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- Despite BJP being in power since 2014, the right-wing narrative remains fractured. BJP is seen as ‘right wing’ due to its leanings, however, when it comes to the economy, the party’s own supporters call it more left-inclined than the left liberals ever have. Is the left actually liberal and is the right not? To discuss these political connotations and much more, Smita Prakash spoke with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra. He is someone who has a radical take on these things and is considered to be an ‘extreme liberal’ - someone who believes in total freedom of expression. He has written on military affairs - a researcher par excellence who speaks on political ideologies and social issues. Often, he is attacked by both the left and the right-wing in India for his opinions but continues to remain unfazed towards criticism.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
06:40 - Right-wing narrative and BJP
18:25 - Right-wing seeks validation from the left-wing
22:40 - Media landscape and academia
30:00 - Left and right-wing in India
48:00 - BJP government and foreign media
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2 mins silence for everyone who expected AIM to smoke a cig
O come on he took a break in middle of interview did that and again continued with interview... part is edited...
1 he took before intv and one after intv...
🤣🤣
Smoke weed everyday..
He is not with sham and kushal or else he would have lit one.
Kya karte ho chidiya 😁
Keeping this guy for an hour without a cigarette break itself is a big deal. Good job Smita.
😆😆😆
😄😄
It's recorded. And the breaks are edited 😅😅
also not blurting a gali too for this long!
U don’t know bro. He had smoked weed before podcast with Kushal and sham
Mughals 15 mark question vs Native 3 marks which one would you study 🤣👌! Smita bang on CBSE history books
Its CBSE rectify it.
Madam ne khud ratte maare hai
@@vishakhduttsingh1752 It's filled with all LEFTIST/MARXIST historians who still believe in Aryan Invasion Theory and Aryan Migration Theory.
*CBSE
@@themeta_human done👍
Did not smoke so far.. lifespan extended. please keep inviting him to locations where he cannot smoke, he's too precious!
Good one bro😅
😮😂
@@anshuraj5734can someone explain what's this fuss about AIM smoking ? I don't get the context at all.
Shekhar Gupta is a perfect example of that kind of journalist who is seriously left oriented but has over the few years cunningly made his image (as a journalist) as some kind of a centrist figure.
He is a cunning, opportunist,covertly left leaning journalist.
Chameleon.
Only few can understand
Well in print you will find right wing centrist voices too .. chameleon you mean suhel seth??
@@SMCGPRA he is a soft jihadist. His channel spreads PFI propaganda, and calls the proof of PFI a terrorist organization as 'alleged proof'.
Spot on.
but i caught him 😅😅
It's an appeal to Ms. Smita Prakash to bring Shri Rajiv Malhotra to this podcast to discuss about his new book - Snakes in the Ganga.
Yes, it will be a great podcast
yes Rajiv Malhotra must be invited to discuss so many things.
Yes
Loved Iyerval more than I expected I would! Can't wait for Dr. Anand Ranganathan.
Both should be on the podcast together!
Anand Ranganathan 👍
Yes 🙌👍
@s令人满意的视频 yes i saw that :)
2 more till now together
One more channel where AIM has appeared.
1. Sham sharma show
2. Pgurus
3. Jaipur dialogues
4. Sattology
5. Pondy lit fest
6. Festival of bharat
7. Citti media
8. Do politics
And etc etc etc
i beilieve in gae takla supermacy 👍
Chumedike.... Apna course bhi padh liya karo.... ..
Tuhmare TH-cam channel name se patah chal rha hai ki tum unemployed ho.
Carvaka podcast
Keep watching and share 👍
He is a famous youtuber without a channel. He is the iron dome of india 🇮🇳
@17:57 "Ideology is outsourcing your brain to somebody." Wow! I am going to steal that.
Good one
That's outsourcing
@@kumaraniket172 It's just sourcing. And I am not sourcing an ideology here. Just the line.
Yes we should b dharmic or indic wing
As an AIM fan this pod was a delight....I started noticing ANI podcasts on my feed and looked like a very sarkari DD vibe so gave it a pass till someone like AIM was brought in. Also Smita Prakash mam, remember her stint in tv and so glad to see her in a new avatar.....she can pull off a great interview by today's standards too and this is a testimony to that....waiting for part 2 of this eagerly 👍
Listening Abhijit is very entertaining and enlightening. He speaks honestly and eloquently with convincing arguments. In my view, every conscientious citizen should listen him and understand how left (earlier governments' largesse) controls narratives and misuse its powers.
What I find it very interesting: 1. Right Government looks forward to the left validation. 2. Left is global and right is local. 3.Assertive nation looks forward to future and regressive nation looks back to a glorious past.
I can list him endlessly...
That was a phenomenal interview, clearly enjoyed it.
Abhijit is a great personality and it’s hard to pin him down on any one subject without getting the entire background (that’s why he is great).
I have always waited for him.🙏🙏
Most awaited guest 😀😀
I like this guy a lot.He may be left,right or centre for all I care but it's a pleasure listening to him.He is honest, doesn't try to sound right.Almost like take it or leave it.
Yeah, he's made that his brand. But he's quite vacuous if you really evaluate what he says.
He's all about the irreverence rather than fact-based arguments.
what Uncle said
Right and left are so contextual. Lefts call Giorgia Meloni a far-right, but rights call her right or right-center. Lefts call Modi right, and rights call Modi (recently) as left-center. Recently I laughed during Ramasimhan (formerly Ali Akbar) interview (Khilafat movement moviemaker) when he said Congress as right-wing party (because he's seen far-left govts in Kerala for long time. Since then, I thought, we only have right and wrong, but not right and left.
There is no right wing party in India. Being anti-Muslim doesn't necessarily make one right wing.
@@lookintoit4537 and the funny thing is BJP isn't even hard-anti-muslim, they're branded as one from the get go.
@@lookintoit4537 I agree but the reasoning of "anti-Muslim" is not correct here because whom you are referring to has been either silent 😶 or only have helped Muslims for years now. I'll spit it out even the name as well Mulana Modi has been the biggest supporter of Muslims especially with legislative procedures.
Even AIM doesn’t define right wing here, he is just stating contextual scenarios, he even calls mujahindus as extreme right wing in a way … so what’s a perfect right winger the, even if we don’t get caught in such narratives, nationalism as Hindu rastra thereby defining the possibilities at various segments as culture, economy, etc
Don't worry the basic values on which left are proud of will be gone as Islam will destroy the multiculturalism of left. Democracy is the breeding ground for Islamist. Left love affair with islam will end soon. Right now they r busying eating right wingers. On debate of left vs islam, left starts running. 😁😁🤣🤣. They think they will overpower islam but they don't know islam doesn't even consider themselves a part of human civilization. Their only legislation is to Allah.
Watching Abhijit talk on any subject is real fun! The man never minces his words!
This guy is amassing more views than even the so called politicians, and not even a day has passed.
Abhijit Iyer Mitra is so sharp. He remembers lot of things.
People like J Sai Deepak are real intellectual
Amazing Abhijeet Iyer Mitra. So casual yet so sharp. Thanks Smita for the chat.
Very rarely we see an unabashedly right wing politician/ political analyst who is this well read. It was a treat to listen to his perspective on a myriad of topics.
Hmmm seems you haven't met a RW person in decades😊😊
Excuse meeeeeeeeeee
Superb conversation! Both are truly Patriotic. And it shows! Jai Hind 🇮🇳
Wow he’s so knowledgeable ❤
She has such a soothing voice… with all due respect to the very profound conversations she has with the guests in the interviews…her voice is very gentle and has a pitch just perfect to help you fall asleep after a long day 💐
I did try that and it works. Not sure she realises this skill of hers. Great podcaster and good balanced discussions.
Absolutely right she has amazing voice.
I watch Smita Prakash's any video, it could be on news debate or podcast just to see her smile ..it makes my Day😍
Thank you Smita Prakash. My respect for you multiplied manifolds tonight for stopping AIM uttering nonsense about the people who are really looking back to Sanatan Dharma. I guess this is the biggest issue with most INDn intellectuals. They can't limit their talks to their area of expertise, I don't know why, a sense of entitlement maybe. I'm a fan of AIM as well, but only a fan of his expertise. Other than that, he is the exact opposite of what I want my child to be.
Anyways, coming to my point of contention, and this is for AIM and his followers who agree with him on this. The people who are looking back to ways of Sanatan, they aren't doing so out of any inferiority complex. Your theory doesn't apply in Bharat's case, for firstly, Bharat is now more assertive than ever it has been in the last millennium and secondly, your theory would have applied only if Bharat would have regressed by continuing to be on Sanatani ways. It wasn't so, so Sanatan ways have only positive baggage.
Even if we stop looking behind and look forward, what are the options we have? One option is of course Sanatani ways which is native, profound, truly inclusive and has most other good things. The other option is the "modern progressive" ways which in all reality strives to be monolithic, uniformist, is only trying to be inclusive only in the last 50 years or so and there are already cracks appearing. Isn't the choice obvious?
I mean, ask any woman anywhere in the world what they would choose? Right to roam naked on beaches or right to go for abortion i.e. right over her own body and not make it a family property. Again, I don't think anything choice has been more obvious than this.
AIM has no expertise he is a leftist chameleon and a fraudster scamster opportuniat.
@@suryasen7 I guess that would be stretching it too far. Maybe you have heard AIM speaking on a topic beyond his expertise hence you have opined so. That's why I always believe and suggest to stick to one's expertise else one might come out as a dumb fool instead of damn smart.
@@ahamasmiarinm so what exactly is AIM an expert on?
Nah he's correct I have seen guys who glorifies a so called ram rajya and think whatever was the past scenario is relevant even now
@@AK-db2ph I guess that's the wrong approach of focusing only on the fanatics, and fanatics are everywhere.
The concepts and philosophy of Sanatan Dharma are universally true but their application and implementation varies with time and Sanatan Dharma readily accepts that. As a matter of fact, Sanatan Dharma is the only "panth" that's malleable and ductile, because it isn't limited to any book.
There are many instances in Mahabharata which explicitly says how things were different from the time of Ramayana in Treta Yuga.
I always see 7 biscuits nicely arranged in all Smitha Prakash’s interviews. I never saw any body eating it on camera or off camera, is it made of plastic?😊
Nice observation, and what about the water and the thing in the cup/mug
I don't remember which guest it was, but one of them ate at least one.
Edit: it was Suhel Seth.
Yes
They keep re-cycking them , saves a lot of money 😂😂😂😂😂
Generally, the left-wing is characterized by an emphasis on “ideas such as Liberty, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism”, while the right-wing is characterized by an emphasis on “notions such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism”. - Wikipedia Source
Let’s compare today’s political landscape around the world and evaluate each of these adjectives assigned to the two groups. Left has developed a condescending attitudes towards everyone else because of their perceived higher moral ground. But the facts on the ground speak something else. Today the media is very tightly controlled to preach a certain viewpoint to the masses. The biggest weapon in the hands of propagandists is the media. Let’s analyze each of the definitions. I will leave it up to you to make a selection.
Actually Left refers to those who oppose Government and the right means those who support the government. In a democracy these positions regularly change, therefore, the left & right also keep changing. There is no permanent left or right, just like in the real world. But Dharma & Adharma are permanent. We can be either Dharmic or Adharmic. Therefore, as followers of Vedas, we are technically neither left nor right. We are either Dharmic or Adharmic.
Liberty on Social Media: Throughout the world, the Left often controls the social media and they have silenced many groups and individuals when someone disagrees with them. Left speaks of freedom of speech only when they are being supported by social media.
When they are opposed by facts they often try to silence the opposition parties.
Often times Islam as a religion claims to be on the left. And usually the words like Islamophobia is often used to silence the critics. They do not want themselves to be challenged.
Liberty outside Social Media: Throughout the world the most corrupt politicians, academicians and individuals have claimed to be the Left.
Whenever they are confronted by facts, they casually refer to every single source as right-wing.
Practically, no liberty for common folks against the Left grained ideas of liberty. Many journalists have been murdered by the Left grained institutions for trying to bring facts around them. Khashoggi murder is a classical case in point. None of the Islamic leaders encourage any fact finding attempts against their structure, command and control. They are all above the law for the masses. The most suppressed communities today are in the left controlled territories.
Equality: Every single leftist organization has been favorable to the elite. They preach equality but their actions don’t seem to fit what they preach.
Some prominent left leaders in the US are millionaires, but they preach equality of income to Americans.
Similarly, the left of Europe is usually the ones with huge financial backing while preaching equality to Europeans. Same in the case of India and many other prominent places on the planet.
Fraternity: Cabals of leftist media fraternity has curtailed freedom of speech for generations. Cuba, Venezuela and now USA has plenty of such groups now.
The leftist political parties have created fraternity of Unions to usurp the rights and freedom of their workers.
Most of the leftist union workers feel suffocated. Islamic fraternity works similarly as the other communist left. They work only for their interest.
Rights: The world history has shown till date that the left has always worked against the interest of masses.
The worst human rights disasters have happened in Leftist controlled territories.
Groups like Antifa, Naxals, Islamic Terrorists have been the biggest human rights violators. They often escape the laws because the other leftist support mechanisms such as media protect them. With left you have an ecosystem of Academicians, Politicians, Media and Judiciary to usurp the rights of masses.
Progress: Which communist, socialist, Islamist country has ever progressed economically or socially? But media controlled by Left usually hides their incompetence and statistics.
Reform: This buzzword is often used to hide their incompetence when they fail to meet their own stated goals of progress. The word reform is never used to reform their fraudulent practices, but is always used to control the masses.
Media often uses these words to support their leftist ideological superiority when their leaders fail.
Women and children are subjected to severe atrocities in leftist controlled territories and when they cry for help their voices suppressed by the left controlled ecosystem.
Internationalism: This buzzword is extensively used to connect Left based controllers across the globe. Often times we hear from leftists, we have 57 countries or UN, speaks for our values.
A common man is just perplexed as if they have no voice against a large group of leftists / communists.
Authority: Without a structured organization, there cannot be any stability. Growth, progress, society needs structures. Most successful organizations who have uplifted nation’s for centuries work on a system of authority. For example, an army, civil government cannot deliver promises without a system of chains of authority. Without authority even parents cannot discipline their children. Leftist countries and ideologies use authority extensively to subjugate their masses. But a good authority helps nations grow. Japan, USA, India are excellent examples of structured authorities where they have delivered prosperity to their populations. Everyone wants to come to the USA because of an efficient judiciary, administration and employment.
Hierarchy: Hierarchy exists in nature. Leftists / Communists / Islamists have hierarchies too. Often times they are used for subjugating masses.
Without hierarchy no society can function.
Order: Civilian Orderliness is the hallmark of a successful society. Everyone loves countries such as India, USA, Japan because there is a system of orderliness. You can’t find such order in Islamist, Communist and leftist societies for common people. Leftists promote elitist orderliness, Rightists promote mass orderliness.
Duty: Without a sense of duty, no society can flourish.
Duty is a hallmark of a responsible citizenry.
When left demonizes duty, they usually are promoting anarchy and elitism.
Tradition: Humans learn from traditions and culture. When left attacks tradition they are actually attacking history and culture. Which of humans is not proud of their tradition and culture? None. Every human loves where they come from. When left attacks traditions, they are actually telling masses, follow us and just forget your past.
By ignoring tradition, a society becomes identity-less.
Without identity, there will be chaos which the left wants desperately to establish a new Order which protects their elites.
Reaction: Left doesn’t want anyone to question them. They will silence critics who offer intelligent solutions. They usually call all intelligent factual discussions as hate speech, call group of people as Phobic, create false narratives of victimhood and atrocities. We have all seen this extensively in the left controlled media, academics and politics across the globe.
Any opposition to the Left is threatened by murders, riots, terrorism and social unrest. The leftist ecosystem supports any act including violence.
Nationalism: The left hates this word because it refers to culture, traditions, truthfulness, hierarchy, facts, truth, history, duty and love. Nationalism hurts the agenda of the left. Irresponsible Globalism is the source of revenue for them. They like globalism because it suits them, and they hate nationalism because it hurts them.
UN, Islamic Ummah are all such examples of leftist globalism pandering for their own selfish corrupt goals of controlling humanity.
Internationalism is always good, but the local community is the most important in any society. Left is often opposed to family structures because it destroys their plan to control the last human on this planet. The word jugglers of the left have recently distinguished patriotism from nationalism to pander to their agendas.
Friends, it’s time for us to understand the global dynamics of left or right. The leftist academicians have been promoted to create new definitions or change old ones now. So the world cannot learn much from their propaganda. It’s important to stay centered on the virtues of Truth and Justice and that is Dharma.
Dharma means to be on the side of logic, reasoning, intellectualism and above all responsible Duty. Dharma is the new center.
It’s important to reject all hate coming from left (Islamist, Communist, Socialists) and adopt a right path of Truth and Justice. We are neither right or left, we have to be dharmic.
Boom!! Nailed it on the head
Right
splendid conversation by ANI🙏👍❤
39:05 it's so on point man..They ignore sai deepak but running for anand ranganathan who is very easy target
A very scintillating podcast. Truly educative and entertaining as well. A job well done. @ Smitaprakash
@ Abhijitiyer
awesome and balanced podcasts. kudos to adapting to current trends Smita ji
Never expected him on this show ! So glad and enjoyed it thoroughly!
Was waiting for this. Woke up to this podcast :)
You mean to say that you betrayed IAS, IIT etc…. Without even appearing? That way I betrayed all competitive positions. Thanks for giving me a terminology for my failures.
Macalay educations is for marks/grades in the exam and never about critical thinking. In middle school world history in US there was one day class on Indian sub continent partition with inputs from students. This was 16 years back. My son’s insistence his total disagreement on points in the reference book, dragged to 3 day topic. All along the teacher never gave a time-out!
I never miss any podcast of AIM.
One of the best podcast i have seen in the last couple of years. Its full of unbiased, transparent information and knowledge. No judgements on any side, yet a clear and point wise discussion about different ideologies. Abhijeet Iyer - you are epic :) !!!
We need more podcast like this, as always I love listening to AIM
2 baar dekhna padega poora samjhne, nice 👍👍
I can listen to Abhijit endlessly !
I am shocked he didn't smoke a cig in the entire debate. 😜😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣
Best series on now days which I watch every interview
This is Smita Prakash's best Podcast.
A very insightful Podcast, sighting the difference between left, right and centre.
Must listen to this and you decide for yourself, your standing if there is any.
Well here is my story me and my school time friend were two polar of political ideologies he was a a major supporter of CPIM and I was die hard TMC supporter . In that Era of west bengal CPIM was left and TMC is clearly Rw. Then after few years we get mature and one day suddenly we came and discussion and find out both of us supporting BJP not BJP but Modi apparently 🤣🤣🤣 This happend to a major section of Indian youth . Although we criticised BJP many times but find out only this party following major roles of freedom of expression.
BJP reunited two lost brothers.😆
And they say BJP is divisive😄
What a wonderful conversation, I was so happy to hear it. I like Abhijit Iyer Mitra he’s an absolute treat to listen. I was looking for this type of conversation. I would love if you can talk a bit more about BJP a little bit more specifically its politics and if it is really a right-wing, where is the country heading under them. If we are heading exactly in the direction of Congress would be taking us then what is the difference between BJP and Congress.
Can listen to him all day long, brilliant mind
Very good interview-hope pieces left are picked up soon! There needs to be more light shed on the modus operandi of the left wing globally. BJP, at least Modi is not right wing as Abhijit Iyer rightly said and yet BJP is very apologetic about their leanings. Very strange!
They are because they want votes and a good relationship with the Middle East for O&G....but the law can be changed to suit hindus too like the control on hindu temples. The waqf board act can be tweaked too. But where is the action empty chest thumping
My right ear enjoyed the podcast
🤣 same here
Same here
Thank you Smitha for the interview with Abhijit. After living in Palakkad during my younger days Palakkad
I was told Pala means blackboard tree.However I enjoy Abhijit videos and thank him for entertaining us through U Tube .His knowledge of world affairs is beyond compare and we love him.
What i like about U is, u get Intellectuals & sheer Brilliance of their vast understanding with simple analysis of Perception Creation.. like Abhijit Iyer Mitra & Suhel Sheth. Enlightenment of Indian Policy of Politics.
Suhel Seth is a marketing guy can't be trusted. Iyer mitra is a protege of Swamy a subversionist .
Smitaji, thanks for bringing Abhijeet on your show. First time I see him looking like a Michelin tyre. Very well mannered in his behaviour quite on the other side of spectrum when he is on Sham, Kushal show. Girgit kahinka.😍😂
🤣
Brilliant brilliant episode! Keep it up! 🙂
I agree , he should not smoke as he is too precious. Thanks Smita ji for bringing a true intellectual genius , who speaks truth without fear unlike most of India's so called journalist and writers . God bless.
A high quality discussion
This was an enlightening discussion. Subscribed.
Perfect person for podcast❤️
Smita ji , I enjoy ur discussion programmes .very informative.
Keep doing this good work.
Thank you from England
This is soooooo awesome....
Didn't expect ANI to post such content.....nice keep up the good work
Great conversation
very nice Smita-ji...thanks for inviting AIM...he is one of best observers on various aspects including domestic and geo politics
Lol he did hotel management...Overrated with no base knowledge..but supremely confident!!
@@AtticusFinch625 international relations bhi padha hai isne
@@AtticusFinch625 Then you must not consider Ramchandra Guha as a historian, since he used to be a journalist.
It is always very interesting to listen AIM.
You always love to hear AIM and Suhel talk
One of the most interesting aim interviews along with the one on VAAD.
I hear a lot of swami in him…
Wish cho would have still been alive. Would have loved to listen to him on such podcasts…
Cho?
Exactly
Absolutely loved this!
Thank you.
The boycott of Bollywood started with the neglect of ' The Kashmir Files ' and responsible statements by them despite knowing it is the fact presented.
Wow, 🧠 conversation... 🙏👌👍👏
Thanks a lot....very very informative....would request for more episodes from AIM.....atleast to spread awareness among right wing
Nobody ate those Cookies 🍪🍪 thru out the Interview. What a Waste. Well, Smita will save and serve the same cookies🍪🍪 to the next guest. I think there are 7 🍪 Cookies on the plate.😅😂 These Cookies 🍪 are Leftover from Suhel Seth's Interview. Wonderful Discussion.👍👍
@AB Ba: Thanks to your astute observation, you will be rewarded the honor of devouring the cookies 😄
@@rkrao5363 🍪🍪You get two Cookies.😅
@@abba3629 😅😅😅
Wow, i loved every bit of it.
Great discussion..
Very informative..
Palakkad is not milk forest. Pala is a variety of tree. Palakkad means forest of Pala trees. I hope no one from Palakkad listens this version.
Overrated takla is supremely confident in his ignorance
Didn't Abhijit say "Milkwood" or something of that sorts? Milkwood/blackboard is a tree that is used to make blackboards that is used in Schools- hence the name. Pala might be its local name. In Hindi the tree is called "Shaitan ka Jhaad".
Tum dono Shaitan ho. And George has no locus standii, authority and agency to lecture about Indian languages and Indian culture. A George is a George after all and hence cancelled.
@@knightatdawndonbynight8432 Wow! Is this hatred or sheer ignorance? Does changing religion detach one from language and local culture? Not sure where you are from, but you sound not from the real world.
@@AB-yp7nc Because this beef eating is not out of any malice or to score a brownie point or to inflict salt to the mass memory of the peacefully coexisting majority law abiding people regarding the past of their sacred places of worship being deliberately desecrated with beef with a conspicuous threat of destroying their faith if they continued with their resistance against the invasion, rather purely out of passion for food like a genuine food connoisseur also because it is a facet of Indic (meaning originated within the confines of geographical India) religio-cultural and civilisational pluralism and tolerance as evident with beef eating/non-beef eating nonabrahamic Indians celebrating George's messiah's mas by cutting cakes and attending the church (even if not necessarily to pray) and praising its architectural aspects (just like Abhijit does) without any fear of being converted just for doing so, while this particular George is just being a monolithic George, lacking articulation, in their futile attempt of selective nitpicking on a triviality and dogwhistling the virtuesignalling left to part in with their amplifiers and footsoldiers and base their third rate argument on this as to how wrong Abhijit is on everything else on the earth., basically cancelling and proving themself in the process to be more allegiant to the George in them than to the Indian roots . This is how it feels like when the art of cancelling is turned on you like a bitter pill.
@@patmclaughlin107 Pattie, please dont indulge in any theatrical virtue signalling; it is just tiresome you know.
The audio is panned to the left in all your videos. It's very odd on headphones. Please get this checked. Fantastic content!
Smita, One the most brilliant program on TH-cam. I wish you success. Could you please make it little Hindiaised (i coined it you give a message); the reach will be way wider. Abhijit is articulate as ever. I don’t agree with him all the time but I really admire him. Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a narcissist. Wishing you success.
Excellent discussion. Obliged and thank you . Had a wonderful time.🙂
I was wondering why I had an affinity towards Abhijit, it went beyond the fact that he espouses right wing views - now I understood its a fellow Palakkad Iyer recognising another quintessential Palakkad Iyer.
Abhijeet is one of the naadi vaids who can diagnose cancer with just a touch ... and infact listening to him is like giving a massage to brain from inside he not only refines the crude questions which arised in your mind by gives right words to them ... thanks lot abhijeet for sharing
Superb discussion. It is both fun and intellectually stimulating to watch Abhijit speak. He has a knack putting his points across. I really liked his description of left & right and their characteristics. The way Smitha conducted the interview was also pretty smooth. Smitha, You should bring him in frequently.
Marvelous conversation
Palakkad roots from pala tree(from the folk-lores and famous for the white flower which incidentally blossoms around this time of the year) and kaadu as in forest
Pala tree means jackfruit tree?
Sometimes when u bullshit confidently…. It is truth.
Smitha looked quite unsettled with Abhijeet's Left turns, Right turns, Up turns and Down turns. Ditto with the viewers, I guess. But an engaging and informative dialogue.
Very engaging conversation and intellectually simulating ! Great job Smitha and as always mr Iyer Mitra is at his subliminal best !
Thanks for this episode ❤
Pls call more author's on your podcast 👍
Please bring AJIT BHARTI, MAJOR GAURAV & VIBHAV TOGETHER, MANISH KASHYAP, ANAMALAI, VIVEK AGNIHOTRI, NEERAJ ATRI, ABHISHEK TIWARI, TEJASWI SURYA, T RAJA SINGH, AVIJIT CHAVDA, CHIRAG PASWAN
Abhijit raised some very good points! Can't say I agree with him on every point but some of his observations are ideas are deeply incisive and refreshing.
AIM is as fluent on varied subjects as always! An interesting talk indeed!
Great conversation though just one feedback. For AIM he usually requires more time to articulate his ideas and I felt he could have been provided with more time to speak. I felt that he was interrupted a lot.
Finally they fixed the one sidedaudio problem
At 19:06, when Smitha says 'get to the point', it pretty much summarizes this interview and Abhijeet Iyer Mitra's relevance as a political commentator or journalist.
Smitaji, am also from urban Karnataka,have been following your podcasts closely,excellent stuff,keep it up.
Mam your guests are awesome,
Abhijit is gem...
Even suhel , hemanta , Pawan..all are great intellect
Mam allow AIM To talk . Seems he is interviewing you actually
Excellent enlightening talk 👌
Smita Mam I admire your articulation intelligence knowledge dedication honesty and ethical attitude! Your die hard fan. Best wishes
from the profound to the inane..AIM vacillates like an pendulum...from the nuanced to the outlandish he spouts theories and opinions, which at times are stupendous, yet totally bogus some times !!!
just found out this podcast and this is really what indian intellectuals want to consume irrespective of the guest but the host has her own persona
You aren't an intellectual. Reading 6 books doesn't make you an intellectual