In this monologue, I will share my views on why we need secularism. There is a lot of confusion about what secularism actually means because of the way it has been practiced in India. But the question we need to ...
In this episode of The Carvaka Podcast, Dr. Gad Saad talks about his latest book “The Parasitic Mind How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense”. The book tries to explain how idea pathogens are infecting our minds and parasitizing us. ...
In this conversation, Aashish Chandorkar and Karan Bhasin will cover the recent slew of reforms announced by the GOI. What was the impact of these reforms? How good were they? If good why? If bad why? Is it even fair ...
In this podcast, Shrikant Talageri addresses the subject of “The Chronological Gulf between the Old Rigveda and the New Rigveda” and a couple of other subjects covered by Shrikant Talageri in his blogs about “The Ikṣvākus in the Rigveda” and ...
In this chat, we try to address the journey of disbelief in India. Is disbelief a problem? Can believers and disbelievers get along? If yes what are the parameters? Should disbelievers leave religion alone and utter nothing about it? Is ...
In this monologue, I want to share my views on the latest Tanishq advertisement controversy and the deeper problems with this kind of messaging. The Tanishq advertisement is not a one-off incident. It is a trend which stems from this ...
In the 11th Episode of Shastrartha Pratyasha Rath and Swati Goel Sharma share their views about the Discourse around Sexual Assault and Gender-Based Crimes in India. The Hathras rape case has opened up the usual can of worms with the ...
In this podcast, I chat with Harsh Madhusudhan Gupta and Rajeev Mantri about their new book ” A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State”. This book is a new beginning in rediscovering India as a modern ...
In this podcast, Anuraag Saxena and Mohandas Pai talk about the importance of data-driven discourse. The discourse in India is totally devoid of data, in such a scenario how does one decipher what is true and what is false? To ...
In this monologue, I give my views on how I think we can study religion. My focus will be specifically on the subject of religious language. How does one read texts? Do we take them literally? Do we take them ...