Episode 360 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the Superchat, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - -

0:00 Welcome to Episode 3605:01 English Medium and Mental Colonization7:09 Is Japan Truly Sovereign?8:33 Cold War Nuclear Safeguards9:25 Japan's Rapid Militarization Explained11:20 Reintegrating Kashmir's Lost Culture13:11 Journalists, Rubio and Pakistan Terror14:27 China's AI Data Advantage16:19 Rubio's Hostile Bengal Message19:04 AI Drone Swarm Dangers21:00 Fighting India's Deep Corruption22:05 Why Germany Lost Britain26:10 Diversified Energy Snubs America28:14 Competence Versus Rotten Systems29:47 Sanskrit Over English Schooling30:48 Russia: Autarky Yet Vassal?36:28 India's Gullible, Manipulated Youth37:18 Beginner Roadmap For History38:43 Light Sails Over Warp Drives46:08 Awakening to CIA Containment49:08 Russia Hammers Kiev Suddenly49:57 Tight Documentary Scripting Advice54:12 English Kids Seem More Mature55:50 His European Schooling Reflections59:11 Dharma as Civilizational Core1:01:30 Biofuel and Biogas Potential1:04:05 Origins of Indian Food1:08:08 Foreign Data Centers Burden India1:09:57 Why Indians Are Hated Online1:13:34 Physiology, Carbs and Phelps1:16:25 Fake Royals and Indira's Amendment1:20:19 Rigveda's Battle of Ten Kings1:25:04 Astrophage and Indian Sci-Fi1:30:02 DeepSeek and India's Innovation Gap1:32:33 Length Contraction at Collider1:35:20 Detention Centers for Illegals1:36:03 Preparing for Another Pandemic1:38:02 Shrinking the Bangladesh Border1:40:08 Rajasthan's Grand Forts Explained1:41:50 Orthodox Versus Catholic Mindsets1:44:52 Civic Sense and Standards1:49:59 Raise Your Standards Always1:50:36 Iran, Uranium and Trump's Lies1:54:20 Petrodollar After the Gold Standard2:00:28 Memorizing Vedas by Force2:03:27 Rakhigarhi DNA and Steppe Migration2:09:48 Nobody Honors Their Treaties2:11:21 Millennium Prize Problems Ranked2:16:27 Debunking the Aryan-Dravidian Divide2:18:44 Sci-Fi Horror Recommendations2:20:51 ASML Machines as Leverage2:22:36 China Copies American AI2:25:35 Ebola Outbreak Sparks Concern2:29:44 Helmand, Gandhara and Pashto2:34:44 Black Hole Entropy Explained2:40:56 Quantum Computing Meets AI2:49:45 Thorium Reactor's Slow Progress2:52:00 India's Hottest Cities Crisis2:57:10 Should He Pursue MBA?3:00:34 Coping With Existential Loneliness3:04:24 Last Stand at Rezang La3:07:42 Don't Donate Your DNA3:12:25 Childhood Dreams and Regrets3:14:36 What Is Time Really?3:17:30 Nuclear Versus Solar Power3:20:59 Why Villages Get Tax Money3:23:45 Stealth Aircraft Made Easy3:26:27 The Ataturk Road and Jinnah3:32:16 Sanskrit as World Language3:33:24 Nehru Refused UN Seats3:34:46 Tata-ASML Chip Dependence3:38:06 Why America Defends Taiwan3:40:27 Building Sovereign AI Models3:44:46 Rubio, LNG and Manipur Gas3:46:40 Doubting the Pegasus Claim3:51:14 Quantum Encryption and Stealth3:52:33 Three Battles of Panipat3:53:31 Why He Turned Blackpilled3:57:37 The Data Center Catch3:58:25 Submarines Visible From Slums3:59:21 Bangladesh Hindus Under Attack4:01:31 Dieting and Controlling Hunger4:03:19 Why the Rupee Stays Weak4:06:30 Consciousness as Fundamental Reality4:07:58 India Ignoring Sodium Batteries4:09:53 Pacific Garbage Patch Future4:13:13 Ambition Versus Family Time4:15:40 India Becoming Nigeria With Nukes4:20:36 Soviet Engineering and Vision4:22:31 Drones and Missiles Over Jets4:25:14 Rubio Calls Trump Stupid4:27:40 The Truth About Teresa4:29:21 Sanctions Failed Against Iran4:31:04 Carrier Killers and Taiwan4:34:14 How to Find Passion4:35:26 India the Golden Bird4:38:46 Startups Chasing Empty Valuations4:42:29 Tajiks, Uyghurs and R1a4:47:35 Russia's Restraint in Ukraine4:49:12 Closing Thoughts and Goodbye