Historychatter Podcast

The city of Bombay really took off during the 1850s. Until then, it had been growing steadily as a major port city, but the 1850s saw the arrival of the modem machines and the textile mills. This is also when the railways made their debut. Mill owner and liberal politician Dinshaw Wacha was in his boyhood at the time. Later, when he wrote a memoir on Bombay, he would recall the many changes he had seen around the city as he had been growing up. This episode of HistoryChatter revisits Wacha’s memories of the first train ride in Bombay and the flight of the first balloon. Befittingly enough, the experiment was carried out by a gentleman called Mr. Kyte.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mumbai or Bombay looked vastly different a hundred years ago. Salim Ali, the legendary bird watcher and ornithologist, grew up in the first decades of twentieth-century in south Bombay. He has left a delightful account of his school days and summer holidays in his memoir The Fall of a Sparrow. The first episode of HistoryChatter this year looks back at some of those memories hundred years ago.   The Fall of a Sparrow is a book you simply cannot resist.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that Christmas celebrations did not begin until the fourth century AD? Or that St. Francis or Franciscans were not the first to make the crib popular? Or that the Carols were originally a collection of bawdy songs until local priests in Germany, Italy, Ireland and England turned them into divine prayers? This Christmas special episode of HistoryChatter explores a long term history of the Christmas feasts over the ancient and medieval times. It  takes you through the evolution of the sights and sounds and the flavours of Christmas celebrations as we know it today. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One was a thoroughbred patrician with an obsession with motor racing, while the other rose from a hardy farmer stock to become a self-taught mechanic and manufacturer of breakthrough technology cars and engines. What happens when two such polar opposite characters by chance met each other during the fin de siecle Britain? This episode of HistoryChatter revisits the fairy tale of how Rolls met Royce and the ways in which that meeting changed the history of surface transport, war, and aviation in the twentieth century. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The game of Badminton reached New York as early as 1878. Four or five adventurous young men and women set up The Badminton Club of New York, but over the next fifty years, it evolved primarily as a socializing institution. By the early twentieth century, their best badminton player was easily enough defeated in a game by a Lawn Tennis player with some practice. It did incalculable damage to the image of the game in America, and Badminton failed to emerge as a frontline sporting choice. This episode of HistoryChatter recalls this origin story of Badminton in America. It also reflects on some aspects of elite socializing in early twentieth-century New York, including clothes, courtship, and match-making.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Middle-class men in Victorian Britain launched a movement between the 1840s and 1860s against shaving. They believed bearded men enjoyed divine blessing and shaving caused cancer and blindness and made men irreligious, irrational, and unhealthy at once. Their anxiety probably reflected growing imperial anxiety and a new pattern of masculinity for middle-class men who were keen to distinguish themselves from the more muscular laboring population. This episode of HistoryChastter looks into this movement in some detail. It also asks the listeners whether there is any general or timeless logic behind why men prefer or avoid growing or keeping a beard. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sports and international politics and diplomacy intersect in many ways. The Ping Pong diplomacy between America and China in 1971 was probably the most high-profile instance of sports helping in the resumption of diplomatic relations between two formerly hostile countries. HistoryChatter revisits this landmark episode in international diplomacy on its fiftieth anniversary. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

British secret service files on historian Eric Hobsbawm reveal their anxiety against communists and communism. They offer details on methods of espionage, techniques of information gathering and processes of record keeping and information sharing by secret service operatives. Ironically enough, spies of two warring or otherwise hostile countries often enough met and exchanged notes on common targets. The British secret service and the German gestapo worked closely during 1930s against suspected communists. This episode of HistoryChatter explores these and several other exploits of the British secret services as revealed by Hobsbawm files released in 2014.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historian Eric Hobsbawm was longtailed by the British Secret Service MI5. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), which the secret service saw as a threat to the nation. The MI5 files on Hobsbawm were finally declassified in 2014, two years after his death in 2012. HistoryChatter looks into the contents of these files in two episodes. In addition, these episodes include details on hazards of working with secret service files, the attitude of the British state to the communists, and the operational style of the secret services officers. Hosted by Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay  Don't miss out on the latest time travel stories! Subscribe now to Historychatter to receive updates about the latest episodes.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diwali often appears to be a common Indian festival. In reality, Indians of various religions observe anniversaries of distinct events on the same day. Kali Puja, which is celebrated most widely in Bengal, and often falls on the same day or time around Diwali, also has a number of origin stories. It is observed in various forms by various communities and places. This episode of HistoryChatter looks into these multiple origins, encouraging the claim that real India thrives inside its diversities. Hosted by Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay  Don't miss out on the latest time travel stories! Subscribe now to Historychatter to receive updates about the latest episodes.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.Further, the show is not meant to defame/denigrate any person, community, organisation, institution, political party, politician, or any class of persons, gender, caste or religion, in any manner. The subject matter of this show may be sensitive in nature and hence listeners are advised to exercise discretion as appropriate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.