India Insight with Sunny Sharma
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About
Join host Sunny Sharma on discussions with his elder, informative, and insightful cousins Abhishek Kasid (Vinni), Ranjan Wali (Tinku), and others with informative conversations on Indian and American history, politics, spirituality, philosophy, news and everything in between. I also do standalone podcasts on various historical and political topics.
Episodes
- President Barack Obama’s Legacy: An Objective Examination
Send us Fan Mail Why was President Obama such a pivotal political figure? What precedents did he set through the reforms he made? What political barriers did he believe needed to be changed? What rhetoric did he utilize and how was this rh…
- Senator Jon Ossoff: Georgia’s Working Mans Champion who will protect Voting Rights
Send us Fan Mail Some say Democrats are primed and ready to win majorities in the House and Senate nationally and locally in the 2026 November Midterm elections over the Republican Party, but how true is that? I outline here why we can’t b…
- The Radical Importance of “May Day” for Posterity
Send us Fan Mail What is May Day (International Workers Day May 1), why do we commemorate it, and what did it foreshadow? How did this event inspire socialist and a larger coalition with anarchists towards “One Big Union?” What were the re…
- Why Voting Really Matters?: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of my discussion on why voting is so important!
- Why Voting Really Matters?: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Today April 27 is the First Day of Early Voting in Georgia for Primary Elections. I provide historical background and reasons to vote especially in local elections.
- My discussion with Dr. Subhash Kak Eternal Bharat: Truth, Meaning, and Beauty and the Upanishads
Send us Fan Mail Over the weekend I had my second discussion this year with Professor Subhash Kak on his new book published this year June 12, 2025 Eternal Bharat: Truth, Meaning, and Beauty specifically on its symbolism and insights on In…
- David Meadows Interview: A Well-Informed Georgia Political Organizer
Send us Fan Mail Hello to my friends, family, and audience in America, India, and abroad please stay tuned for a wonderful and eye-opening political discussion from a very involved political organizer who I worked with in the Movement for…
- Black History Month February- Part 10 Concluding Remarks on Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology
Send us Fan Mail In this podcast I summarize some of the main ideas from my 10 part examination of Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology while describing briefly why America needs a new left or must form a new coalition,…
- Blacks History Section 5- Contemporary African-American Thought, 1975 to the Present Part 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail The contemporary era of black intellectual thought 1975 to the present is characterized by a growth in black feminist thought, an expansion of rainbow coalitions by prominent black leaders, an explosion of the black middle…
- February Section 3- The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and World War, 1915-1954 Part 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail In Section 3, I discuss some of the prominent movements and themes occurring in between two World Wars, particularly the Great Migration characterized by the movement of millions of blacks from the rural agricultural south…
- Black History Section 5- Contemporary African American Thought, 1975 to the Present Part 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail YouTube channel: Sunny Sharma @IndiaInsightMovement , podcast: India insight with Sunny Sharma. I briefly discuss President Barack Obama’s legacy at the end! The contemporary era 1975-the present is characterized by an e…
- Black History February,Section 4- We Shall Overcome: The Second Reconstruction 1954-1975 Part 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail The rise of such proponents of black nationalism and black power as Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael was seated in deep frustration with the inability to change the fundamental economic conditions of blacks even with the p…
- Black History February:Section 4- We Shall Overcome: The Second Reconstruction 1954-1975 Part 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail If you enjoy these history lessons please follow, like, share, and subscribe for future videos. My YouTube channel is Sunny Sharma @IndiaInsightMovement and my podcast is “India Insight with Sunny Sharma” This short era…
- February Section 3- The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and World War 1915-1954 Part 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail This period is characterized by an intense push for equal occupational opportunities that would yield economic prosperity for all people. This would be realized after World War II where due to the efforts of a variety of l…
- Black History Month Special February LNTUA Section 2- Reconstruction and Reaction: The Aftermath of Slavery and the Dawn of Segregation, 1861-1915
Send us Fan Mail Link to YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=StdiCf4rIFI&t=56s In this part 2 of a 6 part series including an introduction, I discuss some of the foundational ideas behind the struggle for black liberation, economi…
- Black History Month Special February: President Abraham Lincoln and LNTUA Section 1- Foundations: Slavery and Abolitionism, 1768-1861
Send us Fan Mail Hello to my audience, friends, and family this is India Insight with Sunny Sharma. If you enjoyed this podcast please follow, share, like, and subscribe for future episodes. Link to YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/w…
- Black History Month Special February- Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology- Introduction
Send us Fan Mail Youtube video link: https://youtu.be/VD2hV906mP8 In honor of Black History Month in February, I want to share some of the most important insights I have learned from the book Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American…
- My Conversation with Dr. Subhash Kak: Quantum Mechanics, Consciousness, Linguistics, History, More
Send us Fan Mail Link to youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UulsDFqqqXQ Hello to my audience, friends, and family this is India Insight with Sunny Sharma. I am super excited to have one of the most prominent Indian intellectual…
- Why America and the world need a Multiparty System?
Send us Fan Mail Season 8 Episode 3 The true spirit of industry and capitalism is emblematic of choice and to reflect that idea means there must be a multiparty system in America and the world. The growth of special interests means there m…
- Why did the American Founding Fathers not trust Factions and Political Parties? Part 2
Send us Fan Mail The dangers of political parties, why we are so partisan in the modern era, and potential solutions to the problem. I further extrapolate on what the American founding fathers, especially James Madison, knew about politica…
- Why did the American Founding Fathers not trust Factions and Political Parties? Part 1
Send us Fan Mail For the first episode of season 8 I explain that despite the fact that the American founding fathers were not party men, the Constitution in many ways facilitates the rise of parties and factions. This was the genius of Ma…
- The Relevance of President Barack Obama’s 2024 Democracy Forum on Pluralism
Send us Fan Mail In this season 7 finale episode 10 podcast to close out the New Year and usher in 2025, I want to bring to attention the key ideas President Obama explicated at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum of 2024 on Pluralism and…
- Let Nobody Turn Us Around: The Meaning Behind the Ascendency of President Barack Obama and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar to the Subaltern Lower-Class Struggle
Send us Fan Mail President Barack Obama and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were not just impeccable social reformers, but they were also unprecedented leaders for their time. It is difficult to compare them, but in every regard they were constitut…
- My Case for a Politics for the Poor
Send us Fan Mail Please tune in to hear my case for the need for an organized effort against poverty in America. I expound on some of the ideas below. There have been concerted efforts by political, religious, and non profit organization t…
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Most Famous 1942 Declaration: “Educate, Agitate, Organize”
Send us Fan Mail Tune in to hear about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's most famous clarion call and slogan declared at the 1942 All India Depressed Class Conference in Nagpur, India to "Educate, Agitate, Organize". This phrase has been a motto of…
- The Great Liberator Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Part 5 of 5: Conclusion
Send us Fan Mail President Lincoln stayed true to himself till his assassination leaving the grandest legacy by any leader in not only the 19th century but perhaps all of the modern era. Through his leadership and moral example, he gave a…
- The Great Liberator Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Part 4 of 5: Mystical Devotion
Send us Fan Mail Over time the legend of President Lincoln has only grown larger. A man, through his very goodness became great by which he represented the true ideals of democratic self government as outlined by the US Constitution and De…
- The Great Liberator Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Part 3 of 5: Reconciliation
Send us Fan Mail At the end of the war, President Lincoln, through the establishment of certain stipulations for the Southern Rebels to be brought back into the Confederacy, made the Emancipation of the Slaves the Cornerstone of Reconstruc…
- The Great Liberator Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Part 2 of 5: Shifting the Moral Narrative
Send us Fan Mail The 16th President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln Shifted the Moral Narrative of Slavery during the Civil War from being merely a political issue to one of social justice and reform. He did so masterfully…
- The Great Liberator Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Part 1 of 5: Introduction
Send us Fan Mail Tune in to part 1 of a 5 part series I will be making on the significance of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States who united America during its Civil War, emancipated the slaves, and gave m…
- Why society needs to be dedicated to Liberty and not Profit?
Send us Fan Mail Exalting upon high the principle of liberty to smash the pedestal upon which the principle of avaricious profit lays. Tune in to hear my case for the need for our society to dedicate itself to the principle of liberty in a…
- Radical Social Democracy Part 2: Government and The People w/Abhishek Kasid (Vinni), Ranjan Wali (Tinku), and Sunny Sharma
Send us Fan Mail Reform precedes revolution and in the words of John Adams the only true revolution is that which occurs in the minds of the people. Similarly in the words of the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, just as revo…
- The Legacy of the 44th President of United States Barack Obama
Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, I discuss why the global citizen, constitutional expert, humanitarian, egalitarian, and social reformer President Barack Obama is perhaps the most consequential president of the modern era.
- Dr. King's 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Do we need organized religion? w/Abhishek Kasid (Vinni), Ranjan Wali (Tinku), and Sunny Sharma
Send us Fan Mail Join Sunny Sharma with his elder, insightful, and informative cousins in a discussion around some of the themes highlighted by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's most famous piece of writing from 1963 called Letter from a B…
- The Legacy of Malcolm X
Send us Fan Mail In this podcast I briefly describe the legacy of Malcolm X. "Standing up and telling the truth can warp reality." Malcolm X was the best example of the above statement as he changed the minds and perspectives of millions o…
- The Revolutionary Bhagat Singh 1907-1931 (The Embodiment of India’s Greatest Generation)
Send us Fan Mail The revolutionary Bhagat Singh who lived from 1907 to 1931 was executed by the British for throwing a bomb in Parliament at the age of 23. He was indeed the greatest revolutionary of the Indian Indenpedence movement, liken…
- 78th Anniversary of Indian Independence August 15, 2024: The Founding Fathers of India (Lost Generation)
Send us Fan Mail In honor of Indian Independence Day August 15, 2024. Tune in to hear about the founding fathers of India (lost generation) that set the constitutional and institutional foundation for India. These men and women set the fou…
- “We need the Constitution to come alive.” The Main Nonviolent and Civil Rights Icon Tactician Reverend James Lawson’s Final Message in Reference to the Architect of the US Constitution James Madison’s Ideas Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy this Part 2 discussion and continuation of the previous podcast with Sunny Sharma and his two elder cousins Abhishek Kasid (Vinni) and Ranjan Wali (Tinku). I further delve into the ideas of James Madison so as…
- “We need the Constitution to come alive.” The Main Nonviolent and Civil Rights Icon Tactician Reverend James Lawson’s Final Message in Reference to the Architect of the US Constitution James Madison’s Ideas Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy this discussion between Sunny Sharma and his two elder cousins Abhishek Kasid (Vinni) and Ranjan Wali (Tinku). This podcast was in honor of the main nonviolent and Civil Rights tactician Reverend James Lawson…
- India Election 2024: Meaning and Ramifications Part 2
Send us Fan Mail The discussion is between Sunny Sharma and his elder cousins Vinni (Abhishek Kasid) and Tinku (Ranjan Wali). This is a continuation of the previous podcast concerning the Indian election of 2024. The India election took pl…
- India Election 2024: Meaning and Ramifications Part 1
Send us Fan Mail The discussion is between Sunny Sharma and his elder cousins Vinni (Abhishek Kasid) and Tinku (Ranjan Wali). The India election took place through 7 phases of voting in different regions respectively in india lasting from…
- The 44th President of the United States of America Barack Obama: Social Reformer without Societal Help
Send us Fan Mail Whether it was on the Selma bridge, in Cairo, the stadiums of South Africa, the legislative chambers of England and India, or the executive halls of America, President Obama strove to reshape the mores of a globalized soci…
- Malcolm X: Radical intelligence in the face of Extreme Oppression
Send us Fan Mail Malcolm X not only reimagined the place of black people in America and around the globe, but he also told the truth about the political mechanisms and techniques in society that denigrated the poor and working class.
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: The Founding Father of India who we must find again
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, born in 1891 and died in 1956, was indeed a unique visionary who combined practical advocacy with his education as a Ph.D. in economics and his training as a lawyer. He tested his principals in the…
- Insightful quotes from the Enlightenment Era (Age of Reason) and Great Men
Send us Fan Mail Quotation Themes: Primary themes: Truth, risk, liberty and justice, morality, personal responsibility, conscience. Secondary themes: Fragility of democracy, reputation/legacy, service, demanding rights, tyranny, duty and p…
- The French Revolution: A Revolution by and for the People that gave birth to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789, a True Explosion of Hope
Send us Fan Mail March 31 theme: Social Democracy (Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity) I have released five podcasts on March 31. The primary theme of these podcasts are the legacy of the French Revolution, and more specifically, the Buddha…
- Building a Global Anti-War Grassroots Movement in our Backyard: Anti Regime Change Wars and Nuclear Disarming
Send us Fan Mail Just like America served as an example to the world in 1776, America again must be a beacon of hope showing their ability to reform themselves in line with the greater visions of their society. More importantly, we need an…
- Radical Social Democracy Part 1 with Abhishek Kasid (Vinni), Ranjan Wali (Tinku), and Sunny Sharma
Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, we discuss what Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Dalit (untouchable), illustrious writer of the India Constitution in 1950, lawyer, anthropologist, economist, and political human rights defender, meant by radic…
- Why Mahatma Gandhi was so radical as seen through his time spent in South Africa? Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Mahatma Gandhi was not just a peacemaker, he was a trouble maker. Initially, it was his talents as a social reformer through community organizing and law, not his occupation as a saint that built his career as one of the p…
- Why Mahatma Gandhi was so radical as seen through his vegetarian advocacy? Part 1
Send us Fan Mail In this video I expound upon some insights and quotes from the book Gandhi before India by Ramachandra Guha from Chapter 2: Among the Vegetarians. I discuss why Gandhi carried the ethos of India, was so radical even in his…