Synopsis
Be Content; Be PenPositive is the podcast by Vinod Narayan dedicated to life, Poetry and other rants. The One place where I try bring our life back in front of us so we can live it
Episodes
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#342 A podcast into driving and road accidents
16/05/2022 Duration: 32minOn Saturday when I went for my morning walk I witnessed something. A car was on the track and a Goods vehicle had hit it. Luckily no one was injured as the car had stuck on the tracks and the driver was able to get out of the car. I had been wanting to do an episode on driving and car and the need to be safe. I decided I will do it this week. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish 'Remainder of a Life': ഒരു ജീവന്റെ ബാക്കി ഭാഗം Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmed
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#341 A Simple Life..? Is that possible? What is it?
09/05/2022 Duration: 36minI think I lead a simple life. Well that is what I think about me, and so I thought I will start looking for some evidence to figure out if that is even true. As all people now do. I browsed the net and checked on what people say. I found I was far from being simple in their terms. But I still wanted to go over some of them. I do fall into the simple category in some case. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the African poet Antjie Krog 'Neither family nor friends': നീതർ ഫാമിലി നോർ ഫ്രണ്ട്സ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twit
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#340 Being Enslaved by Social Media Algorithms
02/05/2022 Duration: 45minWhat do we want from Social Media and what does Algorithm's want.. That is the question I am trying to explore. As a content creator, as a content consumer. I am first a creator and then a consumer. Today's Malayalam Translation is a poem by the Spanish poet of Juan Ramon Jimenez 'Dawn outside the city walls': ഡോൺ ഔട്ട്.സൈഡ് ദി സിറ്റി വാൾസ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://c
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#339 Why I like my job
25/04/2022 Duration: 34minLast Friday I sat down and wrote why I like my job and also want to share 15 things about work Today's Malayalam Translation was of 'MIguel Pinero's poem 'A Lower East Side Poem': എ ലോവർ ഈസ്റ്റ് സൈഡ് പോയം Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#338 Reentering Life and work post Pandemic
18/04/2022 Duration: 39minWe are all in a Post Pandemic world. Can we say that for all the people in the world? I am not sure but many of us have got back to normalcy in one way of the other.. Today's Malayalam Translation was of 'Louise Glück's poem 'Aboriginal Land': അബോർജിനൽ ലാൻഡ്സ്കേപ്പ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://a
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#337 Gandhi and India after Gandhi - Ramachandra Guha
11/04/2022 Duration: 55minThere are three books of Ramachandra Guha India After Gandhi, Gandhi and Gandhi Before India.I have not read all three, but two of the books I want to share with you my reader's experience. Today's Malayalam Translation was of Carl Sandberg's poem 'A Father to his son: ഏ ഫാദർ റ്റു ഹിസ് സൺ – കാൾ സാണ്ട്ബർഗ് Interested a FREE Agile Scrum Course? Here are the links and you have it Malayalam and English Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please do listen and subscribe to my Weekly English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan ---
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#336 Why do we lose Friendships ?
04/04/2022 Duration: 37minWe all have friendships and we all have fallen out of friendships. I recently read that people lose friends when they grow older. I don't know, but I thought that this will be an interesting topic to delve deeper Today's Malayalam Translation was of Carl Sandberg's poem 'Streets Too Old: സ്ട്രീറ്റ്സ് റ്റൂ ഓൾഡ് – കാൾ സാണ്ട്ബർഗ് Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Website: https://pahayanmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice m
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#335 Are we bad in Giving Complements to others?
28/03/2022 Duration: 34minI have personally struggled and still do in complementing. Both giving and getting it. And I think that has to do with the way I grew up. But today I want to explore an interesting article that I read, 20 Authentic Compliments to Make Someone’s Day. Today's Malayalam Translation: ദി വിൻഡ് – എ ബ്രില്ലിയന്റ് ഡേ – അന്റോണിയോ മച്ചാഡോ Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubh
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#334 Spending Meaningful Time
21/03/2022 Duration: 38minOne of the popular books last year was Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks. Time Management for Mortals. This podcast is not about the book but about Meaningful Time Spent. Malayalam Translation: രാത്രി, തെരുവ്, വിളക്ക്, മരുന്നുകട – അലെക്സാണ്ടർ ബ്ലോക്ക് Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pa
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#333 Old Age, Parents, Future and Decisions
14/03/2022 Duration: 47minLast week we spoke to decisions and today let us talk about how difficult and varied our decisions can be in some situations.. The topic was triggered by a message from a listener.... English Poem-1: Old Grief by Leonardo Sinisgalli Malayalam Translation-1: ഓൾഡ് ഗ്രീഫ് English Poem-2: An Old Man by Constantine P. Cavafy Malayalam Translation-2: ആൻ ഓൾഡ് മാൻ Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vin
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#332 Some Thoughts on making Better Decisions
07/03/2022 Duration: 45minMaking Decisions is part of life... be it personal life or career.. Today's podcast is on that.... Here are some details of the references made in the podcast for your reading... The Article in English: How-to-make-better-decisions The English Poem: The City by Konstantinos P. Kavafis The Malayalam Translation: ദി സിറ്റി Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@
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#331 A Memoir of book lovers and book selllers
28/02/2022 Duration: 33minToday I want to talk about book lovers and book sellers and entrepreneurs.. All together in one book.. Shelflife... the chronicles of a Cairo bookseller. Here are the Agile Scrum Course if you are interested in taking it Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#330 Reflecting on Career as I enter a new job
22/02/2022 Duration: 35minTomorrow I am joining a new job and so I thought let me reflect on my career transitions.. there are so many times I have entered new jobs... It was all different... new people.. new environment.. newness all over... and here after 2 years I am going to working from office again. Here are the Agile Scrum Course Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#329 The Agile Scrum Chapter in my Life
14/02/2022 Duration: 25minAs I have made the Agile Scrum course available for the public free on YouTube... I thought I will take some time to talk on the Agile Scrum Chapter in my life... Here are the Agile Scrum Course Malayalam Course Link: https://youtu.be/Yti_4QqcR-M English Course Link: https://youtu.be/riaOQwUO7Hw Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#328 I want to start learning History
07/02/2022 Duration: 45minIn school history was just to get through exams... but later I figured that it was much more.... Everything I read or watched or experienced had a slice of history. Now I feel like I want to learn history... This podcast is on some thoughts in that direction. At the end of the description you can find links to some of the articles I referred to as I made this podcast. Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan Articles What is History: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/what-history Why It's Important That We
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#327 Human Kind - A Hopeful History
04/02/2022 Duration: 31minHumankind by Rutger is a must read book... Giving us a glimpse of a goodness perspective can help us. Also please listen and subscribe to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#326 From Academics to Corporate
31/01/2022 Duration: 28minLast month I received message from three people who were interested in moving from an Academic Career to a corporate one. I am not well versed in that though I have personally had my own share of career transitions. But I thought I will make a podcast after doing some reading and share my thoughts. Here it is You can also start listening to my English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#325 Jobseekers and Resumes
27/01/2022 Duration: 34minIf we are a Jobseeker we need a resume and there is a skill towards writing a resume. I am no expert in the same but in this episode I want to share some experiences and a few things I read recently. You can also start listening to the daily English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#324 Masters of Scale Book
24/01/2022 Duration: 28minMasters of Scale is an amazing podcast by LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman and now there is a book out in the same name. Let me take you through some stuffs in that today. Highly recommend you to read it as well. You can also start listening to the daily English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message
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#323 Ginger Comes Home
20/01/2022 Duration: 32minAfter Reyna left us.. it was kind of a vacuum.... And now we have Ginger with us. But that is not all.. sometimes there are decisions which we take and it will lead to a lot of changes in our life... Sometimes this can be overwhelming.. Let me take you through that thoughts of mine.... You can also start listening to the daily English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message