Sikandar
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In India, what you eat is rarely JUST about food. Your CASTE, where you grew up, who cooked your food and even who you eat with can all shape what ends up on your plate. Krish Ashok is back on Dostcast to unpack the politics, history and weirdness behind something as ordinary as food. Tonight, 8 PM. pod link in thread
Sikandar739,581 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Rajma chawal is PEAK Delhi comfort food. The moment winter arrives, you’ll find stalls everywhere serving steaming plates of rajma chawal. But here’s the funny part. Rajma isn’t even from India. It’s a Mexican crop, brought to India by the French. And in South India, rajma is eaten as a vegetable.
Sikandar199,202 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
DEHAATISM is a North Indian concept. The worst kind of civic offenders are, sadly, all in the NORTH. The villages of the SOUTH are beautiful. The urban villages of DELHI are cesspools of SHIT. Eliminate the DEHAATISM mindset in the NORTH and see how the country transforms.
Sikandar105,798 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Right wing x meme Twitter ft. Abhijit Iyer-Mitra Arpit Bala कुशल मेहरा Prakhar Gupta
Sikandar912,125 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
I publicly defended Abhijeet Dipke when I first went to Jantar Mantar. Over the past few weeks, seeing the duplicitous accounts about his degree (I also went to BU) along with other incriminating evidence, my mind has changed. While the CJP showed promise and mobilised student anger, their dubious origin stories and unexplained funding casts a dark shadow on their intentions. More on this on tonight’s podcast with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
Sikandar202,469 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Dating apps and porn have fudged the most basic male instinct: the approach. Men are no longer approaching women at cafes, clubs, events. Those who do are startled at how successful their dating life becomes. The rest have withdrawn from dating and courtship altogether. They swipe and ruin their mental health. And then they find a blackpill guru that turns them into a woman-hating incel. It's a dangerous road. The only way to be sane and have a healthy dating life in 2026 is to meet women IRL, put yourself out there, get rejected, learn, and keep doing this till you become charismatic/uncover your natural charisma.
Sikandar536,500 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
In 1999, the then Finance Minister tried to intimidate SUHEL SETH: “We’re going to investigate your tax records.” Suhel responded: “I even buy my condoms using a credit card.” The sad reality of India is that we’re afraid of our politicians. We worry that if we cross them or call out their unfairness, they’ll bring the state down upon us. But the day you start standing up to them is the day others find the courage to do the same.
Sikandar69,806 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
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DLF, Hiranandani, and Prestige make money because the city administration has failed. That's why we pay two taxes. One, to live in the city. And the other, to live in the better city within the city. Absolutely bizzarre state of affairs. Vishal Bhargava (full pod in thread)
Sikandar88,794 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
“The person who destroyed India was Indira Gandhi.” SUHEL SETH did not spare ANYONE. He went after the License Raj, the bureaucracy, the politicians, the corruption, the state of our cities and the things we complain about every day but forget by morning. All this in a room full of Indians who wanted CHANGE. Tonight, you get to witness it. 8 PM. Link to the pod in thread.
Sikandar50,598 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
"When Latent shut down, I was ruined. Sponsors demanded their money back. No one wanted to associate with me. I had used an advance from BookMyShow to invest in land. I had to return money I no longer had." - Samay describes the financial cost of outrage. (full episode in thread)
Sikandar223,030 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
An urban teenager in India can barely step outside their own PRIVATE GHETTO. RWA gates are locked. Parks are locked. Even playing a sport or taking a simple walk on the pavement has become an obstacle course. If this continues, we are going to raise a socially STUNTED generation and slowly kill the idea of COMMUNITY LIVING in India.
Sikandar41,635 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
"India's Got Latent will not come back in the same form. It has real-world repercussions. Can't see my mom cry again. But in comedy, when shit hits the fan, you only have to double down. So...you have to attend it LIVE." Samay Raina on Dostcast Full podcast in thread
Sikandar184,968 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Three of the four previous NSAs were diplomats and not intelligence officers. Even M.K. Narayanan was an intelligence administrator (also headed IB). What makes Doval different beyond the BJP's obvious narrative building around him is that he actually did long undercover work risking his life. That kind of skin in the game helps in deploying Indian spies across the world in a way it's never been done before. Whenever I ask nat sec folks about the 'unknown gunmen,' they always say it is a baseless allegation. But we all know what Israel began with targeted assassinations...India is perfecting it against its enemies. In this clip, investigative journalist Anirudhya Mitra describes the Dovalian approach to national security. Full podcast in thread ↓
Sikandar72,242 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
