Mimamsa

Last week we witnessed a meeting between PM Modi and several senior Kashmiri leaders, so we thought it would a great idea to retrace the civilizational link between Kashmir Valley and the rest of India, to see if lasting peace is a possibility.

Discussion on the impact of blockchain technology on the society, where we try to answer the questions like:

Family Man was in the news last week. We realized that a lot of people in our generation do not have the context behind acrimony between Tamils and Sri Lankans. So we decided to declutter the complex history and geopolitics of the events that unfold in the show.

In the last few years, Social Media platforms have played a part in major political changes from the Brexit Vote, Victory of Trump to the Rise of Hindutva in India. Their scale can be estimated from the fact that if Facebook was a country, it would have twice the population of China! Naturally, these platforms have become hugely influential, at present the content moderation policies on these platforms are quite arbitrary which has raised concerns about political interference, bias, and foul play.   

It is easy to see how powerful they are when they cartelized to de-platform the leader of the free world- the President of the United States with impunity! Such incidents put a question mark on who decides the boundaries of free speech and who is in a position to police them!

Two personalities from history can't be more different than Jinnah and Gandhi and yet they shared a lot in common. Also, these two great men left behind nations that still carry their burdens and legacy.  In this discussion, we attempt to bring to light some aspects of their lives.

Last year CAA and NRC created a massive row in the country. In this episode,  we deliberate on principles around which citizenship should be based and also explore the creation of Bangladesh.

Left Intelligentsia in India and Western Academicians have for long tried to reduce Indian Itihāsa text into 'mythology' through motivated translations and interpolation. Lately tiresome efforts of genuine Sanskrit Scholars like Bibek Debroy has given mortal blow to such frauds.   In this first episode we debunk a few myths about Mahabharata.