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The Coffee House Experience

The Coffee House Experience

A Podcast to discuss things pertaining to Bengal and Bengali people. Our informal discussions (a.k.a. Adda in Bengali) are long, topical and largely spontaneous. We mostly talk in Bengali and occasionally in English. The channel is run by three Engineering graduates from Jadavpur University, namely, Pratyay Mukherjee, Srinjoy Ganguly and Soumik Ghosh.

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Ep#12 | Bangla Podcast | Adil Hossain | Muslims in...

The Coffee House Experience ·

2022/07/27

It is hard to deny that identity politics has been a mainstay of our polity since the inception of the Indian nation-state. However, can identity per se lend a suitable explanation to a host of social inequities which are a part and parcel of our lived reality? Or will an analysis through the prism of class struggle and the politics around citizenship yield more practicable insights? Adil Hossain, a political anthropologist, joins Pratyay, Srinjoy and Soumik to discuss all this and much more in this

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Ep#11 | Bangla Podcast | Avelo Roy | Adventures of...

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2022/07/26

Avelo Roy, a serial entrepreneur and an ISKCON follower, talks with Srinjoy and Soumik about his journey in the start-up space and venture capitals which is guided by the principles of Bhagavad Gita. His efforts through Kolkata Ventures in the past 2 years have resulted in 400+ revenue generating startups responsible for around 4500 new jobs created in 10 states of East India. Links: Avelo's Bio: https://aveloroy.com/avelo-roy/ Kolkata Ventures: https://kolkataventures.com/

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Ep#10 | Bangla Podcast | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |...

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2022/07/26

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, the eminent journalist explains various aspects of evolution of Indian media landscape starting from after the independence, went through breakthrough periods such as economic liberalization of 1991 and more recently transformed rapidly with the rise of social media and "fake news". Few relevant links: Paranjoy's homepage: https://paranjoy.in/ WIkipedia page on PGT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranjoy_Guha_Thakurta Article titled "Combating Fake News in India":

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Ep#9 | English Podcast | Janam Mukherjee | Bengal...

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2022/07/26

Prof. Janam Mukherjee, who grew up in the US, came to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1999 in his thirties and in search for his root. This journey of him turned out to be his career as well when he pursued his research into finding the history of 1940's Bengal and finding astonishing facts about 1943's Bengal famine. His work on this is documented in his book titled "Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire". In this episode he discusses about Bengal Famine of 1943 with Soumik, Srinjoy and

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Ep#8 | Bangla Podcast | Debasish Sen Sharma | Trends...

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2022/07/26

Pratyay and Srinjoy discusses with Debashish Sen Sharma about his journey as a filmmaker and a film academician, recent trends in Bangla cinema etc. Few relevant links: IMDB profile of Debasish Sen Sharma https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7338117/ Chaepani http://www.chaepani.com/ Article titled "Out of the Waiting Room of History: Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema of Partition" https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/out-of-the-waiting-room-of-history-ritwik-ghataks-cinema-of-partition/ Article titled "Humanism and

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Ep#7 | Bangla Podcast | Dr. Kunal Sarkar | Covid-19,...

The Coffee House Experience ·

2022/07/26

Dr. Kunal Sarkar talks with Pratyay and Srinjoy about Covid-19's most striking experiences as a health professional, the background of lab-made theory, pertinent policies and politics around it. A few relevant links: Dr. Sarkar’s upcoming book: The Sickness of Health https://www.patrabharati.com/shop/the-sickness-of-health/ The COVID lab-leak hypothesis (Nature article) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01529-3 New York Times article about denial of Covid-19

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Ep#6 | Bangla Podcast | Aritra Sen | From Circuits to...

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2022/07/26

Srinjoy and Pratyay talks with Aritra Sen, an engineer turned film producer/director about his amazing journey. Few relevant links: Aritra's IMDB profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9263470/ Roadshow films: http://roadshowfilms.in/

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Ep#5 | Bangla Podcast | Discussion | Operation Barga...

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2022/07/26

Pratyay and Srinjoy discussed Operation Barga of 1978, pertinent policies, background and aftermath. A few relevant resources follow: Srinjoy’s article “An eclectic demystification of Operation Barga” http://plpr-association.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2015_PLPR_SARC_Ganguly.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0kr7yXhRDRneQKiMCzAQFE7QmUDqk0eNl4NKaTHdUUYZKe2MXLjiL6ZUg Article by Bipab Dasgupta “Sharecropping in West Bengal-From Independence to Operation Barga” :

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Ep#4 | Bangla Podcast | Subhamoy Maitra | Trends in...

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2022/07/26

Pratyay and Srinjoy discusses with Prof. Subhamoy Maitra on his venture into political analysis from academia, assembly election 2021, political awareness of Bengalis etc. Links: Subhmoy Maitra's homepage: https://isi.irins.org/profile/61161 Neal Koblitz’s homepage: https://sites.math.washington.edu/~koblitz/ Article on food movement of 1959: http://www.mcrg.ac.in/PP56.pdf Article on Leftist organization led Kishan long march from Nasik to Mumbai:

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Ep#3 | Bangla Podcast | Discussion | Bengal Assembly...

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2022/07/26

Pratyay and Srinjoy discusses Bengal Assembly Election 2021 with stats, anecdotes and perceptions. A few relevant links: Statistical afternotes (https://thewire.in/politics/statistical-afternotes-tmc-may-have-won-bengal-but-bjp-did-not-do-badly) Some interesting stats (https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-trinamool-congress-wins-third-straight-term-in-west-bengal/article34491637.ece) How women voted

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Ep#2 | Bangla Podcast | The magical journey of a...

The Coffee House Experience ·

2022/07/26

In this episode Pratyay talked with Pratish Datta, a mathematician, specialized in the area of Cryptography. The discussion mostly focused onto his amazing journey as a visual impaired mathematician. They also talked about the tools and technology Pratish uses to perform research and his vision in life. Some relevant links: NTT Research Silicon Valley, CIS Lab (https://ntt-research.com/cis/) Pratish's Linkedin profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratish-datta) Pratish's intro at NTT

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Ep#1 | Bangla Podcast | Anujit Chakraborty | Studying...

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2022/07/23

In this episode Pratyay talked to Anujit Chakraborty (https://anujit.ucdavis.edu/about-me), Assistant Prof. of Economics at University of California, Davis. The discussion focuses on several topics, broadly categorized into five parts:Part-1: From Engineering to Economics - 00:24Part-2: Behavioral Economics - 15:14Part-3: Economic Decline of West Bengal - 30:30Part-4: Economic Impact of Covid-19 in India - 46:20Part-5: Public Education in India - 51:12A few relevant links:Anujit's homepage at UC

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