IGNITION
Experts on AI: dangers, promises, regulation
Is Generative AI the Promethean fire of technology? The explosive force sweeping the world. More dangerous than nuclear weapons? How should we rethink human creativity & consciousness? Is mass human displacement around the corner?
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Actress Sonali Bendre on Broken News, fighting cancer, mind shifts, & loving life
Making her OTT debut on Zee 5's "Broken News", Bendre speaks about her resurrection as an artist. Her re-evaluation of beauty and self-perception. And what means to be more truthful in her craft and life.
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ABOUT SHOMA CHAUDHURY
Shoma Chaudhury is an award-winning journalist, editor, curator. And founder of Lucid Lines, an independent ideas, events, and intellectual properties company. Currently hosts a podcast called ENQUIRY, and a live conversation series called IGNITION.
She was picked by Newsweek in 2011 as one of “150 women who shake the world”. Was invited to deliver the Gandhi Oration in Sydney in 2018, the first Indian to do so. Has been awarded the prestigious Ernest Hemingway Award for Political Journalism, the Ramnath Goenka award and the Chameli Devi Award for Best Woman Journalist for — in the words of the citation — “going where angels fear to tread”.
Combines entrepreneurial and leadership skills with sharp editorial acumen, and a gift for communication across print, TV, and digital mediums. Has built a large body of work in defence of an open and free society. Has helmed several media outfits and has a track record for curating distinctive, high-quality thought leadership events.
Conversations @ IGNITION
Experts on AI: dangers, promises, regulation
Is Generative AI the Promethean fire of technology? The explosive force sweeping the world. More dangerous than nuclear weapons? How should we rethink human creativity & consciousness? Is mass human displacement around the corner?
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Actor Rajkummar Rao on his journey, craft, passion
A lover to a poltergeist. A closeted homosexual in a police uniform. A British terrorist with bloodshot eyes. National award winning actor, Rajkummar Rao, shares his story from Gurgaon to glory. And what went into the making of his chameleon mind.
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Politics doesn’t have to be partisan. Or stupid.
Punchy. Thought provoking. Humorous. PTR THIAGARAJAN — Tamil Nadu Finance Minister — brings a southern perspective to national politics & economy. And decodes what’s right & wrong with it.
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Actress Sonali Bendre on Broken News, fighting cancer, mind shifts, & loving life
Making her OTT debut on Zee 5's "Broken News", Bendre speaks about her resurrection as an artist. Her re-evaluation of beauty and self-perception. And what means to be more truthful in her craft and life.
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Ace diplomat Shyam Saran on how China thinks of India & why it’s flexing its muscle
Having written an incisive book, "How China Sees India", the former foreign Secratary decodes some of the most enduring master narratives that powerful countries have created about themselves. Why do these narratives matter and how are they influencing present day geopolitics? Is the China story, afterall, a myth? This is a nuanced revision of history, culture, and the foundational structures of nation-making.
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Super reform? Or super disaster? 4 generals on the raging Agnipath controversy
In an hour of desperation and alarming unemployment, does introducing the Agnipath scheme weaken the backbone of Indian defence? India's decorated war-heroes discuss the implications that it will have for the country's future. How to rescue the army from becoming a stagnant and ineffective institution. And respond to the exigencies of warfare in a dynamic, tech-driven world.
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