The Syllabus of Life with Ravi Kapoor

In this episode, journalist Anirudhya Mitra breaks down how the world's secret intelligence agencies really work. He covers Ajit Doval's Sikkim operation, how India's RAW and IB shaped Sikkim's merger, and China's MSS, the spy agency few people can even name. He explains how cyber attacks and "research" ships are used for spying, why criminals are recruited as agents, and what the Nikhil Gupta and David Headley cases raise about the US. He also talks about Chinese apps, AI and the end of privacy. These are the guest's views and analysis, shared to raise questions.

On Kargil Vijay Diwas, Vishal Batra sits down for a conversation that goes well past the legend. He speaks about a childhood in a three-room school in Chowntra, the twin bond that made two brothers write one dream on a single application form, and the four letters Vikram sent from the front — the last one asking whether his brother had cleared a bank interview. He describes standing on Batra Top twenty years later, trying to understand what happened on a one-metre ledge, and answers the hardest questions: intelligence failure, revenge, the enemy, and what Vikram would have made of India today.Vishal Batra is the identical twin brother of Captain Vikram Batra, PVC — the "Shershaah" of Kargil. A finance professional turned custodian of his brother's legacy, he has climbed both Point 5140 and Point 4875 (Batra Top), and has now written a book on the life they shared before the war.

In this episode of Syllabus of Life, political analyst Yogendra Yadav sits down for a wide-ranging, hard-hitting conversation on where India is really headed. Yogendra Yadav is a political analyst and founder of Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan, and founding National President of Swaraj India.From crony capitalism and the "two Indias" to the country's shrinking global standing, the China border question, the Adani and blackmail controversies, and his detailed case on how elections are being quietly rigged through voter lists, the SIR, and gerrymandering - nothing is off the table. Watch, fact-check every claim yourself, and decide where you stand.

In this episode of The Syllabus of Life, Ex-IRS Ravi Kapoor sits down with intelligence and geopolitics analyst Lucky to unpack the narratives shaping the world right now — and how to think critically about what we're told.The conversation ranges across the political turmoil in Bangladesh and the future of Sheikh Hasina, the Iran–Israel–US standoff and the question of ceasefires, the Russia–Ukraine war seen through a longer historical lens, Balochistan and Pakistan's internal fault lines, the role of intelligence agencies and "deep state" theories, information and narrative warfare on social media, the Ladakh and Delhi protests, and why—according to the guest—strengthening critical thinking is the only real defense against manipulation. Viewers should treat the specific claims made here as one guest's analysis and opinion, not established fact.

In this episode, Major Avinash Sahani (Retd.), 11 Para SF officer and fourth-generation military veteran, breaks down the hard truths nobody talks about — the gap between India's SF and the world's best, why joint training with foreign forces is "hogwash", the equipment and funding reality on the ground, and what Israel's pager attack tells us about intelligence penetration.He also opens up on life after the uniform — why elite SF skills don't transfer in India, his mission to build an Indian tactical gear brand benchmarked against European and American labels, and his role heading the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Armed Forces Preparatory Institute.