In the 15th Episode of Shastrartha, Pratyasha Rath, Padma Pillai and Kushal talk about the multiple perspectives around the legal age for marriage. A government-appointed panel is looking at the right marriageable age for women in India, and they will ...
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 the 13th Episode of Shastrartha Aarti Tikoo and Nikhil Mehra share their views about Press Freedom in India in the light of the arrest and the subsequent bail application of Arnob Goswami. There are many perspectives in this saga, ...
In this conversation, Aashish Chandorkar and Karan Bhasin will cover the recent slew of reforms announced by the GOI. What was the impact of these reforms? How good were they? If good why? If bad why? Is it even fair ...
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 ...
In this 9th Episode of Shastratha Harsh Gupta, Ramprasad and Dr Amit Thadani get together with Kushal Mehra to discuss COVID-19 from a multi-pronged perspective. We look at the medical, behavioural and economic aspects. How effective was the lockdown? Do ...
In the 8th Episode of Shastrartha Aarti Tikoo Singh and Swati Goel Sharma discuss the State of Journalism in India with Kushal. Journalism over the years has slowly transformed from reportage to infotainment. What is the reason for this transformation? ...
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 ...
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 5th Episode of Shashtrartha, we discuss the issues of Pasmanda Muslims in India. In this episode, we try to understand their problems, the roadblocks, the struggles Pasmanda Muslims face in India through the words of Fayyaz Ahmad and ...