The Uttar Pradesh government has recently come up with an ordinance against “Love Jihad”. Why is this law needed? What is the background behind the entire chain of events where one government after the other is drafting laws to stop ...
In this podcast, Abhinav Prakash and Kushal take the question of whether India is predominantly a rural or urban polity. Does real India reside in the villages? What does the data indicate? If India is rural is it a good ...
In the 14th Episode of Shastrartha, we take a deep dive into the subject of the Uniform Civil Code. From being mentioned in the directive principles of our constitution in Article 44 to being part of the BJP manifesto since ...
In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit Kapadia from MyIndMakers chat and discuss the election results of Bihar. Who is the real winner? Who lost the most? Who was the “vote katua?”. What role did Chirag Paswan play? How badly did ...
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 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 ...
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 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 conversation, Anand Ranganathan speaks with Kushal about the double standards of social media platforms. A video of someone spitting on the Quran goes viral but Anand Ranganathan literally quoting a religious scripture gets his account suspended. What is ...