The OrkoHunter Podcast: Recent Episodes
Himanshu Mishra
A series of public conversations between Himanshu Mishra (@OrkoHunter) and his friends about tech and life. Read more on https://orkohunter.net/podcast
00:00:00 Coming Up00:01:22 Introduction, IIT Kharagpur, Preparation00:02:47 IPS to IAS back to back selections00:04:43 Motivation to prepare for IAS after getting a job00:18:43 Sacrifices during UPSC Preparation (College + Delhi days)00:22:23 Message from IIT Friends (Ritvik and Kartik Raj)00:26:12 Message from IIT Friend (Nishant Nikhil)00:27:00 Book Recommendations00:33:00 What is Stoicism? How to practice it? 00:40:01 Message from IIT Friend (Dishank Agrawal) 00:41:46 Hindi, Maithili, English - Comfort of the first langauge 00:46:24 Message from IIT Friends (Bhuvnesh, Shubham, Rajat)00:50:40 What do you miss the most about college? 00:53:55 Why occupy IIT seat for others, only to pursue IAS?00:56:41 IAS Interview story (Madhubani painting and Horseriding) 01:02:00 Life at LBSNAA Campus, Mussoorie (Training Campus for IAS officers)01:03:46 Life at National Police Academy, Hyderabad (Training Campus for IPS officers) (Fitness, Jungle Camping, Adventures)01:08:34 Culture Shock for Himanshu working in US, Japan and Europe (Stereotypes of a Bihari)01:20:55 Rapidfire questions 01:21:04 How do you keep up with news? What method you used during preparation?01:22:12 What is the most impactful change you can drive using your position? 01:24:57 Experience of being a Beurocrate in the age of social media01:26:36 Biggest shock after becoming a civil servant01:28:04 How can Civil Servants collaborate with Business and Technology? Is it already happening?Follow Sandeep at https://x.com/SandeepJha_IASSubscribe our channel for more such informative and motivational videos.upsc motivation videoias motivation videoupsc preparationias preparationlife of an iaslife of an ips
00:00 BEGIN
00:45 How we met
06:58 Asking for help
15:40 How's work
21:00 Being physically active
27:05 Book: Starting Strength
40:36 Why Slow mornings are effective
54:45 How we got into Open Source, FOSS sustainability and Governance
1:26:42 END
Meet Harsh https://twitter.com/hargup13 https://github.com/hargup And Himanshu https://twitter.com/OrkoHunter https://orkohunter.net
00:00 BEGIN
01:46 (Remote) Onboarding new jobs
14:30 How we met
20:35 Perception towards work
30:21 Workout and Fitness
53:43 Final year in KGP
59:42 Emotional Leverage between people
1:10:48 Investment of time in people (friends)
1:22:52 Art in everyday life
1:32:21 The “Flow”
1:36:50 The Midnight Gospel
1:44:32 Indian Matchmaking
1:52:07 Freedom in making art/movies
2:01:08 Feeling of nakedness when learning new skills
2:10:10 END
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The OrkoHunter Podcast is a series of public conversations between Himanshu Mishra (@OrkoHunter) and his friends about tech and life. Read more on https://orkohunter.net/podcast
01:52 Working from Home
06:20 Commuting
12:30 Bicycles & KGP
19:23 How our lives changed after college
29:57 Friends & Conversations
34:12 4 year vs 5 year course time span in KGP
37:34 Purpose of life
42:15 Advices for college students
1:03:58 Ways to wake yourself
1:23:55 Sapiens - Book
1:30:18 Thinking Fast and Slow
1:36:16 Poetry
1:37:50 Feynman
1:40:15 Art (Elements of Mist)
1:46:34 Doing a Podcast
Meet Nishant
https://twitter.com/nishantiam
https://github.com/nishnik
And Himanshu
https://twitter.com/OrkoHunter
https://orkohunter.net
With "KGP", they refer to their alma mater IIT Kharagpur in India, where they studied together for 5 years (2014-2019).