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Devsig PodcastVidaamuyarchi: A Film AnalysisVidaamuyarchi is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed and written by Magizh Thirumeni. The film is an adaptation of the 1997 American film Breakdown. Plot: The movie revolves around a married couple whose trip takes a bad turn when the wife goes missing. The husband then frantically searches for her while also facing obstacles created by an unknown villain.Arjun's relationship with his wife, Kayal, begins to fall apart when challenges arise. Kayal gets captured by a notorious group in Azerbaijan, leading Arjun to embark on a rescue mission. Cast: The film stars Ajith Kumar as Arjun.Trisha Krishnan plays...2025-02-0616 min
Devsig PodcastVidaamuyarchi: A Film AnalysisVidaamuyarchi is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed and written by Magizh Thirumeni. The film is an adaptation of the 1997 American film Breakdown.
Plot:
The movie revolves around a married couple whose trip takes a bad turn when the wife goes missing. The husband then frantically searches for her while also facing obstacles created by an unknown villain.
Arjun's relationship with his wife, Kayal, begins to fall apart when challenges arise. Kayal gets captured by a notorious group in Azerbaijan, leading Arjun to embark on a rescue mission.
Cast:
The film stars Ajith...2025-02-0616 min
Medicine and Science from The BMJClimate leadership - knowledge is powerIt’s an often cited statistic that if healthcare was a country, it would be the fifth largest carbon emitter. At The BMJ we want to change that, and move healthcare towards a more sustainable future.
In this week’s episode, we’ll hear about our annual climate edition from two of The BMJ’s editors, Sophie Cook and Juliet Dobson.
We’ll be diving into Cli-Fi and asking how climate fiction can galvanise our collective response to climate change. Our panel includes Howard Frumkin, professor emeritus at University of Washington. Lakshmi Krishnan, internist and Director of...2024-10-1941 min
Bedside Rounds71 - A Doctor's Work, part 2In the past episode, cultural and medical historians Lakshmi Krishnan and Mike Neuss discussed the history of the actual work of the doctor – Holmesian detective, data entry clerk, or something else altogether. In this episode, we conclude our discussion by talking about what type of metaphors are best suited for clinical work. Plus a brand new #AdamAnswers about the reason that American doctors are so obsessed with using, well, the # symbol in our notes.2023-01-1637 min
Bedside Rounds70 - A Doctor's WorkWhat do doctors actually do? Are they Sherlockian detectives, hunting down obscure clues to solve intractable cases? Are they virtuosic experts, training for half a lifetime to bring the latest science to bear to cure disease? Or are they clerks, whose main job is to collect and enter data into the electronic health record? In this episode, Adam is joined by medical and cultural historians Lakshmi Krishnan and Mike Neuss to discuss the stories we tell about our own work – and how this often conflicts with the realities of clinical practice.2022-12-1949 min
IndiaBiospeaksUnderstanding viruses and the novel corona virus - Part 2This podcast was recorded in May 2020 This is a continuation of the conversation with Krishnan Ragunathan on the biology of viruses and how they impact human health. Credits: Recording: Shantala Hari Dass (IndiaBioscience) Artwork: Lakshmi Ganesan (IndiaBioscience) Editing: Moumita Mazumdar and Raghul MR (BLiSC Communications Office)2021-10-1712 min
IndiaBiospeaksUnderstanding viruses and the novel corona virus - Part 1 ft. Krishnan RagunathanThis podcast was recorded in May 2020 In this episode, we have a conversation with Krishnan Ragunathan on the biology of viruses and how they impact human health. Krishnan is a virologist at the Children's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh. Here he answers some general questions about viruses such as what is a virus, how it creates a new strain etc. and also talks about the novel coronavirus. Credits: Recording: Shantala Hari Dass (IndiaBioscience) Artwork: Lakshmi Ganesan (IndiaBioscience) Editing: Moumita Mazumdar and Raghul MR (BLiSC Communications Office)2021-09-0611 min
COVIDCallsEP #320 - 08.12.2021 - Medical Humanities, Literature, COVID-19 w/Guest Host Jacob-Steere WilliamsWelcome to the 320th episode of COVID-Calls, a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Jacob Steere-Williams, I am a historian of public health at the College of Charleston, in Charleston, South Carolina. This week I will be the guest host of COVID-Calls while the program’s founder, Scott Knowles, takes a much-needed recharge.
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan is a physician, medical humanities scholar, and cultural historian of medicine at Georgetown, where she is the Founding Faculty Director of the Medical Humanities Initiative. Her current research and forthcoming book, The...2021-08-131h 08
The Chain: Protein Engineering PodcastEpisode 34: Antibody and Vaccine Development for COVID-19 – Panel DiscussionThis episode of The Chain features a live panel discussion moderated by Erica Ollmann Saphire, PhD of La Jolla Institute for Immunology. Expert panelists from academia and government assess the COVID-19 antibody and vaccine development thus far, including what did and did not go well during the pandemic. They also look towards the future and the role mRNA vaccines may play for diseases like influenza, what we learned about the United States’ ability to manufacture during surge production, and what infrastructure is still needed to fight both the current crisis and future outbreaks. Erica Ollmann Sap...2021-05-2840 min
PillowVoices: Dance Through TimeThe Complexities of Indian Dance at The PillowProfessor of dance at UCLA and Pillow Scholar, Lionel Popkin explores the complicated history and relationship between Indian dance, American modern dance, and Jacob's Pillow. Posing pointed questions about the 'use' of Indian dance movement and esthetics in the work of The Denishawn Company, the curatorial lens applied to Indian dance over time, and ultimately the influence and legacy of those choices on the dance landscape of today.Introduction to BharatanatyamLakshmi Vishwanathan: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/lakshmi-vishwanathan/varnam/Ragamala: https://www.ragamaladance.orgShantala Shivalingappa: http://shantalashivalingappa.com/en/2021-05-2236 min
Pattas RadioMental Health - RJ Lakshmi with Dr. Krishnan2021-04-3035 min
Pattas RadioBAME - RJ Lakshmi with Dr. Krishnan2021-04-1227 min
Blockchain Won't Save the WorldS2E5 - Blockchain in India - The Biggest Episode of All Time!A country the size of India deserves serious attention, and with 17 Blockchain veterans on this episode, we uncover the fascinating past and the bright future of Blockchain in India. We go all the way back to 2012 and discuss everything from crypto folklore to huge government interest to the army of Blockchain talent that is transforming the tech landscape in every sector in India today. In this episode we cover:
- A brief history of Blockchain in India from 2012 to today
- Use cases including telecoms, digital identity, life sciences, banking, payments, DeFi, agritech and much...2021-03-271h 19
Lannan Center PodcastValeria Luiselli in Conversation with Aminatta Forna | 2020-2021 Readings and Talks SeriesOn October 20, 2020, the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Valeria Luiselli in conversation with Aminatta Forna. Introduced by Lakshmi Krishnan. Valeria Luiselli's recent novel, Lost Children Archive was a finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and long-listed for the 2019 Booker Prize, and has been named a best book of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, Vulture, and Time. Lost Children Archive sits beside Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions, Luiselli’s ground-breaking book-length essay that has become a touchstone text for those looking to facilitate meaningful and informed conversations around the...2020-10-201h 02
SAJAMeet INK, India's TED-like conferenceSAJA - South Asian Journalists Association - presents a conversation about the TED-like INK. Innovation & Knowledge is the homegrown, TED-affiliated conference that aims to bring the best of India to the world, and the world to India, for a weekend of smart fast-paced talks, cutting-edge ideas, and insight into the innovations that are transforming global culture (some of the marquee US names who are speaking at the conference include "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, filmmaker James Cameron); the conference is Dec. 9-12 in Mumbai.
Get a taste of the first INK ever in this special SAJA webcast, with Vishal Gondal...2010-12-0600 min