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Dr Samudra Gupta Kashyap, former Northeast Correspondent, former State Information Commissioner, Assam and currently Chancellor, Nagaland University, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on Bangladesh's political turmoil and its impact on India's northeast,

Indian writer and columnist Shobhaa Dé speaks with Mayank Chhaya on her latest book ‘The Sensuous Self: Explorations of Love, Sex & Romance’ | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd.), former DG, Military Operations, Indian Army and Director, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, New Delhi speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on growing anti-India activities in Bangladesh and Pakistan-China intel collusion | SAM Co

Dr Anugyan Nag, who teaches Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, speaks with C Uday Bhaskar on legendary Indian filmmaker Ritwik Gatak whose birth centenary is on Nov 4 | SAM Conversation

Sanjoy Hazarika speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his new book “River Traveler: Journeys on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal’ | SAM Conversation

Dr. Smruti Pattanaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the renewal of India-Afghanistan relations | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar (Retd.), strategic and security affairs analyst, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on growing India-US friction post Op Sindoor | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks to Anil Rajvanshi, academic, innovator and holistic development proponent, on the "epidemic" of student suicides in India | SAM Conversation

Tarun Basu speaks with C Uday Bhaskar on Tianjin summitry and its signaling | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen PJS Pannu (Retd.), Senior Advisor to Space Industries Association of India, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on Role of Space in Future Warfare | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal (Retd.), former Adjutant General, Indian Army speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on his book of memories in poems titled Yaadein Purani (in both English and Devnaagri scripts) | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen RS Sujlana (Retd.), former Commandant, Indian Military Academy, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on his latest book, Peasants to Warriors: A Travelogue of Sikh Soldiering | SAM Conversation

Tenzin Lekshay, Spokesperson & Additional Secretary (International Relations), Central Tibetan Administration, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the Dalai Lama's assertion on reincarnation and its implications | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks to Dr. Orville Schell, one of America's foremost China-Tibet scholars | SAM Conversation

General MM Naravane (Retd.), former Indian Army Chief, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on his new book ‘The Cantonment Conspiracy’ | SAM Conversation

Dr. Robert Thurman, a respected scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama's close friend of over six decades, speaks to Mayank Chhaya on the Dalai Lama at 90 and his succession plans | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd.) former DG, Defence Intelligence Agency & President, Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on Israel-Iran war’s impact on India | SAM Conversation

Indian writer and journalist Amrita Shah discusses her latest book "The Other Mohan in Britain's Indian Ocean Empire" with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Dr. Harinder Sekhon, Distinguished Fellow, CUTS International and former Intelligence Analyst, National Security Council Secretariat, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the need to review India-US relations | SAM Conversation

Jappandeep Kour a doctoral candidate at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University speaks with C Uday Bhaskar on Israeli strikes on Iran | SAM Conversation (Hindi)

Jappandeep Kour a doctoral candidate at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University speaks with C Uday Bhaskar on Israeli strikes on Iran | SAM Conversation

Desh Kapoor, Atlanta, US-based geopolitical observer and analyst, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on how India wrought devastation on Pakistani military infrastructure during Op Sindoor | SAM Conversation

Aparna Rawal, researcher-analyst on the AfPak region, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on Pakistan's recent alliances with terror networks and their implications for regional and global security | SAM Conversation

Indian peace activist O P Shah speaks with Tarun Basu and C Uday Bhaskar on peace prospects in subcontinent | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Prabir Chakravarty (Retd.) Additional Director General, Artillery and Advisor, BrahMos Aerospace speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the drone war in the recent Indo-Pak conflict | SAM Conversation

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) speaks with Mugdha on Pakistan Army chief, Gen Asim Munir’s elevation to Field Marshal rank and its implications | SAM Conversation (Hindi)

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir’s elevation as field marshal | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on how the world media viewed India’s Op Sindoor | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (Retd.) former ADG, Military Operations & Visiting Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on India’s Op Sindoor and what it achieved | SAM Conversation

Indian journalist and political commentator Ashutosh speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his new book "Reclaiming Bharat" | SAM Conversation

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) speaks with Tarun Basu on the latest bout of India-Pakistan conflict and the dramatic ceasefire: What now? | SAM Conversation

Mallika Sarabhai speaks with Mayank Chhaya on 75 years of an iconic performing arts academy | SAM Conversation

Investigative journalist Chitra Subramaniam speaks with Mayank Chhaya on her new book Boforsgate, the scandal that brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989 | SAM Conversation

Srinagar-based journalist and writer Zafar Choudhary speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the Pahalgam terror attack and its implications | SAM Conversation

Well-known science journalist and writer Dinesh Sharma speaks with Mayank Chhaya on India’s extraordinary space journey centred on his book ‘Space: The India Story’ | SAM Conversation

Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on How Nalanda changed the world | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd.), former DG, Infantry, Indian Army speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the implications of the stepped-up attacks by Baloch rebels in Pakistan | SAM Conversation

Michael Sternfeld, Ramayana scholar, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd.), former founder Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency and President of Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on future of India-Bangladesh relations | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institute of India and Editor, Salute speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on implications of US initiating peace talks with Russia | SAM Conversation

Writer Sathya Saran speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his book 'Caged Memories Have Names', an English translation of poet-lyricist Gulzar’s writings in Hindi | SAM Conversation

Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (Retd.), former AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on the critical shortage of combat aircaft in the Indian Air Force and its implications | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Sudhir Vombatkere (Retd.), strategic affairs commentator, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on applying India's ancient military wisdom to address its security challenges | SAM Conversation

Lt. Gen. Kamal Davar (Retd), former Founder DG, Defence Intelligence Agency and President, Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on political turmoil in Pakistan, Af-Pak hostilities and impact on India | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on India's defence budget | SAM Conversation

Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, economist and aide to former PM Manmohan Singh, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Amb. Abhay Kumar, Indian diplomat, author and poet, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Aparna Rawal, security researcher and analyst, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (Retd.) on changing Af-Psk dynamics as Afghan Taliban warms up to India | SAM Conversation

Srinagar-born, Mumbai-based Kashmiri writer-filmmaker Mehak Jamal speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, former Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on changes in Myanmar affecting India | SAM Conversation

India’s best known TV anchor and political commentator Rajdeep Sardesai speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Vikram Jit Singh, journalist and author of Flowers on a Kargil Cliff that narrates powerful human stories of love and loss in the 1999 Kargil War, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) | SAM Conversation

Ambassador Dilip Sinha (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the turmoil in Bangladesh and its impact on India | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen A.K. Bhatt (retd), DG, Indian Space Association speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on new space-age opportunities for India's armed forces | SAM Conversation

Dr. Smruti Pattanaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the Bangladesh transition and its implications for South Asia | SAM Conversation

SAM Conversation with experts from US, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Trump’s election: Outlook for South Asia

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (retd), former DG, Military Operations and Director, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, New Delhi speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the India-China border disenagement and prospects | SAM Conversation

Former Indian Ambassador Dilip Sinha speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on his recent book “Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty” | SAM Conversation

Terry Milewski, one of Canada’s best-known journalists and writers who has spent decades tracking the pro-Khalistan movement, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the sharp downturn in Canada-India relations | SAM Conversation

Tanuja Joshi, MD, Venu Eye Hospital, New Delhi, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the fight against blindness in India that has a fifth of the world’s blind | SAM Conversation

Col Rajinder Singh Kushwaha (retd.), formerly of Bihar Regiment that lost 20 soldiers at Galwan in 2020, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on why China cannot be trusted | SAM Conversation

Why Maldives had to make a u-turn on India | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks about Mahatma Gandhi and his concept of trusteeship | SAM Conversation

Nepalese American artist Tenzing Rigdol speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Ashok Sajjanhar, former Indian ambassador speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on Quad and its future | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Rajan Bakshi (retd.), former GOC-in-C Central Command, Indian Army speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the continuing border standoff with China | SAM Conversation

Mahbouba Seraj, Afghan women's rights activist, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the Taliban's new draconian restrictions | SAM Conversation

Javed Akhtar, Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the famous Salim-Javed storywriting duo of Hindi cinema | SAM Conversation

Air Commodore (Dr) Anurakshat Gupta speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on India’s military history | SAM Conversation

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Professor, Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India and Non resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS, Singapore speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the crisis in Bangladesh and implications for India

Mahendra Ved, Veteran journalist and Bangladesh expert, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd.), speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on '25 years since the Kargil confrontation: Have we learnt any lessons?' | SAM Conversation

Dr Aman Hingorani, Senior Advocate, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on his book Unravelling the Kashmir knot: Past, Present and Future | SAM Conversation

Youdon Aukatsang, Member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Dharamsala speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on recent developments on Tibet | SAM Conversation

N C Bipindra, Indian defence analyst, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on China’s covert influence operations in India | SAM Conversation

Tsewang Dorji, Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute, Dharamsala speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on recent developments in Tibet | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Mrinal Suman (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on Tibet and its future | SAM Conversation

Col Gautam Das (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on his book “Crafting a New Indian Art of War For Future Challenges” | SAM Conversation

Ruhan Kapoor, singer-actor son of Mahendra Kapoor, who sang some of Hindi cinema’s most iconic songs, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Mahendra Kapoor’s 90th birth anniversary | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Mrinal Suman (retd.), military analyst, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the current situation in Jammu & Kashmir | SAM Conversation

Maroof Raza, Indian strategic affairs commentator and author of Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan (retd.), former Indian Defence Attache at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on India-Nepal relations based on his recent book | SAM Conversation

Rajiv Bhatia, former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the situation in Mynmar and its implications for India | SAM Conversation

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (retd.) former FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on the Indian Navy’s Indian Ocean challenges and outreach | SAM Conversation

Beena Sarwar, Boston-based Pakistani journalist and South Asian peace activist speaks with Tarun Basu | SAM Conversation

Sugeeswara Senadhira, Advisor (Media & International Affairs) to Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena speaks with Mayank Chhaya on India, Sri Lanka & #Katchatheevu | SAM Conversation

Aparna Rawal, specialist on the AfPak region speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on Pakistan's growing security challenges on its western border and Indian defence minister's offer for the first time to help Pakistan counter terrorism | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on India-China border talks. Should they be continued? | SAM Conversation

New York-based writer and columnist Shomik Chaudhuri speaks with Mayank Chhaya on consciousness and human existence | SAM Conversation

Meena Karnik, eminent Marathi film critic and writer, speaks to Mayank Chhaya on Hindi cinema romance from #DevAnand to #ShahRukhKhan | SAM Conversation

Pakistani journalist-author Mujahid Hussain speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on what the future holds for Pakistan | SAM Conversation

Pakistani journalist and peace activist Beena Sarwar speaks with Mayank Chhaya from Lahore | SAM Conversation

Aparna Rawal, Mumbai-based terrorism researcher and analyst speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar (retd.) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd.) on corporatization of Indian ordnance factories | SAM Conversation

Raoof Hasan, spokesman for former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's PTI party, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Brig PS Gothra (retd), whose book titled Plot, Lies & Deceit Pulwama & Balakot has just been published by Sabra & Quill, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Maj Gen Ashok Kumar, author, China Betrays Again, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Kabul-based Afghan women and child rights campaigner Mahbouba Seraj speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Riva Ganguly Das, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, speaks with Dr Koyel Basu | SAM Conversation (Bengali)

Neena Rai, author of Amazing Ayodhya, speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

C Uday Bhaskar, Director SPS speaks to The Federal

S Venkat Narayan, international affairs commentator, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the recent Bangladesh elections | SAM Conversation

Dr Sreeradha Dutta, Professor, Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India speaks with Dr Koyel Basu on the coming Bangladesh elections | SAM Conversation

Indian journalist-columnist Mahendra Ved speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his recently published memoirs | SAM Conversation

British historian and writer Katherine Schofield speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the evolution of Hindustani classical music | SAM Conversation

Cdr(Dr) Arnab Das speaks to Mayank Chhaya on importance of Underwater Domain Awareness | SAM Conversation

Tencho Gyatso, President, International Campaign for Tibet, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the silence on Tibet | SAM Conversation

"Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) Framework and the SAGAR Vision"

Political Commentator Ashutosh speaks with Mayank Chhaya on 'What's in store for India in 2024 parliamentary elections?' | SAM Conversation

Pakistani journalist and author Mujahid Hussain speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) on the return of former PM Nawaz Sharif | SAM Conversation

Sonia Shah, science journalist and author, speaks with Mayank Chhaya Reports on 'Are animals talking?' | SAM Conversation

Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson professor of history at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan and its foundational weaknesses | SAM Conversation

Canadian journalist Terry Milewski speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the latest crisis in India-Canada ties brought about by Sikh separatists | SAM Conversation

Canadian journalist-writer Terry Milewski speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the Khalistan movement and it’s implications for India-Canada ties | SAM Conversation

Singapore-based journalist Ravi Velloor on election of T Shanmugaratnam as the city-state’s new president | SAM Conversation

Indo-British neuroscientist Anil Seth speaks with Mayank Chhaya on AI and consciousness | SAM Conversation

Indo Canadian professor Rajendra Gupta speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the age of the universe | SAM Conversation

Pakistani journalist and author Mujahid Hussain speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) on the turmoil in Pakistan | SAM Conversation

Sonu Mishra, twice Emmy-nominated, Rome-based Indian costume designer, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on fabrics and fashion | SAM Conversation

Dr Mallika Sarabhai, daughter of Indian space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on India’s moon landing | SAM Conversation

Mumbai-based educator Swaroop Sampat Rawal speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the concept of 'bagless education' | SAM Conversation

Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) party information secretary Raoof Hasan on Imran Khan and his political future | SAM Conversation

'Kashmir the Land of the Rishis: A Journey Through Time' | SAM Conversation

Life and times of former Indian Navy Chief Admiral R L Pereira whose birth centenary is being observed this year | SAM Conversation

NYTimes best-selling author Alka Joshi speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Can ISIS be weeded out of India? | SAM Conversation

Pavan Varma, politician, social thinker and author, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on India’s middle class | SAM Conversation

Raoof Hasan, Founder Chief Executive Regional Peace Institute, Islamabad, and former special adviser to ex PM Imran Khan, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Veteran Indian journalist S. Venkat Narayan speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Amb Arun K Singh, former Indian Ambassador to the US, France and Israel speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Raoof Hasan, former special adviser to former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, speaks to Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan's current ferment | SAM Conversation

C Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Studies, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan's compounded crises | SAM Conversation

Deepak Vohra, former Indian ambassador to Sudan, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the crisis engulfing the northeast African nation | SAM Conversation

Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his life in music | SAM Conversation

Royal Indian Navy sailors' uprising in February 1946 hastened British exit of India | SAM Conversation

India's relief diplomacy with Turkiye and fraught Ankara-Delhi ties | SAM Conversation

Myanmar's civil war and its impact on India's North East / panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Dr. N Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-British astronomer, mathematician and astrobiologist, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Anwar Iqbal, Washington correspondent of Pakistan's leading newspaper Dawn, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Celebrity Indian writer and columnist Shobha De speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Australian immunologist Nikolai Petrovsky speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Wuhan virus leak that caused Covid epidemic | SAM Conversation

Brig AP Singh (retd) speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) on Grandeur of India’s ancient temple architecture | SAM Conversation

C Uday Bhaskar, Indian strategic analyst, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan’s general turned president Pervez Musharraf’s legacy | SAM Conversation

High-altitude tank warfare /panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Seema Sirohi, veteran journalist and writer, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on 'Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story' | SAM Conversation

India's celebrated poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Mahbouba Seraj, one of Afghanistan's most prominent women's rights activists, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Taliban ‘erasing’ women from public life | SAM Conversation

Jawahar Lal Kaul, author of Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise speaks with Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Lt Gen Rajan Bakhshi, author of Cavalier's Take; Memoirs of a Soldier's General discusses, among other things, with Col Anil Bhat (retd) on tank deployment in the Line of Actual Control with China | SAM Conversation

The musical world of S D Burman: Biographer Sathya Saran speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Are India’s intellectuals “anti-India”?/Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

India's military use of space / moderator Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Indian danseuse Mallika Sarabhai's experiments with living: speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Induction of Light Combat Helicopter in Indian Armed Forces and their strategic implications /panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

The untold Siachen story: The world’s highest battleground/panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Traffic expert Vidyadhar Date speaks with Mayank Chhaya on India's spiralling road deaths | SAM Conversation

India's Internal Security Challenges | SAM Public Lecture at India International Centre on September 27, 2022

Growing radicalisation in Assam and northeast India: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার ভারত সফর | শ্রীরাধা দত্ত সঙ্গে স্বদেশ রায় এর আলোচনা

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd), strategic analyst, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on INS Vikrant and India's growing naval power | SAM Conversation

Northeast extremism and peace process: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Mahbouba Seraj, founder of Afghan Women’s Network, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Anil Rajvanshi, renewable energy expert, rural technology innovator and spiritual thinker, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Abhay Ashtekar, US-based theoretical physicist, speaks with Mayank Chhaya, on Oppenheimer, atomic bomb and the Bhagavad Gita | SAM Conversation

PLA’s stepped up activities at LAC and future of India-China ties: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Dr Tony Nader, Lebanese neuroscientist and exponent of Vedic learning, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Lisa Singh, CEO, Australia India Institute, Melbourne and Amb Amit Dasgupta (retd) discuss Australia-India ties with Tarun Basu | SAM Conversation

‘Tour of Duty': A controversial new proposal on short-term recruitment for India's armed forces: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Nuclear Challenges to India’s Security: panel moderated by Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd) | IIC-SPS Public Lecture

Aishani Jayasinghe, Colombo-based architect and social media activist, speaks with Mayank Chhaya, on the citizen's uprising in Sri Lanka | SAM Conversation

Beijing’s suspected biowarfare research with Pakistan: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Ukraine War: Impact on India’s Energy Security: panel moderated by Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd) | SPS-IIC Public Lecture

Anwar Iqbal, Washington correspondent of Karachi-based Dawn newspaper, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on the dramatic turn of events in Pakistan | SAM Conversation

Afghan women's rights activist and journalist Mahbouba Seraj speaks with Mayank Chhaya from Kabul | SAM Conversation

Ukraine War: History and Genesis | SPS-IHC Lecture by Madhavan K Palat, Professor of Russian and European History at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ukraine crisis: One month on..... | SAM Webinar on the current Russia-Ukraine conflict as it enters its second month

A 'juggernaut' rolls: The compelling story of the Canadian nuclear reactor's road travel in India in 1968. Paul Saltzman, member of the film crew of 'Juggernaut', speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Kusum Kaul Vyas, President of Kashmiri Samaj, Ahmedabad speaks with Mayank Chhaya in a firsthand account of what transpired in 1990 when she and her family had to flee their home in Anantnag, Kashmir | SAM Conversation

Ukraine crisis and challenges for India: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Tushar Gandhi, writer, peace activist and great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi speaks with Mayank Chhaya about his grandmother, Kastur(ba) Gandhi, and her decisive, if subtle, influence | SAM Conversation

Col Anil Bhat (retd), former Spokesperson, Ministry of Defence and Indian Army, in conversation with Akshat Singh | SAM Conversation

India and Maldives: Strategic cooperation and pitfalls, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava speaks with Mayank Chhaya on how he and his two colleagues ended up solving a more than six-decades-old problem whose existence they were not even aware of | SAM Conversation

Faceoff on icy heights: Will India, China see complete disengagement in 2022?: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

SAM Conversation on book Afghanistan, The New Great Game: panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Richard Rossow, Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at CSIS, Washington, in conversation with Akshat Singh | SAM Conversation

Neil Makhija, Executive Director, IMPACT, the US-based South Asian civic organization, in conversation with Akshat Singh | SAM Conversation

Dr. Purushottam Agrawal, Kabir scholar, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on life and times of 16th century poet-philosopher Kabir - who has been claimed by both Muslims and Hindus - and what his life tells the India of today | SAM Conversation

Popular Hindi film singer, mimic and artist Sudesh Bhosle speaks with Mayank Chhaya on his life in India's premier entertainment industry for over three decades | SAM Conversation

Indian Navy's lethal role in 1971, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Pavan Varma, respected political voice, former ambassador and MP and scholar-author, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

The 4 Horse Campaign: Recalling 1971, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Sanjaya Kumar Singh, Indian political commentator, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Ustad Rashid Khan, Hindustani classical music exponent, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Mahesh Bindra, former New Zealand MP of Indian origin, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

India's defence indigenisation, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Omar Sadr, Assistant Professor, American University of Afghanistan, Kabul and currently Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, US in conversation with Cmde C Uday Bhaskar on Afghanistan governance challenges

Kamal Haasan, Tamil cinema's superstar, speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Countering the Dragon: China’s border brinkmanship, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Dr Sreeradha Dutta, Centre Head, Neighbourhood Studies, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi speaks with Sirshendu Panth on 50 years of India-Bangladesh ties | SAM Conversation (In Bengali)

Dr Aparna Pande, Hudson Institute, speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan and brewing anti-India separatist activism in the US | SAM Conversation

Bhajan and ghazal maestro Anup Jalota speaks with Mayank Chhaya | SAM Conversation

Afghanistan Fallout: Is Pakistan reaping the whirlwind? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Amb Teresita Schaffer (retd), former US ambassador and South Asia expert, in conversation with Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd) | SAM Conversation

Book discussion on Blinkers Off, How Will The World Counter China, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Book discussion on The Many Dialogues of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita : The Many Facets of India's Mystic Saint | SAM Conversation

Shraddha Nand Bhatnagar speaks with C Uday Bhaskar, Director SPS/SAM, on Modi visit to US, the Quad summit and its key takeaways | SAM Conversation (in Hindi)

Nandni Mahajan speaks with Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (retd), Director, SPS on AUKUS and the Quad Summit : Implications for India | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Vinod Busjeet, debut-making writer of novel about Indians in Mauritius | SAM Conversation

The Afghanistan Conundrum: Future Options, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Indian Army's Two Epic Battles: Commemorating September 11, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

C Uday Bhaskar speaks with Madhavan Palat, Delhi-based scholar- historian on 20 Years after 9/11 | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Mahbouba Seraj, Afghan women's rights activist from Kabul | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Sudheendra Kulkarni, columnist, peace activist and a former prime ministerial aide | SAM Conversation

China’s Exploitation of Tibet and Tibetans, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Nandni Mahajan speaks with Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd), Director, SPS on Afghanistan: What does the future hold? | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with John Bolton, former US National Security Adviser and Ambassador to UN | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Mahbouba Seraj, Afghan women and child rights activist | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with with Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd) on India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier Vikrant | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Pavan Varma, former Indian diplomat and MP, on his upcoming book ‘The Great Hindu Civilisation” | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Dr WPS Sidhu, Nonresident Fellow CIC, NYU, on Afghanistan and implications for South Asia | SAM Conversation

Afghanistan On The Edge, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation jointly with USI

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Vir Sanghvi, Indian Journalist, Writer and TV Host | SAM Conversation

Centenary of CPC and South Asia: Will one see a more regionally assertive China? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with writer, director, producer and lyricist Amit Khanna | SAM Conversations

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Dr. Orville Schell, America’s foremost Sinologist, Arthur Ross Director of the Center | SAM Conversation

Rashmi Saksena speaks with Dr. Faheem and Gousiya Masoodi, Srinagar, Kashmir | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Manjari Makijany, who makes her debut as a feature film director with the Netflix charmer ‘Skater Girl’ | SAM Conversation

Col Anil Bhat (retd) on drone attack on Indian Air Force base in Jammu, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Take

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Tarun Basu on Expectations from Modi Meeting on Kashmir: A Reality Check | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Dr Mohan Agashe, film and stage actor | SAM Conversation

C Uday Bhaskar on A Year After India-China border clashes | SAM Take

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Paul Saltzman, documentary maker 'The Beatles in India' | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Zafar Choudhary, Srinagar-based journalist and policy analyst | SAM Conversation

Akshat Singh in conversation wtih Amish Raj Mulmi | 10MinswithSAM

Rashmi Saksena speaks with Dr Ambarish Satwik, Should India make RAT home kits mandatory? | SAM Conversation

Is China 'active' again in India's Northeast?, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks with Sanjaya Baru, Indian policy analyst and political commentator | SAM Conversation

Radicalisation: Its spreading tentacles in Bangladesh, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

What is China’s gameplan? Is India prepared? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks to writer-poet Ashok Vajpeyi | SAM Conversation

Neil Datta, New York-based fund manager, speaks with Akshat Singh | 10MinswithSAM

Frank Wisner & Amit Dasgupta in conversation with Tarun Basu | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya speaks to Jagdish Rattanani, Mumbai based journalist and cofounder of nonprofit media group The Billion Press | SAM Conversation

Mayank Chhaya in conversation Ngodup Tsering, the Dalai Lama’s representative to Washington DC | SAM Conversation

Future of Afghanistan; Implications for Region, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation in association with USI

Mayank Chhaya in conversation with Vedan Choolun & Ashwin Srivastav on digital restoration of India's world-famous Ajanta Cave murals | SAM Conversation

Why Xi's China cannot be friend to India, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

US troop pullout from Afghanistan/Mayank Chhaya speaks with Anwar Iqbal, Washington correspondent of Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper | SAM Conversation

Former US NSA John Bolton in conversation with Mayank Chhaya

Democracy Disabled in Myanmar: Implications for the Region, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Are drones the new security imperative? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Will Pakistan meaningfully implement the 2021 ceasefire? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

100 Years of Sahir Ludhianvi

India-China disengagement in Eastern Ladakh: What next? panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

IND-AUS relations and the road ahead | Barry O'Farrell AO Australian HC to India | SAM Conversation

Norway and South Asia | Amb Hans Jacob Frydenlund | 10MinswithSAM

Kargil and its relevance to India-China standoff, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Lessons from a General, panel moderated by Col Anil Bhat (retd) | SAM Conversation

Indian diaspora in focus | Dr. Thomas Abraham, Chairman, GOPIO | 10MinwithSAM

Online Learning in Pandemic Era | Amb Amit Dasgupta (retd.), Dr. Rukmini Banerji & Ms. Bhavna Jolly | SAM Conversations

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Shabana Azmi: A renaissance artist on her life and career

Operation X | Col Anil Bhat, Cdr Vijai Kapil, Petty Officer Chiman Singh, Mr. Sandeep Unnithan | SAM

COVID-19 & Education in USA | Ariel Pollock, Spokesperson, U.S. Embassy, India | 10MinswithSAM

Pakistan's existential dilemma | Tilak Devasher, Pakistan expert and author | 10MinswithSAM

Future of Sri Lanka-China ties | Dr. Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka's ambassador to China | 10 Mins with SAM

SAM Conversation with Ashwin Srivastava & Benoy Behl | Moderator Rashmi Saksena

SAM Conversations: C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Tarun Basu

2020 US Presidential Elections | Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace

Bollywood - What's next? | Amit Khanna, Filmmaker, Founder, Reliance Entertainment | 10Min with SAM

Blue Economy and South Asia | Cmde. Anil Jai Singh, VP, Indian Maritime Foundation | 10Min with SAM

Integrated Mountain Initiative | P D Rai, two-term MP and President, IMI | 10Min with SAM

Follies of India’s New Farmer Bills | SAM Conversation with Barun Mitra, Founder, Liberty Institute

Bangladesh at 50 | SAM Conversation with Dr. Sreeradha Datta & Dr. S Narayan | Moderator Tarun Basu

Post-election Sri Lanka | Ten Minutes with Sugeeswara Senadhira, Director, International Media, Presidential Secretariat, Colombo

Rewiring the World | With Sam Pitroda, Entrepreneur and Development Thinker | 10Min with SAM

SAM Conversations - C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Mayank Chhaya

Af-Pak, Taliban & Imran Khan | Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director for Asia Program, Wilson Center

Indo-Dutch Relations | Amb. Venu Rajamony, Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands | SAM Conversations

India and South Asia | With Dr. Sreeradha Datta, Head, Neighborhood Studies, VIF | 10Min with SAM

India's New Education Policy 2020 | With Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO Pratham | 10Min with SAM

P. V. Narasimha Rao's Masterclass in Foreign Relations | With Shivshankar Menon | 10min with SAM

Coronavirus And The Migration Crisis | With Partha Pratim Mitra, Employment Analyst |10Min with SAM

Hiroshima @ 75 | Cmde. C Uday Bhaskar(retd) and Dr. Manpreet Sethi | SAM Conversations

60 Years of Mughal-E-Azam | Conversation with Prof. Ira Bhaskar | SAM Conversations

South Asia's Rohingya Refugee Crisis | Conversation with Amb (retd.) Rajiv Bhatia | 10Min with SAM

Tarun Basu in conversation with H E Tahir Qadiry, Acting Ambassador of Afghanistan to India

PM Narasimha Rao’s Foreign and Nuclear Policies | Conversation with Mr. Shyam Saran | 10Min with SAM

Ms. Rashmi Saksena in conversation with Ms. Apoorva Kaiwar and Mr. Brian Kohler | SAM Conversation

Higher Ed in a changed world | Amb Amit Dasgupta (retd.), Diplomat and Educationist | 10min with SAM

Women militants and insurgency in India | Conversation with Ms. Rashmi Saksena | 10min with SAM

10 minutes with SAM with Commodore Uday Bhaskar

Ten minutes with SAM

India's strategic and security challenges post Galwan | SAM Conversations

India-China-Russia Foreign Ministers meeting

India China agree to 'disengage' : Will they?

SAM Conversation with experts from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney

SAM Conversations - C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Amb Shyam Saran

SAM Conversations: Tarun Basu in conversation with Rajiv Walia IAS

SAM Conversations | Tarun Basu in conversation with Dr Nikita Bathla

C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Siraj Hussain

SAM Conversations | Tarun Basu in conversation with Amit Dasgupta India Country Director UNSW Sydney

C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Dr Sanjaya Baru former Information Adviser to the Prime Minister

SAM Conversation: C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Brig Ramanjit Singh Ahluwalia (retd)

SAM Conversations | C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Shyam Saran

India-US: Will the Modi-Trump chemistry endure?

India-Bangladesh: Ties going awry?

India Economic Outlook 2020: Will it revive growth and jobs?

Youth unrest: Clash of ideologies hits Indian campuses

Is wine culture growing in India?

India's place in a changing world order

Women's Safety - Need for Societal, not just Judicial Reforms

C Uday Bhaskar discusses the Citizenship Amendment Act with Arun Anand, CEO, Indraprasta Vishwa Samvad Kendra, New Delhi; Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Author and Filmmaker and Tarun Basu, President, SPS

What Next for Climate Change?

Whither Pakistan? - C Uday Bhaskar in conversation with Tilak Devasher, former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat and author

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