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Shoma Chaudhury

Journalist, editor, moderator, curator – Shoma Chaudhury has been shaping public discourse for decades. She has hosted more than 500 conversations with the world’s most cutting-edge minds.

Her large body of work in defence of a just & plural society earned her the Ernest Hemingway Award for political journalism, and the Chameli Devi Award for best woman journalist for “going where angels fear to tread”. In 2011, Newsweek listed her as one of “150 women who shake the world.”

Currently, she is founder of Lucid Lines, an intellectual properties company passionate about the power of ideas and conversation. She curates SYNAPSE, a first-of-its-kind science tech society conference, and anchors IGNITION, a pop-up platform exploring keys to different worlds.

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SIR hot potato and its implications for the Republic | With SY Quraishi, OP Rawat and Shubhrastha

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From Pennliessness to Power— Decoding the Journey of a Political Powerhouse | With Smriti Irani

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How to Make India Breathe Again | With Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha

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How India can claim the 21st Century | With Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur

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Politics, Opposition, Democracy, Tech— Decoding a Changing Republic | With KT Rama Rao

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Challenges of the high and hot seat of the Chief Justice of India | With ex-CJI DY Chandrachud

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The Collapse of Urban India | With Tech Entrepreneur Mohandas Pai

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Storytelling for the Digital Age | With Anand Gandhi

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Insight in a World of Information Overload | With Vivek Banerji

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How to Train the Mind for Happiness and Compassion | With Matthieu Ricard

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Tariffs, Ties, Trade and what lies behind India-US stalemate | With Pankaj Saran and Aastha Gudwani

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How India was Stitched Together | With Author Mallika Ravikumar

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Myths, History and Ancient Bharat in a Modern World | With Author Amish Tripathi

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Humour, Courage and how Dissent Defines Comedy | With Writer & Comedian Varun Grover

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Bold New India in a New World Order | With Author Ram Madhav

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Two Inspiring Queer Stories and India's First Pride Fund | With Parmesh Shahani & Keshav Suri

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Israel, Iran and Battle for Middle East— with Amb. DP Srivastava and Strategic Expert Kabir Taneja

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Ozempic, GLP-1 and nutrition— with Dr. Ambrish Mithal and nutrition advocate Richa Gangani

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Why the Rich are Leaving India— with Author Sanjaya Baru

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From Paatal Lok to Tinseltown Heights | With Powerhouse Performer Jaideep Ahlawat

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India-Pakistan Flashpoint. And Operation Sindoor Fallout | With TCA Raghavan and Bharat Karnad

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War and Peace with Former Army Chief Gen MM Naravane

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A Room of Her Own | With Actor Shefali Shah

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Unlocking the Great Wall of Tariffs | With China and Geopolitical Expert Manoj Kewalramani

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Polls, Trolls and the Troubled Art of Democracy | With Public Intellectual Yogendra Yadav

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How Ancient India shaped the World | With Historian and Author William Dalrymple

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The Rubik's Cube of Tipu Sultan | With Historian and Author Vikram Sampath

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Flavour, Feeling and the Politics of your Plate | With Michelin Chef Suvir Saran

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European Eyes And Multi-Hearted Hinduism | With Historian & Author Manu Pillai

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Artist Extraordinaire and Family Man | With Actor Manoj Bajpayee

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Money, Markets and the Psyche of Hype | With Tech Investor & Author Alok Sama

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Trump 2.0 | With Yoon Young-kwan, PS Raghavan and Brahma Chellaney

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Actor-Athlete Rahul Bose on Life, Cinema and Sport

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Two-time Oscar winner Guneet Monga on Representation, Resilience and Rewards

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Mystery Molecules, Moods and the Science of Stress with Neuroscientist Vidita Vaidya

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Hot Plate Ideas for Nation Building with SY Quraishi, Meenakshi Lekhi and Sagarika Ghose

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Director Kabir Khan and Paralympian Murlikant Petkar on biopics, spy epics and Chandu Champion

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Three Former Diplomats on How to Read a World on Fire | With Shoma Chaudhury @IGNITION

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Hindutva Pop-stars, Fans, Funders with Journalist & Author Kunal Purohit

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Lessons from Ground Zero with Civil Rights Activist Aruna Roy

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Tri-Generational Mantras for Fitness with Milind Soman, Usha Soman and Ankita Konwar

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The Power of the Outsider with Taapsee Pannu

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Cracking India's Economic Jigsaw

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Aryama Sundaram and Sanjay Hegde on Letter, Spirit and Practice of Law | With Shoma Chaudhury

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Kiran Rao and Richa Chadha on Life, Cinema and Planet Hunting | With Shoma Chaudhury @IGNITION

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Meet our Founder, Director and Curator - Shoma Chaudhury @Synapseconclave

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Kalki Koechlin & Deepti Naval on love, life & art | With Shoma Chaudhury @IGNITION

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Justice Madan Lokur on promises & fractures of democracy I With Shoma Chaudhury @IGNITION

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Three diplomats decode the faultines on fire in West Asia | With Shoma Chaudhury @IGNITION

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Political savant Prashant Kishor shares sharp insights on India 2024 | With Shoma Chaudhury

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Journalist Neerja Chowdhury gets up close with 6 prime ministers | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Musician Shubha Mudgal explores the musical maps of India | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on the psyche of Indian scamsters | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Photographer Rohit Chawla on people, places and prisoners of hair | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Linguist GN Devy takes us through 12000 years of India | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Journalist Neerja Chowdhury gets up close with 6 prime ministers | With Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar on passion, percussion & subversion | Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Art curator Karthik Kalyanramani on potential & perils of Generative AI| Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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Quantum Researcher Urbasi Sinha on Science that alters our reality | Shoma Chaudhury @Ignition

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A Smokeless War | India Today Conclave 2023

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