Anurag Minus Verma Podcast (Culture Cafe)

How Life Becomes Art with Sooni Taraporevala (LIVE AT IFP SEASON 16)

8.6K views · 6d ago · 46:15

Guest: Sooni Taraporevala

How does an artist find stories in everyday life? What connects taking a photograph, writing a screenplay and making a film? Sooni Taraporevala, photographer, filmmaker and screenwriter of Salaam Bombay! and The Namesake, joins me for a conversation about creativity, her photographic work and a life spent making art. We discuss how she sees the world and how those observations become images and stories.

What went wrong with Season-2 of Jantar Mantar | Shyam Meera Singh

118K views · 1w ago · 1:11:43

Guest: Shyam Meera Singh

What went wrong with the second round of protests at Jantar Mantar? In this episode, Shyam Meera Singh joins me to discuss mobilisation, leadership, public expectations and the difficulty of sustaining a protest beyond social media. What worked, what fell short, and what can we learn about the future of protest politics in India?

The Artistic and Business side of Standup comedy ft Manjeet Sarkar

53K views · 2w ago · 1:17:22

Guest: Manjeet Sarkar

This podcast is supported by listeners, not brands. If you enjoy these conversations, consider supporting the work. Razorpay Host Anurag Minus Verma Guests Manjeet Sarkar Kartik My Book The Culture Cafe Editor Sanket Chavan

Lonely Cities and Ghost of Puneet Superstar

54K views · 3w ago · 1:36:51

This podcast is supported by listeners, not brands. If you enjoy these conversations, consider supporting the work. Razorpay Host Anurag Minus Verma Guests Ravikant Kisana/Buffalo Intellectual Kartik My Book The Culture Cafe

ROFL Gandhi Is Back on Diss-Course

260K views · 1mo ago · 1:11:12

Join us for a live recording of Diss-course with an audience. Guests are Buffalo Intellectual and Kartik. Limited Tickets Support the Podcast This podcast is supported by listeners, not brands. If you enjoy these conversations, consider supporting the work.

Return of Hit films, Road rage and hope in age of Nihilism | Diss-Course

52K views · 1mo ago · 1:07:35

This podcast is supported by listeners, not brands. If you enjoy these conversations, consider supporting the work. Razorpay Host Anurag Minus Verma Guests Kartik My Book The Culture Cafe Editor Sanket

Why Are Indian Cities Getting Worse? (and how to FIX them)

44K views · 2mo ago · 56:34

In this episode, I speak with architect and urban planner Dr. Mukta Naik about why Indian cities feel increasingly difficult to live in, and whether they can actually be fixed. Support the Podcast This podcast is supported by listeners, not brands. If you enjoy these conversations, consider supporting the work.

Topics: Why Gurgaon Is an Urban Disaster · The Myth of the Private City · Why Urban Anger Does Not Become Politics · How Cars Took Over Indian Cities · Why Indian Cities Have No Footpaths · The Failure of Urban Governance

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Can BJP still win UP in 2027 ? | Detailed Analysis by Sunil Kashyap

111K views · 2mo ago · 1:06:06

Sunil Kashyap of The Caravan joins us to analyse the political battle ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. We discuss who currently has the upper hand, examining Yogi Adityanath and the BJP, Akhilesh Yadav and the SPs PDA strategy, Mayawati and the future of the BSP, and the rise of Chandrashekhar Azad.

How Dil Chahta Hai Changed Bollywood | Diss-Course

17K views · 2mo ago · 1:17:46

Dil Chahta Hai completes 25 years, and in this episode, we revisit the film not simply as a cult buddy film, but as one that captured the arrival of a new post-liberalisation Indian man. We discuss Goa and the invention of the boys trip, MTV and the new visual language of Hindi cinema, changing ideas of masculinity and friendship, the disappearing patriarch, class and caste, female buddy films, and much more.

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