Chai Across Generations
Chai Across Generations is a podcast featuring two friends a generation apart, Nikil and Shankar, as they explore a new topic each episode to better understand - and maybe even bridge - the gap between generations of South Asians.
Chai Across Generations
Latest Episodes
Episode 55: The Meaning of Jiva and Life's Core Questions, With Mahesh Panchagnula ("The Seven Steps to Bliss" Book Discussion)
We chat with Mahesh Panchagnula, a professor at IIT Madras and host of the Professor Mahesh Podcast. Mahesh and Shankar first met in academia, and their friendship has grown into something much more. When Shankar wrote "The Seven Steps to Bliss...
Episode 54: The Ilaiyaraja 50 Concert and Why Music Means So Much to South Asians
Music is universal, but in South Asian culture, it's tied to something specific: the movies. That link means songs carry entire stories with them, and they become a soundtrack to our own memories and moments too. We share our experience at the ...
Episode 53: Mental Health and Doing What You Love With Abhijith Ravinutala
Have we really gotten better at talking about mental health in the South Asian community, or just better at using the language? Abhijith Ravinutala joins us again to pick up where we left off in Episode 35, when he first shared his journey with...
Episode 52: "The Seven Steps to Bliss" Book Club with Ravi Ram and Sujit Nair
We welcome Ravi Ram and Sujit Nair, two friends who joined Nikil for a weekly book club over four weeks to read through Shankar's book, "The Seven Steps to Bliss: A Modern Upanishad." Shankar joined partway through our book club meetings to hea...
Episode 51: Chasing The Same Joy With Tim Bruster ("The Seven Steps to Bliss" Book Discussion)
We welcome Tim Bruster, a retired United Methodist pastor, who met Shankar by chance after a delayed flight turned into friendly conversation and, eventually, a real friendship. Tim read Shankar's book, "The Seven Steps to Bliss: A Modern Upani...