Pahayan Talks - Malayalam Podcast
Episodes
Ep-352 A peek into my week after a long time
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I want to just take it light in a format I used to do these podcasts before. Do let me know. Sometimes the same formats get boring after a while...
Ep-351 A Conversation with Usha on Project Management
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Project Management is a topic I wanted to bring here. And the idea was a presentation that can be used both as video and Audio. I had a better idea an...
EP-350 A Method to my Madness
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you have an idea do you patiently think about that idea by making painful analysis for considerable time like days or weeks? Or do you embark the i...
EP-349 Complementing our Kids
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Should we complement kids and if so what should we keep in mind. This is an interesting topic and I would like to share what I read on these lines and...
EP-348 My memories of Gun Violence in USA
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I have been in the United States since 2001 and I have seen Gun violence happen. A few of them still remain vivid in my memory. I am using this episod...
EP-347 Part-2 Why is change so difficult?
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the second part of the question 'Why is Change so difficult' New Channels to Subscribe Penpositive Life Penpositive Malayalam Penpo...
EP-346 Why is change so difficult ? Part-1
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I always try to change, some work, some don't and I wonder why is change so hard.. So difficult. This week and next I will go over something I recentl...
#345 Why and How do we help others ?
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all might have helped someone else. I don't know about you, but I have also not helped in some instances. The questions I am exploring is Why do we...
#344 How do we pivot our Personal Life?
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I turn one more year older. I thought let us chat about pivoting our personal lives. How do we view our life and the future. What changes can I ...
#343 How to be a better person
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am sure we all want to be a better person. And for that we need to regularly talk about what it means to be a better person. In this podcast I am do...
#342 A podcast into driving and road accidents
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday when I went for my morning walk I witnessed something. A car was on the track and a Goods vehicle had hit it. Luckily no one was injured a...
#341 A Simple Life..? Is that possible? What is it?
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I think I lead a simple life. Well that is what I think about me, and so I thought I will start looking for some evidence to figure out if that is eve...
#340 Being Enslaved by Social Media Algorithms
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do we want from Social Media and what does Algorithm's want.. That is the question I am trying to explore. As a content creator, as a content con...
#339 Why I like my job
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday I sat down and wrote why I like my job and also want to share 15 things about work Today's Malayalam Translation was of 'MIguel Pinero's...
#338 Reentering Life and work post Pandemic
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are all in a Post Pandemic world. Can we say that for all the people in the world? I am not sure but many of us have got back to normalcy in one wa...
#337 Gandhi and India after Gandhi - Ramachandra Guha
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are three books of Ramachandra Guha India After Gandhi, Gandhi and Gandhi Before India.I have not read all three, but two of the books I want to...
#336 Why do we lose Friendships ?
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all have friendships and we all have fallen out of friendships. I recently read that people lose friends when they grow older. I don't know, but I ...
#335 Are we bad in Giving Complements to others?
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I have personally struggled and still do in complementing. Both giving and getting it. And I think that has to do with the way I grew up. But today I ...
#334 Spending Meaningful Time
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the popular books last year was Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks. Time Management for Mortals. This podcast is not about the book but abou...
#333 Old Age, Parents, Future and Decisions
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we spoke to decisions and today let us talk about how difficult and varied our decisions can be in some situations.. The topic was triggered...
#332 Some Thoughts on making Better Decisions
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Making Decisions is part of life... be it personal life or career.. Today's podcast is on that.... Here are some details of the references made in the...
#331 A Memoir of book lovers and book selllers
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I want to talk about book lovers and book sellers and entrepreneurs.. All together in one book.. Shelflife... the chronicles of a Cairo booksell...
#330 Reflecting on Career as I enter a new job
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow I am joining a new job and so I thought let me reflect on my career transitions.. there are so many times I have entered new jobs... It was a...
#329 The Agile Scrum Chapter in my Life
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As I have made the Agile Scrum course available for the public free on YouTube... I thought I will take some time to talk on the Agile Scrum Chapter i...
#328 I want to start learning History
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In school history was just to get through exams... but later I figured that it was much more.... Everything I read or watched or experienced had a sli...
#327 Human Kind - A Hopeful History
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Humankind by Rutger is a must read book... Giving us a glimpse of a goodness perspective can help us. Also please listen and subscribe to my Eng...
#326 From Academics to Corporate
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last month I received message from three people who were interested in moving from an Academic Career to a corporate one. I am not well versed in that...
#325 Jobseekers and Resumes
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If we are a Jobseeker we need a resume and there is a skill towards writing a resume. I am no expert in the same but in this episode I want to share s...
#324 Masters of Scale Book
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Masters of Scale is an amazing podcast by LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman and now there is a book out in the same name. Let me take you through some stu...
#323 Ginger Comes Home
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Reyna left us.. it was kind of a vacuum.... And now we have Ginger with us. But that is not all.. sometimes there are decisions which we take an...
#322 The Wires of War
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As I was reading Jacob Helberg's book 'The Wires of War' the thought that was in my mind is what we will do when there is a wires of war. In this podc...
#321 The Grieving Process
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grief and Loss are part and parcel of our life. The question is how we can overcome. We all grieve in different ways and we are also attached to diffe...
#320 Choosing between Two Jobs
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Getting one Job itself can be tough.. but sometimes you might have to choose between two jobs... or if you are in a job and have a new offer how...
#319 Reyna we all love you so much
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we bid farewell to a member of our family.. Reyna.. She was with us for past 6.5 years and our world revolved around her.. it is hard.. painful ...
#318 Tips for Salary Negotiation
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiation is a skill and so is salary negotiation.. Honestly I am pretty bad in it... And may be that is why I thought let us look at some tips... Y...
#317 2022 Here we come; Last Podcast of the Year
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And this is the last Podcast of the year... So what better to talk about other than a reflection of 2021 and some forward thoughts into 2022... But no...
#316 Dealing with Bad Bosses
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are their own bosses but many of us have bosses at work... we have had good and bad bosses... The question is how did we deal with them......
#315 Things to do when Unemployed
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Unemployment is a state many of us have been in and could be in again… or are in the stage now… So the question what all can we do while we are un...
#314 Prioritizing Our Life
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This life is all we have... so it becomes our responsibility to prioritize it... We all can get many ideas... Recently I read a few articles and I wan...
#313 Habits of Happy People
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do people become happy... well it is not a question that will have one answer and as long as people live.. the question will be asked and many ans...
#312 Understand Your True Value
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is our true value.. our self worth.. are we selling ourselves below what we are really worth.. Are we being rewarded well.... Do we really believ...
#311 Learning From Mistakes
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes.. from some of them we learn.. some of them we don't but the general understanding is that we should learn from mistakes... Let u...
#310 Making New Friends
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Making New friends are easy for many.. it is tough for others.. Recently a thought came to mind and I was thinking will this ability change with age.....
#309 Other People's Time & Different levels of Value
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are two things I want to talk today.. One is about Time and share an incident of an attitude people have about ignoring other people's time. The...
#308 Little Things about Relationships and Life
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you watch a series.. then drop it and later on you pick up... Little Things was one such series that I started and did not feel enjoyable......
#307 What to do after Graduation?
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The question of what after college is raised in the minds of many youngsters.. I am sure that question will continue to bother many in the future... T...
#306 The Kaleidoscope (Chaalchitra) By Mrinal Sen
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today it is a movie.. Chaalchitra... Directed by Mrinal Sen. With Anjan Dutt, Utpal Dutt, Arun Mukherjee, Jyoti Chatterjee. The movie is about Dipu, a...
#305 An Indian among los Indígenas By Ursula Pikes
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Indian among los Indígenas is a Native Travel Memoir written by Ursula Pikes... Published in 2021.. I read the book a few months back but never go...
#304 When Friendship turns into Love
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when Friendship turns into love... I think if it happens for both it could move on.... but if that change happens only for one... will yo...
#303 Inspiration & Mentoring - Two Gods
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What inspires someone is not what matters to me.. What that inspiration does to them and the society at large is the only thing that matters. I want t...
#302 Relationship With Kids & Vice Versa
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How should the relationship with our kids be... As our roles shift in life.... it also shifts the way we address relationship.. without having to step...
#301 Taking Decisions Before Resolutions
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to take resolutions we need to take some decision. These decisions are part of preparations. A kind of trial run for how you want the next ye...
#300 New Year Resolution in November
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When do we create New Year Resolutions. At the end of the year. I think we should change that and make that earlier. So I am suggesting we do it two m...
#299 On Love and Rejections
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Handling rejection in matters of love is not easy. And over and over we keep hearing of instances that show us how fragile we can be. Sharing some per...
#298 Recording from my Son’s Room
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I got into my son's room to record and instead of recording any new episode, I thought I will just sit back and look around and see what I find....
#297 On Relationships | Abaidha Bengali Film by Gil Bahar Singh
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abaidha in Bengali means The Demolition Man... A story takes you through relationships again. The benefit I have when I watch such movies and then mak...
#296 The Mistakes I made when Young
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes in like.. Some we can rectify.. Some we cannot.. Some are grave and some are not... I want to take you through some of the mistak...
#295 On Capital Punishment
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is Capital Punishment needed or not is a debate that happens every time a sensational case judgement happens. I have my personal thoughts. I think tha...
#294 How Much Time Do We Have?
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
None of us have all the time in the world. Our time will also come to an end... one day... but till then how should we live... What is in stock for th...
#293 Learning to be an Influencer
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The word influencer has been more popular recently. Especially with the advent of Social Media. But there were influencers always. In a way we are all...
#292 Family & Relationships in Aparna Sen's Paromitar Ek Din | Bengali Film
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Relationships between people are so complex. When we start to look at the various one-to-one and one-to-many relationships we find ourselves in for su...
#291 Leading Change
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Kotter's 'leading Change is one of those books that everyone should read today. It is not about managing change... it is about leading change. Jo...
#290 Freedom & Family ties in a Family Tour
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How important is freedom.... how important is freedom of expression. Regimes which don't allow their citizens to speak their mind can sometimes break ...
#289 The Need for a Second Chance
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We all need second chances.. because we all make mistakes. Some of us get it.. some of us don't. But shouldn't we look at encasing our second chances ...
#288 My Experiences with Sweets
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I have a sweet tooth.. and it became so prominent... irresistibly prominent when I became diabetic... I have heard many people have felt that way ...
#287 Politics, Protests and HighSchools - Our Defeats
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do High Schoolers think of Politics, of protests, of trade unions and uprising. Through this amazing Documentary let us explore how change happen...
#286 Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometime we cannot fathom to what extend Mothers will go to take care of their kids and survive. Let us go that route through this amazing Netflix Ser...
#285 Power, Religion, Resistance - Dernier Maquis
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today through the French Algerian film 'Dernier Maquis' we will talk of religion, power and resistance in one single shot. Join our Active Learning Co...
#284 Undocumented Soccer Players - On The Seventh Day
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I want to draw your attention to the life of undocumented immigrants in United States. I will take you there through this amazing film 'On The S...
#283 Life and Nothing More
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am doing an experiment. Next 5 days I will speak on a topic inspired from a movie I watched. Quite similar to the one I did on Unemploymen...
#282 Decoding Greatness By Ron Friedman
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Friedman's book 'Decoding Greatness' is the topic of this Podcast. It did raise some very interesting Learning and Unlearning for me. Sharing the ...
#281 A Conversation on Personal Branding & Career
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few days back someone I was acquainted with 10 years back reached out to me and wanted a chat on Career and Personal Branding and LinkedIn and so on...
#280 Watching Horror Movies
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I used to be pretty scared growing up. Mostly ghosts. This is October and we will be having Halloween. I realized that only after I recorded. So this ...
#279 The Big Kahuna & the Monologue
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I have been asked many times as to what is the book or movie that influenced me and I would always drift away without giving a proper answer. But toda...
#278 Get Duped or Cheat
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As human being we trust others and this makes us vulnerable to be cheated. Is that such a crime… being vulnerable. How will the world be if we won’...
#277 What are you Learning next month
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We cannot do Active Learning without having learning goals. So there are two quest we should answer end of every month. 1. What did we learn this mont...
#276 So easy to Judge others
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Judging others is so easy and it is possible that we can all fall into that trap. We might think it as raising our opinion and it could bother on judg...
#275 Unemployment & Tokyo Sonata
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The other day I watched an amazing movie… Tokyo Sonata is an award winning Japanese movie with the central theme of unemployment and how people and ...
#274 Active Learning & Second Career
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lately I have been thinking a lot about how Active Learning will develop in people. And why it might be important to link that with the concept of a S...
#273 Do Good or Fight Bad
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been posed by a question. Do good or fight Bad…. Well the answer in one sentence is there is no point in doing good if you cannot figh...
#272 Social Media Detox
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So this has been in my mind for a while now… About quitting social media… more precisely Facebook as that is where I spend most time and am addict...
#271 Miseducated by Brandon P. Fleming
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Miseducated by Brandon P. Fleming is the inspiring story of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Har...
#270 The ABC3 Method for Website Evaluation
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The other day I learned from my son about the ABC method as he was having his homework on that. Did some digging around and felt it was a very relevan...
#269 September and Changes
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
September is the month of season change and I am thinking why can’t we use it to change ourselves. We all have a lot of things we might want to chan...
#268 The Penpositive Network is now FREE
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great news! Now Penpositive Network is FREE for anyone to join.. This is a community of Active Learners and was a paid network which I have decided to...
#267 Thanks For Waiting by Doree Shafrir
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks For Waiting is an interesting memoir by Doree Shafrir that talks to you a lot about Late Bloomers. I loved the book but even more I wanted to d...
#266 The Chair on Netflix
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Chair is an amazing sweet new series on Netflix and it really touched on several topics that I have keen interest in Education, Teaching, Discrimi...
#265 Thoughts on Homeschooling
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t homeschool my kids, but have thought about it once. I was personally also homeschooled for a year. More due to the situation than by choice....
#264 My Fishing Experience
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I have never been fishing in the sea and last Sunday went for salmon fishing with my friends. It was one… Here is my experience. Other Podcasts to L...
#263 Why Should You Become a Leader
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Becoming a Leader is not just for those at the top. But before we embark on the journey may be we need to answer why we should become a leader. ...
#262 What is a Human Life Worth
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am recording this on Sep 10th and tomorrow is 9/11. I also happened to watch the movie Worth. Let us talk about it. Other Podcasts to Listen: ...
#261 When to Change Jobs
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Professional Development Episode let us chat about when people might look at switching jobs. While my opinion is that we should always be...
#260 A Weekly Retrospective
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am doing a weekly retrospective. I am not following the usual scrum retrospective process but will go over a few questions and try to think wh...
#259 The Future of this Podcast
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What will be the future of this podcast is a question I ask myself as it helps me evaluate what I do from different perspectives and gives me new idea...
#258 Self-Esteem in Kids
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke of self-esteem a few weeks back but I wanted to start a series on parenting. I decided to kickstart that with the topic of self-esteem in kid...
#257 Communication can be learned
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the day for Personal Development let us talk about Communication. It is not a talent that one is born with… it is just another skill we can...
#256 Reprogramming The American Dream
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I want to introduce you tie the book by Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. Reprogramming The American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley—Maki...
#255 The Kominsky Method
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the best series I have seen recently. Just wrapped up the third season. Loved it. Other Podcasts to Listen: 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anc...
#254 Expectations From a Job
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the day for Professional Development. Let us talk about our expectations from a job. This is a large topic and each point mentioned here shou...
#253 Velimir Khlebnikov
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today let us talk about the Russian futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov and one poem of his. Other Podcasts to Listen: 'The Minimal Agilist' https://an...