Dr. Chakravorti is the dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, America's oldest, exclusively graduate school of global affairs. He's also the founding Executive Director of Fletcher's Institute for Business in the Global Context. Bhaskar founded the institute in 2011, with the mission of connecting the world of business with the world, exploring issues at the intersection of business and global context, including geopolitics, government, technology, security,...

Dr. Mrinalini Sinha joins us to discuss Mahatma Gandhi, MLK and we ask the profound question--has India moved from a British Raj to a Hindu Raj? MLK & Gandhi's influence continues in areas of society, government, & social justice reform. Both men transformed their respective countries and continue to inspire generations of global citizens. Dr. Sinha is the Alice Freeman Palmer professor in the department of history, and professor in the departments of English language and...

Dr. Mrinalini Sinha joins us to discuss the concept of Satyagraha and the connection between MLK & Gandhi and their profound impact upon society, government, & social justice which transformed their respective countries and continue to inspire generations of global citizens. Dr. Sinha is the Alice Freeman Palmer professor in the department of history, and professor in the departments of English language and literature and of women's studies at the university of Michigan, Ann Arbor....

Durba Mitra is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Carol K. Pforzheimer Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. Mitra works at the intersection of feminist and queer studies. Her research and teaching focus on the history of sexuality, the history of science and epistemology, and gender and feminist thought in South Asia and the colonial and postcolonial world. Mitra’s book, Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social...

M.R. Rangaswami joins us to discuss his incredible life's journey from Chennai, India to Silicon Valley investment pioneer and Philanthropist. M.R. Rangaswami is a globally recognized speaker, an entrepreneur, investor, corporate eco-strategy expert, community builder and philanthropist. Recognized as a software business expert, he participated in the rapid expansion of the Silicon Valley software industry during his tenure as an executive at both large and small software companies. In...

Dr. Vishakha Desai joins us to discuss her groundbreaking and inspiring memoir, 'World as Family--A Journey of Multi-Rooted Belongings'. Dr. Desai is Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University, Chair of the Committee on Global Thought and Senior Research Scholar in Global Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Desai served as President and CEO of the Asia Society, a global organization dedicated to strengthening partnerships among...

Felicia Singh joins the show to discuss her historic run as the Democratic Candidate for New York City Council. If elected, she would be the first South Asian woman to ever hold a position on the City Council. Felicia is an educator, community advocate, and servant leader running to represent District 32 on the New York City Council. A lifelong resident of Ozone Park and the proud daughter of two working-class immigrants, she is the first in her family to earn both a high school diploma and...

Ashwani K. Jain, a former Obama administration official joins us to discuss his bold campaign whereby he is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland in 2022. Jain, who is 31, is making an expressly generational appeal for votes, asserting in a campaign video, “In a state that’s becoming younger and more diverse than ever before, voices like mine are growing in Maryland and deserve to be heard, because decisions made about us should not be made without us.” Jain held...

We are excited to be joined by Washington State Senator Manka Dhingra, the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States! Manka Dhingra is Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate. She brings two decades of experience as a prosecutor and behavioral health expert to her roles as chair of the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee and vice chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee. She also serves on the Ways & Means Committee. Dhingra was first elected...

In this episode we are joined by Executive Director of The Campaign School at Yale University, Patti Russo & Washington State Senator Mona Das, a graduate of TCS at Yale University to discuss the need for more women in political leadership in the U.S. and Globally. Patti Russo serves as the executive director of the campaign school at Yale university, a non-partisan issue neutral political campaign training program for those interested in running for office, as well as for those...

In this episode we are joined by Executive Director of The Campaign School at Yale University, Patti Russo & Washington State Senator Mona Das, a graduate of TCS at Yale University to discuss the need for more women in political leadership in the U.S. and Globally. Patti Russo serves as the executive director of the campaign school at Yale university, a non-partisan issue neutral political campaign training program for those interested in running for office, as well as for those...

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi represents the 8th District of Illinois, which includes Chicago’s west and northwest suburbs. He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, the Committee on Oversight and Reform and as Chairman of its Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Vice-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Immigration Task Force, and as an Assistant...

Interrogating current theories of cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and aesthetics in Postcolonial Studies, Decentering Rushdie offers a new perspective on the Indian novel in English. Since Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children won the Booker Prize in 1981, its postmodern style and postnational politics have dominated discussions of postcolonial literature. As a result, the rich variety of narrative forms and perspectives on the nation that constitute the field have been obscured, if not erased...

The United States retreat from Afghanistan will have a major impact upon regional 'players' such as India, Pakistan, & China. Moreover, concerns about the rights of women in the region and other religious and ethnic minorities are justified according to many global experts. Dr. Anuradha Chenoy joins us to give us a brief history of Afghanistan prior to the US invasion and what could be expected in the days, week and months to come as the US forces withdraw from the region. Dr. Anu...

Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Professor Damodaran's contributions to the field of finance have been recognized many times over and he has been the recipient of Giblin, Glucksman, and Heyman Fellowships, a David Margolis Teaching Excellence Fellowship, and the Richard L. Rosenthal Award for Innovation in Investment Management and Corporate Finance. His skill and enthusiasm in the...

Richa drives strategic collaborations and partnerships for Maker's Asylum. She believes that the future of learning is evolving and alternative spaces will be significant in customising people's learning journeys. Maker’s Asylum is a community makerspace focussed on fostering innovation through purpose based learning focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The space houses various labs that are co-located in order facilitate prototyping of ideas that are...

Ravi Rao is a creative writer, speaker, and facilitator who has worked with organizational leaders in five continents. His central mission - to improve the state of emotional connection in the world - came from a merging of interests in theater and business leadership. He earned three graduate degrees before the age of 29, but considers his original poetry and stories to be his greatest accomplishments. He is passionate about film, American sports, and diversity. Dr. Rao received his...

Shezi Sardar is a television and film actor, producer and writer and recently launched his own production company in Golden Tumeric Productions. Shezi can be seen on Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, The Mysteries of Laura, Elementary, The Blacklist, Madam Secretary, and The Punisher on Netflix. He was selected for the highly competitive NBC Scene Showcase in 2013. Shezi grew up near Atlanta, Georgia and is of South Asian descent. Shezi received a law degree from Emory University and...

Usha Reddi serves as the city commissioner for Manhattan, Kansas. She just completed her second term as mayor from Manhattan, Kansas and was elected in 2013, and then again for a second term in 2017. She recently announced she will again put her 'hat in the ring' for a third term as mayor of Manhattan, Kansas. Usha is the first Indian-American to serve as a mayor in Kansas. She's also the first immigrant and first woman of color to serve on the Manhattan City Commission. Usha is also a...

Renowned Assistant Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Mou Banerjee Ph.D. joins us to discuss the motivations of Britain's Colonization of India and we examine key historic facts and details surrounding their long standing rule over India until its Independence in 1947. Dr. Banerjee's research interests include the religion and politics in India, the history of gender, hunger and food politics, the history of borders and immigration in colonial South Asia. Prior to her...

Sarah Shah is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at impact.org, which has rapidly become one of the most influential and significant advocacy groups for Indian-Americans in the United States. Sarah Shah joined IMPACT team in March 2021, bringing a wealth of experience at community and electoral organizing, policy analysis, and teaching. Most recently, Sarah served as the Deputy AAPI Director with the Democratic Party of Georgia, and she helped mobilize Asian-American communities in advance...

'Top Chef' superstar, Executive Chef & Entrepreneur Avishar 'Danny' Barua joins the podcast! Born in Columbus, Ohio to immigrant parents who left Bangladesh in search of better opportunities in the United States, Avishar is a graduate of the Columbus Academy in Columbus Ohio, and he pursued his true passion of cooking after getting his bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology at the Ohio State University. After attending culinary school, he went to New York City and trained under...

New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Ravi Batra joins the conversation. Dr. Batra is a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is the author of five international bestsellers and was ranked third in a group of a superstar economists, selected from American and Canadian universities, and featured in the academic publication Economic Inquiry. In 1990, the Italian prime minister awarded him a medal of the Italian Senate for writing a book that correctly...