Jasper Reid's Letter from India
Jasper Reid's Letter from India
Jasper Reid
All things India. The oldest and yet youngest country on earth: 1.4 billion people; massive scale, impossible to grasp and going like a train. But what's it like? What on earth's going on? Tune in, listen up and get to know India.Jasper Reid is an entrepreneur, commentator and Indophile living in New Delhi with his family and their various animals.
Keeping birds
In the last year we've looked after six birds in New Delhi and all six have moved on. We never knew about birds until we came to India, but then we didn't know about many things. The story of our birds and their/our karma.
Sep 30, 2020
18 min
Healthcare for Rookies
What's healthcare like in India? A HUGE topic but here are some personal reflections and experiences to get the ball rolling. How does healthcare in India work? How on earth does one navigate the system? What do you do when bitten by a stray dog? What's Japanese Encephalitis?? Listen up and send me feedback @jasperindia
Sep 29, 2020
18 min
Revolutions Redux
People tell me India is undergoing something akin to the British Industrial Revolution. Is this true? In this podcast I tackle this (big) topic by comparing the two countries and various factors (resources, demand, invention, regulation etc) and end up thinking about whether industrial revolutions matter and to whom.
Sep 28, 2020
27 min
How to Drive
If you want to get in to India, you need to drive in India. Not be driven, but drive yourself. Top tips on how to make this happen and what driving in Delhi feels like. Start your engines; shades down; hit the accelerator and don't look back.
Sep 27, 2020
10 min
Street Dogs
India has 35 millions street dogs. Some call them Pariahs, others call them Indies and these clever, beautiful, soulful animals are a feature of life everywhere in the sub-continent. In the Mahabharat, King Yudisthira refuses to go to heaven if he can't bring his dog. Fear them or love them, the Indian street dog is India.
Sep 27, 2020
10 min
Lockdown
Six months ago to the day India was locked down to prevent the spread of Covid-19. What happened? What were the effects? What did we do as a family and a business? The feeling, the lessons and the people.
Sep 24, 2020
19 min
Peak Covid India Flight
A story about coming back to India - the feeling, the rules, who's travelling, how it works (or doesn't)  and how I'm thinking about the virus in India. A strange and unusual journey.
Sep 22, 2020
23 min
India Matters
35 million people visit Thailand every year; 45 million visit Dubai. 8 million visit India. Why this should change and Why India Matters (...and always did)
Sep 21, 2020
10 min
Coronavirus Now
An update from the frontline of the Coronavirus. India is about to become the country with the largest number of Covid cases on earth. What's happened? What does this mean?
Sep 20, 2020
10 min
India Bound Tips
In this episode I share thoughts on getting ready to come to India. Perhaps these are not really different to going to any new place. Let me know what you think.Jasper Reid, Delhi resident, Indophile, entrepreneur and one of four generations to live and work on the subcontinent
Sep 20, 2020
10 min
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