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Tailor, Theatre, Then Filmfare | Bollywood's Favourite Dad Gajraj Rao Breaks It Down
Jun 24, 2026
38m 47s
Was Osho Actually Right? India's Top Yogi Finally Answers | Prof.(Dr.) Rajesh Kumar
Jun 18, 2026
52m 11s
The Silent Killer Hiding in Every Young Indian's Body | Dr. Avinash Verma
Jun 10, 2026
59m 15s
Climbers Are Being Poisoned On Everest. The Reason Will SHOCK You! | Kaamya Karthikeyan
Jun 3, 2026
58m 18s
First the Censor Board. Then the Government. She Didn't Cut a Single Scene | Alankrita Shrivastava
May 27, 2026
54m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 |  Tailor, Theatre, Then Filmfare | Bollywood's Favourite Dad Gajraj Rao Breaks It Down | Gajraj Rao — the actor who waited 25 years for Bollywood to notice him — sits down with Gaurav Arora on xMonks Drive for his most honest interview yet. Best known for his National Award and Filmfare Award-winning role as Jeetendra Kaushik in Badhaai Ho, Gajraj Rao opens up about his journey from a railway colony in Rajasthan to Delhi theatre to becoming one of Hindi cinema's most loved character actors. In this episode, Gajraj Rao talks about his early struggles before fame — working as a ta... | 38m 47s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Was Osho Actually Right? India's Top Yogi Finally Answers | Prof.(Dr.) Rajesh Kumar | On the occasion of International Yoga Day, xMonks Drive sits down with one of India's most extraordinary minds — Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar, Sanyasi Bhargava Ph.D. — Professor of Happiness & Wellbeing, Kundalini Yogi, Tantric Master, Applied Psychologist and S*xologist with over 22 years of experience across India and Europe. In this conversation, Gaurav Arora and Prof. Rajesh Kumar explore the hidden secrets of Kundalini awakening, the real meaning of Tantra, the science of human consciou... | 52m 11s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  The Silent Killer Hiding in Every Young Indian's Body | Dr. Avinash Verma✨ | heart healthcardiac arrest+4 | Dr. Avinash Verma | BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital | New DelhiIndia | cardiac arrestheart health+5 | — | 59m 15s | |
| 6/3/26 |  Climbers Are Being Poisoned On Everest. The Reason Will SHOCK You! | Kaamya Karthikeyan✨ | mountaineeringendurance+3 | Kaamya Karthikeyan | — | IndiaEverest | EverestKaamya Karthikeyan+3 | — | 58m 18s | |
| 5/27/26 |  First the Censor Board. Then the Government. She Didn't Cut a Single Scene | Alankrita Shrivastava✨ | filmmakingcensorship+3 | Alankrita Shrivastava | CBFCLipstick Under My Burkha+2 | — | Alankrita Shrivastavacensorship+3 | — | 54m 35s | |
| 5/20/26 |  The Honest Warning Every Working Indian Needs to Hear in 2026 | Prashant Puri✨ | AI and jobscareer advice+3 | Prashant Puri | AdLiftPayPal+2 | — | AIjob replacement+3 | — | 49m 39s | |
| 5/13/26 |  No One Has Life Figured Out. Your Brain Was Never Designed To | Dr. Sid Warrier✨ | brain scienceself-understanding+3 | Dr. Siddharth Warrier | xMonks Drive | — | brainself-help+4 | — | 41m 49s | |
| 5/6/26 |  How Black Money is Destroying India's Schools, Roads & Economy | Abhishek Bali✨ | black moneyfinancial crime+4 | Abhishek Bali | ZIGRAM | India | black moneymoney laundering+6 | — | 59m 01s | |
| 4/29/26 |  How young Indians are buying BMW in their 20s | BMW India CEO | Hardeep Singh Brar✨ | luxury carsentrepreneurship+3 | Hardeep Singh Brar | BMW IndiaKia India | — | BMWKia+5 | — | 44m 00s | |
| 4/27/26 |  Listen to This Before You Drop Your Child to School Tomorrow✨ | bullyingchild loss+4 | Aarti Malhotra | — | — | bullyingchild loss+3 | — | 1h 21m 44s | |
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| 4/27/26 |  Aryan Khan, Aarushi Talwar & MJ Akbar | India's Top Lawyer Finally Speaks✨ | legal systemhigh-profile cases+3 | Geeta Luthra | — | — | Aryan KhanAarushi Talwar+7 | — | 1h 02m 34s | |
| 4/8/26 |  Major General Neeraj Bali Explains What Nobody On TV Will Tell You✨ | military strategyMiddle East conflict+4 | Major General Neeraj Bali | — | IranTel Aviv+2 | IsraelIran+8 | — | 58m 22s | |
| 4/2/26 |  India’s Top Neurologist on Brain Hacking, Parkinson’s & Why You Feel Lazy & Unmotivated✨ | neurologybrain hacking+3 | Dr. Neha Pandita | Temple deviceZomato | — | neurologistbrain monitoring+5 | — | 48m 34s | |
| 3/18/26 |  The Malayali Bahu, 6 Languages & Everything She Won't Post Online | Satshya Tharien✨ | content creationcultural identity+3 | Satshya Tharien | TEDx | CambodiaPunjabi+2 | MalayaliPunjabi+6 | — | 45m 15s | |
| 3/6/26 |  Climbed Everest at 19. Betrayed at the 7th Summit. | Women's Day Special | Krushnaa Patil✨ | mountaineeringpersonal growth+3 | Krushnaa Patil | — | Mount EverestHimalayas | EverestKrushnaa Patil+6 | — | 1h 14m 50s | |
| 2/26/26 |  ₹5 Lakhs A Month. Big IIT Jobs. They Left It All For An Equal Marriage.✨ | equal marriagemodern Indian marriage+3 | Bibhuti BhushanVipin Yadav | IIT | — | IITequal marriage+5 | — | 53m 35s | |
| 2/18/26 |  How to Be a Man in 2026 | Masculinity, Confidence & The Male Identity Crisis ft. Rahul Badesra ✨ | modern masculinitymale identity crisis+4 | Rahul Badesra | — | — | masculinityconfidence+5 | — | 59m 54s | |
| 2/11/26 | Valentine’s Week Special: How My Breakup Became My Career ft. Mansi Narang✨ | breakup healingcareer change+3 | Mansi Narang | — | — | breakupcareer+5 | — | 1h 03m 09s | |
| 2/4/26 |  Neurologist Dr. Vinit Banga: Pollution Is Damaging Your Brain (Stress, Sleep & Stroke Warning Signs)✨ | brain healthpollution+4 | Dr. Vinit Banga | — | Delhi | pollutionbrain health+5 | — | 1h 04m 18s | |
| 1/28/26 |  Ankur Warikoo’s Untold Story | Failure, Layoffs & Finding Real Freedom | He had five months of money left. School fees. Home loan EMIs. Responsibilities. And one decision to make. In this deeply honest conversation, Ankur Warikoo opens up about the moments that shaped him. Not the highlight reels, but the failures, insecurities, and turning points that most people never hear about. This isn’t a typical “success podcast.” It’s the real story behind the person India thinks it knows. ⸻ 🎙️ In This Episode, Ankur Talks About: • The ambition spiral that qui... | 1h 09m 41s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Ira Singhal IAS: “UPSC Is Self-Torture” | UPSC Reality, IAS Power & Corruption | Hindi Podcast | “UPSC is self-inflicted torture on all levels.” In this explosive Hindi conversation, Ira Singhal (IAS) — UPSC CSE Rank 1 and the first differently-abled woman to top UPSC — breaks down the real truth of UPSC, IAS power, and the system. On The xMonks Drive Podcast, Gaurav Arora speaks with Ira about everything aspirants and Indians want to know but rarely hear openly — from pressure, privilege, coaching culture, and attempts… to what it actually takes to become an IAS officer and survive ins... | 44m 17s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  Workplace Sexual Harassment Explained: Forensics, Power, Evidence, False Complaints | Vishal Bhasin | In this episode of The xMonks Drive Podcast, Gaurav Arora sits down with Vishal Bhasin — a Criminal Profiling & Forensic Psychology professional and one of India’s leading experts on Workplace Sexual Harassment (PoSH Act). This is a raw, high-impact conversation on how workplace harassment cases actually happen, how they are investigated, how evidence is evaluated, and why power dynamics can completely change outcomes. If you’ve ever wondered where the line is between “normal behaviour”... | 1h 08m 58s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 |  Practical Buddhism for Work & Relationships | Stress, Pressure & Modern Life | Geetanjali Pandit | In this powerful episode of The xMonks Drive, Gaurav Arora sits down with Geetanjali Pandit — former CHRO of the India Today Group, Indian Express, and Zee Media, and bestselling author of Buddha at Work and Buddha in Love — for a deep, honest conversation on Buddhism, work stress, relationships, burnout, leadership, and modern life. This is not a feel-good spiritual talk. This is practical Buddhism for people dealing with pressure, toxic work cultures, emotional pain, broken relationships, ... | 51m 20s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 |  Gurudev Sri Anish Shares a Rare Story of Presence with the Dalai Lama & Modern Leadership | In this episode of The xMonks Drive, Gurudev Sri Anish shares a rare, deeply reflective story about meeting the Dalai Lama, and what silence, presence, and inner stillness revealed in that moment. A former CEO who walked away from the corporate world to spend a decade in deep spiritual practice in the Himalayas, Gurudev Sri Anish speaks candidly about leadership, fulfilment, and why even the most successful people often feel empty inside. Drawing from his personal journey and spiritual insig... | 1h 06m 59s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  Inside India’s Child Protection System | What Really Happens After a Complaint | In this episode, we speak with Vaidehi Subramani, child rights activist, former Chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), and POCSO trainer, about how child abuse cases are handled in India and how the child protection system actually works. Drawing from decades of frontline experience, she explains what happens when a child reports abuse — from the first complaint to the system’s response — and why many cases never reach court. The conversation looks closely at child abuse within fa... | 1h 02m 49s | ||||||
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