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In a couple of days, discussions about the 2019 General elections will hinge on the release of exit poll numbers put up by various survey and media agencies. We explore what it takes to go from a good track record in calculating vote shares to problems in predicting how many seats a party will win. Why do opinion and exit polls struggle in India? Is it just a matter of resources, the complexity of the first-past-the-post-system in a diverse country, or the difficulty in integrating social theory into polling questions? How do you tell if an opinion or exit poll is credible? And perhaps most importantly, why does it matter?

To discuss this and more, we are joined by one of India's leading pollsters, Sanjay Kumar of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies to help us make sense of the numbers and what lies behind them.

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In this episode, we are joined by Ankur Bhardwaj, Senior Editor at Business Standard to talk about the State of Haryana which goes to the polls in the 6th phase of polling. Assembly elections are also scheduled a few months after Lok Sabha polls suggesting that both could be impacted by the same trends and patterns. While the Jat community has dominated politics in the state of Haryana, the inter-caste violence that broke out in 2016 over reservation and many other issues exposed the political and social fault lines among the "chattis biradari" of Haryana. How have political parties moved to consolidate their support among various communities? Are we seeing a re-alignment among communities along very different party lines? Join us as we discuss these and more issues with Ankur.

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On this week's Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by comedian, screenwriter, and author Suman Kumar, along with Amit and Abbas. The four of them discuss about Shahid Afridi's bizarre revelations in his book, NaMo's comment about Rajiv Gandhi and whether it was in bad taste, Akshay Kumar's Canadian citizenship, CBSE results and the barrage of toppers, CJI Gogoi being cleared by house panel Cyrus' opinion on GOT (don't worry no spoilers) and more.

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On this week's Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by comedian, screenwriter, and author Suman Kumar, along with Amit and Abbas. The four of them discuss about Shahid Afridi's bizarre revelations in his book, NaMo's comment about Rajiv Gandhi and whether it was in bad taste, Akshay Kumar's Canadian citizenship, CBSE results and the barrage of toppers, CJI Gogoi being cleared by house panel Cyrus' opinion on GOT (don't worry no spoilers) and more.

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Stand-up comedian Karthik Kumar joins Karthik Nagarajan to talk about co-founding Evam, an art-based start-up company and how he trained himself to become a stand-up comic. He also shares his respect and admiration for Mani Ratnam and how performance arts have the power to change behaviour.

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರು ಎಷ್ಟು ಶತಮಾನಗಳಿಂದ ವಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ? ನಮ್ಮೂರಿನ ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರ, ಇಂದಿರಾನಗರ, ಹೆಬ್ಬಾಳ, ಎಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯವು?

ಉದಯ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು 'ಇನ್ಸ್ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಷನ್ ಸ್ಟೋನ್ಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು' ಎಂಬ ಗುಂಪಿನ ಮೂಲಕ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ದೀರ್ಘ ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಗು ಅದನ್ನು ಪುನರುಜ್ಜೀವಗೊಳಿಸುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರು ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳ ಮುಖಾಂತರ, ಇತಿಹಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದುಹೋದ ಹಲವಾರು ಕಥೆಗಳು, ಘಟನೆಗಳು, ಮತ್ತು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳ ವಿವರಗಳನ್ನು ಹೆಕ್ಕಿ ತೆಗೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರ ಅತಿ ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ವ ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾಳ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಒಂದು ಕೋಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೊರಕಿತು. ಈ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು, ಶಾಸನಗಳು, ನಮ್ಮ ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಏನು ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಬಹುದು?

ನಮ್ಮ ತಲೆ-ಹರಟೆ ಪಾಡ್ಕಾಸ್ತಿನ 15ನೆ ಎಪಿಸೋಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉದಯ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಪವನ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್ ಮತ್ತು ಗಣೇಶ್ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಸನಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮತ್ತು ತಮ್ಮ ತಂಡದ ಜೊತೆ ಈ ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಲು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ crowdsourcing ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ಚರ್ಚೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರ ಈ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಹಾಗು ಸಹಕರಿಸಲು ಕೆಳಗೆ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಲಿಂಕ್ಸ್ ಅನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ.

How old is the human settlement of Bengaluru? How old are the localities of Bengaluru, from Rajajinagar to Indiranagar to Hebbal? The answer may surprise you.

Udaya Kumar PL started the Inscription Stones of Bangalore group to rescue, revive and rejuvenate the rich written history of Bengaluru. In their efforts, they were responsible for one of the richest archeological findings of the city in decades in a quiet corner of Hebbal. Could Bengaluru's oldest inscription stone tell us the story of the city's first named citizen? What secrets do hero stones (Veeragallu) and other artifacts of history reveal about the development and the history of the city?

Udaya Kumar has a wide-ranging conversation with hosts Pavan Srinath and Ganesh Chakravarthi on Episode 15 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast on Inscription Stones and Bengaluru's history. Uday and his collaborators are seeking to crowd-fund a grand, historically appropriate memorial for Bengaluru's first named citizen, and they are doing it in a way where each of us can have a piece of the city's most ancient history right in our homes.

If you wish to contribute and help, here are a few places to start:

Donate to build a Mantapa for the Hebbal Inscription, and get a brass replica of the Veeragallu for your home: https://www.instamojo.com/inscriptionstones/donation-25d61/

Watch the documentary of how inscription stones are rescued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcf01Rbe14

Join the Inscription Stones of Bangalore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/inscriptionstones/

Follow Inscription Stones of Bangalore on Twitter: https://twitter.com/inscriptionblr

Read some wonderful Kannada fiction set around the Veeragallu of Bangalore: http://girigitlay.blogspot.com/2019/03/blog-post.html

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