On Prakhar’s recent podcast, Sonam Wangchuk called the Ladakh protests violence “unnatural.”
He said he called off his hunger strike as soon as the violence began, saying, “This is not our way.” Yet, he says he was wrongly blamed for the violence and was arrested.
Now, he is demanding Amit Shah’s resignation, holding him responsible for the deaths and calling for the inquiry report to be made public.
Indian traveller shared his experience crossing it, where his ship was rolling at an extreme 45–47°.
The crew warned him that falling into the ice-cold water could trigger severe cold shock, potentially leading to cardiac arrest within seconds.
One wrong move out there, and the ocean gives you almost no second chance
Drake Passage: one of the most dangerous oceans on Earth.💀
Indian traveller Anas Khan shared his experience of crossing the Drake Passage.
Their ship was rolling 45–47°, and his crew told him that if you fell into the ice-cold water, the initial shock will cause cardiac arrest and you wil die within seconds.
India has 140 crore people.
But what if we stopped seeing 140 crore people as a burden and started seeing them as India’s biggest asset?
Arvind Kejriwal, while speaking about the Delhi Model’s focus on health and education, said:
“Why do we say our population is our biggest liability? Why can’t we convert our population into an asset?”
His argument: give people good education, good healthcare and the ability to become capable and India can turn its population into its greatest strength.
“Make every single person capable, and you’ll see Indians everywhere in the world.”
"The Salman Khan controversy destroyed my career."
Vivek Oberoi shared on Prakhar’s podcast that after 2003 controversy he was Boycotted across Bollywood, thrown out of films he had already signed, and was constantly getting threatening calls targeting him and his family.
His career was collapsing, his personal life was a mess, and he eventually went into depression.
Amit Khilor : “If I’ve elected my Prime Minister for 1.4 billion people, why should he be campaigning for one side in a state election?”
His point was about the line between the office of the Prime Minister and active party campaigning.
Put that alongside the current debate around the Election Commission, and the question becomes even more interesting:
How much distance should there be between political power and the institutions meant to oversee elections?
The debate around Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission has put the spotlight back on a fundamental question:
how should electoral institutions and political leadership function alongside each other?
Amit Khilor raised a related question:
“The Prime Minister should not be campaigning in state elections. I have elected my Prime Minister for 1.4 billion people. But when you go into a state election and actively campaign for someone, it creates a disbalance.”
It’s an interesting question about where the roles of political leadership and public office intersect.
By 2040, everything will cost 0. 🤯
AI entrepreneur Avinash Mada predicts that AI and robots will make almost everything feel practically free by making production much cheaper.
He says prices will rise for the next 5 years, and then start falling rapidly.
“Zakir is a storyteller. It’s poetic what he does.”
Sahiba talks about visiting Zakir's house, and how everyone spent an hour just listening to him in silence. That’s the kind of presence he has.
Prakhar also shares a similar experience of watching him perform: “30 minutes in, I’m just crying. He’s a magician.”
Maheep Singh on Zakir Khan’s journey to success.
He appreciated how quickly Zakir translated social commentary through his comedy and said he's seen him travel 30–30 km just to get 3 minutes on stage.
After seeing that journey, you can’t say he didn’t deserve it.
Prashant Kishor says Bihar’s reality is far worse than what the numbers show and that the state has remained deeply backward for decades.
When you look at incidents like this, you can see the kind of social backwardness he is talking about.