A Post Hoc Analysis of COVID-19

I chat with Razib Khan as we look at COVID-19 after 7 months. What lessons can be learnt from this crisis? How effective were the lockdowns? What if we are hit with a virus that is extremely dangerous in the ...

State of Journalism in India

In the 8th Episode of Shastrartha Aarti Tikoo Singh and Swati Goel Sharma discuss the State of Journalism in India with Kushal. Journalism over the years has slowly transformed from reportage to infotainment. What is the reason for this transformation? ...

Can Jāti and Varna be Annihilated?

In this monologue, I share my thoughts on the Jāti and Varna phenomenon. I try to share my views on this facet of Hindu society and try to find out if can we annihilate these systems as they exist or ...

Cancel Culture, BloomsburyIndia and #DelhiRiots2020

In this podcast, Kanchan Gupta shares his views on the latest decision by Bloomsbury India to withdraw the publication of the book ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story’. He explains how this industry works and how there is a small ...

The Past Present and Future of Indian Foreign Policy

I chat with Samir Saran from the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), one of Asia’s most influential think tanks about the journey of Indian Foreign Policy. We touch upon the era of Non-Alignment and the current India China conflict and its ...

Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924

I chat with Vikram Sampath about his book “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924”. This book is the 1st part of a two-book set on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. In this podcast, I try to cover many ...

Casual Casteism and Gender Insensitivity in Everyday Language.

In the 7th Episode of Shastrartha, I discuss Casual Casteism and Gender Insensitivity in Everyday Language with Pratyasha Rath, Abhinav Prakash and Abhijit Iyer. We try to understand the problems associated with language and its evolution. How we are used ...

The Limits of Freedom of Expression

I chat with Matthew McManus about free speech, cancel culture and its effects on society from a progressives perspective. This podcast was the result of Matt’s latest article on the subject. You can read the article here (https://areomagazine.com/2020/07/28/history-and-cancel-culture/) The article ...

A Journey into the mind of a musician

I have a freewheeling conversation with Ram Sampath about his life, career and the process of creativity. How does a musician think? What goes behind the doors when it comes to creating a song? How do musicians even decide what ...

Shaping India’s youth for the Future

I chat with Samyak Chakraborty from X Billion labs about the future of skill development and employability in India. We discuss how X Billion Labs is creating unique interventions to train and prepare India’s youth for the future. The future ...