Talk-A-Thon With Sulaiman Sait

Episode 07 of Talk-a-thon focuses on the New Education Policy that was drafted by the Union Ministry in July-Aug 2020.  Joining along with me in this podcast are my friends Aman and Shreyas along with my school batch mate Harish who is an educationalist and the co founder of an education based organization - "Infinite Engineers". 

In this episode we focus on the below topics

1) Overview of the New Education Policy and Opening comments by the pannelists
2) What could be the challenges in adapting the New Education policy
3) Language selection challenges in the primary education amidst the 3 language policy
4) Importance of technology and technology statndards in regard to the New Education Policy
5) University level education - 4 years UG, 2 Years PG and scrapping of M.Phil and the new credits system
6) Closing systems

Dont miss Shreyas sharing his experience with the German education system and how benchmarking needs to be done.

Sulaiman Sait

Episode 5 of Talk-a-thon features a discussion on our love for the beautiful game of football. The different leagues we follow. Th reason we love the game. Some of our best footballing memories. Restarting of the football league after the global pandemic and finally selecting our all time best XI players.

Episode 4 features a discussion on introduction to poetry cultures, history of poetry, the cultures across the globe, different forms of poetry writing. The panel of speakers give an insight on to how they took up poetry as a passion, what goes in their mind while writing poetry and narrating a few poems for us from their collection.
The floor opens on to certain questions on poetry writing preferences and styles before we wrap up the recording with a message for the generation ahead.

Episode 3 of talk-a-thon with Sulaiman features  a Clinical Psychologist along with Aman, Shreyas and Deepak who explain psychological challenges amidst lockdown with a focus on Anxiety disorder, fake news and anxiety, handling withdrawal challenges, identifying withdrawal symptoms and lastly suicidal tendencies during this lockdown period...

Episode 2 of talk-a-thon with sulaiman features two Dental professionals who explain the challenges to execute dental procedure amidst the lock down and what precautionary oral hygiene measures one can take amidst the lock down situation to avoid a dental visit.

Below is the time frame of the segments you can click on the podcast to hear directly

00:00 -Introduction to the podcast episode and the speakers for the day

02:15 - How do dentists plan to keep themselves safe while handling emergency dental procedures

05:30 -When can we expect dental clinics to be open and fully functional ?

06:30 - What to do in case of an emergency and what are the different types of dental emergencies

13:56 - What to do if one has dental braces and needs to have a review done amidst lockdown?

16:30 - Precautions dentists will be taking at their clinics to ensure they and their patients are safe. Insight into different sterilization techniques.

18:44 -  Good Oral Hygiene practices that need to be followed from new born babies until geriatric age

33:06 - Important practices and emergency measures to remember with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic

39:01 - Question 1 - Gums are bleeding in the morning. What to do ?

42:06- Question 2- Scheduled for a dental appointment for scaling. What to do ?

43:44 - Question 3- Would dentists take up consultation over a call ? (insight into telemedicine)

46:29 - Question 4- Temporary filling done after root canal. Would there be any impact if crowning/capping is not done ?

48:00- Closing comments

51:55 - Wrap up

Talk a thon is a talking marathon moderated by Sulaiman Sait along with his two good friends who serve as the speakers in the show.

Episode 1 has Dr. Deepak, A medical Officer from a leading Medical College and Hospital from Chennai who enlightens us in regard to the Novel Corona Virus and the disease outbreak

Below are the time frame for the segments you want to directly hear

00:00 - Introduction

05:45 - Signs and Symptoms to watch out for

10:40 - Diagnostic Techniques and its principles

13:44 - How Dangerous is COVID-19, Do we need to Panic ?

18:00 - Importance and techniques of wearing masks

19:41- What is an N-95 Mask ?

25:00 - Will a cloth mask be efficient ?

26:12: Treatment options being followed

34:05- HydroxyChloroquine " A myth, Hype or reality"

34:47 - Future avenues in Research

40:40 - Maintaining a good health

43:45- Q&A Session. Question 1. Is this a bio weapon ?

49:00 - Question 2. SARS vs MERS vs EBOLA vs SARS COV2

58:40-  Question 3. Why China is the possible epicenter of this

01:02:00 - Question 4. Is BCG vaccine of any benefit ?

01:05:00 - Question 5. How do we control this Pandemic ?

01:07:15- Question 6. Can we depend upon Swiggy or Zomato for food delivery

01:13:00- Question 7. Convulescent Plasma Therapy- How effecient is it ?

01:16:00- Question 8. Are Other OP Clinics Functional ?

01:19:00 - If one is affected by SARS COV-1, Could the person be re-infected ?

01:20:00- Conclusions and closing comments.

I Hope you people like this episode.. Do reach out to me with further comments and questions...
Take Care
Stay Safe
-Sulaiman Sait