High Five India | India Decade by Decade | Vivek Desai, Co-Founder of iMeUsWe
About this episode
Vivek Desai discusses the significance of names in India and their cultural implications.
India in one word? In this High Five India segment, Vivek Desai entrepreneur, co-founder of iMeUsWe, and the man who traced India’s name story through 1.6 billion public records answers some fun but revealing questions. Along the way, where does Chanakya one of the ancient world’s most influential thinkers on statecraft, economics and power figure in all this? But the full story begins in the main episode. Which names shaped India after Independence?Why are Ram and Lakshmi among India’s favourite names since 1947?How did Bollywood make Rahul unforgettable?And what do Indian names reveal about faith, family, aspiration and identity? Watch the full episode of India: A Story in the Making with Vivek Desai, co-founder of iMeUsWe. 📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/pvd1a3HjA2A?si=T2SXI9yqchrujWgG 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast... 💬 Join Our Discord Community: / discord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Loveena Tandon
Guest: Vivek Desai
Topics covered
- Indian names
- cultural identity
- Bollywood influence
- history of India
- statecraft
Keywords
- India
- names
- Chanakya
- Bollywood
- identity
- history
- Vivek Desai
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: iMeUsWe
Places: India
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