<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Vimoh's Ideas: Hindi Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Audio and video content from Vimoh's Subatack]]></description><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/s/hindi-podcast</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xPlv!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87f5c43a-4de6-4c4d-8c2c-2e0245ffeb64_1074x1074.png</url><title>Vimoh&apos;s Ideas: Hindi Podcast</title><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/s/hindi-podcast</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:42:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://vimoh.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[vimohig@gmail.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[vimohig@gmail.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[vimohig@gmail.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[vimohig@gmail.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Your lack of hobbies might be killing democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why we fear and reject the Arts. An essay about individuality vs groupthink.]]></description><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/p/art-vs-indian-society</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://vimoh.substack.com/p/art-vs-indian-society</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:41:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208995072/5cdd16487b2afa3a29ec6b2b4981610f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every time I advocate for the inclusion of art (or any hobby) into life, someone or the other responds by saying &#8220;that&#8217;s a luxury the common man cannot afford&#8221;. These are people who spend their days hustling to be billionaires - as if that is not a luxury.</p><p>But the real reason we reject the arts is not this stated reason. It is something else. It has to do with why collectives don&#8217;t value free thinking individuals - the inevitable result of art.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" width="600" height="50" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:50,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10629,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>How valuable was this essay for you?</h2><p>I enjoy writing these essays and want as many people as possible to read them. That can&#8217;t happen if my work lives behind a paywall. If you enjoy reading what I put out for free, please consider supporting my work with a one-time donation.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://razorpay.me/@vimoh&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Make a one-time donation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://razorpay.me/@vimoh"><span>Make a one-time donation</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media and the free speech delusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big tech has sold us empowerment as a carrot while it beats us with the control stick.]]></description><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/p/social-media-and-the-free-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://vimoh.substack.com/p/social-media-and-the-free-speech</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208653839/f1dc1ff1d5591098d8a2e9e53a1d2202.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attention is the currency is the social media age. It gives us a lot, but what it takes away is not often talked about. Every moment we remain oblivious to it, the morass deepens.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" width="600" height="50" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:50,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10629,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>How valuable was this essay for you?</h2><p>I enjoy writing these essays and want as many people as possible to read them. That can&#8217;t happen if my work lives behind a paywall. If you enjoy reading what I put out for free, please consider supporting my work with a one-time donation.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://razorpay.me/@vimoh&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Make a one-time donation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://razorpay.me/@vimoh"><span>Make a one-time donation</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests are pointless without understanding this]]></title><description><![CDATA[India is in a toxic relationship. It is beginning to end, except in some quarters.]]></description><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/p/protests-are-pointless-without-understanding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://vimoh.substack.com/p/protests-are-pointless-without-understanding</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208171480/35fa192e72b10f7fa395c007d907da09.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The ongoing student protests at Jantar Mantar are worth paying attention to. Not only because of the dissent they represent, but also because they contain a lot of people who are only just becoming aware of the state that the rest of India has been in for the last dozen or so years.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png" width="600" height="50" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:50,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10629,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ougd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe09f278e-d71d-4014-9fb2-186bad6a08e4_600x50.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>How valuable was this essay for you?</h2><p>I enjoy writing these essays and want as many people as possible to read them. That can&#8217;t happen if my work lives behind a paywall. If you enjoy reading what I put out for free, please consider supporting my work with a one-time donation.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://razorpay.me/@vimoh&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Make a one-time donation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://razorpay.me/@vimoh"><span>Make a one-time donation</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t care about my image]]></title><description><![CDATA[My drawing Tumblr: https://vimohdraws.tumblr.com]]></description><link>https://vimoh.substack.com/p/i-dont-care-about-my-image</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://vimoh.substack.com/p/i-dont-care-about-my-image</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vijayendra Mohanty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:13:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194907324/b183f9c2d6cb944277f118c029dddd51.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My drawing Tumblr: <a href="https://vimohdraws.tumblr.com">https://vimohdraws.tumblr.com</a></p><p>A short video about an insidious cultural problem and how it&#8217;s damaging the wider discourse. </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>