In this monologue, I want to address the problem with the arguments presented by religious believers. Whenever they are questioned about specific verses from their religious texts they will use the standard excuse that the translation of the verse is ...
In this 6th Episode of Shastrartha, J Sai Deepak, Nikhil Mehra and I try to understand The Idea of India. What does it mean? We use the CAA NRC legislation as an example and try to unpack the multiple layers ...
In this podcast, we will try to understand Zionism with Jaideep Prabhu. What is the core of Zionism? What are the origins of Zionism? Why did this ideology emerge? Are there different kinds of Zionism? Also is there anything like ...
I had a conversation with Neel Kolhatkar about his series “Crossing the Line”. We discuss his experience as he went about making this series. Humour is a very complex subject. What constitutes a good joke? What is socially acceptable and ...
I chat with Ngurang Reena about the problems faced by Indians from the North East in regard to racist slurs and discrimination against them. We touch upon different aspects of a Northeastern Indians experience. How they are told to “go ...
I chat with Tripurdaman Singh about his book “Sixteen Stormy days”. We cover the various political machinations that were involved in the destruction of Free Speech in India. How the ones we think are our heroes were actually curbing our ...
In this 5th Episode of Shashtrartha, we discuss the issues of Pasmanda Muslims in India. In this episode, we try to understand their problems, the roadblocks, the struggles Pasmanda Muslims face in India through the words of Fayyaz Ahmad and ...
In this podcast, I discuss the digital landscape of India with Anuraag Saxena. This discussion was inspired by an article by Anuraag. We try to cover the Indian response to the latest Chinese aggression in the form of the ban ...
I chat with Carl Zha from the Silk and Steel Podcast about The Chinese Gaze. Carl explains how China perceives its role in the world. We discuss the perception of the Chinese people/government about India, Asia, and the West (especially ...
In this conversation, Monika Halan talks about the Six money rules she learnt from the pandemic. We talk about topics such as the cost of living, emergency funds, the volatility of the stock markets and much more. You can read ...