I met Shekhar some 4 months back on my last trip to Auroville. I caught up with him again this month when I visited Auroville again. Shekhar is a Research Scholar in the field of Development Studies. He is an avid traveller and is currently working towards his PhD.
It was great catching up with him and talking on the show. We covered topics like:
1. Development Studies
2. Getting out of your shell
3. Gender Studies
4. Importance of Debates
5. Left and Right in Politics
6. Why being flexible in political ideology helps?
7. Understanding your biases
8. History of Religion
9. Hinduism, Islam and Christianity
10. Influence of conquerors v/s thinkers
11. Sikhism
12. Secularism
13. French Secularism
14. Parliamentary system of India
15. Political Landscape in India
16. Karan Thapar
17. Mann ki Baat?
18. Indian Media
19. Delhi Riots and Ravish Kumar
20. Nayak The Real Hero and Ravish Kumar
21. Depth of News
22. Responsibility of Media
23. American and Indian Media
24. Was George Orwell right?
25. Chinese Cultural Revolution
26. Maoism and Communism
27. Mao Zedong
28. Taiwan and Hongkong
29. Chinese foreign policy
30. American Influence in Indian Society
31. Djibouti
32. Hambantota International Port
33. Why do we do podcasts?
I wish him all the best for his future adventures!
