Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan
India, Innovation, Foreign Affairs: This is a podcast from the point of view of a resident of India who spent many years in the US, now teaching innovation, earlier a tech strategist
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 146
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep. 43: All those anniversaries, but they all may boil down to the powerful screwing the meek
A version of this essay was published by Swarajya magazine at https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/all-those-anniversaries-but-they-all-may-boil-down-to-the-powerful-screwing-the-meek
Is this a particularly …
Ep. 42: Mr Modi goes to Washington in the middle of a chill in Indo-US relations
A version of this essay has been published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-what-did-modis-washington-visit-achieve/20210925.htm
This autumn has been cruel to Ind…
Ep. 41: Has Apple peaked?
A version of this essay was published by swarajya magazine at https://swarajyamag.com/technology/has-apple-peaked
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently celebrated 10 years at its helm. It is the most valuable c…
Ep. 40: The rationale behind China’s clampdown on its technology champions
A version of this essay is published by swarajya.com at https://swarajyamag.com/world/chinas-clampdown-on-national-technology-champions-xis-new-industrial-statism-triumphalist-hubris-and-art-of-ju-ji…
Ep. 39: A tale of two hacks: Pegasus and China’s Microsoft Exchange penetration
A version of this essay was published by swarajaya.com at https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/a-tale-of-two-hacks-pegasus-and-chinas-microsoft-exchange-penetration
In the recent past, we have seen a lot of …
Ep. 38: South Africa matters to us
Please listen to the podcast (click the ‘play’ button above).
A version of this essay will be published by Chintan of the India Foundation.
The terrifying riots there have died down a bit, but not bef…
Ep. 37: Lessons for India from Africa: Beware of those bearing gifts
A version of this essay was published by swarajyamag.com at https://swarajyamag.com/world/lessons-for-india-from-south-africa-beware-of-those-bearing-gifts. Please listen to the podcast (click the ‘p…
Ep. 36: What does the American withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for India?
A version of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-pakistan-will-soon-control-all-of-afghanistan/20210714.htm
Indian geo-strategists are rightl…
Ep. 35 "Things are much better now that Biden is President"
A version of this article was published by Chintan on 7/7/2021: please read it at https://chintan.indiafoundation.in/articles/bidens-america/
I heard this, almost exactly in those words, from two diff…
Ep. 34: What could India have done when a Black Swan event hit?
A version of this article has been published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/india-blundered-along-like-others-did/20210623.htm
There is a loud chorus of voices blaming India for s…
Ep. 33: "A Verb, Mr Prime Minister, We Need A Verb"
[PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE AUDIO ARE MESSED UP. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AND IGNORE THAT, THE REST OF THE AUDIO IS FINE. I DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO AUDACITY TO FIX IT UP AS MY PC IS BROKEN RIGH…
Ep. 32: Biden, Afghanistan and Relations with India
https://chintan.indiafoundation.in/articles/biden-afghanistan-and-relations-with-india/
It is up to every nation to pursue its interests; as has been said famously, there are no permanent friends, onl…
Ep. 31: The War in West Asia that almost was
Note: Sorry for the silence for a couple of weeks, as I was busy. And computer problems: my Windows PC, where I normally use Audacity to record, has been messed up with boot problems. So this is reco…
Ep. 30: How western '#datajournalism' on #wuhanvirus deaths in India is a crock
I think western media has been less than honest in its ‘data analysis’ of Wuhan virus cases and deaths in India.
One newspaper said the numbers were an undercount by 30x. Several others have confiden…
Ep. 29: How to use #Wuhanvirus for world domination, or at least make some money
There are three plausible reasons for the Biden Administration’s tone-deaf reaction to India’s humanitarian crisis in the #Wuhanvirus vaccine imbroglio:
* malign neglect
* a woke agenda
* a monstrous co…
Ep. 28: Dr Naras Eechambadi on innovative marketing using data science and analytics
From the transcript:
Today for Episode 28, I’m delighted to have with me Dr Naras Eechambadi, who’s an expert in the use of data science and analytics to drive marketing. This is relevant because the …
Ep. 27: Dr K V Bapa Rao on President Biden and Indo-US relations: looking beyond the irritants
Dr K V Bapa Rao from Los Angeles and I discuss the current situation in India-US relations.
Excerpt from the transcript:
We have had a little time to explore what the Biden presidency means in practi…
Ep. 26: The ‘stunning’ reaction to #India’s horrendous #Wuhanvirus wave
The late Christopher Hitchens once wrote a book titled “The Ghoul of Calcutta”: it was about those profiting from deaths in that city. I looked up the term, and it means a monstrous being associated …
Ep. 25: Linking Cities: human scale, back to the past?
For the last few years, the idea that “Smart Cities” were the inevitable next stage in the evolution of urban spaces has been the consensus among policy buffs. It stands to reason: city-based cluster…
Ep. 24: Dr Uday Balakrishnan on what ails Governance in India. What can we do to fix it?
A wide-ranging chat with Dr Uday Balakrishnan (retired from the Indian Postal Service as a Member of its Board), currently teaching governance at IISc Bangalore, who has seen the beast from the insid…