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Ask Aakar Anything is a weekly show where Aakar Patel shares his views on topics that you raise (and sometimes on those you should have raised). Each week Aakar answers questions sent to him from across the country on subjects as diverse as politics, current affairs, sports, entertainment and social issues answering them with a unique perspective on things, the way only he can.
Irreverent, serious, insightful, analytical, funny, angry, passionate but never dull: that’s Aakar’s answer to your question about what his show is about.

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Ask Aakar Anything is a weekly show where Aakar Patel shares his views on topics that you raise (and sometimes on those you should have raised). Each week Aakar answers questions sent to him from across the country on subjects as diverse as politics, current affairs, sports, entertainment and social issues answering them with a unique perspective on things, the way only he can.
Irreverent, serious, insightful, analytical, funny, angry, passionate but never dull: that’s Aakar’s answer to your question about what his show is about.

    Ask Aakar Anything #17: India Through a Mythological Lens

    Ask Aakar Anything #17: India Through a Mythological Lens

    This week, Aakar answers questions about what insights Ramayana and Mahabharata provide into modern-day India, whether the Congress can pull off its aggressive avatar, who really invented Urdu, if we would have been better off with an Indic governance structure. Also, he tells us what men and women expect from Tinder.

    Music - Josh Woodward

    • 13 Min.
    Ask Aakar Anything #16: Sachin Tendulkar- The last cricketing icon?

    Ask Aakar Anything #16: Sachin Tendulkar- The last cricketing icon?

    This week, Aakar answers questions about why he thinks the Ambani residence, Antilla, is the perfect representation of power, what the porn ban says about the government’s mode of functioning, why we get interested when Deepika talks of depression, what a day job can add to a writer’s craft, and what turns cricketers into icons.

    Music - Josh Woodward
    Photo Credit: Vijay Chennupati/Wikipedia

    • 11 Min.
    Ask Aakar Anything #15: Bollywood- Sex sells. But clichés sell better.

    Ask Aakar Anything #15: Bollywood- Sex sells. But clichés sell better.

    On this week's show, Aakar Patel answers questions about whether India and China can overtake the US economy, why success is defined differently for men and women, what makes saas-bahu relationships in India so emotionally charged, and the reason behind the lack of sporting prowess in Indians. Also, he tells us why he would like to bring Gandhi back to life.

    • 14 Min.
    Ask Aakar Anything #14: Books and Booze

    Ask Aakar Anything #14: Books and Booze

    In this week's episode, Aakar answers questions about the recent shenanigans at Housing.com, what he makes of the Prime Minister's central Asian adventures, which is the best city to live in (spoiler: it’s neither Mumbai nor Delhi), and how Hobbesianism explains some Indian cultural traits. Bonus: Aakar Patel’s desert island wish-list.
    (Music - Josh Woodward)

    • 15 Min.
    Ask Aakar Anything #13

    Ask Aakar Anything #13

    This week, Aakar answers questions about whether business sense comes naturally to certain castes, what he thinks of the Indian media’s reluctance to scrutinize the personal lives of politicians, why he prefers physical books to e-books and what he thinks of veganism.
    (Music - Josh Woodward)

    • 17 Min.
    Ask Aakar Anything #12

    Ask Aakar Anything #12

    This week, Aakar answers questions about whether India would be better off under British rule today, which art form Indians are best at, the relevance of vernacular media, which questions humans are most afraid to ask and what he'd wish for if he had three wishes.
    (Music - Josh Woodward)

    • 16 Min.

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