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Lama Sonam

Thrangu Asia

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Recent dharma talks from Lama Sonam. Lama Sonam,was born in 1962 in Bhutan, He was a monk in Rumtek Monastry in Sikkim before entering Thrangu Tashi Choling in Nepal. He was a personal attendant of Thrangu Rinpoche in the Monastry for many years. He completed the three years retreat at the Namo Buddha Retreat Center and was a teacher of young monks at the Thrangu Tashi Choling. He studied English while staying at Oxford Thrangu House. He is now a Vajra Master of Hong Kong Thrangu Centre.
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Recent dharma talks from Lama Tashi Dundup. Lama Tashi Dundup was born in Tibet in 1952. From 1970 to 1988 he stayed at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, seat of His Holiness Karmapa, and received teachings on the major texts from Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Sal-je Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. He also studied ritual music and procedures, such as the making of tormas, the construction of mandalas, and the building of stupas. He completed a three-year retrea ...
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Recent dharma talks from Lama Tashi Dundup. Lama Tashi Dundup was born in Tibet in 1952. From 1970 to 1988 he stayed at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, seat of His Holiness Karmapa, and received teachings on the major texts from Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Sal-je Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. He also studied ritual music and procedures, such as the making of tormas, the construction of mandalas, and the building of stupas. He completed a three-year retrea ...
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Listen And Teleport

The Guide With A Mic

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Hi this is Amlan. I will be doing regular podcasts for travel almost all around the world. Starting from my country India. So just plug in your earphones and seek the world right from your earphones. Dhanyabad
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“Trunks N Wheels” is Chimes Radio’s unique offering focussed on introducing the various cultural elements of India to our young listeners. And we achieve this by hopping on to a journey that takes us across different States and Union territories of our vast and culturally rich country. We introduce our audience from an early age to nuances of living in a diverse country like India and start to appreciate that while we all come from different regions and enjoy our own heritage, we are all uni ...
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Food Radio Project

Amrita Gupta

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The Food Radio Project focuses on food systems in India — from farm to fork, seed to landfill, everything that’s beyond the plate is on the table. Hosted and produced by journalist Amrita Gupta, each episode examines the politics, economics, and culture of food in the subcontinent. The Food Radio Project goes out in the field and into the recording studio to bring together voices from the grassroots, academia and policy arenas. An insight into current issues in food, agriculture, and the env ...
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HistoryChatter offers an informed take on our shared pasts. Designed and performed by Anirban Bandyopadhyay (Ph.D.), a trained historian and writer, the podcast offers a perspective on the past that shows how multiple interpretations of our pasts and our histories emerge. HistoryChatter believes diversity is not, difference and that difference does not produce inferiority of superiority. More importantly, it believes the past is made of many stories, and many more stories about the past will ...
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Presenting the inaugural edition of Sikkim Ko Kura, an interview series where we engage with Sikkimese voices to discuss the issues closest to their hearts. Our first guest is Gyatso Lepcha, a dedicated river activist and social entrepreneur from Dzongu. In this episode, he shares his journey with Pema Wangchuk—from participating in protests agains…
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In this episode we discuss the delay in disbursement of salaries to the 22000 temporary employees, meeting on left-out communities chaired by the Sikkim CM, Sikkim Pollution Control Board, Disaster Risk Reduction Day, appointment of Advisors, reduction in vehicle tax, and revision of OPD timings.Oh and Happy Dasain everyone! #sikkim #temporaryemplo…
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In this week's episode we discuss the results of the Traffic Survey carried out by the Gangtok Traffic Police, hike in DA, action against late payment of electricity bills, landslides in the past few days across the state, visit of Jagadguru Shankaracharya, 'strip search' incident at Rangpo, meeting on land acquisition issues related to National Hi…
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In this episode we discuss the weather, extension of OPD timings for government doctors, Gangtok traffic and the survey by Gangtok Police on solving the traffic problem in the city, decentralisation of tourist permit system, hike in royalties on forest produce, launch of Online Land Stability Reporting System in the state, Fossil Park proposal at M…
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In this episode we discuss the ban on private practice by Govt doctors, hike in vehicle tax in Sikkim, Nathula Day and the Chola skirmish of 1967, Sikkim govt clarification on the delay in payment of wages to 20,000 temporary employees, and major infrastructure development announcements by the Chief Minister of Sikkim, PS Tamang. We also discuss th…
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We really wanted to thank our viewers/listeners for the comments they have been leaving on our videos, and so we bring to you Sikkim Ko Comments. We want to underline some of the comments left by you, respond to some, and take inspiration from some. Hope you like this video. Please leave a comment and let us know.Location: Temi Tea Garden, Namchi D…
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In this episode we discuss the fire at Modern Senior Secondary School, mass transfer of Government Primary Teachers, Vigilance raids on SBS officials, ban on police personnel making videos in uniform for social media, Jyotiraditya Scindia visit, fresh violence in Manipur, and more. #sikkimnews #teachertransfers #jyotiradityascindia #donerministry #…
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In this episode we talk about the tussle between Sikkim Football Association and Football Development Private Limited regarding the Sikkim Premier League, malicious rumour mongering against some restauranteurs, Facial recognition devices in govt offices, MeToo movement in Malayalam film industry, Himachal Pradesh govt in financial crisis, and more.…
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Sikkim CM, PS Tamang meets Union Minister of Communications and Minister of DONER, Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia; on 33rd Bhasa Manyata Diwas, Sikkim Govt announces notifications to be published in Nepali as well; Tourism Dept gets awarded; Glacial Lake Susceptibility Study and Community Outreach expedition to North Sikkim; West Bengal protests ag…
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In this episode we discuss the recent violent clash in Samdong, landslide at Balutar, and the state of Table Tennis in Sikkim. Due to some technical issues we could not record the National and International sections this time. We will, however, bring you these discussions in separate videos later this week. #samdongviolence #balutarnhpc #tabletenni…
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In this episode we discuss the Sikkim Govt’s budget, rolling back of regularisation relaxation for Assistant Professors, and return of party-based Panchayat and Municipality elections in Sikkim. We also discuss Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from Olympic finals, Waqf board bill, UK protests, and the aftermath of student protests in Bangladesh. Fo…
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Sikkim Govt announces Pollution Certificate fine relaxation, Insurance cover for drivers, and a few more benefits on the occasion of Sarathi Diwas. We also discuss the Supreme Court verdict allowing sub categorisation within SC/ST quotas, and the distasteful comments made by Anurag Thakur in the Parliament. And more...Follow us on Instagram @ insta…
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First budget session of the second SKM government, garbage bags in tourist vehicles, sovereign gold bonds scam?, and more in this episode of The Sikkim Podcast.The Sikkim Podcast is produced by Gangtok based media platform Sikkim Ko.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook#sikkimfloods #unionbudget2024 #goldbonds…
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The third episode of Konkan Uprising, our special series of the liberation of Goa, focuses on the economic blockade during the late 1950s. India did not want to make a military intervention, even though diplomatic relations broke down irrevocably. Instead, it imposed an economic sanction, since trade with India made up the lifeline of the Goan econ…
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Between 1946 and 1956, the Goa question had entered the international domain. India became independent but did not want to annex Goa by force. It stressed Goa’s social and cultural unity with India but insuu insisted on a diplomatic handover by Portugal. The latter had no such intention. Meanwhile, the freedom fighters in Goa carried on their strug…
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The people of Goa fell into a peculiar problem this month due to a recent change in Indian passport laws. Early last year, Prime Minister Modi claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru deliberately delayed Goa’s liberation and integration with India. What really happened with Goa? I went back to Sushila Mendes’ work and the recent monograph of Valmiki Faleiro …
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🔎 Why 🧐 did #Nehru delay the liberation of #Goa from the Portuguese and make it a part of Bharat? A delay that was 15years after India got its independence from the #BritishRaj?? Was it on purpose? What was the real strategy? From the makers of chart-topping history series comes another gripping tale- 🥁🥁🥁 #KonkanUprising: Goa's Liberation Saga In t…
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Coffee drinking on a large scale did not start in India before the early 20th century. Once it became popular as a leisure drink, many commentators responded to its novel appeal. Some believed it was making Indians more prone to diseases. Yet others believed coffee reduced breast milk supply in lactating mothers. This episode looks into such varied…
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The G20, also known as the Group of Twenty, includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in addition to the European Union. Presently, G20 nations collectively represent over…
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Sikkim followed a different trajectory from other former princely states. India virtually treated it as a foreign country, until early 1970s. The final episode of the series India United explores the twists and turns of internal and external politics around Sikkim between 1947 and 1975. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docu…
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Jawaharlal Nehru was firmly against hereditary monarchs. But he made an exception in the case of Sikkim. He let Sikkim’s King stay on, until after his death. His daughter Indira Gandhi believed it was an indirect concession to China. But there were movements within Sikkim for democracy and the end of landlordism. Political dynamics slowly began to …
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In the third episode on the incorporation of princely states within independent India, I take up a detailed case study of Hyderabad. It was the largest princely state in British India, and the Nizam of Hyderabad aspired for an Azad Hyderabad or independent Hyderabad. It was not an unreasonable aspiration as such. If it were to be independent, Hyder…
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Integration of various princely states to the newly independent state of India was carried out primarily by the States Department. It came into being in July,1947 and was headed by Sardar Patel. He was ably assisted by V P Menon, who held the highest position among Indian officials of the Raj, as constitutional advisor to the last three British Vic…
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Given a choice, many native princes did not want to become a part of the independent Indian republic in 1947. Quite a few of them had even hatched a conspiracy to create a confederacy of princely states. Some influential British officials still supported those ambitions, albeit with an imperialist motive. But Jawaharlal Nehru was implacably opposed…
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🗓️15th of August 1947 On one side we see it as the day of India's Independence, on the other, the day when the country got partitioned. But there's one more side that is not much talked about, Just as our freedom struggle ended, a new quest began- To unite the Indian States & its people‼️ What if India were 29 countries and not 29 states? What if R…
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The Government of India began to encourage the manufacture of a small car only by the 1970s. Sanjay Gandhi, Prime Minister’s son and an automobile fanatic, carried out the audacious Maruti experiment during the 1970s. It was a giant dream, and ended up as a bigger failure. His mother Indira Gandhi finally revived the dream. For once, capable manage…
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The first thirty years after independence were a bumpy ride for the private car dream. Automobile was considered integral to India’s self sufficiency but the private car was not a part of that scheme. The government focused on setting up a manufacturing base for automobiles in India. But larger vehicles for defence and freight and mass transport se…
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A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was. Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties when Maruti 800 finally came along. However, attempts had begun as early as the 1930s to set up an automobile manufacturing industry in India. I take up this journ…
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A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was! Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties when Maruti 800 finally came along. However, attempts had begun as early as the 1930s to set up an automobile manufacturing industry in India. From the makers of H…
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HistoryChatter enters into contemporary history in this special episode. Anirban speaks to political scientists Prof. Sudha Pai and Dr. Sajjan Kumar on the recent past and prospects of Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh. Pai and Kumar have recently published the much-acclaimed book 'Maya, Modi and Azad: Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva'. They ar…
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Once the British conquered India, they invested in learning Indian languages. Initially, they searched for one common language for the whole subcontinent. The search for a common vernacular in India made an adventurer called John Gilchrist virtually invent a new language called Hindustani. The language was common enough in north India but its rise …
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There was some controversy about whether it was right or fair to clothe the nude bronze figurine from Mohenjo Daro when it was recently adopted as the mascot of an International Museum Expo, 2023 being held in New Delhi. Dr. Ashish Kumar, an expert in ancient Indian history who teaches at the Punjab University, Chandigarh in a freewheeling conversa…
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Cricket commentary has just turned hundred years old. It has undergone great transformation as it grew from modest beginnings in Australia and England in the 1920s. This episode looks into the debut and early history of cricket commentary in Australia, England, India and Pakistan. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and …
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India came close to testing an atomic bomb several times between 1974 and 1998. One of those times was in 1983 when Indira Gandhi withdrew authorization at the last moment. Narasimha Rao was about to test a nuclear weapon in 1995. This special episode examines why and how the test was considered necessary and why it could not be carried out. You ca…
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What happened to the Indian nuclear programme after the explosion? Did it settle into a regular rhythm of making bombs? Did it focus on producing electricity? Or did it lapse into factional fights and remain beholden to the personal interest of the Prime Minister? This final episode takes up these questions while examining the history of the prospe…
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India’s atomic energy research took a new turn by the 1960s. On the one hand, the atomic scientists had to seek out a new challenge as the objective of nuclear power production was within reach. They had to do something dramatic to maintain the top-secret status of their enterprise. The bomb was the obvious answer. On the other hand, Americans were…
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Atomic energy research in India made only modest progress in the early years. The cult of secrecy around it often provoked criticism. Indian atomic scientists were still years away from building a nuclear reactor. Finally, they were forced to approach various developed countries for cooperation. When the first nuclear reactors were built in India, …
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Indian scientists and politicians carried out vigorous discussions on how to organize advanced scientific research on an industrial scale in India as a means of development between 1938 and 1948. This episode revisits some of those conversations about the management of scientific research. At the same time, it looks into the politically charged pro…
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Science and technology were considered as the face of modernity in independent India. A mastery and application of technology on an industrial scale was perceived as the only means of delivering development and democracy rapidly and extensively. Atomic energy or nuclear technology was perceived as a necessary attribute of sovereignty and honour amo…
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Atomic energy research in India started well before independence, but since independence, it has assumed an uncontested priority above all other branches of science and technology. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, believed that countries that possessed nuclear energy alone would have the capacity to rule the future. He was convi…
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In the tenth and final episode of the series Bombay Born, I talk to Amrit Gangar, who has researching and writing on films and Bombay for over forty years now. A scholar, curator, archivist and the quintessential Bombayite, Mr. Gangar spoke to me about the unique qualities of Bombay or Mumbai as a city, how Bombay emerged as the capital of movie ma…
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The Bombay Chronicle emerged as the voice of Bombay by the early twentieth century. Between the 1910s and 1950s, but especially since the 1920s, it reflected the diverse interests of Bombay and yet always managed to remain loyal to the mainstream of Indian nationalism. This episode of HistoryChatter, of episode 9 of the series Bombay Born, recalls …
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Bombay was transformed from a prosperous port city to a major industrial metropolis largely through the expansion of the cotton textile industry. The growing mill industry called for labor. The influx also brought forth fresh challenges. Housing and sanitation for the vast incoming population, schools for their children, and medical aid called for …
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Bombay did not have respectable hotels even during the 1850s. There were some taverns but they did not attract the respectable folks, who usually found accommodation with friends or family. An enterprising Parsi set up the earliest modern hotel in Bombay with an in-house restaurant. I take up the early History of Hotels in Bombay in episode 7 of th…
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One of the factors which gradually rescued Mumbai or Bombay from the effects of the crash of 1865 was the development of an improved communication system. Episode 6 of Bombay Bombay born recalls the dramatic history of the postal services in Bombay, through the eyes of the businessmen of the times. The episode maps the communication revolution in n…
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Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the hands of speculators. From merchant princes to lowly menials, everyone in Bombay jumped right into the speculation mania. In the second part of understa…
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Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the hands of speculators. From merchant princes to lowly menials, everyone in Bombay jumped right into the speculation mania. I look into the details of thi…
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