🇮🇳 India Episodes

Have you always wanted to start investing, but something is stopping you? Do you feel that investing is quite complicated and risky, and requires a lot of time? The world

In this episode of the BJPod, we have new hosts and a few new perspectives. In this iteration, our new hosts discuss the challenges that face women pursuing a career in STEM in India. Starting from the early motivating factors for a career in Science to the challenges that come with being a minority in a typical engineering classroom, this pod has it all. Also, how does it feel to be in an all-girls engineering college? In the second segment of the pod, the hosts discuss the questions that faced them while deciding to opt for higher education overseas. Finally, they discuss how ultra-competitive workplaces can often be insensitive to women without acknowledging it. As with all our episodes, the hosts end with a discussion on how they found their politics. All this and more, on this episode! 1.) http://www.pnas.org/content/109/41/16474.abstract1. Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students 2. Gender Bias at Work Turns Up in Feedback https://www.wsj.com/articles/gender-bias-at-work-turns-up-in-feedback-1443600759 3. Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/511799 4. The Paradox of Meritocracy in Organizations http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2189/asqu.2010.55.4.543 5. Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2465902 Fun bias test to take: click on the Gender-Science IAT here https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by a returning guest, Gaurav Rastogi, CEO & Founder, Kuvera. It is a web-based direct mutual fund investment platform in India.

On Paisa Vaisa, Anupam is in conversation with Puneet Khurana, Managing Partner at Stoic Advisor. Puneet takes us through the fascinating journey of his background and website, stoicinvesting.com. He talks about the basics of Evidence-Based Investing, com

In this episode of the BJPod, we continue our 'Discovering Our Politics' series, this time dealing with how the caste identity can shape your politics in latent, subtle ways. The host is joined by two guests who discuss how they were made aware of their identities and the manner in which this can shape your practices. Also, they talk of how the caste-class interplay could shape expression of identity and privilege. Further, they discuss how they identified with various political ideologies, both in India and overseas. In the final part of the episode, they move on to discussing the flavor of the season -- The CAA -- and the potential motives behind it.

This week, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Mayank Kacchwaha, Co-founder at IndiaLends, for an in-depth conversation about credit for millennials. IndiaLends is a digital lending and borrowing marketplace, which offers different types of loans like...

In this episode of the BJPod, we talk about how everything but our aptitude/interests shaped our career choices. Further, the hosts discussed why they think the STEM graduates in India often lack in critical thinking in comparison to their counterparts in the west. Further, we talk of how the schooling system in India does not encourage questions and out of the box thinking, potentially creating a fertile ground for authoritarianism. Also, we touch upon different ways in which we are fed propaganda during our school days. In the final segment, we discuss the changes we'd like to see in our education system to tackle these challenges. The hosts apologize if this episode sounds too self-indulgent, or like a therapy session.

How does money affect our mental well-being? What are our beliefs around money and how do these beliefs affect us? On Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Sonali Gupta, Clinical Psychologist. They talk about the relationship between...

In this episode of the BhaJaPod, we have yet another guest and this time we discuss the process of finding our own politics. Political labels are often branded by others and seldom owned. Yet, there is often a phase in life when you identify the ideals you identify yourself with. This pod is about people with socioeconomic privileges identifying their politics. We then move on to discuss more on the CAA protests and whether it benefits the ruling class? All this and more on the latest episode of BhaJaPod

This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Kamal Manocha Chief Strategist, PMS AIF World in a wide ranging conversation Connect with PMS AIF World Facebook:  Talk to host Anupam Gupta on Twitter @b50 Paisa Vaisa has been...

This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam is joined by Radhika Gupta-CEO, Edelweiss AMC and Mukesh Agrawal, CEO, NSE Indices. How can investors invest in public sector bonds? Is there an investment option which can give lower tax than Fixed Deposits? How...

In this episode of BhaJaPod, we have an upgrade in the form of a guest who offers more than Tejinder Bagga references. The episode begins with a freewheeling chat on the guest's idea of India, educational background and a lot more. They go on to the topic that flooded our mental space this week, the CAB, and its evil twin, the NRC. The duo discusses the topic from the perspective of the N.E, the ultra-sub nationalistic nature of the protests in Assam, the potential motivation behind this bill, and a lot more. As always, this podcast was done with the blessings of the great man, our secret listener with a Persian-origin surname.

This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam is joined by Anoop Vijaykumar, a SEBI Registered Investment Adviser. He also runs a blog called, '', a website on equity investing in Indian capital markets. How people get their forecast wrong about the stock...

'I am proud to say that in MobiKwik, 38% of the Engineer staff is female'. _Upasana Taku On Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam is joined by Upasana Taku, Co-founder, MobiKwik. MobiKwik is India's largest issuer-independent digital financial services platform,...

This week on Paisa Vaisa, Anupam is joined by Dr. Vijay Malik, founder of . In the first half, Dr. Malik talks about his background and his blog, why he believes in stocks and what is peaceful investing. In the second half, he talks about stock...

In this episode of the BhaJaPod, the hosts discuss the recent Ayodhya verdict and how it betrays their idea of India. They move on to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra and who stands to gain from it? Also, is there anything like ideological purity anymore? In the final segment, we discuss the biggest villain of our times, the man responsible for all our woes today -- Pandit Nehru and his legacy. Bharat Mata Ki Jai!

Why do you need health insurance? How to choose a good health insurance plan? How to file a claim? This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Ashutosh Shrotriya, Head, Products & Business Process,  RHI is a specialized health...

This week on Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Amit Kumar Gupta, Fund Manager, PMS, Adroit Financial Services. Adroit Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (Adroit) is one of India's leading financial market services company, providing a bouquet of...

In this episode of the Bharatiya Junta Podcast, like always, we rant about our favorite politicians. We take a look at the recent Mah-Haryana elections and whether we were surprised by it.  We move on to discuss how the curb on fire-crackers is "leftist" propaganda. Also, why are the leftists against development? Is anti-Modi = anti-development, as world-renowned economist Goyal Sahab puts it. Also, we briefly touch upon seeds of authoritarianism that were sown during our schooling. In the final segment, we move on to a "brighter" topic, with the D/N test being scheduled in India. We briefly discuss the myth of dwindling interest in test cricket in India.

"Business is business, end of the day you have to find out the cheapest way to do it. Doing it digitally may sound exciting but it is not the right way to do the business."_ Ashneer Grover, Co-founder & CEO, BharatPe This week on Paisa Vaisa host,...