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 ...
In this conversation, we try to unpack what are the best strategies that should be adopted when one criticises religion. Is burning books alright? Should we spit on books? Should we desecrate murtis? Should that be illegal? Is there a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Anger is an old ally/foe of the human species. It has accompanied us since the earliest times and from time immemorial. As per the Scientists at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology (University of California Santa Barbara) Anger is an “evolved ...
The world of Indian English Language Stand-Up Comedy is on fire again. In the last few days, we have seen a number of comics suspend their Twitter accounts faster than the speed of light. It all started with a clip ...
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 ...