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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In this podcast, I discuss American politics and the culture wars that have engulfed that side of the world with Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. America is going through a unique ...
I chat with Dr Wilfred Reilly about the overall journey of African Americans in the United States of America. We discuss issues like affirmative action and whether it is a policy that has helped the African American community. We also ...
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 ...