Just three guys chatting away while Modi Ji plays.

In this the BhaJaPod ladies talk the fascinating evolution of the self-destructive man's portrayal in pop culture. Through an analysis of Devdas’s, subversive reimagining in DevD, and then some Kabir Singh carcass thrown in, they explore how this archetype has been reinterpreted and recontextualized over the years. Plus, they throw in some men like…

Gang gets to talk about the slowly falling apart Hindi film industry and ask all of us ki kyu nahi ban sakti India me ab phir se a movie like Dil To Pagal Hai. Then they talk about the Maharashtra elections, Sambhal violence and Bangladesh.

Gang is together and perhaps this will be the episode that will mean that most of the pod listener abandon the pod. The gang talk American elections from the lens of the Indian liberal twitter reaction to the elections and then of course some other newsein from India.

The BJPod wimmins look at weddings and their depiction starting with Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair’s groundbreaking depiction of an intimate Punjabi wedding. To Made in Heaven’s toe-dipping into every possible wedding related societal ill (with smug voiceovers) and Neeraj Ghaywan’s Dalit Wedding episode. Hosts- Amrutha, Nidhi and Richa Editing- Nidhi…

The three get together to talk about how things have been and some news stuff, sexy jaishankar and the other ministers, Aditya's cousins book collection and Raj's cinema watching comes into discussion which also gets them into talking a comparative discussion of the slow death of Hindi cinema via Stree 2, Singham via Mithun da in 90's along with a …

Gang is gangier today with many folks on the pod from our discord community, we talk laddo ke peeche kya hai and other Modi Ji things. Guests- Kalim, kki, Ajay, Arbaz, Amruthaidhi, MV

To celebrate this great time of both the Narendra Day and 5 years of BJPod, as we prepare something for you, we thought we would share some of our best work till then. Enjoy and share with friends.

The BJPod Discord Community got together to discuss the Mood of the Nation, Poland Visit, Tipping in USA & Ola being the largest EV company in the world except China amongst other things.

Trigger warning: Episode discusses sexual violence, listener discretion is advised.In this episode, we have new hosts to discuss the Kolkata case and their perspectives as women.They delve into the grim state of women's safety in this country that was brought to light since this heinous crime. They discuss how Indian men have yet again managed to m…

Trigger Warning- The episode contains mention of sexual violence and worse, strong listener discretion advised. Gang talks about Indian men obviously and then dive into other areas like Ambani family being 10% of India's GDP, some crazy people talking crazy stuff and then in the same vein Kangana and her new movie.…

The gang gets together to have a lengthy chat around the post world cup celebration, the Ambani shadi and pyar kya hai? Also, liberalism kya hai and Bhagwan kya hai are discussed.

Gang is missing Nishant, it is just Aditya and Raj and obviously the holy ghost of Guruji. They start by trying to dissect how to procure a chappal in Banaras and what will the Mumbai Jains will be for the next comic con. Then the discussion moves to why is power context important in deciding where your empathy should fall and then they look at som…

Gang gets together..... shhhhh leave it, TUNE IN, IT IS PARTY CENTRAL!!! Warning- a lot of random audio

Gang goes over the various exit polls and their interpretation of what it all means.

We deep dive into how our cinema has always reflected our leading political thought of the time, how Dileep Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were fundamentally different type of heroes than the modern Indian hero. We then analyze the masculine anxieties of the Indian society diving into how the theory of martial races might have impacted it and then…

Gang gets together to discuss how certain grifters use the term Hindu Atheist to describe themselves when in reality they are just people looking to pile hate on minorities and how there is a whole nexus of them which is also being legitimized now. They talk of their own experiences and understanding of religion too and then finally an election rou…

This time we look at the two different type of armed resistance out of many that India saw in the recent past and how it has dealt with the both of them and what it tells us about our motherland. We look at Ranveer Sena and the Naxal movement.

Gang is missing Nishant but Vatsal from the PCCIpod agrees to join in his absence. They talk about the flawed notion of development that plagues the sociocultural belief system of the Indian society, deep down into some of the news of the week and obviously talks about Modi Ji's chin and hair transplants. Tune in and शर्माओ मत शेयर करो…

This time we dig into the root of the inequalities that persists in our society and how much of it can be blamed on the mixed economy model adopted by early India. We start in 1793 and end in 2024.

Gang discusses what is new in the election scene, the inheritance tax and wealth redistribution chatter, what the right wing media is talking about and also review a few election adds.

The next part of our history installment looks at the phenomenon of papa war rukwa di but with a historical twist.

The theme of this episode is why do we as Indians not ask, 'SO WHAT?'. Gang talks of the elections, of course, but also the shenanigans of that candidate from hyderabad, our undemocratic social tendencies, the state of indian railways as an example of the hype around Indian government and the actual work they can do, UPSC exam essay that lead to ta…

Another episode that goes into a less known bit, this time, it is about the man who challenged Nehru for the Phulpur seat in 1952, a mauni celibate baba 'Prabhudutt Brahmchari', and how he was the first step toward developing an anti Nehru majority that exists today.

Gang gets together to discuss among other things Modi Ji's body language, and certain conditions that need to be met for them to retire the podcast, forever, also a chat around Modi Ji kitne niche aadmi hai.

As elections approach, this is an attempt to do a short bit on Indian election history an attempt for all of us to think beyond whatsapp and a trial to let all of us know that history did exist before 2014. In the first episode of this kind, we talk about a hero unheard Sukumar Sen, the first election commissioner of India. Let's know your thoughts…

Gang gets together and discusses the interview between Bill Gates and Modi Ji and who writes Modi Ji's speeches, can they be crowdsourced? Then they discuss some up coming films like Jahangir National University, the BJP adds and Kejriwal ke masterstroke. Some of the recent developments might be missing as the episode was recorded last week.…

Gang asks itself, if your company is called Madanlal is there any doubt you would pay BJP? Or would you accept campus placement offer from a company called Megha engg? They delve into the magic of names , Govinda films, what's happening in the world of carnatic music vis a vis TM Krishna and then jumps into some major existential questions. Tune in…

Gang gets together to comment on the wedding that is yet to happen in July. Raj used sentences like, "Let me defend Mukesh Ambani.. or let me defend Jay Shah." They also as per usual reviewed a few Hindutva-verse trailers this time Savarkar and Bastar. Some time was spent in talking about SBI letting Supreme Court know it is lunch time and general …

The gang reviews a couple of movie trailers, it is like a tsunami of sanghi movies out there. They also briefly chat about how UPI is the new Viagra and education policy of Kailasa. Aditya watched that Dhruv Rathi video and explains it to all of us all this and a lot of Modi Ji.

Gang discusses the whole Ram mandir thing then a tiny bit of Maldives. Questions like is the Uttarakhand UCC an uncle civil code, who gets Bharat Ratna, and the never ending sanghi movie universe.

Gang was visited bu Punit Pania, for those who have already listened to the episode on youtube start at min 47 every one else, they talk about cricket, ram rajya, the uncle pandemic and why are we all addicted to our phones.

Gang was visited by the fantastic Kunal Purohit, the prolific journalist and the writer of H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars. Discussion includes, well what else do you think it includes? Raj said in his home town friends would say chalo baithke ghum ghalat karte hai, so tune in with some rum and do ghalat some ghum.…

The gang has the man, the myth, the parliament ka subject matter expert Meghnad and we talk about telecom bill the world of right wing influencers, loneliness as a pandemic in our society and much more. Tune in and also do not forget to subscribe, share and like

Gang gets together before the year ends and takes a long look at one of the cultural foundation of our society the Hindi film industry with amazing Abbas Momin. They discuss the changing nature of the Indian hero through the decades, the changing conflict in Hindi cinema, the impact of southern films, DDLJ, DCH, K2H2, KHNH etc etc and the 90's and …

The gang as usual decides on talking of the telecom bill, parliament function or lack thereof, the Dhankar saga, but end up doing a lot around the trailer of Main Atal Hoon, some BJP universe spinoff ideas, some more Animal talks, ask big questions like can Annamalai be a minister in Modi cabinet, also some simple-shantanu stories and of course the…

Gang talks about the film that everyone else is talking about, and what cinema means and what it says about the society. Also, Kya Meodi Ji Animal hai? We also talk of the soulless aspirations of Archies. Then we land our plane into the Tejas flight that the real alpha Tomendra Cruisodi bhai. Favorite tweet of the month features. Finally, gangs loo…

Gang got together but realized Nishant was missing so we had the very funny and very on-point with his critique of all and sundry Anurag Minus Verma @confusedvichar. We talked about the right wing influencer pandemic, how being apolitical is also political, what type of dictator does the country want and also how we examine our own prejudices, bias…

Gang is on a short hiatus but fikar not, for this episode Raj sat down with the master satirist and perhaps an even better linguist Dr. Medusa @ms_medusssa on X. They talked about the challenges of doing satire in a country that often itself resembles a satire, the Chavda ailment that the BJPod boys gave Dr. Medusa, how does NASA sanskrit coding ha…

Gang gets together to ask the most important question of them all. How much work is ok work per the infosys simple murthy uncle. Also, why no talks of Qatar or RaGa Satyapal meet, but a lot of talks of Danish Kaneria. Also, they discuss Indian Roads and how to be a Roads Scholar along with what is Gita GPT. Special mention to, kya naam bataya? Bhup…

Gang gets together and has a whole rant on the way this world cup is going and especially that game between India and them. Then they jump into the Israel and Palestine situation and how India is reacting to it. Tune in for the thoughtein.

Gang talks about the first day in the new parliament, the Modi Ji folder-folder khaali khaali folder. Also, India- Canada row and the trajectory our media and scientific temperament is sinking to.

Old timers might recognize but as part of the birthday of the Mahamanav Modi Ji we propose our version of the Modi Ji film and it is better than what the Vivek's Oberoi and Agnihotri can. It is the story of an Avatar. PS- The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual perso…

Raj is joined by the man, the myth, the legend Meghnad. They talk about G20, Modi Ji as a brand, what does his successes tell us about the larger public. They also talk about the future and weird hypothesis like, how would Modi Ji and Shah Ji do if they were part of the Congress Party instead.

In this episode, we take a step-back and let our Discord community take the stage. They share how they feel at this moment in India and what hurts them and gives them a pause. If you wanted to understand the anguish that people who believe in a diverse, broader nation. Give this one a listen.

Just an epic rap battle between the first one and the current one

Gang wanted to understand the film Bawaal so Aditya decided to do the arduous task of watching it and then explaining to us what the film is all about. But somewhere in the middle he ended up watching Pardes too and well let us just say that film has not aged well. We will be back with Newsein and Thoughtein soon.…

An inside peek into how the sausage is made. We started with doing a reaction on Gadar 2 and then at some point moved to doing the reaction to a pakistani reaction to the trailer track of BR Chopra Mahabharat.

The Gang gets on the cringe wagon and talks of why did the opposition not think of fighting acronym man with acronyms before. Also showcasing how it has rattled the Bhaktverse. Nishant's innocent feelings on Bawaal do not stand the test of time as we release the episode. And we try to figure out why was Madhavan in Paris with Modi Ji.…

Gang goes through basically all things on their mind. Adtiya walks Nishant and Raj through BeerBiceps latest shenanigans and then they talk about how they are the loser coz they are rando leftie podsters and then they talk of the OG podcaster the Mein ki Bat ft Modi Sir. This is a 2 hour plus rant filled freewheeler where they talk it all from vand…