well, very cautious, having ever before him [placating] Parliament, the world, the public, etc.” Parkes soon began a campaign against Elgin by sending a ton of letters back home criticizing Elgin for what he called “too generous a treatment of the Chinese”. As warhawkish as Seymour and Parkes could be, it was Bowring who really brought the heat. Bowring felt demoted by Elgin's new position and began to work behind the scenes to bring Elgin down. Bowring also began to lecture Elgin on the imperative for  full scale military action against Canton. “There is quite an explosion of public opinion as to the fatal mistake which would be committed by any movement upon Peking until the Cantonese question is settled. Many think such a movement might imperil the whole trade of China. I am quite of the opinion that any action which refers the Canton question to the Emperor would be a most injurious and embarrassing step.” Elgin for the most part ignored Bowring and opted instead for negotiations as were his instructions. Elgin also shared a concern it seems the other men did not, Elgin worried about tearing China apart. Elgin did not want to topple the Manchu rulers of China and throw the nation into some Balkanization hellscape which would only make things harder for Britain to deal with. The Taiping and their talk of banning private property scared Elgin, who knew Britain's trade would be hurt by such rule. In the end Elgin did not wait for his reinforcements from India, he instead went to India himself. Elgin gathered a small force of 400 marines and sailors aboard the 55 gun ship Shannon and sailed for Calcutta. Elgin made it to Calcutta on June 14th where he found the city abandoned by its European residents. Turned out there was a rumor the Sepoy's were going to march into the city to slaughter the Europeans so they all fled, the rumor proved to be false however. Elgin was mortified by the situation in India. He was lambasted with horror stories of sexual atrocities committed against British subjects and mass hangings in reprisal. One Major Renard, ordered the execution of 12 Indians for allegedly turning their faces the wrong way as Renards troops marched past them. That same Major also allegedly burnt down every Indian village he passed and hung 42 villagers along the way. Elgin sent a letter back to his wife  “I have seldom from man or woman since I came to the East heard a sentence that was reconcilable with the hypothesis that Christianity had come into the world. Detestation, contempt, ferocity, vengeance, whether Chinamen or Indians be the object.” Elgin hopped aboard the steamship Ava on september 20th to return to China. Back in China, Bowring had taken advantage of Elgin's trip by making overtures to Ye Mingchen in violation of Britain's instructions that the Chinese viceroy should only deal with Elgin. When Elgin found out and confronted Bowring, Bowring simply denied it. A month after Elgin had arrived to China, his French counterpart arrived, Baron Gros. The French aristocrat quickly began to share Elgin's hatred for Bowring upon meeting the man. Gros and Elgin both agreed to disagree with Bowring's ideas from the offset. Gros and Elgin agreed the response to the arsenic bakery debacle and the murder of Father Chapedelaine, would be a well coordinated, measured and hopefully light on military deaths. Gros advocated for an attack upon Beijing, while Elgin urged for negotiation. However, foreign minister Clarendon chose another option. Clarendon sent Elgin a letter on October 14th supporting Bowrings ideas. Winter was fast approaching, and the Bei He River, the gateway to Beijing would be frozen before an allied army could reach the city gates. Thus Clarendon advocated for an attack on Canton. Elgin was forced to allow Bowring to take the lead. In november, William Reed, the new American Minister showed up aboard the 55 gun steamship Minnesota. Reed was instructed by his government that America would remain neutral in the inevitable conflict. Russia's emissary, Count Euphemius Putiatin also arrived in november aboard the Amerika. Putiatin brought with him a proposal for China, if the emperor would give Manchuria to the Russians, the Tsar would help the Qing stamp out the Taiping Rebels once and for all. So each of the 4 nations brought their representatives looking to strike a deal with the Qing dynasty. In December of 1857, 3 ships carrying 2000 British soldiers from Calcutta sailed into Canton's harbor followed by a French fleet led by Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. Elgin and Gros sent Ye Mingchen separate ultimatums. France demanded the murderers of Father Chapedelaine to be brought to justice, reparations and permission to operate unrestricted in Canton. Britain demanded compliance with the terms of the treaty of Nanjing; a permanent British ambassador in Beijing; and unspecified reparations for the loss of life and property. Elgin felt his demands were reasonable, but also knew full well they were unacceptable for the Emperor. Ye Mingchen believed the demands to be mere posturing rather than actual threats. He did not have the authority to satisfy the British and French ultimata. So he did nothing…well nothing is a strong word he actually began spending his time by beheading 400 Taiping and placed their heads on spikes atop Cantons walls. It seems perhaps Ye believed such actions would scare off the foreigners, because he had no real army or navy to back him up. Well his brutality against the Taiping sure backfired. The British enlisted 700 really enraged Hakka to man the artillery at the Dutch Folly which was across the Pearl River near the foreign factories. Hakka if you remember made up some of the Taiping ranks as they were a persecuted ethnic minority in Guangxi province. 8 British and 4 French steamships arrived to the scene to add extra military might.  Ye Mingchen replied to the British and French in separate letters. To the British Ye stated, that in 1850 Sir George Bonham had agreed to give up access to Canton to avoid a war with the Qing dynasty. Ye heard that Bonham was given the Order of Bath and perhaps if Elgin did likewise he could also receive such a title. Ye was not aware that the title of Earl was high than that of Sir, but give the guy some credit for doing some homework on the foreign advisory. As for the treaty of Nanjing, Ye simply stated the Emperor declared the terms would be held inviolate for 10 millennium, it would be suicide to go against the Emperor. Ye sent a similar letter to the French and while he made these rather coy and cheeky remarks he did not seem to grasp the very real war threat going on. It may have been because he was too distracted by the Taiping rebellion, which to be brutally honest was a much more pressing concern, regardless Ye lacked any real strategy with how to deal with the foreign threat. When the British and French landed on Henan island, opposite of Canton of December 15th, Ye apparently made no move. The British and French disembarked without any resistance and found the strategic island undefended and without fortification. 200 Chinese war junks and sampans near Henan island fled as soon as the British and French had arrived.  On December 21st, Elgin, Gros and Putiatin had a talk aboard the French flagship Audacieuse. They all agreed to give Ye Mingchen one more chance before the shelling of Canton began. They sent Ye a 2 day deadline to meet their demands. As they waited Elgin wrote in his diary “Canton the great city doomed I fear to destruction by the folly of its own rulers and the vanity and levity of ours.” While they waited for 2 days, Elgin and Gros discussed military organization. Admiral Seymour and Rigault would command sea forces, while land troops would be commanded by General Ashburnham. On paper the invaders seemed to be completely out gunned. Canton's 6 mile wall circumference was 25 feet high and 20 feet wide. The allied force amounted to 800 men of the Indian Royal Sappers and Miners and the British 59th regiment of Foot, 2100 Royal marines, 1829 men of a British naval brigade and 950 men of the French Navy. The Qing forces were 30,000 strong at Canton, they were outnumbered 5 to 1. The Europeans did have one major tactical advantage however. The European ship born artillery had superior range and firepower compared to Cantons gun and their position on Henan island was within shelling distance of Canton.  On December 22nd, Ye's deadline ran out, but Elgin and Gros hesitated. On December 24th, perhaps because it was so close to Christmas they decided to give the Viceroy another 3 days to accept their terms, but Ye did not respond. On the evening of the 27th, the Europeans sent a reconnaissance team ashore a mile from the city's walls. On the morning of the 28th, the Anglo-Franco armada began shelling the city with artillery support from Henan. The bombardment went on for an entire day and on top of the shells, the europeans also fired incendiary rockets. It is alleged the Qing defenders only tossed back 2 shells. It is estimated the Chinese suffered almost 200 casualties to the shelling, while the incendiary rockets lit parts of Canton ablaze.While the day long shelling was raging on, 500 British and French forces landed and made their way through some rice paddies and came across a cemetery. At the cemetery Qing soldiers were taking up positions behind tombstones. Many of the Qing soldiers were armed with an 18th century weapon known as a Jingall. Now if you have a chance to google these, please do because they are comical to say the least. Its a muzzle loaded giant musket, the barrel is around 60 inches. Usually these were mount on walls, but they could be placed on tipods or on the shoulder of a comrade while you shoot it. Picture a comically big musket and thats basically what it looks like. In the west we call them “wall guns”, anyways they are extremely impractical. So for the Qing it took at minimum 2 men to fire one Jingall and usually when they fired them, the kick back knocked the men to the ground which provided quite the slapstick humor for the Europeans witnessing it. Many of the Qing soldiers also fired bow and arrow alongside some firelock muskets. On the other side, the British and French were using 19th century rifles, such as the British Enfield Rifle and French Minie rifle. Basically it was like Mike Tyson fighting an infant. The Europeans began to take up positions behind tombstones similar to the Qing. During the night the european formed an HQ in a temple on the cemetery grounds and apparently did nothing while some of their soldiers began to ransack the cemetery's statuaries thinking they would find gems or gold inside them. Dawn of the next day, the Europeans woke up to a shocking sight. On the hills behind Canton emerged 1500 Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers had fled the battle to go atop the hill and were simply staring at the Europeans like they were watching a sports game. It seems Ye's brutality had caused a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the local populace and this resulted in quite the lackluster will to fight. At 9am Admiral Rigault personally led French troops towards the walls of canton carrying scaling ladders. The defenders on top of the walls provided little resistance, while some Chinese artillery on some nearby hills tried to shell the invaders. By 10am British and French flags were flying from the 5 story Pagoda near the walls. Alongside the wall climbing, the British stormed the East Gate of the city with ease. Over 4700 British, Indian alongside 950 French troops scaled the walls in total. Seymour and Rigault had stopped the shelling to allow the troops to get atop the walls and began to fire again, but Elgin quickly forced them to stop deeming it overkill. The death toll was incredibly lopsided, the French reported 3 men dead and 30 wounded, the British reported 13 men dead with around 83 wounded. The Qing suffered upto a possible 650 casualties. The allies set to work hunting Ye Mingchen who they believed was still hiding in the city. Ye's second in command Pih-kwei came out suddenly making a proclamation that he would no longer associate himself with Ye Mingchen nor his disastrous policies. On New Years day, Elgin made a tour of Canton and noticed a lack of resistance, confirming to himself he made the right decision to halt the shelling. Then Elgin witnessed large scale looting. Elgin's private secretary Laurence Oliphant noted “While honest Jack was flourishing down the street with a broad grin of triumph on his face, a bowl of goldfish under one arm and a cage of canary-birds under the other, honest Jean, with a demure countenance and no external display, was conveying his well-lined pockets to the waterside.” It seemed the French preferred to grab cash while the British sought out souvenirs. Elgin feared losing control of the men and ordered them to all stop looting, but he had no authority for the French forces. Upon seeing that the French were not halting their looting, the British soldiers soon rejoined the plundering spree. Elgin lamented the situation in his diary “My difficulty has been to prevent the wretched Cantonese from being plundered and bullied. There is a [Hindi] word called ‘loot' which gives unfortunately a venial character to what would, in common English, be styled robbery. Add to this that there is no flogging in the French Army, so that it is impossible to punish men committing this class of offenses.” The son of Howqua and other Cohong merchants began to petition Elgin to do something to restore order and stop the plunder and destruction of Canton. Within mere days of the city's occupation, 90% of its inhabitants fled the city. One thing Elgin did not seem to mind though was “official expropriations” and sent one Colonel Lemon with a few Royal marines to Canton's treasury where they seized 52 boxes of silver, 68 boxes of gold ingots and over a millions dollars worth in silver taels. This “legal plunder” wink wink, was put aboard the HMS Calcutta and sent post haste to India. After all, the war had to be paid for.  On January 5th, over 8000 British and French marched through the gates of Canton unopposed. Harry Parkes grabbed a squad of 100 Royal Marines and rushed over to Ye Mingchens residence armed with a miniature of the man to identify him. This was quite the smart move, because many of Ye Mingchen's subordinates had attempted to pass themselves off as the viceroy to protect him. Well the tactic provided results as they caught Ye as he was trying to climb over the rear wall of his residence. A marine seized Ye by his queue and dragged the man to a sedan chair enclosed with bars to humiliate him. The tiny prison was put aboard the steamship Inflexible to an audience of Europeans and many Hakka, including Taiping rebels who taunted the disgraced viceroy by making the slashing throat gesture. When the marines searching Ye's residence they came across his letters back to the Qing court, giving them a ton of insight into how the Qing worked. That same day, Elgin and Gross named Ye's second in command, Pih-Kwei the new governor of Canton, but he would be advised by the triumvirate of Parkes, Captain Martineau and Colonel Holloway. The 3 real powers behind Pih-Kwei were granted control of judiciary, and to vet edicts before they were promulgated. Each man spoke Chinese and would report to Clarendon. Elgin wrote to Clarendon to explain the situation “If Pih-kwei was removed or harshly dealt with we should be called upon to govern a city containing many hundred thousand inhabitants with hardly any means of communicating with the people.” The Europeans also created a police force for Canton to stop all the looting and restore confidence in the once great commercial city. Howqua, his son and the other Cohong merchants found the new situation with the Europeans a far better deal than what would occur if the Taiping took Canton. Pih-Kwei received secret instructions from Beijing on January 27th, ordering him to organize an army of civilians and kick the invaders out. He also received orders from Seymour to hand over 17 Chinese war junks to help fight off a Taiping fleet obstructing the Pearl River. On the 28th, 2 french warships, the Fusee and Mitraille both shelled Ye's residence to further Ye's punishment. Ye's subordinates made attempts to rescue him from his prison, so Elgin sent Ye into exile to Calcutta on February 20th. In Calcutta Ye lived under house arrest for a year until he starved himself to death. Back over in Canton, the 70th Sepoy regiment arrived in March to reinforce Canton's garrison. The Sepoys were delighted when they found out 200 Chinese servants were assigned to them as they had been dealing with a lot of racism. Notably the British called them the N word and the French killed 3 Sepoys claiming they were looting. No Europeans were ever shot for looting in Canton. Elgin, Seymour and Gross then took a naval squadron up north towards the mouth of the Bei He River by April 24th. The British, French and Russian plenipotentiaries sent a joint communique to the governor of Zhili province, Tan. Elgin, ever the pacifist, tried to negotiate a way out of further bloodshed writing to Tan to see if they could meet a minister duly authorized by Emperor Xianfeng. Tan performed the standard Chinese response, by stalling and claiming he didn't have the power to negotiate with them. Apparently in his letter response, he used larger characters for the Emperor than that of Queen Victoria which infuriated the British as it was yet again in violation of the terms to the treaty of Nanjing, that both nations be considered equal. Ironically if you think about it, the British and Qing were both so uptight about such status symbols and such. Tan sent another letter that indicated the Chinese position was shifting somewhat, iit offer some negotiation, opened some ports, granted religious freedom to Christians and agreed to pay reparations for the foreign factories being destroyed in 1856. Tan also said he passed on the Europeans request for an embassy in Beijing to the Emperor. What he did not tell them, was that the Emperor rejected that request outright. Putiatin in an attempt to avoid further bloodshed pleaded with the parties to accept this offer, but allegedly the French Foriegn office replied to him with a smirk “they are only Chinese lives”. On a bit of a side note, a rather remarkable thing occurred on the Russian side of this story at this time. The Archimandrite, named Palladius, something of a spiritual leader to a tiny population of Russians living in Beijing was granted permission by Emperor Xianfeng to visit the European fleet at the end of may. He was forced to travel in a sealed litter. Prior to leaving, Putiatin got word to the man ordering him to gather as much intelligence as he could traveling towards them. Palladius was able to peer through a small crack in the shutter and did his best to get details on the position of the Qing fleet. When Palladius arrived he brought with him great news, apparently Beijing was starving and the rambunctious life of the Emperor was catching up to him. Please note the Emperor was only 30 years old, guy must have really partied it up. Another thing the Emperor was doing was strongly contemplating leaving the country because he was terrified. Meanwhile Elgin's anxiety was being lifted day by day as more warships arrived. By late May, the combined Anglo-French fleet was now 26 gunboats strong, preparing to take on the famous Taku Forts that guarded the mouth of the Bei He River. D-day was to be may 20th and the invaders were just 100 miles away from Beijing. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.  The reluctant Elgin had done it, they seized Canton and finally brought Ye Mingchen to British justice. The British French coalition was working its way slowly but surely to straggle Beijing and force its Emperor to abide by their demands.  

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Some would call Aditya quite the risk taker.  He grew up  in the  small town of Meerut and the odds of him running the multiple businesses that scale the globe were slim.  He has achieved this through an amazing mindset and further lives his passion for adventure  and even scaled Mt. Everest in 2019 after turning 50. Aditya and his companies today touch thousands of lives  in India and around the world and the lessons, insights and advice in this episode are another level altogether.  You must hear and watch this one.  Amongst my favourite lessons from this episode was the 40-80 rule of giving up and how not to fear scale (even that of the tallest mountain of the world). You can follow Aditya on LinkedIn on  https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-gupta-310781205/and you may also buy his amazing coffee table book where he gives the proceeds to the charity Child Relief and You (CRY) here:(As Indian Nationals):  http://bit.ly/CRY-TRR (As Foreign Nationals): http://bit.ly/cry-trr This was also the 30th episode of the Smashed Bashed Yet Not Dashed Podcast and we have had amazing guests and stories on this one already.  Love to have your feedback on gaurav@gauravbhagatacademy.com You can listen to all the other episodes on all the major platforms and also on https://www.smashedbashedyetnotdashed.com/Our YouTube channel with the videos of all the  podcasts with the likes of Grant Cardone, Bani J, Richard Dolan, Advaita Kala, Deep Kalra, Papa CJ, Nikhil Kamath and many other great guests is  https://www.youtube.com/c/GauravBhagatAcademyEnjoy this one, truly one of my favourites.  Also in all my podcasts I share no questions with guests and everything is impromptu. 

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In the 76th episode of The Haryanvi Podcast we see the reasons behind the revolt of 1857 and how it spread in Haryana. According to Historian KC Yadav, the revolt actually started in Ambala before Meerut and then spread to all regions across north India. We then discuss how the British recaptured the area and what were the fall outs of the revolt. Tune in to find out more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/haryanvipodcast/message

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Rohit Raj, Entrepreneur, Producer, Manager, and Friend (as per his Instagram Bio; experienced and agreed) works with Bhuvan Bam very closely. You might also have heard “Rohit Raj BB ki Vines” somewhere if you follow Bhuvan Bam. #StorieswithRusty #RohitRaj #BBKiVines #CreatorEconomy #Producers We had a very insightful conversation about the space of creating content and being on such a big platform that your own channel can be known as a “platform” in itself. We discuss about the creator economy India and how it is growing or rather will grow in the future. We also come up with a new term called “Enabler Economy” which you will see in the episode. Apart from that, The ups and downs of experimenting, executing and launching the shows, music videos, and sketches. We also talk about how Bhuvan Bam worked with brands ethically and maintained his credibility and stayed true to his audience. Bhuvan Bam net worth is a big question on the internet but Rohit Raj also talks about how nobody in his close circle cares about making money as much as creating because money is always in the picture in long run. We also talk about the competition in the space and how all the creators like to call themselves Creator Partners rather than competitors. I think one of the things that stand out about Rohit is that he is an extremely loyal and trustworthy guy and building trust in the workplace is one of the most important and rather difficult tasks to do. __ In this Episode: 0:00 // Introduction, random chit chat 3:43 // What is the motivation of creators 6:59 // What happens when you are 27 11:10 // How is Rohit linked to Meerut? 12:45 // How Rusty met Rohit? 13:33 // How does Rohit manage his office? 18:13 // Rohit's Work Ethics 22:56 // How content is changing 28:36 // How brands have changed since 2016 34:48 // Bhuvan's Brand Integrations 54:33 // The Journey of Managing Forms of Content 1:03:03 // The Process of Producing Dhindora 1:11:05 // The Learning Process 1:13:28 // Advertisements on Traditional Media 1:19:07 // Helping other Creators 1:20:55 // The Bigger Achievements of Creating Content 1:23:50 // Independent Creators and Numbers 1:26:55// What's Next for Bhuvan 1:27:26 // How will Bhuvan Continue Creating Content 1:28:27 // Enabler Economy 1:36:08 // Itna Paisa 1:38:05 // Life after and before Marriage 1:39:03 // What does Rohit do when he is free? 1:39:49 // Does work get intimidating? 1:41:26 // The Brighter Side of Working Want more of it? Watch previous episodes in the 'Stories With Rusty' Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpnbQzosgoG-Ks4ZInE8BRk6qfDFXDQss __ Follow Stories With Rusty Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/storieswithrusty Twitter // https://www.twitter.com/rustystories Website // https://www.vedantrusty.com/podcast // Let's Connect If you're the Instagram type, https://instagram.com/vedant.rusty If you're the Twitter type, https://twitter.com/vedantrusty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vedant-rusty/message

Dr Syed Aijazuddin Shah (Popular Meeruthi) پاپولرمیرٹھی,  पॉपुलर मेरठी) is an Urdu and Hindi humorist, satirist and poet. He performed in Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan for over 45 years all over the world. He completed his graduation and post graduation from Meerut college. He was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from C.C.S University in 2009 for Mazhayia Shairy, Nafsiyati Mutalia.  

This episode Kelly, Matt, and Tim are talking cats, dogs, dollar treats, and Big Creek State Park's Back Nine.  Intro/Interlude/Outro Music: Sekitori Seryonobori by Kraton Jogjakarta, Pakoe Alman, Jogjakarta, Pagan, Boesoengbieo, Meerut, and Jummoo

Both Israel and Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, have accepted an Egyptian-brokered deal to cease fighting. Delhi Police informed that two time Olympic gold medallist Sushil Kumar, who is an absconding accused in the murder case was seen in Meerut. PM Narendra Modi will interact with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of Varanasi via video conferencing today. For more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region, and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June 1858. The rebellion is also known as the India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny. The Mutiny was a result of various grievances. However the flashpoint was reached when the soldiers were asked to bite off the paper cartridges for their rifles which were greased with animal fat namely beef and pork. This was, and is, against the religious beliefs of Hindus and Muslims. Other regions of Company-controlled India – such as Bengal, the Bombay Presidency, and the Madras Presidency remained largely calm.In Punjab, the Sikh princes backed the Company by providing soldiers and support. The large princely states of Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, and Kashmir, as well as the smaller ones of Rajputana, did not join the rebellion. In some regions, such as Oudh, the rebellion took on the attributes of a patriotic revolt against European presence. Maratha leaders, such as the Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, became folk heroes in the nationalist movement in India half a century later; however, they themselves "generated no coherent ideology" for a new order.qaThe rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to reorganize the army, the financial system and the administration in India. India was thereafter directly governed by the crown as the new British Raj.The podcast is under an hour, brief but informative and the history hit you are looking for.Please review! Follow us and like on socials:Twitter @bhistorypodcasthttps://www.facebook.com/pg/bhistorypodcast/about/Narrator and Author - Andrew Knight @ajknight31Producer and Composer - Harry EdmondsonResourseshttps://itunes.apple.com/lu/book/indian-mutiny-bri…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_…Alavi, Seema (1996), The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition 1770–1830, Oxford University Press, p. 340, ISBN 0-19-563484-5.Anderson, Clare (2007), Indian Uprising of 1857–8: Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion, New York: Anthem Press, p. 217, ISBN 978-1-84331-249-9.Bandyopadhyay, Sekhara (2004), From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, p. 523, ISBN 81-250-2596-0.Bayly, Christopher Alan (1988), Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press, p. 230, ISBN 0-521-25092-7.Bayly, Christopher Alan (2000), Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, c 1780–1870, Cambridge University Press, p. 412, ISBN 0-521-57085-9.Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004), Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (2nd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 253, ISBN 0-415-30787-2.Brown, Judith M. (1994), Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 480, ISBN 0-19-873113-2.Greenwood, Adrian (2015), Victoria's Scottish Lion: The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, UK: History Press, p. 496, ISBN 0-75095-685-2.Harris, John (2001), The Indian Mutiny, Ware: Wordsworth Editions, p. 205, ISBN 1-84022-232-8.Hibbert, Christopher (1980), The Great Mutiny: India 1857, London: Allen Lane, p. 472, ISBN 0-14-004752-2.Jain, Meenakshi (2010), Parallel Pathways: Essays On Hindu-Muslim Relations ( 1707-1857), Delhi: Konark, ISBN 978-8122007831.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region, and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June 1858. The rebellion is also known as the India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny. The Mutiny was a result of various grievances. However the flashpoint was reached when the soldiers were asked to bite off the paper cartridges for their rifles which were greased with animal fat namely beef and pork. This was, and is, against the religious beliefs of Hindus and Muslims. Other regions of Company-controlled India – such as Bengal, the Bombay Presidency, and the Madras Presidency remained largely calm.In Punjab, the Sikh princes backed the Company by providing soldiers and support. The large princely states of Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, and Kashmir, as well as the smaller ones of Rajputana, did not join the rebellion. In some regions, such as Oudh, the rebellion took on the attributes of a patriotic revolt against European presence. Maratha leaders, such as the Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, became folk heroes in the nationalist movement in India half a century later; however, they themselves "generated no coherent ideology" for a new order.qaThe rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to reorganize the army, the financial system and the administration in India. India was thereafter directly governed by the crown as the new British Raj.The podcast is under an hour, brief but informative and the history hit you are looking for.Please review! Follow us and like on socials:Twitter @bhistorypodcasthttps://www.facebook.com/pg/bhistorypodcast/about/Narrator and Author - Andrew Knight @ajknight31Producer and Composer - Harry EdmondsonResourseshttps://itunes.apple.com/lu/book/indian-mutiny-bri…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_…Alavi, Seema (1996), The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition 1770–1830, Oxford University Press, p. 340, ISBN 0-19-563484-5.Anderson, Clare (2007), Indian Uprising of 1857–8: Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion, New York: Anthem Press, p. 217, ISBN 978-1-84331-249-9.Bandyopadhyay, Sekhara (2004), From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, p. 523, ISBN 81-250-2596-0.Bayly, Christopher Alan (1988), Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press, p. 230, ISBN 0-521-25092-7.Bayly, Christopher Alan (2000), Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, c 1780–1870, Cambridge University Press, p. 412, ISBN 0-521-57085-9.Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004), Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (2nd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 253, ISBN 0-415-30787-2.Brown, Judith M. (1994), Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 480, ISBN 0-19-873113-2.Greenwood, Adrian (2015), Victoria's Scottish Lion: The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, UK: History Press, p. 496, ISBN 0-75095-685-2.Harris, John (2001), The Indian Mutiny, Ware: Wordsworth Editions, p. 205, ISBN 1-84022-232-8.Hibbert, Christopher (1980), The Great Mutiny: India 1857, London: Allen Lane, p. 472, ISBN 0-14-004752-2.Jain, Meenakshi (2010), Parallel Pathways: Essays On Hindu-Muslim Relations ( 1707-1857), Delhi: Konark, ISBN 978-8122007831.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying that he didn't speak a word on the most important strategic area - Depsang Plains - from where China had entered. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Bijnor and Meerut of Uttar Pradesh on 15th February to attend Kisan Panchayat.The Congress has given the name of party Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha. For more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is a Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

Today we buy Aladdin’s lamp, and then we investigate a bizarre true crime story some people believe never even happened . . .   Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=18482113 MERCH STORE!!! https://tinyurl.com/y8zam4o2   Links: EP 110 - The Maniacs Of England https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-110-the-maniacs-of-england EP 49 - Crazy Cryptid Week: The Jba Fofi and The Sabinche Tomatovic Tape https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-49-crazy-cryptid-week-the-jba-fofi-and-the-sabinche-tomatovic-tape Con Artists Summon "Genie", Sell "Aladdin's Lamp" To UP Doctor For 31 Lakh https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/con-artists-sell-alladins-lamp-to-up-doctor-for-rs-31-lakh-arrested-2318460 Con Artists in India Sell 'Wish-Granting' Lamp to Doctor for $41,600 https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/con-artists-in-india-sell-wish-granting-lamp-to-doctor-for-41600/ A Doctor was Duped Into Buying a Wish-Granting ‘Aladdin’s Magic Lamp’ for Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bbpq/doctor-in-india-scammed-into-buying-aladdin-magic-lamp-for-millions-of-dollars UP: Two men cheat London-returned doctor, sell him 'Aladdin Ka Chirag' for Rs 2.5 cr in Meerut https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/up-two-men-cheat-london-returned-doctor-sell-him-aladdin-ka-chirag-for-rs-2-5-cr-in-meerut/674003 Unsolved Death in Wichita Falls, TX https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/eiqkgf/unsolved_death_in_wichita_falls_tx/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Child Abuse Deaths on Military Installations http://penilecodeavenger.blogspot.com/2005/05/child-abuse-deaths-on-military.html?m=1 Penile Code Avenger http://penilecodeavenger.blogspot.com/?m=1 Christopher Aaron Morris https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20453859/christopher-aaron-morris What are some cases where you just cannot think of a reasonable explanation for what happened? https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/en1gr1/what_are_some_cases_where_you_just_cannot_think/fdu3e6j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Christopher Morris case article 2 https://imgur.com/AsIL8aM Christopher Morris Case article 1 https://imgur.com/zTpnnZG Christopher Morris Case article 3 https://imgur.com/Fv4Xmlu   Listen to the daily podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts! ------------------------------------------------ Logo Art By Ash Black Opening Song: "Atlantis Attacks" Closing Song: "Bella Royale" Music By Dr. Huxxxtable Rabbitron3000 created by Eerbud Thanks to Chris K, Founder Of The Golden Rabbit Brigade Dead Rabbit Archivist Some Weirdo On Twitter AKA Jack YouTube Champ Stewart Meatball Hood River http://www.DeadRabbit.com Email: DeadRabbitRadio@gmail.com Twitter: @DeadRabbitRadio Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DeadRabbitRadio   Paranormal, Conspiracy, and True Crime news as it happens! Jason Carpenter breaks the stories they'll be talking about tomorrow, assuming the world doesn't end today. All Contents Of This Podcast Copyright Jason Carpenter 2018 - 2021

In this episode, the host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry's Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari.From a buffalo's funeral in Meerut to BJP MP Hema Malini's ignorant comments about the farmers -- the trio share a few laughs talking about the most bizarre news stories they heard during the week. The conversation then moves to the farmer protests. Snigdha shares the latest updates including the Supreme Court-appointed committee to resolve the crisis, which in turn brings her to the objections raised against it.Based on their report, Ayush and Basant highlight how each of the four members of the committee appointed by the apex court have, in the recent past, publicly expressed their support for the three contentious farm laws. Basant also talks about the Bhartiya Kisan Union and its various factions. The trio discuss how the state and a section of TV media has pushed farmers into a corner.Apart from the farmer protests, the panel also discusses Uttar Pradesh government's advertorial in TIME magazine's India edition and how a section of Indian media ran it as a report. In relation to the same, Ayush and Snigdha also discuss the evolving use of press releases over the years. All this and a lot more as they talk about what made news this week, what didn't, and what shouldn't have. Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A few years ago, Erykah Badu lamented to Pitchfork that she had not been beamed up in a spaceship. “I have not had any close encounters, and I am pissed,” she said in the interview, published in early 2018, and everything that followed I felt on board with because it was exactly how I felt about dating: “I'm trying to figure out what makes me not good enough for aliens. I definitely don't think it's anything negative about me, because I'm doing everything that you would possibly do to get abducted. I read all the shit. I stay out late by myself.” I found hope in the fact that it was still far more likely to find someone who could simultaneously love me, jalapeno chips, and one aggressively skeptical Havanese than it was for the High Priestess of '90s teen angst to get the alien encounter she hoped for. How I miss back then. It was a simpler time. In April 2020, the Pentagon confirmed that U.F.O.s were real, releasing, for the first time, footage captured by Navy pilots of mysterious objects that “seemed to defy the laws of physics.” The video release was followed up in June by the government’s admission that they really did have an Independence Day-style secret intelligence program investigating aliens for more than a decade. And meanwhile, meeting someone new became as distant and improbable as intergalactic contact. Indeed, we are at the end of a year in which aliens are the least of our worries. I say “are” instead of “were” because 2020 isn’t done with us. We’ve just hit the point in the 2020 Hunger Games hunt where we get to rest while the Capitol broadcasts all the fallen heroes of the long day’s battle: Goodbye, our 2019 resolutions to drink less and work out more; goodbye, sanity and on-time rent payments. Hello, incoming swarm of killer bees. Because, yes, the murder hornet's invasion of the Pacific Northwest was also this year, competing for our attention among other signs the simulation was broken, that 2020 was in fact hijacked by an 12-year-old’s science fan fiction account. In my 12-year-old self’s short stories, the aliens looked like guinea pigs. I couldn’t have predicted that when the aliens finally arrived, they’d be even smaller. Microscopic. Like the bubonic plague that one squirrel in Colorado tested positive for, or the ebola virus, which came back like a true diva, late to the party, not be upstaged by the upstart coronavirus — showing up late, and better dressed, to the party — like the new girlfriend of an emotionally unavailable crush. Has every year been like this? I asked myself scrolling through my phone in the dark as 13 hurricanes hit the Atlantic; an earthquake swarm hit Puerto Rico; wildfires ravaged Australia, the Amazon, and America’s West Coast; and a literal Biblical plague locusts invaded the Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. Of course not! This is as bad as it gets! answered the Meerut monkey, as he attacked a medical worker in Uttar Pradesh and escaped the government hospital lab with vials of COVID-19 blood samples. Didn’t you watch Contagion? Yes, I did watch Contagion — several times. As well as Close Encounters of the Third Kind. As well as Sharknado, Jaws, and The Day After Tomorrow. And, most recently, 28 Days Later, World War Z, #Alive… hell, even Planet of the Apes. My 2020 mantra remains: Watch movies. Be prepared. But, as in every rom-com/horror/action movie, 2020 had its heroes. There is still Dippin' Dots, the ice cream of the future, coming in for the win, fielding requests from vaccine distributors about their knowledge of cold-storage freezers. There is still Dolly Parton, who is so much of a superhero she released an album of Christmas bops and donated a million dollars to Moderna's COVID vaccine without even knowing it. There is still Dionne Warwick, the new CEO of social media, who “Twote” her way to the top of Twitter, demanding answers to the year’s burning questions like: "How do you win Animal Crossing?" and "Why is The Weeknd missing an E?" with the incisive accuracy of the now-defunct Psychic Friends Network Warwick repped in the '90s, which I’m crossing my fingers that she’ll bring back because, let’s face it, we sure as sh*t can’t leave 2021 up to chance — no matter how much The Rapper and The Warwick tease us with a possible duet.

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Bashir Badr is an Urdu poet extraordinaire, who has been felicitated with the Sahitya Academy Award and Padamshree. He was born on February 15th, 1935 at Ayodhya, India. He completed his B.A., M.A. and Ph D. from Aligarh Muslim University. He worked as a lecturer in the Aligarh Muslim University and later as the head of the department of Meerut College, Meerut. He is well versed not just in Urdu but also in Persian, Hindi and English.He has published multitude of books. It is believed that he started writing Shers at the age of seven. He not only wrote poetry but served Urdu Adab by writing in periodicals, magazines and books on Urdu literature. Some of his work has been translated into English and French.

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Episode #48: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Maya Norula, a Principal of principles, she has rich experience in leadership positions at schools in India, with a deep understanding of child psychology and has been a great mentor for teachers. Maya Norula did her schooling from Sophia Girls' School, Meerut and BA from Lady Shri Ram College. After that she started working at British School, New Delhi as Head, A levels / IBDP Coordinator and worked there for 15 years. In 2008, she joined Pathways World School Secondary as the Principal. In 2010, she started working at Hopetown Girls' School and since then she is working there as the Principal. A trainer, leadership guru and her success in working with teams make her a very highly regarded individual in the education sector in India today. Maya leads with a belief at Hopetown that 'our aim is to nurture good human beings who are successful citizens and can make a difference to the world'. In the podcast, she shares how Shakespeare brings real-life learning to life and Google search is perhaps the biggest game-changer in terms of making knowledge available on tap.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/learningforward/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningforward/support

The Revolt of 1857 is also known by other names such as The Sepoy Mutiny, The Indian Mutiny, The Great Rebellion, The Indian Insurrection, India's First War of Independence. Political Causes: Doctrine of Lapse Cancelling of Nana Sahib's pension (Bajirao II) Not letting Rani Lakshmi Bhai rule Jhansi Abolish the Mughal Emperor title after the death of Bahadur Shah II Economical Causes: India was turned into a colonial economy to serve the British capitalist interests High taxes, eviction of people, discriminatory practices, and destruction of traditional handicrafts Social and Religious Causes: Sati, infanticide, re-marriage of widows were considered to be interference by the Indians The work of the Christian missionaries and the introduction of English education The change of the Hindu law of property to accommodate conversion to Christianity Military Causes: The Indian soldiers were considered inferior The high ranks in the army were exclusively reserved for English men Sending Indian soldiers overseas Immediate Cause: The introduction of the Enfield rifle and the greased cartridge Timeline: On 29th March 1857, a sepoy called Mangal Pandey killed his superior English officers during a parade in Barrackpore, Bengal. It spread to Berhampore on 24th April 1857 where the cavalrymen refused to accept the greased cartridges. On 10th May 1857, Mutineers killed their superiors in Meerut and started marching towards Delhi. On 12th May, Bahadur Shah was proclaimed the Emperor of India. He was 81. But the real command was in the hands of Bakht Khan who led the troops in Bareilly and moved them to Delhi. Nana Sahib led the troops in Kanpur. He proclaimed himself to be the Peshwa and governor of the region. It was Tantya Tope who did most of the fighting there. Hazrat Mahal, the Begum of Awadh led the revolt in Lucknow. She proclaimed her song Birjis Qadr as the Nawab of Awadh. It is in Lucknow where Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (the British resident) was killed. Rani Laxmi Bai was defeated in Jhansi, but she captured Gwalior with the help of Tantya Tope. In Bareilly, Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla led the revolt and proclaimed himself as the Nawab. Banaras, Allahabad, Nasirabad, Indore, Aligarh and Kota where the other centres of the battle were the mutineers killed their superiors, not even sparing women or children, burned the land records, plundered the treasury. Bahadur Shah II proved to be a weak leader and the Britishers were able to suppress the revolt soon enough. He was arrested and deported to Rangoon where he died in 1862. They recaptured Delhi on 20th September 1857 under the leadership of John Nicholson. General Havelock defeated the rebels in Kanpur. After his defeat, Nana Sahib refused to surrender and escaped to Nepal. Hugh Henry Rose suppressed the revolt in Jhansi and Rani Laxmi Bai died on the battlefield. Banaras, Bareilly, and Gwalior were recaptured by the Britishers. Why did the revolt fail? It was a highly localised revolt mainly restricted to North India. It was poorly organised and the leaders lacked coordination. Scindia of Gwalior, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Holkar of Indore, the Nawab of Bhopal, the Raja of Jodhpur, the Rulers of Kashmir, Patiala, and Sindh, and the Rana of Nepal actively support the British during the revolt. The British had way better and advanced resources and also proven generals leading their troops. There was no common cause for the rebels, they had different goals. Impact of the Revolt: The Queen's Proclamation of November 1858 announced the policy of the British Government to be followed in India. It abolished territorial extension, the native rulers were assured of their title, land and rights, and honour if they cooperated with the British. The ruler's right to adopt a child in the case of the absence of a natural heir was accepted. The policy of divide and rule was actively pursued to keep the Hindus and Muslims separated leading to the gro

"I am not the guy who makes the choice happen to him, I must make the choice" - Satya Narayanan R.  In this episode we talk to Satya Narayanan R, the Founder & Chairman of what you could say is India's original ed-tech venture - CL Educate, better known as Career Launcher. Satya is not just an entrepreneur but also a teacher - something that he believes runs in his DNA! Satya candidly shares his incredible journey that began in the summer of 1985 in Meerut with Satya as a shy young boy with aspirations of becoming a cricketer to starting CL with a handful of students in 1994 at the age of 24 & to raising capital via an IPO.  With humorous anecdotes from his early life, to his views on the quality of education at top b-schools, his take on entrepreneurship today and answering tough questions about size & scale v/s sustainability, tune in to get inspired by Satya & his stories of the choices he made in life.  Our key takeaways from this conversation are... Making acquisitions in early years of venture.  Practicing situational leadership to get the best out of every employee.  Chasing sustainability over size & scale.  Importance of an IPO.  Production Credits:  Host: Akshay Datt   Show Editors: Nandini Kamat Kunde & Vanya Shruti  Additional Vocals: Vanya Shruti

In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry's Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari.Basant tells the panel about his recent report on Patanjali's claims of having found a cure for coronavirus. He illustrates the dubiousness behind the claim based on his conversation with the Chief Medical Officer of Meerut who clearly called it a “false claim.” The trio also discusses the coverage of the so-called cure on TV news channels. In fact, many TV news anchors almost acted as cheerleaders for Patanjali with their shows sponsored by the brand.The panel moves on to discuss Ayush's report on OpIndia. They talk about why advertisers have been pulling out from the hate-fuelling website. Ayush even spills details of their funding and their undisclosed connection to the Bhartiya Janta Party. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn't, and what shouldn't have.Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in national capital. the Delhi government on Wednesday (June 3) passed an order making it mandatory for all asymptomatic passengers arriving in Delhi to home quarantine themselves for seven days. It is to be noted that in its earlier advisory Delhi government had asked the travellers to remain in home quarantine for 14 days. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi hasinstructed all district magistrates to ensure that the new order is implemented properly. The order signed by Delhi Chief secretary and chairman of executive committee of Delhi Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) Vijay Dev said that. airport, railway and transport departments has been asked to submit passenger manifests to the office of the principal secretary of revenue department on daily basis. Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand government has decided to extend the 14-day quarantine period to 21 days. for those returning from 75 worst coronavirus-hit cities of the country including Delhi, Noida, Agra, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Chennai and Hyderabad. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/latestnewssuno/support

Several parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana will have to brace for heavy rainfall on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its weather bulletin. According to the weather agency, rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds will lash areas including Karnal, Sonipat, Panipat in Haryana. While Shamli, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Modinagar, Meerut, Bijnor, Aligarh, Mathura, Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh over the next two hours. Areas in the national capital too will witness light to moderate rains during this time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/latestnewssuno/support

In this episode, Rocky, Mayur, Abhinandan and Prashant visit the wild wild west of India: Uttar Pradesh. As the gang wonders where to begin, Rocky decides to go someplace that’s “done to death” and talks about why it still stands ground: Tunday Kababi in Lucknow. While Rocky, Abhinandan and Prashant cannot stop gushing over the delicious food, Mayur enlightens listeners about how the famous kebab place came to be. Rocky says Tunday has a taste that’s unmatched anywhere else in the world, which is what makes it the legend it is today. From Tunday Kababi, which was born at the behest of a king’s farmaaish, the group heads towards a present-day king, Nawab Jaafar Mir Abdullah’s royal kitchen. Here, apart from being fed some exquisite Raan Ke Kabab Musallam and Parche Kebab, the team learns, from the king himself, some important lessons on the respect that must be bestowed on food in verbal discourse. Lucknow is also home to Gyaan Vaishno Dhaba, which is famous for its home-style food, and Pandit Raja Thandai, credited with having served thandai to none other than Atal Bihari Vajpayee. They also attend a dangal, stuff themselves with sweets at Ram Asrey Sweets, and go on a quest to find the much-recommended Rahim Ki Nihari. Prashant steers the conversation towards Allahabad, where they eat a unique Matar ki Tikki at a dungeon of a place called Shukla Chaat. They remember the Besan ke Laddoo and chaat at the Lok Nath bazaar, and discuss why one must not miss the boat ride in the Sangam in Allahabad. Prashant talks about the mysticism and dichotomy of Banaras, and the group discuss how one needs to see through the dirt enveloping the city to discover the beauty beneath. Rocky and Mayur talk about their dip in the Ganga, which was filled with what they hoped was river mud (spoiler alert: it wasn’t). Rocky waxes eloquent on the magic of the indelible Babulal Kachori and how Swiss, Italian and Israeli food made its way to Banaras. They then head to Agra, the home of Panchhi Petha, a sweet made of dried pumpkin. Hurrying to cover as much conversational ground as they can, the team talks about Meerut and how the city with an extraordinary military presence is infamously lawless. The journey shifts gears and cuts across many more anecdotes from Mathura, Meerut, Agra, Benaras, and Bareilly. Rocky reminisces about the time he tried the original Banarasi paan and why he’ll never eat it again in his life. All this and more, only on Highway On My Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome my friend Goozy (Priyasha Singh), on the third episode of Stories with Rusty. Priyasha Singh, is a friend from childhood, that I've had the pleasure of connecting really deeply over the last few years. She moved to Canada to study design & architecture at OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) University. She's been living in Canada for the last 6 years, and has some really great interesting stories to share, about her life, about growing up, taking science in class 11th, moving to a new country, about mental health, how important it is to be happy in life, and all other exciting stuff that you will find in this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vedant-rusty/message

On Wednesday, while interacting with the Parliament floor leaders via videoconferencing, the prime minister said he would take a decision on extending the lockdown after a meeting with chief ministers on Saturday.   According to a government statement, the PM said “several state governments, district administrations, and experts had asked for an extension of the lockdown”.   However, this is not the first time that PM has hinted at an extension. Last week, the prime minister suggested a graded lifting of the 21-day lockdown for areas other than the Covid-19 hotspots in the country.   Several state governments have also put forward their suggestions on graded lifting, including running special trains, and allowing some industrial activity.   However, there are concerns in several states, particularly those with bustling urban centres, like Maharashtra, that lifting the lockdown now could be counterproductive and any gains in controlling the spread might be lost.   After the four-hour meeting, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said nearly 80 per cent of political leaders, including himself, suggested to the PM that the lockdown be extended.   That apart, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Wednesday that authorities had sealed 20 Covid-19 hotspots, including the entire affected street near Gandhi Park, Malviya Nagar, the entire affected streets - Gali No 6 , L 1 Sangam Vihar, Shahajahanabad society, plot no 1, Sector 11, Dwarka, Dinpur Village among others, in the national capital to combat the spread of the coronavirus.   The Uttar Pradesh government has also sealed off Covid-19 hotspots in 15 identified districts of the state till the end of the 21-day nationwide lockdown on April 14.   The districts where orders will be implemented are Agra, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Lucknow, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Kanpur, Basti, Ferozabad, Saharanpur, Maharajganj, and Sitapur.   Aaccording to the state’s Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi, a total of 104 hotspots spread across 81 police stations in these districts have been identified, wherein a “complete lockdown”, along with intensified patrolling to ensure compliance, would be enforced from midnight on... To know more, listen to this podcast 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday suggested a graded lifting of the 21-day lockdown for areas other than the Covid-19 hotspots in the country.   Here's what PM Modi means by a graded lifting of the lockdown and what are these so-called Covid-19 hotspots in the country:   But first, the latest update on the outbreak: The number of Covid-19 positive cases in India has reached 4,778, with 693 new cases being reported in the past 24 hours alone. So far, around 136 people have died of the disease and the Union Health Ministry suggests that the country is somewhere between Stage 2 and 3 of the coronavirus pandemic. Globally, the death toll has surpassed 74,768 and the number of infections has risen to 1,347,330.   Coming back to what the prime minister said on the lifting of the lockdown.   On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted that the 21-day lockdown might end on April 14, but only in areas which are not categorised as Covid-19 hotspots. At a meeting of the council of ministers, PM Modi suggested a “graded lifting of the lockdown”, but also appeared keen that production, at least in sectors like pharmaceuticals, should be ramped up.   Coronavirus hotspots, as the name suggests, are the areas reporting the maximum number of positive cases.   At present, the government is focusing on 10 hotspots across the country, where more than 1,200 people have been infected and at least 35 have died.   In Delhi, the hotspots identified include Nizamuddin West and Dilshad Garden, Bhilwara in Rajasthan, Noida and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Kasaragod and Pathanamthitta in Kerala.   State-wise, Maharashtra has reported the biggest number of cases followed by Delhi and Kerala, respectively. In view of this, on Monday, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the 21-day national lockdown, to check the spread of the coronavirus, beyond April 14, saying it was essential to save the lives of people. To know more, listen to this podcast

Noor Mohammad was walking home after reading Namaz when he was shot. The 26 year old from UP's Western Khalapar was first admitted to a hospital in Muzaffarnagar. They referred him to a hospital in Meerut, sixty kilometres away, where he was declared dead. Like Noor, at least 18 people have lost their lives in the anti-citizenship amendment act protests that turned violent in Uttar Pradesh in the past week. One among them, was an eight year old boy. Most of the dead have two things in common.  The first, that they're muslims and second, that they were killed by “firearm injuries”. Including UP, at least 25 deaths have been reported in the protests across the country. So why has UP witnessed such a high number of deaths? Who's responsible for the heightened tensions and violence in the state? We travelled to the heartlands of UP to find out.Host & Producer: Vishnu GopinathGuests: Shadab Moizee, The QuintAishwarya S Iyer, The QuintAditya Menon, The QuintEditor: Shelly Walia

We continue with the #InsightsPodcast series, and on this edition we have with us Manu Kumar Jain, Managing Director of Xiaomi India- a leader in smartphones, televisions, and many other products. Manu walks us through the journey of setting up Xiaomi in India and scaling it to become one of the best mobile phone brands in India in a very capital efficient way. Starting by talking about his childhood days, Manu remembers growing up in Meerut in a large family with a business background, where the ultimate aspiration was to set up shop- the larger the shop the more successful one was. Unlike most of his cousins, Manu decided to pursue engineering from IIT Delhi and then did his MBA from IIM Calcutta, post which he worked with Mckinsey for five years before co-founding Jabong. He ran Jabong for 2 years before moving out and then joined Xiaomi to start their India business. Talking about Early days at Jabong, Manu gets candid about how his first thoughts on selling fashion online was that “it was a stupid idea”, but after some persuasion from his co-founders he was able to take the leap of faith, only to get pleasantly surprised that a lot of people were willing to buy shoes and clothes online. Riding on the wave of mobile first online consumers, Jabong grew from thousand orders a day to ten thousand orders a day, to become a top two player in the online fashion space. Hugely fascinated about mobile as a category and having heard about a Chinese company trying to do things differently by online as the primary channel for sales, Manu connected with the founders through his network out of pure interest to learn more about the company's journey. After multiple exchanges between Manu and the founders, sharing learnings with each other on the China and India landscape, Lin Bin, Co-Founder & President of Xiaomi, offered Manu to join them to start their India business. At a time when India had more than 300 smartphone brands, Xiaomi went ahead with an online only sales strategy when everyone else was spending huge marketing dollars on advertising and sponsorships. From very early on, the expectation from the board was to be profitable and not burn at a day-to-day operations level. This led Xiaomi to take a product focused approach and leverage social media to take its consumer delight story to the masses. What others spent on marketing, Xiaomi spent on quality of the phone giving the customer a better hardware and a better camera. “We can't make more than five percent margin from any of our hardware products by board resolution. We believe in a concept called as honest price. We cut down all possible costs like marketing, distribution, working capital, inventory cost and pass on that benefit to the user without keeping a profit margin for ourselves.” The social media angle that bolstered Xiaomi's rise to the top continues to be a core part of today's focus. Mi community today has more than 70 million MAUs and physical fan clubs in more than 25 cities. Finally, sharing learnings for young entrepreneurs, Manu talks about the importance of having mentors who do not have a vested interest in your company or you, so that the conversations are brutal and honest. Last but not the least, Manu stresses about the importance of investing in the team and ensuring that good performers grow within the company, from both and equity and cash perspective. Spending time with the team has always been in the top three priorities for Manu. “One-on-one or group sessions are not only meant for year-end appraisals but should be a part of your weekly and monthly schedule time. And these are not performance reviews but to ask how they're feeling, how they're growing and for discussing about stuff informally too, within work and outside work.” Tune in to the podcast to hear more interesting bits and insights from Manu's journey of scaling Xiaomi to its today's scale.

Meerut, Uttarakhand, 2019, June 16: Discourse by Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj

Meerut, Uttarakhand, 2019, June 02: Discourse by Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj

Welcome to the Silk Roads and Monsoon Winds Podcast. A podcast where we look at everything modern Asia! In the second episode of this podcast series, I am joined by Manimugdha Sharma, current news editor for The Times of India and military history enthusiast. We discuss Indian military history from the early modern period up to post-Independence. In part 1 of this episode, we cover the Mughal approach to warfare, what allowed the British to dominate the subcontinent and the responses of native dynasties, the Martial Races theory and its lasting legacy, and the historiography of the Sepoy Revolt of 1857. Follow Mani at @quizzicalguy Intro and outro music: 'Six Feet Off The Ground' by Nana Kwabena Cover picture: 'the 93rd Highlanders entering the breach in the wall of the Secunderbagh, Lucknow, 16th November 1857 during the Indian Mutiny'. Linked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_93rd_Sutherland_Highlanders,_November_1857_during_the_Indian_Mutiny.jpg CORRECTION: at 1:13:00 Mr. Sharma stated that it was the 3rd Bengal Native Infantry which revolted at Meerut. In fact he meant to say 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry.

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 2018, September 09: Discourse by Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj

Meerut Uttar Pradesh, September 09, 2018: Discourse by Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj

The Prime Minister has begun his address at Meerut, where he is campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "The upcoming general elections to the Lok Sabha is a matter of the people's dreams, aspirations and expectations," he says.

* Priyanka Gandhi kept us on the hook for a while and chose to stay in the shadow even after formally joining the Congress. In fact, she delivered her first speech as an official member of the party only yesterday but it is not clear if she'll be contesting in this year's General Election at all. * This update came from NDTV who quoting sources said that "Priyanka would play an active role and helping her mother and brother in their constituencies as well as help other congress candidates in the state". * Party President Rahul Gandhi had an interactive meeting with students of Stella Mari college in chennai as a part of the Congress' outreach program, where he took questions from the students. He said that if his party forms government then they will pass the Women's Reservation Bill, he also pointed out that the Narendra Modi has not yet held any press conferences in his career as PM.   * We may not know for sure if we'll see Priyanka in action this election season but what we do know is that she met Bheem Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad at Meerut's Anand hospital. Azad who was arrested from Deoband in Uttar Pradesh after allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct by using more than a stipulated number of motorcycles in a political rally in Saharanpur district. Does his meeting with Priyanka hint at an alliance? We'll know in the coming days.  * A delegation of BJP leaders which included Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman among others met the Election Commission and requested the agency to declare all of West Bengal as a 'super-sensitive' state to ensure a fair Lok Sabha election. * Prime Minister Narendra Modi tagged several social media influencers, media houses, journalists members of opposition and Bollywood celebrities to encourage voter participation in the upcoming elections.   * Of course some of the members of opposition took the opportunity to take a dig at the prime minister like SP leader Akhilesh Yadav tweeted that he was happy that the prime minister was appealing to the "mahagathbandhan for a mahaparivartan (change)". while some others like Omar Abdullah, who is the leader of NC reminded Modi that his government has disenfranchised people in J&K by not holding the Assembly elections on time.

The truth is that I'm still trying to understand Zero. The story begins in Meerut and somehow moves to Mars. It's so bizarre and implausible and incoherent that I kept wondering if pages in the script went missing or too many scenes were slashed or if I'm just missing the point.Zero strains for sweep and scale. The visual language suggests a glamorous fairy tale. The VFX is convincing and I loved the Ajay-Atul ballad Mere Naam Tu. But the rest of this film left me stumped and eventually, sad.

The truth is that I’m still trying to understand Zero. The story begins in Meerut and somehow moves to Mars. It’s so bizarre and implausible and incoherent that I kept wondering if pages in the script went missing or too many scenes were slashed or if I’m just missing the point. Zero strains for sweep and scale. The visual language suggests a glamorous fairy tale. The VFX is convincing and I loved the Ajay-Atul ballad Mere Naam Tu. But the rest of this film left me stumped and eventually, sad.

Today we dig deep and evaluate 10 student performances of the 25th KOSBs Farewell to Meerut.

Today we dig deep and evaluate 10 student performances of the 25th KOSBs Farewell to Meerut.

Meerut diaries by Neev magazine

2008, March 05: Meerut, UP