In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Harsh Madhusuhan Gupta and Rajiv Mantri about “Secularism In India”. How secularism is being abused in India has been explained beautifully in their book “A New Idea of India: The Civilizational Republic”. ...
In this monologue, Kushal shares his views on how we teach history as a subject. History has been weaponised in India by every side. In such a toxic system what would be the ideal way to teach history to young ...
In this podcast, Kushal chats with Aadit as they discuss the recently concluded #karnatakaassemblyelection2023 This podcast analysis the results and also talks about its potential “impact” on Lok Sabha 2024. ...
In this monologue, Kushal shares his hypothesis of “the monotheistic blindspot”. What is it? How does it shape discourse? What are its advantages and disadvantages? How does a non-monotheist converse with people who have a monotheistic blind spot? ...
In this podcast, Kushal talks about the identity crisis of Pakistan as Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is in Goa (India) for the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. The Pakistani liberal establishment loves to poke fingers at India/Modi/Hindutva. But what is ...
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Kanchan Gupta about the recent events where violent clashes took place for two consecutive days in Howrah. Are clashes during Ram Navami festivities becoming a pattern? They also discuss the PTI tweet where the ...
In this podcast, Aadit Kapadia and Kushal do a mid-series review of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Australia has been bowled out in one session twice in two matches. Are Indian pitches terrible? Or has batting quality in Test Cricket fallen ...
In this podcast, Anand Ranganathan, Harsh Gupta, and Abhijit Iyer Mitra talk about caste, religion, Islamism, and everything and anything they feel like talking about. This podcast was a late-night session parallel to the Surat Litfest. ...
In this podcast, Kushal discusses a recent OpEd published in the Indian Express by Suhas Palshikar that said “BJP’s re-election in 2024 may consolidate an idea of India that is inherently un-democratic”. The article says “Today, the BJP is poised ...
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Prasiddha Sudhakar and Parth Parihar about their recently published paper “Cyber Social Swarming Precedes Real World Riots in Leicester: How Social Media Became a Weapon for Violence”. The paper explains how Islamists used online ...