The #AskAbhijit Show

The #AskAbhijit Show

An Eclectic Podcast by Abhijit Chavda: Geopolitics, History, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, Culture, Education, Technology, Philosophy, & the Future of Humanity.

  1. #AskAbhijit 359: Russia-India, Cockroaches, Modi-Trump, DRDO, Manipur, AGI, Doval, Meloni, Su-57, Xi

    1h ago

    #AskAbhijit 359: Russia-India, Cockroaches, Modi-Trump, DRDO, Manipur, AGI, Doval, Meloni, Su-57, Xi

    OUTLINE:0:00 Welcome1:50 Putin, Iran, Rubio Roundup6:07 Iran Surrender And Oil Control7:21 No Fuel Relief Soon9:10 Favorite Movies And Sci-Fi10:17 Manipur's Hidden Gas Reserves12:25 DRDO's Structural Employment Problem16:37 Who Will Control AGI21:03 Iran War, Striking Europe23:09 A Separate Physics Channel24:03 India's Thorium Nuclear Breakthrough26:40 GDP Per Capita Debate29:27 Rubio Visits Kolkata Missionaries32:04 India's Thousand Year Decline33:14 Feminism Versus Reindianizing India36:38 Hard Power, Soft Words38:59 Why Putin Won't Retaliate41:15 Anglo-Saxon And Turk Genocides44:02 Why LLMs Stay Constrained48:50 Influencing A Million Viewers50:22 IITian Backlogs And Dropping Out54:33 Passion Belongs To Hobbies55:43 Euro Recovery, German GDP57:42 Immigrants Disrespecting Western Culture59:32 Reclaiming PoK And Aksai Chin1:02:48 Harnessing Ajit Doval's Expertise1:04:43 Why The Growing Pessimism1:08:03 No Leverage For Engines1:11:11 India's Missing Global Leverage1:12:24 Indian Diet Before Invasions1:17:11 The Aryan Migration Myth1:19:47 English As Diplomatic Language1:20:35 The Experimental Success Mindset1:22:10 Why The Rupee Depreciates1:24:31 Taleb And Antifragility1:25:26 Recommending Banned Books1:26:39 The Cockroach Party Mystery1:28:08 Indus Valley In Vedas1:31:10 Black Hole Super Radiance1:37:37 Patents On AI Discoveries1:39:33 Should Modi Avoid Trump1:41:37 Illusions Ruined At Forty1:42:05 Sukhoi 57 Versus Rafale1:45:32 Cracking Quantitative Finance1:46:27 Speedrunning To Top Politician1:55:35 The Magnificent Elephant Mind1:58:48 Teach Geopolitics Through History2:03:05 Do Jews Control West2:08:07 What Power Truly Is2:11:51 Modi And Meloni's Fun2:13:19 Sunlight, Movement Beat Depression2:16:24 Avoiding A Fertility Collapse2:20:14 Explicit Temple Carvings Explained2:23:41 Renaming Bakhtiyarpur, Decolonizing India2:26:43 AI Research Without GATE2:32:17 Is The Rupee Undervalued2:34:45 Why Science Speaks Western2:37:19 Kaveri Engine's Long Road2:39:30 Transnational Capital Versus Nations2:41:20 Is The Galaxy Flapping2:42:39 De Gaulle's Sovereign France2:46:46 Quantum Future Not Predetermined2:49:05 The Impossible Trinity Explained2:52:43 Sintashta Came From India2:54:09 Little Hope For Tibet2:55:49 Mexico Rich, Mongolia Misjudged3:01:09 Vedanta, Consciousness And AI3:04:20 Pakistan's Image Whitewash3:05:52 Royal Families Denied Credit3:09:55 Nuclear War Ends Everyone3:13:35 Ruthless Reforms Like China3:15:11 Do Black Holes Spin3:17:13 NRIs Treated As Outsiders3:18:48 The Technate Of America3:19:49 What Is Universe Expanding Into3:24:17 Merchants Built British Empire3:27:14 Kabbalah And Tree Of Life3:29:04 Finding Your Ambitious People3:32:18 Pakistanis Behind Cockroach Party3:32:53 Foreign Ideas, Indian Women3:36:16 Becoming A Billionaire3:37:35 Chetak And Guerrilla Warfare3:39:59 Modi's Europe Trip Gains3:41:23 Surviving Brutal US Sanctions3:44:11 Cockroach Party's AAP Link3:45:40 ASML Tata Chip Deal3:48:38 Education Ignored Since 20143:51:42 Going Straight Up From Earth3:52:50 The Multiverse And Time3:59:00 AI Research Without PhD4:01:07 Trudeau And The Deep State4:04:47 Skills For Next Decade4:07:36 Rejected By A Mathematician4:08:31 Emergency Within Four Years4:09:27 Forex Burned Defending Rupee4:11:09 US Iran Permanent Peace4:13:32 Why Barbarossa Sounds Cool4:14:54 Does India Have Strategy4:16:03 Dark Matter Wobbles Galaxy4:20:57 A Second Indian Capital4:23:03 China's Fake Numbers4:24:08 Population Momentum And Inertia4:25:23 The Aryan Myth Evidence4:26:57 How To Learn Faster4:31:53 No Before Big Bang4:32:39 Entanglement And Time's Mystery4:34:30 Mewar And Puppet Kings4:36:19 What Stops Iran Escalation4:40:47 PhD Worth It Now4:43:22 Putin Xi Summit Symbolism4:44:27 If America Invaded India4:46:57 Forgotten Hero Bappa Raval4:49:01 Hindu Versus Chinese Warriors4:50:38 Don't Learn History From Movies

    4h 52m
  2. #AskAbhijit 358: India's Sovereignty, Mythos, China, MH370, AI 171, Asteroids, Afghanistan, Assam

    2d ago

    #AskAbhijit 358: India's Sovereignty, Mythos, China, MH370, AI 171, Asteroids, Afghanistan, Assam

    Episode 358 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - -OUTLINE: 0:00 Welcome to Episode 358 5:53 Manipur solution: evict foreigners 6:44 Sovereignty index hidden dependencies 10:26 Can PM rebuild cities? 13:28 India's next ten years 17:14 Delhi's concrete jungle 19:48 Space companies and SpaceX 21:22 NEP 2020 education failure 24:23 Supervolcanoes and meteor extinction 26:38 Will Russia attack NATO? 28:09 India's massive energy hunt 29:16 Nilesh Oak's Ramayana dates 30:39 Mechanics of sanctions explained 34:07 India-UAE defense deal 36:51 Pakistan-Afghanistan border war 38:28 Why Yugoslavia war collapsed 39:19 Rivalry forces nations forward 43:27 Use China as fuel 44:31 Wormholes versus vortex travel 50:05 Indian lithography startup Semilelet 55:07 Defending Earth from asteroids 1:01:44 Democracy versus benevolent dictatorship 1:05:49 Why complex life delayed 1:11:08 Government vision or reactive? 1:14:48 Why Sagittarius A quiet 1:19:26 China and India counterfactuals 1:20:19 Mathematician's path into AI 1:22:27 Why Iran struck UAE 1:24:06 India's global relevance dropping 1:28:08 Why Sikhs have Kuldevi 1:30:43 Is Pakistani music superior? 1:35:31 How Dutch got Cholas 1:37:53 Entertainers becoming world leaders 1:41:40 Can India become autarky 1:44:49 Energy crisis without vassalage 1:47:11 How to master mathematics 1:50:16 Irrelevant after G2 AI? 1:51:51 Army chief's peace criticized 1:55:43 Will China get Khrushchev? 1:58:11 Bringing back intro summaries 1:59:07 Why China delays Taiwan 2:01:50 Why investors leave India 2:03:42 Treaty of Chushul, ICJ 2:06:11 US-China meeting overshadowed BRICS 2:07:45 Gulf states after oil 2:09:29 US versus the world 2:11:03 Russia absorbs Ukrainian attacks 2:13:36 Exam blessings after loss 2:14:49 Indian data on American clouds 2:16:46 Assam transformed by BJP 2:19:12 Most influential Indian empire 2:21:47 White holes, new universes 2:24:49 Independent courts impossible 2:26:49 Controlling parents, nerdy men 2:29:46 Does observation create reality? 2:34:21 Great power and violence 2:35:26 How to apply logic 2:37:24 Is India lost cause? 2:39:38 India's missing corruption war 2:40:27 Why no One-India policy 2:41:45 Drone strike UAE nuclear 2:43:06 Compulsory languages debate 2:48:07 Presidential system, aspiring traitors 2:50:31 Stopping water to Pakistan 2:52:33 Resisting foreign press scrutiny 2:56:39 Cash incentives for births 2:57:38 Abhijit's daily routine 2:59:30 White holes and entropy 3:01:47 Europe rebuilt, India didn't 3:03:24 Greatest Gupta emperor 3:06:25 Why US can't print debt 3:09:55 Indra, Vritra and Vajra 3:12:16 Is Kerala successful communism? 3:14:10 Black holes versus neutron stars 3:19:43 Dyatlov Pass mystery 3:22:17 Understanding entropy and time 3:25:02 Race, caste and Arya 3:29:13 Why exam papers leak 3:30:23 Gravity at quantum level 3:34:54 Reabsorbing the subcontinent? 3:36:09 Russia's deliberate restraint 3:39:17 Indian IT shrinking from AI 3:44:05 Manipur disaster explained 3:47:08 Overcoming others' opinions 3:49:36 MH370 theories 3:51:09 Trump threatens Iran 3:52:22 Self-study and IISc admission 3:54:54 Rajput honor code weakness 3:58:05 Manufacturing over services 3:58:55 CK Raju on mathematics 3:59:59 Air India 171 investigation 4:01:40 How Mythos differs 4:05:21 Communism devours its supporters 4:06:22 Negotiating after 1971 victory 4:08:05 Vedic age: peak or decline? 4:13:08 Why communism becomes dictatorship 4:14:43 Do secret societies rule? 4:15:33 Can AI be sentient? 4:18:03 Was Luftwaffe history's best? 4:19:35 Closing thoughts

    4h 20m
  3. #AskAbhijit 357: ENERGY CRISIS, UAE, Trump, Ukraine, Chola Plates, Skandagupta, Nepal, Nahapana, UFO

    4d ago

    #AskAbhijit 357: ENERGY CRISIS, UAE, Trump, Ukraine, Chola Plates, Skandagupta, Nepal, Nahapana, UFO

    Episode 357 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the superchat, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - -OUTLINE:0:00 Intro and welcome1:33 Global energy crisis2:11 Nepal's regime change mocked6:51 US-China meeting, no deal8:41 Trump's paranoia over gifts9:23 UAE oil, weak reserves11:12 Brian Johnson's aging claims13:08 Ram Mohan Roy, reformers20:05 Modi warns decade crisis24:44 Aryan student exchange joke25:51 Magnetar versus pulsar30:05 US relationship and leverage35:43 Rejected Russian oil tanker37:15 Counter-coup possibilities, Iraq40:19 Why Adani charges dropped43:10 Iran, oil, real prize46:42 If Iran wins region49:25 Wary of new Nepal51:08 Choosing Gulf over Iran53:01 Netherlands returns Chola plates56:55 YouTube blocks messages57:52 Russia, Chinese weapons Ukraine59:30 Fine structure constant tuning1:00:56 Why not vasalize Guinea-Bissau1:05:42 Starmer and UK decline1:08:36 S-stars, supermassive black hole1:14:23 Planet X, hidden black hole1:18:28 Why India isn't assertive1:20:18 Suppressed reach, fighting vasalization1:21:59 Tilak: united morals, culture1:24:56 Nehru's 1950 football blunder1:28:25 Bose, Axis help, freedom1:30:28 Vasalage prediction, Trump autos1:32:55 How China, Russia rose1:36:23 India's shortcuts and despair1:40:36 Why people join militaries1:42:29 Saying US too much1:45:13 EV crisis, coal dependence1:47:58 GDP numbers make-believe1:49:10 Globalists erasing cultures1:52:28 Kerala red rain mystery1:56:09 Do magnetic monopoles exist1:57:43 Frameworks for learning anything2:01:55 Education system rotten core2:07:15 Nationalism, civilizationalism, deep state2:11:28 1984: book versus movie2:12:12 Xi, Trump body language2:14:15 Harappan bricks, Vedic altars2:16:49 Media bootlicks Trump2:17:40 US influencing Indian elections2:19:24 New attack drones inducted2:20:53 Tata-ASML chip deal2:24:03 End of surface ships2:26:17 Ancient Indian astronomy, 1082:27:50 Humane versus absolute justice2:29:06 NEET leak, education failure2:31:47 AirPods, Bluetooth radiation fears2:34:47 China's trapped dollar reserves2:37:02 Epstein, UFO files distraction2:38:45 Light sails in space2:40:17 Russia reparations fantasy2:40:55 China blocks Meta deal2:42:50 Energy humiliation, shooting messenger2:46:46 Universe inside black hole2:50:48 Rejected, joining Russian army2:52:42 Artificial cells, bioweapon danger2:54:09 Iran's oil storage problem2:56:00 Ganesh temple opens Berlin2:58:13 Can citizens force government3:00:19 Indian ship sunk Hormuz3:02:01 Sanctions India could face3:03:08 Stablecoins, crypto scam warning3:04:23 US maximalist China demands3:05:17 Modi meets Meloni Italy3:05:57 Will US sacrifice Taiwan3:07:42 Israel's century question3:09:18 Naravane's peace remarks criticized3:13:51 Should you buy Tether3:15:04 US seizing Iran's nukes3:16:38 Pahalgam, Pakistani nukes speculation3:17:44 Why Xi keeps Mao3:19:01 Khrushchev erased Stalin's legacy3:20:58 Taiwan war, Japan Korea3:23:33 Consciousness, the great mystery3:26:18 Tips for YouTube channel3:27:35 Winning space, AI races3:30:15 Skandagupta, forgotten Hun-slayer3:32:07 Indian gods, hidden science3:34:49 India's role in conflict3:36:20 Why no jet engine3:41:01 Politicians can't raise standards3:42:08 Pharma isn't real leverage3:44:00 Producing barbarians and scientists3:47:15 Banks dropping Visa cards3:48:22 Neuron computers and consciousness3:50:33 Clarity and Genius acts3:51:50 Nahapana, Saka ancestry3:53:34 Harry Potter, diversity gripe3:55:37 India's freebies and reservations3:56:38 Jio satellite, closing thoughts

    3h 59m
  4. #AskAbhijit 356: Israel, Iraq, Trump, Hormuz, Nukes, Physics, Fermi Paradox, Punjab, Dhurandhar, AI

    6d ago

    #AskAbhijit 356: Israel, Iraq, Trump, Hormuz, Nukes, Physics, Fermi Paradox, Punjab, Dhurandhar, AI

    Episode 356 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - -OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro and StreamYard outage apology 2:01 Greetings to live viewers 5:44 Bayraktar Kizilelma jet drone 9:56 Grabby aliens and Fermi paradox 16:25 Millennium Prize physics problems 25:46 Manipur and illegal infiltration 28:05 Why no Indian historiography 32:46 Civil war versus partition choice 35:33 Countering US-China India containment 41:20 Israel, US and Iran oil 46:55 India secretly helping Taiwan submarine 50:47 Would matrilocal society destroy civilization 52:26 Are we pleasing America 58:14 Israel's secret Iraq base 1:00:54 Why Indians abandon Indian languages 1:04:54 BJP Bengal win and Manipur 1:07:56 Injustice to intelligence in India 1:09:56 Is US controlled by Israel 1:12:00 No gold, work from home 1:18:09 KGB and foreign agency influence 1:22:15 Indian YouTubers worshipping foreigners 1:24:03 Japan's wireless electricity satellite 1:26:17 No bargaining in Sindoor ceasefire 1:30:58 Physics publish or perish 1:35:47 How bad China's economy 1:37:18 Rani Karnavati of Garhwal 1:38:55 West light years ahead AI 1:42:35 Indian parties serving foreign interests 1:44:32 Is India's past lost forever 1:48:01 Jet engine technology roadblocks 1:51:51 Ranjit Bajaj interview request 1:53:37 US versus Israel war clarity 1:55:58 Why western media hates India 1:59:06 Mali conflict and Russia 2:00:57 Pakistan's fifth-generation jet threat 2:01:56 Armed satellites intercepting missiles 2:04:33 Iran victory and petrodollar 2:06:49 Is Sri Lanka a vassal 2:07:38 PM's energy austerity advice 2:11:27 Reverse aging and immortality 2:14:25 Quick replies and textbook reform 2:15:28 Punjabi genetics, no Indian ancestry 2:20:40 Saudi punishments and law enforcement 2:23:25 EU absent from AI race 2:24:25 Best way to study exams 2:26:05 BJP's West Bengal future 2:27:47 India needs AGI moonshot 2:28:44 Sanskrit AI restoring manuscripts 2:29:48 Money unlimited but power limited 2:32:15 Why politicians keep India mediocre 2:34:24 Google data centers extractive model 2:35:05 Durandar movie and leftist critics 2:38:34 What Nalanda lost forever 2:39:57 AI shaping false narratives 2:40:31 IVC genetics and science distortion 2:42:28 Energy crisis, not lockdown 2:43:53 Tata fab and semiconductors 2:44:57 Class 12 results and education 2:46:14 India needs own genetic survey 2:47:42 Medical mafia and free healthcare 2:48:35 Buddhist depictions of Hindu gods 2:49:50 Were Jews early bankers 2:51:00 Kunal IVC site Haryana 2:52:06 Charan community in Rajput courts 2:53:14 Hinglaj Mata shrine Pakistan 2:53:40 Why is life complicated 2:55:19 Trump's alien files disappointment 2:56:12 Aryan migration and shared ancestry 2:57:35 Closing remarks

    2h 59m
  5. #AskAbhijit 355: Iran Defeated the US. Now They're Talking About UFOs.

    May 13

    #AskAbhijit 355: Iran Defeated the US. Now They're Talking About UFOs.

    OUTLINE:0:00 Episode 355 Stream Opens1:18 Live Chat Greetings4:42 How to Speak Well6:34 Decade of Virus and H5N17:55 The Right Stuff Book9:02 BJP Wins Bengal10:07 UFO Files Disappoint14:42 India France Rafale Deal19:31 Nadir Shah vs Reza Shah24:40 Dark Forest Hypothesis29:51 Why No Techno-Signatures Yet31:56 AI Dangers for Children35:43 Agni Missile Strange Trail38:26 How Southeast Asia Became Muslim44:18 Why Pakistan Gets Superpower Support46:56 UFOs Distract From Iran Defeat48:11 US Leftists vs India and Israel49:52 Bengal Mandate Is Democratic52:01 British Created India's Caste55:18 India Regulating NGOs58:55 Optosar Satellite Defense Uses1:03:03 Nepal's US-Installed Regime1:05:21 Channeling Lust Naturally1:07:21 How to Find Passion1:09:30 Why US Treats Iran Differently1:14:06 Hittite Seal Indian Ancestry1:16:22 Aliens End Abrahamic Religions1:18:00 Dugin's War of Continents1:21:18 Hindu Cosmology Universe Lifespan1:26:45 Bell's Inequality Simulation1:28:40 Dravidian Movement's Origins1:30:11 Would Aliens Unite Humanity1:31:53 Great Filters Civilizations Doomed1:34:25 No Atoms at Big Bang1:35:59 Narrative Warfare Courses1:38:11 Why Two Parties in Democracies1:39:45 Hinduism Pays for Non-Expansion1:40:42 UFOs as Indian Vimanas1:42:47 China on India's Excess Democracy1:44:56 H5N1 Human Transmission Concern1:46:03 Caste Not Hindu British Invention1:48:28 Autocracy vs Democracy Superpowers1:51:54 Why Optosar Launched via SpaceX1:57:41 Plank Scale to Dark Matter2:03:23 Assam Deports Bangladeshi Infiltrators2:05:27 Dark Matter Universe's Nervous System2:07:02 India's Phosphate Vulnerability2:09:53 R1A India as Genetic Homeland2:11:55 World Splitting US vs China2:13:48 US Turns Hostile to India2:16:19 No Sanskrit on Steppes2:18:47 Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Mystery2:22:08 21st Century Space Race2:25:07 China Admitted Helping Pakistan2:28:56 Congress Era Crushing Poverty2:32:21 Rajmandal Theory Limits2:34:27 Gulf States Autocracy Not Judiciary2:37:26 Why British Colonized India's Mind2:39:00 Indian vs Western Expansionism2:42:12 Can India Become Like China2:43:27 India's Civilization vs the System2:45:27 Mindset Cannot Cure Disease2:47:08 Pakistan's Unsinkable Carrier England2:47:56 Pakistan Bangladesh Intelligence Pact2:48:15 What Are Cosmic Strings2:50:51 US Deep State Autocracy Exposed2:53:04 How to Improve Spoken English2:56:27 Which Leaders Would Fire Nukes2:57:23 India's Synthetic Fuel Options2:59:56 Probiotics and Low FODMAP Diet3:01:35 Foreign Data Centers Drain India3:03:13 Futuristic Satellite Capabilities3:05:52 India's Biomass Energy Potential3:07:15 Symmetric Big Bang Two Universes3:09:05 Can First Cause Be Answered3:12:03 Human Minds Higher Dimensions3:14:20 Wigner's Friend Quantum Paradox3:16:26 Why Quantum Mechanics Baffles Us3:18:18 India's Colonial Governance Roadblocks3:20:43 Did God Create Us?3:22:44 Japanese Samurai Dharmic Warriors3:25:10 Fermi Paradox Microbial Life3:26:34 India's Real Danger Corruption3:33:25 Revolution vs Reform India3:34:04 Ending India's Freebie Culture3:35:33 Turkey Drones to Pakistan3:36:21 Operation Sindoor One Year On3:37:35 First Cause Unanswerable3:38:58 Boltzmann Brain Paradox3:40:42 Jungian Philosophy on God3:43:37 India vs China Standards Gap3:45:07 Kuki Terrorism Manipur Crisis3:46:32 Closing

    3h 47m
  6. #AskAbhijit 354: When Will The US-Israel-Iran War End?

    May 12

    #AskAbhijit 354: When Will The US-Israel-Iran War End?

    Episode 354 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them.

    4h 21m
  7. #AskAbhijit 353: US-Israel-Iran War: Pirates Of The Hormuz!

    May 11

    #AskAbhijit 353: US-Israel-Iran War: Pirates Of The Hormuz!

    Episode 353 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them.

    3h 12m
  8. #AskAbhijit 352: US-Israel-Iran War - What Are Trump's Choices?

    May 10

    #AskAbhijit 352: US-Israel-Iran War - What Are Trump's Choices?

    Episode 352 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them.

    3h 40m
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An Eclectic Podcast by Abhijit Chavda: Geopolitics, History, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, Culture, Education, Technology, Philosophy, & the Future of Humanity.

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