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 ...
This podcast is inspired by the pinned tweet of Rahul Roushan’s Twitter profile where he says ” Establishment is the bunch that systematically controls your thoughts through media and academics, controls your speech and actions, through the judiciary, and not ...
In this podcast, Kushal has a chat about Libertarian philosophy and its principles with Brad Polumbo who is a Thorpe Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. We try to understand the good, the bad & the ugly of libertarianism. ...
In this 10th Episode of the Shastrartha, we discuss the subject on same-sex marriage in India. I try to understand this subject in the light of a recent PIL filed in the Delhi High court by Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Gopi ...
In this podcast, I chat with Dr Gobardhan Das once again about a potential BCG vaccine for treating COVID. This is in light of a new paper being published in cell.com titled “BCG VACCINATION AGAINST INFECTION IN THE ELDERLY” by ...