संवाद # 41: J Sai Deepak on success & critics, hijab issue, blasphemy, cancel culture

Описание: J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.

India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution.

0:00 Sales and success of Sai’s book
2:30 Book’s success met Sai’s expectations
4:13 Why Sai is so popular
7:08 Sai’s oratory skills
11:29 How Advocate’s training helps
13:17 Sai’s upbringing
15:25 Importance of traditional interventions
21:07 Sai’s skills that lawyering helped improve
25:00 Critics of Sai’s book
27:52 Criticism #1: Taliban, modern rights & colonial consciousness
40:11 Criticism #2: Place of individual rights in this fight for group consciousness
44:47 Stand on hijab from first principles
48:29 Minoritarianism
51:40 Punjab, Beadbi/blasphemy & Dev Ninda
59:30 Sai’s submission in marital rape case
1:06:12 St Stephen’s & cancel culture
1:10:45 When new book is releasing