{"id":121,"date":"2025-04-29T23:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=121"},"modified":"2025-05-02T22:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:49:17","slug":"madhav-kakkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/madhav-kakkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhav Kakkar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 11 Madhav Kakkar<br>Seeing India become independent, academia, loneliness in old age<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Professor Madhav Kakkar, who talks about his childhood in India and seeing India become independent from British rule, moving to the US, career in academia and leadership roles, losing his wife, and loneliness of old age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (0:56)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div 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web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timecodes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:53 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:13 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childhood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:50 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:45 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Job<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:04 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Service Exam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:36 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teaching in Hindi or English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:04 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Witnessing Independence of India<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:55 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moving to the United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=1200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turning Points in Career<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23:02 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=1382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reunited with Family<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26:28 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=1588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Serendipity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27:46 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=1666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Influences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>35:28 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=2128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest Success<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>36:09 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=2169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hardest part of his life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>38:25 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=2305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Difficulties of Old Age<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51:01 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=3061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51:56 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYzNp7vopyk?t=3116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meaning of Happiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the iSchools Research Grant 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" 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