Small Talk with Big Chungus

We've finally reached the 10th episode of STwBC! Big Chungus dissects the 2023 Karnataka Election results with new guests (and residents of the state) Subhas Chandra Boss and Idli Raja Wodeyar, along with some national implications for the Congress Party's landslide win.

INDIRA GANDHI BIRTHDAY SPECIAL -- Following up from Episode 2 last year, Big Chungus and new guest JawaharLOL talk about the Congress party's new and admittedly energetic attempts to revive itself in the run up to 2024- the long overdue elections for its Presidency, and the uber ambitious Bharat Jodo Yatra.

We're back with the first episode of the year (in July, sorry) to talk about the seldom respected albeit ever-so-rampant phenomenon of political defections, with special emphasis on the current crisis of power in Maharashtra- and looming split of a major player in state politics since the 60s, the Shiv Sena. Joined by Bhindira Gandhi from last time along with newbie Jhadhu! Correction- The Shiv Sena, BJP, NCP, and Congress all contested the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election individually, the latter 2 did not contest together despite running the outgoing government in a coalition.

We try to make sense of what's going on in India's most populous state ahead of the elections next year.

(Headphones Recommended) Afghanistan's status as the graveyard of empires has been proven once again, but what cards does this new regime hold for its role in South Asia?

(Headphones Recommended) In episode 5 we cover a rapidly growing topic for discourse in India, and attempt to examine what exactly it means to be a member of the LGBTQ community today.

(Headphones Recommended) Separated at birth but living rent-free in each other's minds, we discuss how far the two nuclear powers of South Asia have come and elucidate the relations not just of our two governments with one another but that of the citizen and the state on both sides of the border.

While some of us may have equated distaste for the ruling establishment to aversion towards the very Union of India, others have ostensibly transformed their love for the motherland into hate and prejudice towards those who share it with them. Has the Right developed a monopoly on National Iconography and overt patriotism, and does the Left need to snatch it back, or will that be counterintuitive to their principles?

(Headphones Recommended) No discussion on India's politics or modern history is remotely complete without it- the organization primarily responsible for Indian Independence has come a long way, currently existing as a mostly stagnant, somewhat pathetic political force and a shadow of its former self. Does the Indian National Congress have what it takes to get past this hiccup, or is its fate sealed?

Warning: Opinions are present. Some which you might not agree with. For the inaugural episode of STwBC we dissect the phrase that's stuck around as both a worry and rebuttal for the better part of the last decade and attempt to expose the gross myth at its core.