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 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 ...
Religion is all around us, we wake up in the morning to the sound of a temple bell ringing or a late-night azaan depending on our preference 🙂 Many of us are used to the sight of getting up early ...
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 ...