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A bag made of 99% air: It’s basically a cloud

It’s 2022. Paris Fashion Week. Bella Hadid stands on the runway in nude undergarments – and is spray painted with a liquid fiber that transforms into a dress. In 15 minutes. Live.

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IGNITION

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From Pennliessness to Power— Decoding the Journey of a Political Powerhouse | With Smriti Irani

Listen to an actor, a former union minister, and political leader, on her incredible journey from pennilessness to power.

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Political savant Prashant Kishor shares sharp insights on India 2024

Watch India’s most astute & high profile political savant PRASHANT KISHOR & award winning journalist SHOMA CHAUDHURY in an exclusive & riveting conversation of political insight, personal anecdote & sharp prediction.

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ABOUT SHOMA CHAUDHURY

Shoma Chaudhury is an award-winning journalist, and founder of Lucid Lines, an independent intellectual properties company, committed to expanding democratic space and creating platforms for debate, dialogue, and discovery.

Was picked by Newsweek as one of “150 women who shake the world”. Invited to deliver the Gandhi Oration in Sydney in 2018. 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”.

Has helmed several media outfits and has a track record for curating distinctive, high-quality thought leadership events. Has hosted more than 500 conversations on stage, interviewing the most cutting-edge minds globally.

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A bag made of 99% air: It’s basically a cloud

It’s 2022. Paris Fashion Week. Bella Hadid stands on the runway in nude undergarments – and is spray painted with a liquid fiber that transforms into a dress. In 15 minutes. Live.

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Fusion is the single most economically attractive energy source ever

Can the ultimate energy moonshot – nuclear fusion – also produce priceless materials in the process? At SYNAPSE, Marathon Fusion engineer and moonshot innovator Adam Rutkowski breaks down why energy is both humanity’s greatest enabler and its deepest constraint – driving climate change, geopolitical instability, and the explosive infrastructure demands of AI.

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Tokenize assets. Democratize finance

Siddharth Shetty is reimagining finance – for the digital age. CEO of Finternet and a key architect of India Stack, he is part of the generation reimagining how value moves in the 21st century. From Aadhaar to UPI, India leapfrogged decades of financial evolution.

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From Pennliessness to Power— Decoding the Journey of a Political Powerhouse | With Smriti Irani

Listen to an actor, a former union minister, and political leader, on her incredible journey from pennilessness to power.

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SIR hot potato and its implications for the Republic | With SY Quraishi, OP Rawat and Shubhrastha

Listen to two former Chief Election Commissioners— SY Quraishi and OP Rawat— and author & columnist Shubhrastha on big picture ideas.

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How to Make India Breathe Again | With Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha

Listen to an environmental expert share sharp insights on our uninhabitable cities.

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Political savant Prashant Kishor shares sharp insights on India 2024

Watch India’s most astute & high profile political savant PRASHANT KISHOR & award winning journalist SHOMA CHAUDHURY in an exclusive & riveting conversation of political insight, personal anecdote & sharp prediction.

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Piercing insight. Legend Garry Kasparov on Putin, Russian psyche, why we’re at war

The language of war has changed, and unlike chess, there's no possibility for a tie. Kasparov explains how the free world's response to Russia's invasion fell short. And why dictators play geopolitics like poker, not chess.

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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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Conversations @ ALGEBRA | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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Swamy like never before: Subramanian Swamy explains why revenge drives his politics

The Hindu Right wing’s most articulate spokesperson, Subramanian Swamy, discuss his ideas about India, Hindus, Muslims, tolerance and what shaped him to become the man he is. | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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Karan Johar’s most candid interview on Bollywood, depression, homosexuality and having kids

Funny, witty and candid, Karan Johar discusses his book, “An Suitable Boy”, his journey from being a costume designer to a director and much more with Shoma Chaudhury.

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Ram Jethmalani’s most candid interview on Modi, BJP and his sole ambition in life at 94

Ram Jethmalani talks about controversial cases, his career, personal life and Narendra Modi with Shoma Chaudhury

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Conversations @ THiNK | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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‘The Solitude of a Superstar: The Public-Private Journey of a Dream Catcher’

In the Green Room with Shah Rukh Khan. In conversation with Shoma Chaudhury at Tehelka's THiNK 2012 session.

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An Afghan Date with Mullah Zaeef and Robert Grenier

The CIA talks to the Taliban. Mullah Zaeef and Robert Grenier in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury

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Five Star Fixes? Ancient Technologies for the Modern Mind

Faith, Reason and Inner Engineering: Jaggi Vasudev and Javed Akhtar in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury

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