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A commentary on Current affairs, India. Useful for the students preparing for civil services. Though it's not a class! Everyone's invited.

  1. 04/06/2024

    Resetting India's Innovation policy

    Discussion on an innovation policy paper by Dr Mashelkar, Dr Ajay Shah, Susan Thomas Link to the paper : https://xkdr.org/paper/rethinking-innovation-policy-in-india-amplifying-spillovers-through-contracting-out

    17 min

  2. 05/09/2020

    The WhatsApp Buddha

    On the eve of Buddha Purnima, we try to understand why the claim - Buddhism is a subset of part of Hinduism - is made so assertively or with a sense of finality by many, who ironically never bother to read neither of them. We do this by understanding the basic tenet of Buddhism and hinduism respectively. Why rules or an organised religion/sect evolves in the name of an enlightened master after his/her death? Surely Gautam Buddha won't have dictated which flavored cake should be cut on his birthday known as Buddha Purnima?

    25 min

  3. 05/05/2020

    The selfish gene

    Are we biologically programmed to be selfish? Why would your prospective girl behave evasively for long? If selfishness is inbuilt, how do we explain the altruistic behaviour in living creatures? Are humans special or are they just another 'survival machine' for the 'immortal replicator' better known as genes? We discuss the fascinating bestseller since late 70s, the book selfish gene by Richard Dawkins.

    1h 9m

  4. 05/01/2020

    Intellectuals need their Irrfan Khan!

    Who is a public intellectual? Does he necessarily have to be an academic? How do we identify him/her? What does our mythology teaches us about intellect and its aim? Also, what did irrfan's two sons write in their tribute to their father?

    30 min

  5. 04/29/2020

    Judiciary and privacy in an open sports car?

    Recourse to legal remedies is severely restricted which leads to erosion of civil liberties. Similarly privacy is destroyed in the argument of fighting crisis. We understand this using the latest viral video from Indore and a scene from the movie three idiots. Also, consider poor and destitute to be equal humans and not subhumans below you.

    48 min

  6. 04/27/2020

    Why lord parashuram has six pack abs?

    Mythology of parashuram and it's contemporary visual imagery. Are China and USA again making modern world's Vishnu's dhanush or Sudarshan chakra? Should I say "Ramadan Kareem" or " "Ramzaan mubarak"?

    43 min

  7. 04/26/2020

    Why are we unscientific?

    S1 E6 Is South Asia an exception to Covid 19? Is BCG vaccine instrumental in boosting immunity for this virus? Should you and nations keep flexing your muscles? Or a healthy body and an open mind would do?

    12 min

  8. 04/24/2020

    The village and the doctor

    What's a cognisable offence? Does modernity means inevitable doom of villages? Why shouldn't you be 'nominated' to Rajya sabha when the chief justice can?

    30 min
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A commentary on Current affairs, India. Useful for the students preparing for civil services. Though it's not a class! Everyone's invited.

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    Kinjalk Live
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    13
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