India's Political History, Working With The TATAs and MAHINDRAs & What Can India Do To Be A Leader?

[@smitaghate3344]

Hi Shantanu, myself and my husband Mr. Vivek Ghate watched this two hour long video ' Building India ' . We really liked it. We can connect with all events told by Mr.Kiran Deshpande, we belong to the same generation . I did my M.Phil History , and teaching History , I want to appreciate Mr. Kiran Deshpande because he is explaining events chronologically , with a balanced view, critical evaluation is superb 👍

[@jijodasgupta]

When i was 21 going into my first job, my late father said one line to me which stayed with me forever. He said, "A true gentleman doesn't beg, borrow or steal." The last 2mins reminded me of him. Thanks Shantanu for this.

[@prernakanakia8707]

“all elected representatives, should go somewhere and take some course” , wisest words. Great conversation 🫡

[@kasabeketan]

Excellent. Please tell your father he is truly inspiring and looking forward to the next conversation with him.

[@shashanksrivaths]

Hi Shantanu, Super insight from your father, absolutely loved this episode. Actually, ICF is Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. And the GM, Kiran sir mentioned is Mr. S Mani an absolute superb leader who got the Train-18 project done within the promised timeframe with all kinds of budget constraints & bureaucratic red tape. You should have him on one of your episodes, another truly inspiring personality who delivered on the Train-18 project when no one thought it was possible to do in India. Keep up the great work Shantanu!!

[@ankit19jha]

I am genuinely impressed with this exchange. A father and son exchanging a dialogue of how Deshpande household has seen the world change through different generations. Chronicles of India from 1950s- present. Thanks for uploading this. I am sure this would encourage more sons to have such conversations with their father.

[@gyanshala-urvashiclasses5157]

Shantanu Thanks for Bringing Mr.Deshpande to the podcast!

[@skylord99]

"Building the Nation....is there a better external reason?" Well said sir! Your towering intellect is matched by your humility. It's truly amazing to listen to your thoughts as you talk about the leaders who shaped your thought process!

[@neel_ghodasara]

Can't thank enough to Shantanu for bringing mind blowing industry experts

[@calvincrow6477]

Big risk Shantanu took by bringing his father. Kudos to him.

[@naineshjore]

What a conversation.. I always salute people who behaves with great respect to their children as being Father.. Great Mr. Kiran 👏👏

[@ateeqahmad]

Loved it! These are people who have shown us the way!

[@kantvx]

Known Kiran as a corporate leader but this podcast showed a different side of him. Great to listen his balanced perspective on Indian PMs and how special this country is. Hopefully will listen to a part 2.

[@sriharshapudi4196]

What a wonderful person Kiran Deshpande. Became big fan of you Sir.

[@rageshgopinathan]

I don't remember watching something of two hours in one shot on KZbin before this one.. very valuable and honest talk. I lost my father when I just started working 10 years back and I hope this video has just given me something very important which I couldn't unfortunately get from him. God bless you guys. Very positive and patriotic. It has changed my views in many fronts. Thank you!

[@jacobelias6482]

Awesome ....started listening to your podcast recently. Keep up the good work

[@abhijitnaik1695]

Hello Shantanu - my Dad ( Wg Cdr. Prabhakar Naik ) worked with your Dad when in TCS and then he came over when your dad moved to Tech M . Have seen you and your brother as kids . Pls give my regards to your Dad and Mum ( Abhijit Naik)

[@shantanudeshpande]

Oh yessss!!! I remember Wg Cdr Naik uncle and I’ve been to your home I remember! Thank you so much and let’s meet soon

[@debm09]

Wow what a great episode. Knowledge of Deshpande sir is immense. And a lot of positive outlook towards growth and development of the country and economy. I think this inspiring attitude made him a good leader and CEO. Please bring him back for more episodes. Thank You Shantanu

[@saurabhvasant]

Amazing podcast Shantanu!! I always used to feel that Indian politics is like a river - irrespective of the political party all governments have done good/amazing work and moved nation forward! Nobody else could've aptly explain better than Kaka. I felt like I read a book rich of impartial insights on India since independence. Totally inspired by his expectations from we the people of India - its easy to say what government hasn't done but very aptly put what we all as a nation should do . Would love to hear him more ..

[@politeobserver9459]

I love this podcast his question are similar for a entrepreneur but other podcast are good but there have more common question. This is USP for this person.

[@payeldutta4014]

Love this episode! No wonder you are so balanced in your views!!! Love the father son relationship ❤

[@abhishekshekhar8192]

It was surreal experience to listen mr. Deshpande. Plz bring some more people with with such experience of governance and business

[@jayantapaul3991]

Loved the discussion ... I couldn't help but surmise if you Photoshop the top half of the dad's head and the bottom half of the son's head, you get a good billboard for a barbershop 😃

[@charutamalshe6813]

As always, it was delightful to listen to Sr. Deshpande.

[@sanketkiran7142]

Thank you for inviting your dad to the barber shop. Can’t wait for episode two.

[@deeptiph5072]

Amazing conversation and took me back to my growing up days. The pride in being an Indian resonated. Giving back is a powerful message

[@omkarsawant7933]

This conversation hits hard 🫡

[@dineshsihag7959]

It's very good conversation, Thank you so much Shantanu and uncle ji.

[@pratikpatel305]

Many guests on podcasts have been saying that India's time has come and that India will be a game-changer in the next 20-30 years. The economy and purchasing power are flourishing, making this a golden era. I remember the line from Rahul saying, "Whatever you want to do, do it in India," which has stuck with me and inspired me. Thank you for your work, Shantanu.

[@shanecallum5990]

I remember the times at Mojo’s office in Kothrud seeking sponsorship for a national event 😅 Nonetheless, what a father son duo! Kudos 🎉 Here is a lesson for lot of future fathers as well as to how to normalise a father son/daughter relationship and not make it look from an authority POV. Fantastic podcast! Gonna share it with my friends and family members ☺️

[@omkarsharma9797]

It was so insightful. What a genius and eloquent speaker Mr Kiran is. He is so brutal and to the point mentioning we need to be law abiding citizen for government to help build the nation. His words give confidence that India is shinning and a great nation is in building. Lots of blessing and excited for next episode.

[@AnishNema]

This is a very enriching episode and hearing Mr Kiran was an eye-opener. Most importantly, hearing about the aspiration of making India the top most nation of this world and I believe India has the DNA to be the absolute super power (not just economic) because of its rich culture and the great human beings who lived on this land. They have given us the ideals and principles to follow while be the best in the world. I hope his vision fructifies in my lifetime (another 30-40 years) and I would be very proud and glad.

[@rushabhnehul8531]

Hey Shantanu & Team. Great job, on your journey from starting to making it so far. I have been the witness and many like me who saw your content getting better day by day. I don't usually comment, but I really like the insightful way of keeping a centered perspective and prioritizing the nation. Would love to see your father talk more and share his experience with us all about his philosophy, experience, and advice. He deserves to have a separate series to make it more impactful. Looking forward to more insightful conversations with him in the future. Keep adding value. Thanks for having him on the show.🙏

[@shreykumbhare]

Long Wait... Thank you Shantanu

[@jaganmohank]

Best episode so far !! Taking countless things away with me.

[@yashovardhang]

One of the best podcasts. So articulate and well informed. I genuinely hope and pray he involves himself into politics

[@ravilifecoach]

Biggest turnaround is coming back. Its so insightful to ask. Difficult to do at that time. So easily he decided to live for others. Comes easy to the older generation, among other things

[@iotasymbol8498]

Amazing person with great knowledge and experience

[@leoarmy7655]

One of the finest piece of conversation I ever heard of ! Thanks for bringing Mr.deshpande .

[@sashanksivanand4688]

Hello Shantanu! Great conversation to hear! I am intrigued by one point, Why are there so many analogies to cricket? Is their some background story that we are missing?

[@rawatsandeep1]

Off late..One of the best Entrepreneurship related podcast that has Indian grounds with global insights. Thanks for the initiative Shantunu. God speed.

[@shreyasphirke9330]

What a legend!! Thanks shantanu, this was the best one till date.

[@Sachin_6322]

It gave me goose bumps.what a man period

[@shashanknaik1604]

Would love to see Shantanu's brother next on the podcast

[@lomashb]

Maza aa gya uncle ko Sun ke…he is such a scholar 🎉❤

[@shardulnikam9322]

Bring your mother as well please 🙏🙏🙏 Would be interesting to hear her perspective on India during the 70’s and so on

[@jaibajaj]

Great episode reminding youngsters how we reached where we are and responsibilities lies on their shoulders to take it to next level.. Be citizen of first class world

[@tanmaymore9631]

Feedback to the editor/manager - You could have used a single frame of Mr. Deshpande at 13:47 - 14:06. Because as a human, we get distracted very easily at that’s what happened there and I personally missed all the points. So just a heads up to keep on changing the frames which you are currently doing, and don’t keep distracting frames in the middle of important/ main topic.

[@mgg5358]

I like the easy camaraderie of your conversation, Shantanu and Kiran. Good on you K, that you got in a good dose of humanities during your BITS days. I got a decent economics degree and then went on to engineering etc...When I picked up my first sizable project I had to sub out work to Ireland and the Philippines, because there was no IBM gear we could rent in India, and of course in '82 hardly any Indian knew DOS/VSE, let alone MVS. I was greatly disenchanted by the Emergency and thoroughly disenchanted with MD, and voted with my feet though I had cleared the civils. Returning to India via 12 countries almost four decades later I am delighted to see the chronic grinding poverty of the sixties and seventies has given way to less palpable poverty, and a vastly well developed Public Distribution System. My thoughts echo your view on the sanctity of our Constitution, and noted your suggestion with wry amusement that many politicians need to attend class 101 on the subject. You also make an excellent point of the lack of CEO grade leaders for metros. Well said. I am however on the verge of voting again, as I did in youth with my feet - in disenchantment with the polity.

[@pradeepthorat3433]

Pearls, just pearls! Each word on this episode is a pearl!!

[@bhatvikrant]

This is one of the most hyped & best barbershop episodes for me!

[@aishwaryadhaigude3460]

Such rich conversation!! Hands down one of the best podcasts I've heard !

[@SachinBhide]

Excellent interview, I wish many families should have such discussions at home. Kiran Sir's quote on poverty was just amazing. Guidance from his mother after getting good marks was important. And the most important part I felt was when he talked about how even though in initial days they were not having money but had encouragement, genuineness and so on. It was very important for today's generation to understand this. I am looking forward to your next conversation with Kiran Sir. Thank you

[@jayanthjayaprakashjj4796]

Liked this episode as many things were put into perspective by Dr Deshpande.

[@aniketrudrawar8685]

Keep bringing him ….PLEASE

[@akshaybharadwaj2383]

Just amazing shantanu .. really inspired by Mr. Deshpande .. also your fund manager if I am not wrong.. take him for fund raising and things will be sorted .. thanks again for the episode... God bless you both

[@mihirtrivedi4342]

Amazing Shantanu 🎉

[@kalyanidivakar]

Exprential and impartial wisdom always do good for society

[@-vaibhav312]

Great episode make this a series Loved it 😊

[@raystein273]

We want a part 2!!

[@ganeshhullolikar9958]

Just to inform you that I being 22 year old village boy also watched this conversation

[@jenithpersonal2559]

The Pune part is relatable. Pune has so much potential but it is slowing down. It could have become as big as mumbai if not bigger.

[@gauravbuche7211]

Thoroughly enjoyed!! Eagerly waiting for next episode with Deshpande sir! ❤

[@rajeevbhatnagar6495]

Hi Shantanu, Which years was your Dad in BITS, Pilani? Prof Gaud taught Political Science course to me also in BITS, Pilani (1972-1977).

[@shantanudeshpande]

1971-1976 sir :)

[@carvermentor9844]

Loved ❤ the session Shantanu.

[@kmrkushal]

read india after gandhi for lot of these. Thanks for sharing the interview

[@munizreza3612]

Excellent... Really enjoyed..

[@nothingness3]

Shantanu Bhai Aaj beer leke nahi baithe 😅....thanks for this episode shantanu...🎉

[@abhijeetsdm2605]

Hahaha, just water and pizza

[@Aniket.Koli100]

Thanks 😊

[@BrokenRecord-i7q]

Lovely father son bonding, Shantanu sir beer nahi laaye😆

[@shrivatssingh4308]

Papa aaye to daaru hata di 😛 Btw awesome content as always

[@aravindpakaravoor]

Wonderful conversation ❤

[@siddharththakkar5902]

abs loved it, thanks

[@Aristurtl]

Kahan Chupa rkha tha is bnde ko? We need a separate podcast series with this guy.

[@ashutoshnayak6579]

He is the father of Shantunu

[@yashtv555]

When ever Shantanu says correct i hear kharray... is it only me😅

[@nehashah7867]

Wow

[@ullasacharya149]

It was Gread Interview

[@mrhotncool007]

Awesome Session 👏👏

[@vanilbharadwaj8213]

Ohh man What an intellectual talk 👌

[@nileshmange2189]

Such a pleasure to Listen to him! I had a chance interacting with him and had become a fan of his at that very moment! Experiencing difficulties in early formative years and reaching this stage today is an amazing journey just like my father! Hope to meet him soon again! 😊 Thanks Shantanu for getting him on the Barbershop! 👍🙏

[@Tesla3X2]

Without erasing the corruption in India, there will be no progress, no matter how skillful Indian people are.

[@ajitnandakumar]

Your father is a sweet person. He should write a book or essays on his views and experiences. P.S. your dad is cool, but still, please consider not crossing your legs.

[@hamidAliC]

Thanks for bringing such a intelligent person to the show and at the same time please don't eat snacks infront of very intelligent person when he speaks serious matters like nation building, poverty etc..you are father and son yet feels a little bit disrespectful...it's my Personal opinion. Drinking water is okay. will we ever take spoon and eat rasagula when our HOD speaks about liberation war..😊

[@tarunrao23]

Does he run deshpande foundation?

[@rishabhdhall90]

A great conversation and a bunch of wisdom bomb drops! The only thing extremely distracting / annoying is the host constantly eating throughout the 2 hours of the conversation and being fidgety with his feet throughout. (Note to the production crew: if you can't stop the host from doing these things, atleast handle them out in the focus & edit).

[@Gopal1939]

ICF = Integral Coach Factory.

[@rohithkaveti1226]

We have 65 percent population under the age of 35 now, but if we don't utilise this opportunity we would in 30 years have the highest elder population the world has ever seen. So if we don't take advantage of this younger population it's gonna be disastrous later. This is concerning, what's your take on this?

[@devd6800]

what did he say at 48:44 ? because of what ?

[@neeraj3179]

Won't be surprised if BarberShop becomes much bigger than Bombay Shaving Company

[@tantravision]

Citizens manifesto for 2024 elections 1. Massive steps to check/end corruption in India at all levels, specially nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and industrialists, leading to massive corruption in the country. 2. Police and judicial reforms. 3. 50% reservation for women (including 50% reservation for dalits/SC/ST/Tribals). 4. Universal income scheme. 5. Removal of GST on essentials. 6. Many other welfare scheme for the poor and SME. 7. No discrimination/favoritism with any business houses 8. Nationalisation of illicit wealth/assets of Adani/Ramdev/other crony capitalists. 9. Replace flawed economic model of Dr Manmohan Singh with mixed economy model of Nehru ji, with PSU's in all core sector of economy, competing and keeping checks/balance on private sector, whereby improving efficiency in both and fair price/services to the final consumer (instead of exorbitant price charged due to cartelization).

[@abhijeetsdm2605]

.... And I thought these people are from Maharashtra like Marathi Family

[@Sachin_6322]

He should be in government,, knowledge is poring out of him

[@abhijit2406]

do you two speak in Marathi too?

[@shantanudeshpande]

Yes quite a bit

[@gottlobfreige1075]

Upper-Caste Brahmin, Sad to see the country, who can't sit with SC/ST caste folks.

[@dhananjayprabhune7622]

People disliking this video are against a formation of positive societal ethics & are just insta reel fans liking dirty/adult content. 😂😂😂

[@tantravision]

What is opposition supposed to do (instead of jumping in the well) when the arrogance of the ruling party does not allow legitimate debates in parliament and passes important bills by voice vote by creating chaos??

[@chiragsawant8312]

A Deshpande wouldn't know the first CM of Maharashtra was Yashwantrao Chavan is shocking to me

[@shantanudeshpande]

Brilliant how that’s the takeaway you have from 2 hours. Well done Chirag.

[@chiragsawant8312]

@@shantanudeshpande I watched the entire video and I loved it.. & I am looking forward for the next one with him.. Only two things bothered me : 1) was about Mr. Chavan & 2) the Rajnarain Case ( verdict of which disqualified Mrs. Gandhi as PM) which was fairly known by everybody who was around that time.. Also If I may add Mrs. Gandhi's reasoning for the emergency was Mr. JP Narayan's appeal to the armed forces & police to stop following the government.. I would have loved the video even more if he could have shed some light on the above... Apart from that I would say, this video is one of the few podcasts with rewatch value that I have come across.. & I loved all the YT shorts made from this podcast

[@Badbayafternoon.]

Old generation are fond of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel & other freedom fighters..... New generation are fond of Andrew tate, & celebrities...

[@ravilifecoach]

Integrated Coach Factory

[@ayushgarg7033]

Education and healthcare are thrown out of the window because we have the less literate govt 😓