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This is in response to an interesting question posed by Ms Mathur, on the focus of Indian television advertisements (national TVCs) on depicting Indian kids as "geniuses". 

Bhanu Bandopadhyay (also known as Bhanu Bannerjee) was India's first audio-comic superstar, podcasting his jokes even before podcasting was invented. As an iconic Bengali comedian and radio jockey, he was responsible for over 300 pieces of stellar observational humor, and over a billion hours of laughter. With "Telephone Bibhrat", SpotifyPodcast.com pays a tribute to the late comic legend. This is a non-commercial episode. Also available at play.spotifypodcast.com/bangla 

Orbs of Light is the latest track by VST Music, comprising Vishal J Singh, Saloni Sinha, and Tanushree Saha. Tanushree, a talented vocalist and composer in her own right as Tan Daze on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, is the lyricist and vocalist within the VST setup. With this track, she speaks about her experiences in going one step ahead as a video editor, picking up on video editing tools,  hacking her way through scores of tutorials and coming up with the perfect visual accompaniment to an already trippy track. In her words, the show must go on. You can check out "Orbs of Light" by VST on YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6topRb0Io - Be sure to leave a comment!

Let's Make America Trumpless Again. This is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, who lost his life in a despicable act of racial violence, and to the undying spirit of 300 million Americans, who stand united in the fight against this resurgent oppression. This poem was written by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, an Indian wordsmith, who penned it down at a time when my beloved country was a colony of the British empire, and it’s an amazing coincidence, that we were a population of nearly 300 million at the time of its composition.

Answered is a special podcast streaming at SpotifyPodcast.com, where host and anchor Shom provides instant, light-hearted, and most importantly, true audio answers, to questions that have been "sent his way" on Quora. In a way, he's burning his bridges by building a bridge between Quora and Spotify. That's what he tells himself at night when he can't sleep.

Lyrics: কত নিষ্ঠুর তোমার অতীত যে নবীন আশা কে রুখে দাড়ায়ে দুই ধাপ এগিয়ে আমি তাও মনটা আমার পালিয়ে যায়ে ভেজা বাতাসে তুমি রজনীগন্ধা আর সুর্যের আলো তপ্ত লাল শ্বেতবর্ণ রাজকন্যার কুহু কুহু নীল সন্ধ্যাকাল মিলেমিশে সব একাকার তবে নেই কোনো তার বর্ণনা শব্দের ছলে সাথে নিয়ে চলে মৃদুমন্থর কল্পনা ঝুলি ফেলে আজ দিব্যি অঘোর নিদ্রামত্ত ঠাকুমা কত গল্পই স্তব্ধ অশেষ থেমে যাবা তার চরণে খোলা দরজার হালকা চাপ ধুলো বালিশের আলগা মাপ আর নতুন কবির ব্যক্তিত্ব চোরাবালির শেষ হরণে প্রশ্ন আমার নিজেকেই শুধু একা একা কেন বার্তালাপ কবিতার রহস্যে মেতে দুনিয়া অভাবের বশে আক্রান্ত বেঁকা জগতের চক্রান্ত মায়াভূমির অপার ফাঁদ শুনবে না কেউ পূর্ণ চাঁদে পাগলা কবির আর্তনাদ

Answered is a special podcast streaming at SpotifyPodcast.com, where host and anchor Shom provides instant, light-hearted, and most importantly, true audio answers, to questions that have been "sent his way" on Quora. In a way, he's burning his bridges by building a bridge between Quora and Spotify. That's what he tells himself at night when he can't sleep. 

This episode owes a lot to the response received for "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. Here's another straight-from-the-heart recital of "I carry your heart" by E.E. Cummings. 

A late-night heartfelt podcast about the possibility of impending doom, the perception of an ultimate self, and the infinite molecular dance of absolute reality. Not for the faint-hearted.

This one's a short episode, and it deals with the art of losing. It is a simple reading of one of my favorite poems of all time, One Art by Elizabeth Bishop. If you're someone like me who needs help in dealing with the concept of loss, this is for you. For those who prefer looking at the lyrics, they're included below, here in the description. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster. I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster. —Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

What is one important truth that a very few people agree with you on? How do you make money when nobody can step out of their homes? How do you make a living in the post-covid-19 world? How to restart life after the lockdown ends? How to get anything done? How to get from zero, to one? My first episode deals with the subject of finding great ideas that you can use to solve real-world problems. You can send me your feedback/questions at shomprakash@gmail.com.