🇮🇳 India Episodes

A couple of weeks ago, Tata Sons and the construction giant Shapoorji Pallonji Group were on the verge of fighting another bitter courtroom battle that would have further strained their relationship. But then within a matter of days, both parties reached a compromise that would help them walk away from the feud rather amicably. And if you’re wondering what this story is about and why any of this is relevant, today’s Finshots Market is for you.

In today's Finshots, we discuss how a pandemic affects women and their role in the unpaid labour market.

In this episode of BJPod, we begin with how #JusticeforSSR became #JusticeforKangana. We quickly move on to talking of oversimplification in Indian movies and pick out characters from three movies -- Pardes, Naayak and RDB.  On the scale of Barjatiya to Johar, where does the Ghai-verse lie?  Is Bauji in Pardes an upgrade of the DDLJ bauji?  We then talk of how the worldview of protagonists in films like Nayak fails to account for systemic evils other than financial corruption. Is Anil Kapoor in Nayak Kejru? In the final lap of the episode, we discuss how even an exceptional cinematic experience like RDB also treats these issues on a very superficial scale.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about high denomination currencies and what’s happening to them.

Yesterday, HSBC shares plunged to their lowest level since 1995 after an investigative report alleged that the bank facilitated a money-laundering scheme. And obviously we need to talk about it.

In today's Finshots, we talk about migrant workers and the gulf economy

In today's Finshots, we talk about the latest export ban on onions.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the problems with inflation targeting.

On September 10th, a forensic financial research company in the US — Hindenburg Research released a report calling into question some of the lofty claims made by the billion-dollar EV upstart — Nikola. So in today’s special edition, we simplify the 15,000-word report and present a cogent narrative on how Nikola became a multi-billion dollar auto company without ever putting a single truck on the road.

On Sunday, NVIDIA announced that it was buying Arm Holdings — the British Microprocessor giant for $40 Billion and we need to talk about it.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about electricity, oil imports and induction stoves :)

In today's Finshots, we talk about US banks and their latest approach to lending.

In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Rajan Bajaj, Founder and CEO at Slice. Slice is a fintech startup focused on India’s youngsters. They aim to build a smart, simple, and transparent financial platform to redesign

In this episode, we are joined by science fiction writer @vimoh in a free-wheeling conversation where he talks about his journey from being a BJP supporter in the past to a vocal critic of the government today. In this enriching conversation, he also talks about how the liberal strands in mythology could be used to fight this regressive wave. 

In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Hersh Shah, CEO, India Affiliate of Institute of Risk Management (UK).

In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Saurabh Bansal, Founder at Finatwork Financial Services.

In this episode of BJPod, we discuss the GDP shrinkage, Act of God, Modiji's Mor, PiGo's kolhapuri chappals and a lot more.

In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Ashish Singhal, Co-Founder and CEO at CoinSwitch Kuber. CoinSwitch Kuber is a secure, user-friendly platform for users in India where they can buy 100+ cryptocurrencies

In this special episode of BJPod, we are joined by two special guests from the popular Indian true crime podcast -- Khooni (https://podnews.net/podcast/1504912635). They discuss the true crime podcast genre, their planning, favorite episodes and a lot more. We then move on to BJPod political territory and discuss some mysterious deaths around the Ayodhya case in the latter half of the pod. 

In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Sumit Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX. CoinDCX specializes in crypto enabled financial services by developing borderless financial services that ensure a faster,