Trying to make sense of this vastly complicated subject through the lens of literature, art and philosophy.

Dr BR Ambedkar was arguably the finest Indian intellectual in 20th century. His writings are brilliant, especially when it comes to critiquing India. Irfan Habib, historian and writer, presents selected writings of Indian thinkers on the idea of Indian nationalism. I read out the chapter on Ambedkar in this podcast.

Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar of Islam, social scientist, philosopher and historian who has been described as the founder of the modern disciplines of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography. Let's learn a little bit about him through his great works.

Bliss Carman's spiritual poem titled Vestigia touches the heart and soul and provoke the mind.

In their book The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, Edward Burger and Michael Starbird explain how we can train our mind to think in an effective manner. I give you the overview of the book in today's podcast.

In her book "Divided by Partition United by Resilience: 21 Inspirational Stories from 1947", Mallika Ahluwalia brings the stories of some famous Indians who witnessed the horrors of the partition. I narrate the story of Gulzar in this podcast.

Reciting a fun poem by Irene Rutherford McLeod as it talks about one of our favourite subjects: a dog.

Arundhati Roy's non-fiction work revolves around her role as a social activist. I read through some of her essays in this podcast.

A letter written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Mahatma Gandhi. What can this letter teach us in today's world?

Is there an Indian way of thinking? What does the great 20th century poet AK Ramanujan think about this? Let's see.