by Azeem Khan In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, it is said that people belonging to the cave have accepted the cave as their world while the one who has seen the real world and knows how beautiful, open and real the world is, still wants to be in the Read more…
by Vijay Govind Nath. Walter Lord’s ‘A Night to Remember’ is the definitive non-fiction account of the sinking of the Titanic. The book recounts how in the early hours of April 15, 1912, the largest ship to ever set sail, sank into the depths of the Atlantic along with 1,500 Read more…
by Balaganpathi Devarakonda. Is there a Philosophical Community in India? Is there a curious skeptical question that needs further probing considering the attribution of crisis to the modern/contemporary Indian Philosophy in the present times?[1] There is a skeptic tone about the existence of a philosophical community and there is a Read more…
by Mansi Rathour. Albert Camus’s reflection on the existence of mere mortals seems quite relevant today. Most of us are facing lockdowns in our respective places owing to the rise of the corona pandemic. Its times like these which call for a reflection upon oneself and repurposing or reorienting of Read more…
by Srajana Kaikini. We are curious about our social behavior in a post COVID-19 future. A future where the social can’t be taken for granted; a future where we humans hope to reclaim some sense of control over the world currently ruled by a virus. Now we find that we Read more…
by Mansi Rathour. In the summer of 2019, the team at Barefoot Philosophers led by Professor Sundar Sarukkai, organized Philosophy Summer Camps for children across various cities in India. The intention of organizing these camps was to introduce children to the practice of critical and philosophical thinking. The first of Read more…
By Mansi Rathour. With the radical increase in the use of technology and the pervasiveness of technical artifacts, it becomes pertinent for us to analyze the concept of technology from varying perspectives. A significant theme has been the nature of technology and its inherent normativity. Since norms are claims about Read more…
by Ezat Mossallanejad. In his masterpiece “The Bridge over the Drina”, the Yugoslav novelist Ivo Andric, speaks of a Turkish foreman who orders death sentence by means of horrible techniques of torture against a Bosnian worker due to his alleged attempts at rebellion: “Everything must be made ready so that Read more…
by Kamlakar Bhat. I. Emerging Phenomena of Digital Literature I am ‘writing’ this note on “Digitization and Literary Studies” on my laptop, consulting online resources on my mobile phone. And the reader of this piece may access it through one or the other digital platform. This entire circle of production Read more…
by Kushal Choudhary. An exploration of the ideas pertaining to the 1942 seminal essay ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’ by Albert Camus. The exploration expounds the ideas of what we mean by creating something and what purpose creation of any kind serves. It also alludes to the idea ‘the absurd’ and Read more…
by Sahana Rajan. Why should you care about why you do what you do? Kabir and Meera are having a meal at McDonalds. While Kabir works at Nirvana PrivateLimited, Meera is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Avyaktum University. Kabir hasordered a Chicken Kebab Burger with a Soft Serve Hot Read more…
by Dr. Parimala. Life is not always nice to all. But still, we live. Like many others, I was not so happy with my life until I realized, ‘good heavens, I am still alive!’ I am an accident survivor and I have started to wonder at the way life triumphed Read more…
by Anushka Maheshwary. Margaret Atwood in her book The Handmaid’s Tale spins a tale so gripping that it leaves one gasping for air after being submerged in turbulent waters of the totalitarian state of Gilead. It tells the story of the narrator, a woman whose name is later revealed to Read more…
by Chaitanya Joshi & Sushruth Ravish. In present times of partisan divide, each one of us would have experienced at some point or the other, an impasse in a conversation. This is what the Greeks called aporia – a point beyond which no further dialogue seems to be possible. Each Read more…
by Medi Chaithanya. Why are we so certain about some knowledge claims in our everyday life? How do we understand “certainty” in general and in what way does this understanding help us to do things in our day to day life? I was watching a Telugu movie on TV when Read more…
by Arpita Bajpeyi. Chances are that, when you encounter the word ‘history,’ certain images come to mind: old buildings, monuments, and significant events, dates, people or eras from your nation or region’s past. All seemingly irrelevant to our lives today. And yet, if we look closely at the shapes of Read more…