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Buy His Book: https://www.amazon.in/Masala-Body-Engineers-Guide-Eating/dp/9377300096 Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Krish-Ashok-Episode-Notes-3e336616963e80ffa5f0f31ddc39dbe2?source=copy_link Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description ========================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Krish Ashok is the science educator who has spent years talking Indians out of fearing their own food. A Chennai-born engineer by training, he built a 1.4 million-strong following by applying real science to the kitchen and calmly dismantling the panic around microwaves, frozen food, and drinking water with meals. His book Masala Lab decoded the science of Indian cooking. In this conversation he turns the same lens on the body: fat loss, protein, gut bacteria, supplements, and the wellness industry that profits from keeping you anxious. Evidence-first, unbothered by trends, and uninterested in the fear economy most health content runs on. Follow Krish Ashok on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_masalalab X: https://x.com/krishashok Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Coming Up 00:01:47 – The Food Fear Crisis 00:03:09 – Negativity Bias And Clickbait 00:07:53 – Cutting Protein On A Diet 00:09:34 – Food, Politics, And Religion 00:12:15 – Public Water And Hygiene 00:14:17 – Why Examine Your Poop 00:16:06 – Seven Types Of Poop 00:19:39 – Fat Loss Is Mostly Breathing 00:24:42 – GLP-1: India Vs America 00:28:11 – The Protein Obsession Problem 00:28:46 – Why Excess Protein Hurts You 00:36:08 – Eating Safe While Travelling 00:42:04 – Is Saturated Fat Really Bad 00:43:13 – Sugar Industry Paid Harvard 00:43:57 – Seed Oils Vs Ghee 00:47:49 – Nutrients Vs Whole Foods 00:48:49 – Supplements Are Expensive Urine 00:51:23 – Fat-Soluble Vitamins Can Overdose 00:51:45 – Chai And Iron Absorption 00:53:17 – Do Probiotics Actually Work 00:54:58 – Soluble Fiber Feeds Gut Bacteria 00:56:34 – Lactobacillus And Detox Cleanses 00:56:48 – H Pylori And Ulcers 01:01:06 – Gut Health Means Small Intestine 01:07:28 – Eno Does Not Fix Acidity 01:13:34 – Health Has Become Performative 01:14:54 – Vitamin D Deficiency Explained 01:16:53 – Melanin, Sunlight, And Skin Cancer 01:21:22 – Vegetarian Deficiencies And B12 01:22:31 – Vegan Diet Deficiency Risks 01:30:01 – Veg Vs Non-Veg Labels 01:31:53 – Hidden Sugar In Health Foods 01:33:07 – Ancestral Diets And Marketing 01:37:11 – Read Labels, Resist Marketing ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Pankaj-Saran-Former-Deputy-NSA-Episode-Notes-3db36616963e8097a65ecde64e903d63?source=copy_link ============================================================= Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Pankaj Saran spent four decades inside India's foreign and national security establishment. He served in the Prime Minister's Office under successive governments, was India's Ambassador to Russia and High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and from 2018 to 2021 was Deputy National Security Adviser under Narendra Modi. He has sat in closed-door summits with Vladimir Putin, was inside the PMO through the 26/11 attacks under Manmohan Singh, and saw up close how differently Modi and Manmohan ran the same office. Today he runs NatStrat, one of India's few serious strategic affairs think tanks. Blunt, precise, and completely uninterested in the myth-making around how power actually works. Follow Pankaj Saran on: X: https://x.com/PankajSaran11 NatStrat: https://natstrat.org Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Coming Up 00:01:37 – Meeting Putin Face To Face 00:03:29 – Putin's Note-Card Method 00:04:03 – What Putin Is Really Like 00:05:34 – Manmohan Singh Up Close 00:11:01 – 26/11 Hits The PMO 00:13:20 – Modi Versus Manmohan Singh 00:18:35 – Modi The Delhi Outsider 00:19:49 – Modi The Bold Risk-Taker 00:20:57 – Do Global Summits Actually Work 00:24:24 – Trump's On-Camera Deal Style 00:25:40 – Will India Bow To China 00:27:26 – Who Controls The World's Data 00:29:56 – Big Tech Bigger Than Nations 00:31:27 – Decouple Or De-Risk China 00:35:34 – Why India Has No Google 00:36:06 – India's New Civil Defence Force 00:38:53 – War Without Firing A Shot 00:40:58 – The World In Five Years 00:42:30 – The End Of Pax Americana 00:43:41 – Why India Won't Drop Russia 00:46:21 – Diplomacy Is A Chessboard 00:48:57 – Who Wants India To Rise 00:52:02 – What The PMO Actually Does 00:57:54 – Why India Created The NSA 01:01:53 – Telecom's 90% China Risk 01:05:08 – Will UPSC Be Scrapped 01:08:01 – Books That Shaped Him #bricssummit #bricssummit2026 #brics #modi #pmoindia #nsa ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Marine-Engineer-Harshal-Singh-Episode-Notes-3d536616963e80d29db4f7552240056f?source=copy_link ========================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ========================================================== Harshal Singh is a marine engineer who has spent most of his career on oil tankers. He emailed us from inside a war zone: stuck on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz while Iran blockaded it and traded fire with American forces, watching ships around him get hit by drones and missiles. One technical fault delayed his vessel by a day, and the ship that took his slot in the queue was struck by a missile the next morning. He lived the geopolitics most people only scroll past. He tells it with no drama and no myth-making about life at sea. In this episode, Vinamre and Harshal discuss: The Strait of Hormuz blockade from inside — Iran vs American forces, drone/missile-hit ships, and the delay that saved his shipShip-to-ship oil transfers, Sinokor tankers, and how Venezuela, Qatar and the VLCC trade move the world's crudeSeafarers abandoned at sea — unpaid wages, weak unions, and what happens when a shipping company walks awaySailor life nobody sees — Starlink at sea, onboard habits, food, and how it keeps the world's shelves stockedEvery kind of ship — cruise liners, bulk/car/livestock carriers, ULCCs, freak waves, and naval architects who design for themWhy he left an advertising degree for the sea — the best ports he's seen, and crew friendshipsWhat's next after years at sea, plus Vinamre's Japan trip and how travel changes worldview Follow Harshal Singh on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/from.sea.to.shore/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Coming Up 00:01:24 – Strait of Hormuz blockade 00:02:31 – Iran America war explained 00:05:42 – Missile hits next ship 00:06:55 – Somali pirates hijacking ships 00:08:59 – Pirate ransom and escorts 00:13:25 – One month Hormuz posting 00:22:59 – Ship to ship transfer 00:24:58 – Daily drone attacks at sea 00:31:12 – Sailor salary and pay 00:33:10 – Sinokor tanker company explained 00:34:23 – Venezuela oil and sanctions 00:38:37 – Qatar and Gulf power 00:42:24 – Drone jammers and defences 00:50:04 – Sailors left to die 00:55:31 – Sailor life and food 00:57:23 – Starlink drinking and smoking 00:59:44 – Why he became a sailor 01:01:01 – Most beautiful ports visited 01:03:13 – Cruise ships explained 01:05:31 – Bulk car and cattle carriers 01:08:04 – Freak waves and naval architects 01:11:53 – Friendships and stability at sea 01:14:00 – Learning cultures at sea 01:19:24 – Whats next and Japan ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Neuro Energy & Focus is available on Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart and Amazon. Or order at a discount on - https://neurogumindia.com/collections/all-products Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Vishal-Bhargava-Episode-Notes-3ce36616963e80e3ab4cdaa776572c52?source=copy_link ================================ Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ============================================= Vishal Bhargava is a real estate educator and former journalist who left banking to say what property brokers won't. He breaks down what homes in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore are actually worth on YouTube and X, and called Gurgaon a "house of cards" a year before its brokers turned bearish. He treats real estate as due diligence, not broker slogans. In this episode, Vinamre and Vishal discuss: Bandra's scarcity premium and crumbling infrastructureHow DLF, Hiranandani and Prestige became your municipalityBuilding a city from scratch and India's missing town squaresKilling a city (Kolkata's unions) and why Thane could overtake MumbaiMarine Drive's rent-controlled flats and Parsi colonies as planning masterclassMagarpatta's farmer-owned city and "creator zones"Rigged real estate content and brokers turning bearish on Gurgaon after him Follow Vishal Bhargava on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vishalbhargava5400 IG: https://www.instagram.com/vishal.bhargava.710/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Land Owners Control Everything 00:03:20 – Scarcity Premium, Bandra Truth 00:07:05 – Why Youth Avoid Property 00:09:15 – Real Estate Rewards Sophistication 00:10:27 – Replace Your Coffee With This 00:11:34 – Cities Crumbling: Water, Sewage 00:13:35 – Migration Alone Drives Prices 00:14:27 – DLF, Hiranandani, Prestige Playbook 00:18:01 – Making Indian Cities Livable 00:20:28 – Adani, Ambani Reshaping Mumbai 00:22:50 – Why Town Planners Fail 00:26:02 – Mumbai's Vanishing Open Spaces 00:28:09 – Roleplay: Design A City 00:29:37 – The New City Formula 00:31:53 – Sectors, Symbols, Town Squares 00:35:43 – Pay To Sit In Parks 00:40:32 – Define Your City's Identity 00:43:59 – Killing A City: Kolkata 00:45:55 – Thane Could Overtake Mumbai 00:46:45 – Navi Mumbai Beats Gurgaon 00:48:39 – Bangalore's Unbeatable Value 00:51:11 – Real Estate Nationalism Trap 00:53:04 – Marine Drive's ₹500 Rents 00:55:37 – Parsi Colonies Planning Masterclass 00:58:25 – India's Affordable Housing Failure 01:02:48 – When Two Cities Merge 01:05:21 – Magarpatta: City Built By Farmers 01:08:47 – Communal, Senior, Farm Living 01:15:23 – Special Creator Zones Idea 01:23:50 – Can't Criticise Real Estate 01:25:55 – Conclusion =========================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ========================= Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Neuro Energy & Focus is available on Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart and Amazon. Or order at a discount on - https://neurogumindia.com/collections/all-products ============================================================== Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Anirudhya-Mitra-Notes-3cb36616963e801f9810d0dc0a2423b1?pvs=73 • Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Anirudhya Mitra spent his years at India Today and The Times of India breaking the stories most reporters never got near: the Bofors scam, the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, the drug wars running through India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. His book Ninety Days, on the hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's killers, became a national bestseller and the basis for the SonyLIV series The Hunt. His latest, The Delhi Directive, goes inside R&AW's covert war and the operations Delhi will never admit to. He has spent decades cultivating intelligence sources, recording meetings no one knew were being recorded, and keeping notes on some of the most powerful men in the country. Blunt, precise, and completely unromantic about how the spy game actually works. In this episode, Vinamre and Anirudhya discuss: India's intelligence machine — RAW, IB, and how the NSA became its most powerful figure under Ajit DovalDawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon — empire-building over pure terror, and the ISI deal behind his Karachi refugeThe Nikhil Gupta case — Vikas Yadav, the Pannun plot, and a spy's life abroadJadhav, Bishnoi, Goldy Brar — why captured spies stay alive, and prisoner swaps via Meng WanzhouA.S. Dulat and whether agencies serve themselves or the governmentThe craft — secret recordings, notes on powerful men, phone tapping, and "off the record" costsCultivating sources — earning trust, resisting narratives, using AI to avoid being playedFollow Anirudhya Mitra on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anirudhya.mitra/ X: https://x.com/AnirudhyaMitra3 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Coming Up 00:02:02 - Intelligence hierarchy, Doval, Dhurandhar 00:07:18 - Replace your coffee with this 00:08:24 - Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon 00:12:17 - Nikhil Gupta, Vikas Yadav, Pannun 00:29:25 - Kulbhushan Jadhav, Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar 00:36:13 - Spy world goes mainstream, Dulat 00:40:40 - Head of R&AW 00:43:28 - Media controlled by the government 00:47:19 - Agencies: deep state or controlled? 00:54:19 - Secretly recording sources, sting stories 01:02:36 - Keeping notes on powerful people 01:09:32 - Off the record, sources, phone tapping 01:15:32 - Access to power, earning trust 01:23:11 - Fighting fake narratives, AI fact-check 01:30:11 - Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Air-Marshal-Anil-Chopra-Episode-Notes-3c736616963e8056a6a6eccb83b75ad6?source=copy_link =========================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Air Marshal Anil Chopra flew fighters and test aircraft across a full career in the Indian Air Force, from the Mirage 2000 to the Sukhoi. He was one of the first eight pilots trained in France on the Mirage 2000 and flew in the formation that brought it home to India. He is also the only air marshal in the world to have ejected from a fighter jet, at 59, over the Chambal ravines. These days he writes and argues about air power, and he does it without the usual doom or the usual chest-thumping. Sharp, optimistic, and completely at ease telling the war stories most men would bury. In this episode, Vinamre and Anil discuss: • China and Pakistan building fighters together — the JF-17 and J-10C, the PL-15 missiles that fell short in Operation Sindoor, and why the nexus worries Delhi • Why the F-35 is not really on offer to India — the S-400 catch, and 22 billion dollars of American hardware bought with zero technology transfer • The Kaveri engine — forty years, a "whole of nation failure", and why China spent 25 billion dollars and still can't sell an engine to anyone • Tejas and HAL — only 36 jets flying after a 2001 first flight, guaranteed profit for slow work, and why the next fighter is going to the private sector • China vs India across the Himalayas — 400 stealth jets against zero, and the airfield maths that still leaves the IAF sitting pretty • Ejecting from a Mirage 2000 at over 20 times gravity — the shoulder torn from its socket, the Chambal ravines, and the villager's Nokia that reached the Air Chief in three minutes Follow Air Marshal Anil Chopra on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chopsyturvey/ X: https://x.com/Chopsyturvey Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Coming Up 00:01:04 – Intro 00:02:39 – China Pakistan Fighter Jet Nexus 00:09:19 – Why India Won't Buy F-35 00:18:41 – Tejas Jet & HAL Delays 00:24:59 – Kaveri Engine: Why India Failed 00:33:47 – Fighter Jet Generations Explained 00:39:46 – China vs India Air Force 00:43:06 – Mirage 2000 Ejection Survival Story 01:04:05 – Civic Sense Problem In India 01:17:33 – Importance Of Sports In Life 01:23:19 – Tough vs Helicopter Parenting 01:26:14 – Why Army Officers Ride Horses 01:28:45 – Passion, Leisure & Army Paperwork 01:35:12 – Microlight Flying & Parasailing In India 01:39:53 – Final Thoughts On India's Future ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

His memoir, Ghosts on Peepal Trees: My Journey From Folktales to Forests, is out now on Amazon: https://amzn.in/d/0efGvEyp Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Peepal Baba, born Azad Jain and known formally as Swami Prem Parivartan, is the founder of Give Me Trees Trust and one of the most prolific tree planters India has ever produced. He planted his first tree on his eleventh birthday in 1977 and has not stopped since. Across fifty years, he and his volunteers have planted and preserved over 25 million trees and restored close to 2.7 lakh hectares of land across 21 states, with more than a crore of them peepal trees planted by his own hand. He is an Osho sannyasi who treats planting as a spiritual practice, and he is completely uninterested in slogans, panels, or the doom-industry around the environment. What he offers instead is five decades of grassroots work and some blunt, uncomfortable opinions about land, cities, and what Indians get wrong about both. In this episode, Vinamre and Peepal Baba discuss: Why wealthy Indians are quietly buying farmland — farmhouse culture, post-COVID reverse migration, and why he says your 16th-floor flat was never real estateHow a beginner actually starts — 40 balcony pots before buying land, gardener before farmer, and his three-step method for studentsThe truth about organic farming — why he calls certification a racket, what "natural farming" really means, and his national challenge to grow a bigger bottle gourd chemical-freeDelhi's pollution, reframed — not an AQI problem but an "88% encroachment" problem, and how Swachh Bharat could fix itWhat he'd do as Delhi's town planner — no politicians on the board, lessons from Singapore and Chandigarh, and why ugly cities breed depressionHis 49-year love for the peepal tree — the "ghost tree" superstition, why it's a keystone species, and why he changed his name from Azad Jain His memoir, Ghosts on Peepal Trees: My Journey From Folktales to Forests (Ebury Press / Penguin), is out now on Amazon and Flipkart. Follow Peepal Baba on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peepalbaba Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peepalbaba Give Me Trees Trust: https://givemetrees.org Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Coming Up 00:00:50 – Why Everyone Wants Farmland 00:07:25 – Who's Buying Farmland Now 00:14:46 – City vs Farm Living 00:22:01 – A Day On The Farm 00:29:01 – Why Land Means Jobs 00:36:18 – How To Start Farming 00:52:36 – Natural vs Chemical Farming 01:04:16 – Delhi's Real Pollution Problem 01:17:29 – Fixing Cities Like Singapore 01:23:19 – Farm Life & Time 01:24:37 – Barefoot Walking & Rituals 01:26:00 – The Sacred Peepal Tree ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Abhijit-Iyer-Mitra-Episode-Notes-3be36616963e80858d36eb973dc1a53c?source=copy_link ==================================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is a defence and geopolitics analyst who made his name saying the things most commentators hedge. He reads the primary documents, follows the money, and interrogates ideology instead of wearing it. Here he turns that lens on the Cockroach Janta Party and its founder, Abhijit Dipke — the Boston University degree, the funding that doesn't add up, and the AAP machinery sitting under the satire. He is blunt, forensic, and completely uninterested in the hero story being built around India's newest protest movement. In this episode, Vinamre and Abhijit discuss: - Why he calls the Cockroach Janta Party an AAP rebuild — Dipke's 2020–2023 meme work for the party, and how an online joke became a Jantar Mantar movement - The Boston University degree, line by line — the missing graduation, a $12,500 scholarship against a $48,000 semester, and why he says no communications student writes this badly - "Deep state" versus real intelligence operations — the total absence of Dipke's digital trail in the US, and what Abhijit thinks it actually points to - Narrative as a weapon — P. Chidambaram, the myth of "ground reality," and why he argues truth is now whatever gets amplified loudest - Why Che Guevara is still a campus hero — the torture, the Stalin and Mao double standard, and how the left rewrote fascism and captured the humanities - Marco Rubio in Kolkata and the "anti-national" funding question — Dinesh Thakur, the Gautam Adani acquittal, and Umar Khalid's bail - The Tarun Tejpal and Newslaundry saga — the reversed acquittal, his case against the newsroom, who he says was writing the cheques, and his advice to anyone entering journalism Follow Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abhijitiyermitra/ X: https://x.com/Iyervval Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Reality of CJP 00:06:11 – Bharadwaj–Saurav Das link 00:10:52 – CJP vs AAP 00:14:46 – Boston University degree thread 00:18:04 – Did Dipke graduate? 00:29:22 – BU spy activity claims 00:36:27 – Narrative vs truth 00:41:01 – Chidambaram, ground reality 00:46:36 – Che Guevara hero worship 00:54:59 – Scandinavia communism myth 00:59:45 – Marco Rubio, foreign funding 01:05:18 – Adani, Umar Khalid 01:12:09 – Tarun Tejpal, Newslaundry 01:24:16 – Who funds Newslaundry? 01:29:11 – Journalism career advice 01:31:40 – Conclusion ================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== This is Dostcast Live 01, our first-ever live show. After eight years of podcasting, we put the podcast on a stage in Bangalore and spent two hours on the one industry nobody talks about in public. Niks Indian is India's most recognisable adult content creator. No script, no safety net, in front of a live crowd. The wildest thing Dostcast has done yet. In this episode, Vinamre and Niks discuss: • What adult stars actually earn, why only 0.5% ever make millions, and how much piracy eats into the business • The real strategy behind going viral: knowing your audience, and why a sari outperforms everything else for Indian viewers • Niks' subscription model, how he scouts and pays performers, and why he refuses fan video calls at any price • Writing, directing and acting his own scenes, plus the sponsorships that funded a large chunk of his career • How the "Niks Indian" name was a pure SEO play that still pays off years later Follow Niks Indian on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theniksindian/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:30 How Much Adult Stars Actually Earn 6:40 Dealing With Piracy 10:40 How To Go Viral 14:40 Niks' Business Model 17:00 Writing, Directing & Acting 21:10 Competition & Sponsorships 23:00 Scouting & Paying Performers 25:00 Jealousy In The Industry 26:30 Video vs Real Life 28:00 A Day In Niks' Life 32:00 Legally Shooting 36:20 Ethics & Morality 44:10 How Niks Stays Healthy 48:40 India: Before vs Now 52:40 The Indian Psyche Exposed 55:20 Building A Career In This Industry 57:00 How The Niks Indian Name Was Born 1:00:00 Q&A 1:16:00 Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Apar Gupta is a Supreme Court lawyer and co-founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation. He was part of the legal team behind Shreya Singhal v. Union of India — the case that struck down Section 66A of the IT Act. For over a decade, Apar has litigated India's biggest digital rights cases — fighting censorship, mass surveillance, and blocking orders against every government in power, not just this one. Where most tech commentary in India stays in English op-eds, he operates inside the courtrooms actually shaping what you can post, watch, and read online. Blunt, uninterested in TV-panel theatrics, and clear that free speech in India isn't dying — it's being managed. In this episode, Vinamre and Apar discuss: Data mining, dark patterns, and how apps profile you before you even sign upHyderabad's surveillance, the 26/11 tapes, and "national security" as an excuse for overreachAI and privacy — books pulped for LLM training, and lawyers already using ClaudeFighting every government — 6000 blocking orders, the Section 66A win, and Meta/X's deals with the stateSelf-censorship among creators, and what politicians want from podcasters. Follow Apar Gupta on: X: https://x.com/apar1984 Internet Freedom Foundation: https://internetfreedom.in Timestamps: 0:00 – Coming Up 1:30 – Data Mining At Cafes 6:15 – Individualised Pricing Explained 10:34 – Dark Patterns In Apps 12:07 – How Cookies Track You 15:08 – Who Sells Your Data 18:11 – Right To Privacy India 22:43 – Indian Police Structure Problem 24:51 – Hyderabad Most Surveilled City 25:43 – National Security vs Privacy 28:45 – 26/11 & David Headley 31:50 – Running AI On Your Data 37:50 – How Apar Stays Private 38:52 – Health Tracking & Screen Time 40:19 – Books Pulped For AI 43:09 – AI-Written Manifestos 44:35 – Lawyers Using Claude AI 46:14 – Why Telegram Got Banned 51:16 – WhatsApp vs Telegram vs Signal 53:30 – How Apar Started IFF 59:07 – Fighting Every Government 1:00:38 – Free Speech In India 1:04:10 – RK Laxman & Satire 1:08:10 – Govt Deal With Meta & X 1:12:10 – Congress Era Censorship 1:17:12 – 6000 Blocking Orders 1:21:30 – Creators Self-Censoring 1:26:16 – Why X Still Runs In India 1:30:48 – Clickbait Headlines Game 1:33:48 – Rise Of New Media 1:36:48 – Politicians & Podcasters 1:42:51 – Substack & Media Prestige 1:45:38 – Future Of Internet Freedom 1:48:56 – Digital Literacy & Jobs 1:53:27 – Can We Log Off? 1:57:59 – Writing On Paper Again 2:01:34 – Dark Web Reality 2:04:01 – Nehru Place Computer Market 2:04:38 – Blue Whale Challenge 2:07:07 – Apar's Book Influences 2:13:12 – Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Sarthak Goswami is a Delhi-based news and entertainment creator who covered the CJP protest from inside it — days on the ground, through the lathi charge and a barricaded crowd that came close to a stampede. He came up making satire out of Indian political news, and his documentary on the protest put him inside the story he was there to report. Blunt about the media he came up in, honest about the protest's own contradictions, and done with the myth-making on every side. In this episode, Vinamre and Sarthak discuss: • The Sonam Wangchuk moment that made him go all in — the on-ground reality versus the social-media narrative, and how the algorithm decided what the protest "was" • His actual breaking point — the internet blackout, the communication jam, and how close the barricaded crowd came to a stampede • CJP's one demand BJP never met — no FIRs against protesters — plus the "toolkit" question, mass psychosis, and whether more censorship is coming • Why national news isn't 24/7 propaganda — how critical stories get buried in low-viewership slots while prime time runs the agenda • Satire heroes Shekhar Suman and Ajeet Bharti, Delhi food, unexpected Manipur, the calm of Kerala — and what's next for the channel Follow Sarthak Goswami on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SundaySarthak Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:20 Sonam Wangchuk Moment 2:45 Reality vs Narrative 6:47 What Stayed True 9:49 Political Content Pointless? 16:07 The Crying Policeman 26:51 Breaking Point 30:20 Just BJP Hate? 32:42 New Political Movements 34:51 More Censorship Coming? 42:35 Is Media Bought? 1:00:57 His Origin Story 1:02:13 Satire Heroes 1:03:20 Comedy & Books 1:10:42 Parents' Reaction 1:11:19 Delhi Life & Food 1:15:38 Manipur & Kerala 1:22:04 What's Next? ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DostcastClips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned — and this is the video that said it wouldn't matter. For 12 years Vinamre let experts, podcast guests and news channels tell him what India is. This time he put the phone down and spent three days at Jantar Mantar — July 21st, 22nd and 23rd — inside the NEET protest, watching a student movement with his own eyes. No research, no facts, no narrative. Just what he saw, and why he thinks getting a minister to quit changes nothing. Live offline, publish online. In this video, Vinamre breaks down: - Three days at Jantar Mantar — why he walked in expecting "woke JNU types" and why the crowd changed his mind - The July 20th lathicharge — women slapped, children beaten, and why he says it undid 12 years of Modi's PR in one afternoon - The Cockroach Janata Party — how an ex-AAP PR guy turned an insult into a movement, and why Gen Z won't be fooled by it or anyone - Mob psychology on both sides — when personal responsibility switches off, for police and protesters alike - A blunt message to Narendra Modi's PR team — stop the myth-making before reality tarnishes the legacy - Why the rich, the finger-wagging old, and the silent podcasters all need to touch grass and see it themselves ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Try Wispr Flow 2 months for free: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/dostcastxwispr Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== From going viral on India’s Got Latent to navigating the unpredictable world of live comedy, Avinash shares what it’s really like to build a career as a stand-up comic in India. In this episode, we talk about how he got on India’s Got Latent, the psychology behind performing on stage, why comedians develop a thick skin, and how they deal with audiences that don’t laugh. We also dive into communication coaching, handling nerves before a show, maintaining work-life balance, and whether stand-up comedy is secretly one of the most humiliating professions in the world. If you enjoy conversations on comedy, psychology, self-improvement, and the realities of building a creative career, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share the episode. ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Boost your focus with Neurogum—a cleaner, faster alternative to coffee: https://neurogumindia.com Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Every guy has quietly Googled his testosterone, his hairline, his height, or his jaw. Most of what comes back is noise. So Dostcast put three people who actually know in one room — an endocrinologist, a cosmetic surgeon, and a looksmaxxer who's done the work on himself. Hormones, gynecomastia, limb lengthening, skin, attraction, and the surgeries nobody admits to. Honest answers on what works, what's a waste of money, and how far you can really push it. In this episode, Vinamre, Ancho Man, Dr Amit Gupta and Dr Arun Kumar discuss: • Whether life is genuinely rigged against ugly people • How to actually optimise testosterone — and the drink they rate over coffee • Gynecomastia: why men get it and how it's fixed • Limb lengthening surgery and the real cost of being short • Which procedures young guys should think about, and which to avoid • Ancho's own looksmaxxing transformation and how far he can still go • Skin tone, attraction, and the wildest stories from the operating table Follow Ancho Man on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anchoman_/ Follow Dr Amit Gupta on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plasticsurgeonamitgupta/ Timestamps: 0:00 Coming Up & Introduction 2:56 Is life rigged against ugly? 5:21 Biggest endocrine issues in men 7:15 How hormones shape your voice 8:33 This replaces your coffee 9:36 How to max testosterone 12:01 Gynecomastia explained 22:31 Limb lengthening for height 28:36 Best procedures for young guys 35:41 Ancho's looksmaxxing journey 40:01 OCD in surgery patients 43:21 How Ancho improves further 52:01 Looks vs merit vs perception 59:31 Natural vs surgical looksmaxxing 1:05:21 Optimising your skin tone 1:11:01 Attraction and the opposite sex 1:15:41 Crazy surgery stories 1:24:16 Best advice for anyone 1:30:01 Before and after surgery 1:35:31 Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Aahil Ibrani is one of the most refreshingly unfiltered voices on gay life in India — funny, fearless, and willing to say out loud what most people only whisper. Aahil brings pop-culture wit, lived experience, and zero performative politeness to one of the most candid conversations Dostcast has ever recorded. In this episode, Vinamre and Aahil discuss: • Why so many Indian men still can't accept they're gay — and when Aahil knew he was • Anal hygiene, bottoming, prostate pleasure, and the things nobody explains • Delhi orgies, OYO horror stories, and one unforgettable Grindr encounter at the gym • Stigma post-377, why Indians still judge gays in public, and whether it'll ever change • Aahil's honest take on sex change operations, sexual identity, and why "no one is straight" Follow Aahil Ibrani on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aahil_ibranii/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 Coming up 00:01:01 Why gay men hide it 00:03:31 When Aahil knew 00:04:53 Grindr scams and safety 00:14:37 Hygiene and prep 00:18:55 Pleasure and lasting longer 00:22:27 Delhi parties and events 00:24:12 OYO hotel stories 00:25:20 Wild Grindr story 00:27:36 Stigma and 377 00:31:12 Straight men and trans 00:32:24 Public judgement 00:37:23 Monogamy and Grindr 00:40:27 Pakistani DMs and loneliness 00:44:54 Scary encounters and safety 00:52:26 Open relationships and more 00:54:53 Famous gay people 00:55:53 Gay vs trans acceptance 00:57:27 Identity and transition 01:15:21 Kids and marriage law 01:17:11 The Q in LGBTQ 01:18:17 Childhood and personal story 01:28:08 Class and attitude 01:32:51 Different desire levels 01:33:52 Frustration story 01:45:31 Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: [email protected]