Should you always tell the truth or should you also lie sometimes, especially to be nice and polite? This age-old question in moral philosophy deserves our attention. Let's discuss then.

Can men live without women? If yes, what would their life be like? Both Hemingway and Murakami have explored this question in their books -- separated by over a hundred years -- Men Without Women. I discuss the books in this podcast.

Today I discuss the memoirs of an SS commandant at Auschwitz during the second world war. This book recounts the author's days at Auschwitz where the Jewish Holocaust took place.

In recent years there has been a debate on Hijab and whether or not it is an essential part of Islam. Let's take a look at what The Quran says and how the text can be interpreted.

In the book Great Thinkers, The School of Life (as the organisation often does) brings the ancient philosophical teachings for modern problems. I discuss the chapter on Stoics and what they prescribed for the problem of anxiety.

In today's podcast I narrate a creation myth from ancient Egyptian mythology.

Who is the majority in India? It sounds like a very simple question, but it's not. As Shashi Tharoor tells us in his book, India is a country where everyone is in minority.

In today's podcast I discuss Tété-Michel Kpomassie's memoirs titled An African in Greenland. It's beautifully narrated account of a young man who leaves Africa, travels through Europe, in search of Arctic mountains, and finally arrives in Greenland. Along the way he learns and shares some remarkable lessons on human societies.

The Great Narrative of Phertajido was told in the Bo language, now among the extinct Indian languages. Its last speaker, Boa Sr, passed away in 2010. The language is a part of history now. However, thanks to Professor Anvita Abbi, parts of this ancient language have been preserved and documented. In her book Voices From The Lost Horizon, Professor Abbi shares stories and songs from the ancient past of ours.

Fanaa is an idea in Sufism in which you destroy the self to become one with the almighty. In this podcast, I discuss Al Ghazali's point of view on Fanaa and how one can practice it.