Zero Mark Kelvi is a Tamil podcast where we tackle questions usually ignored by the mainstream Tamil media. We're just flexing the skill we learned in exam hall: to write 4 pages to a question we didn't study for.
There seems to be an interesting overlap between the way of the warrior and the way of the monk. Prabha, Sakthi, and Prashanth talk about how this unique way of life might actually be best suited to our busy modern world. From talking about ancient samurai-monks like Miyamoto Musashi to fictional warrior-monks like Batman they try to understand what it means to have a warrior-monk mentality.
Hosts: Prashanth, Sakthi and Prabhakaran
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
18 Jun 2021
ZMK#14: Why Did We Daydream About Saving Our School Bus From Terrorists?
Why do we have crazy daydreams as a child? Why are adult daydreams not as colourful as kids daydream? Is it just power fantasy? Are we simulating our untapped potential? Are daydreams connected to our creativity and goals? What are digital medicines?
Hosts: Prashanth, Sakthi and Prabhakaran
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
28 May 2021
ZMK#13: Why Is It Important To Question Authority?
Why has the punk movement not taken deep root in our culture? Can civil disobedience help a society? Will we ever have powerful whistleblower like Edward Snowden? Are we glorifying family sentiment which pushes us to accept authority unconditionally? What is the need for chaos in our society? Is there an economic reason for our over-reliance on conventions and order?
Hosts: Prashanth, Sakthi and Prabhakaran
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
18 May 2021
ZMK#12: What Makes Us Want To Jump Into a Movie?
what fills the gap between works of art we like and works of art we love?
what is this 'vibe' that makes us want to jump into a movie?
we find answers by talking about shows like Naruto, Death Note, movies like LOTR, Blade runner, Iyarkai, and karnan,
The effect Lo-fi has on changing our mood.
The importance of worldbuilding in any form of art.
About how successful Tamil movies are in giving us this vibe?
can stories give us a cozy vibe if it's too close to reality?
how this vibe can connect people across different cultures.
how video games give us this vibe through their ultra-immersive world-building.
what is benevolent escapism?
Are humans designed to seek out more than one type of reality?
Hosts: Prashanth, Sakthi and Prabhakaran
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
24 Apr 2021
ZMK#11: Why Don't Aliens Visit TN?
Why don't we share the same fascination for aliens as the western countries? Are we not interested in life beyond earth? How the space race between the US and Russia fuelled this fascination. How ISRO failed to get us excited about space. How much of the space fascination is related to the spirit of exploration and materialism. Can we set better collective goals like "settling on mars" before handling our social issues like poverty, casteism, and inequality?
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
19 Apr 2021
ZMK#10: Should We Contemplate Death?
Sakthi and Prashanth talk about death and how thinking deeply about it can help us live our life to the fullest, They also talk about the role of philosophy in accepting death and its current state in India, The toxicity of nihilism and emo culture, death bed accounts, and what we could learn from them, why humans love putting themselves in near-death situations like extreme sports, and they also talk about movies like Soul, Coco, Troy and the oscar award-winning documentary Free Solo and what they learned from them.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
9 Apr 2021
ZMK#9: What Does It Mean To Be A Modern Renaissance Man?
Prashanth and Sakthi talk about how rapid cyberization is enabling us to become a modern renaissance man. Is the internet encouraging more Donald glovers and Leonardo Da Vincis? Do we need to rethink the way we work to adapt to changing times? They also talk about how the passion vs profession problem could find a comfortable middle ground in the coming times and how we could start thinking up radically new social structures that can support the balance and how we could start moving towards building such structures now.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
2 Apr 2021
ZMK#8: Why Do We Love Trains?
Ride along with Sakthi and Prashanth as they talk about trainspotting culture, trains in anime and other popular media, the difference between train journeys and bus journeys, why humans prefer abundant visual feedback, and more.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
Background music: Dheeraj Rao
26 Mar 2021
ZMK#7: How The Internet Is Changing The Way We Think?
Prashanth and Sakthi talk about whether our schools should teach us how to use the internet more efficiently, their predictions for AI, democratization of knowledge by the internet, the death of "general knowledge" as a subject, and how the internet is reshaping the way we think.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
19 Mar 2021
ZMK#6: Why Don't We Seed Torrents?
Prabhakaran joins Prashanth and Sakthi to talk about the world of online content and the extent to which Tamil people value them.
The boys start by talking about basic internet etiquette like seeding torrents and then go on to talk about donating to Wikipedia, crowdfunding, supporting online creative endeavors, and why it is important to evolve an online ecosystem that supports small independent creators.
Hosts: Prashanth, Prabha & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
12 Mar 2021
ZMK#5: Why are Sundays so Boring?
Why are Sundays so lame? From talking about 4-day work weeks and our toxic work culture, Prashanth and Sakthi start with Sunday and go on to talk about industrialization, chasing our passion, and the problems with our decrepit education system
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Akfg-ReRe (instrumental by Denis Kasatkin)
5 Mar 2021
ZMK#4: Will a Chennaite go to mars? Is our skyline boring? Why not use slides instead of stairs? Why don't we have famous brands ? Why fans do paal abishekam? Why doesn't Chennai have more graffiti?
Will an average Chennaite go to mars? Why doesn't Chennai have an interesting skyline? Why don't we use slides instead of stairs? Why don't we have internationally famous brands? Why fans do paal abishekam? and why doesn't Chennai have more graffiti?
The boys go through six different questions that has been on their minds for a long time and are surprised to find out that these seemingly unconnected questions actually have a common theme that connects them all: our lost connection with our inner child.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Vodovoz Music Productions https://youtu.be/Iz2XCAr0rc0
26 Feb 2021
ZMK#3: Is Humbleness Being Overrated in Tamil Culture?
In the third episode of Zero Mark Kelvi Prabhakaran joins Prashanth and Sakthi on the podcast. From how Tamil movie stars are practically forced to act as humble as they can in real life to how this culture is lowkey trying to bring down our confidence, the boys try to understand how exactly we started overrating humbleness.
Hosts: Prashanth, Prabha & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Vodovoz Music Productions https://youtu.be/Iz2XCAr0rc0
19 Feb 2021
ZMK#2: Why do we glorify our history? Why do political posters look ugly? Why do professionals wear ridiculous outfits
Are we too obsessed with our past? Why do political posters look ugly? and why do professionals like lawyers, doctors and MBA's wear ridiculous outfits? Prashanth and Sakthi draw ridiculous conclusions from three zero mark questions on this second episode.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Vodovoz Music Productions https://youtu.be/Iz2XCAr0rc0
12 Feb 2021
ZMK#1: Why do we fear ghosts and darkness? Where did that fear come from?
In this first episode of Zero Mark Kelvi, Prashanth and Sakthi talk about why we fear ghosts, darkness and how these fears evolved over time and manifested in the collective Tamil consciousness. They talk about ghosts and their obsessions with creating more ghosts, vampires and their possible connection to ratha katteri, how the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings influenced Godzilla and why Tamil pop culture badly needs a giant monster.
Hosts: Prashanth & Sakthi
Edited by: Prabhakaran V
Music: Vodovoz Music Productions https://youtu.be/Iz2XCAr0rc0
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