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Unpolarised

Unpolarised

Written by: Ram Iyer
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Your gateway to not be polarised by the narratives (left, right or center) floating around. Ram Iyer tries to break down the different facets of any major issue into chewable pieces and help you assimilate the information. You are free to pick your side, but this time, backed by information.Ram Iyer Politics & Government
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  • Democracy and the Four Patterns

    Democracy and the Four Patterns
    Aug 15 2026

    One pleasant morning in Chennai, I wake up to a message from my cousin. Expecting to read a new story, I open the document only to see a 20-page essay. It instantly wakes me up, not because it is something shocking, but because this is something I never expected her to write about.

    Two weeks later, we meet in Bengaluru to discuss the coincidence: of what I had written around the same time, and the essay itself. Hear my sister break down the four patterns she saw in people when talking about governance, and tell us if you found them as well.
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • The Sovereign Subject: How Colonial Machinery and Ancient Conditioning Undermine Constitutional Democracy

    The Sovereign Subject: How Colonial Machinery and Ancient Conditioning Undermine Constitutional Democracy
    Jul 22 2026

    India carries a civilizational inheritance spanning thousands of years—languages, philosophies, sciences, spiritual traditions, and systems of law that governed social conduct long before any modern constitution existed. Today, we are the world’s largest democracy. By sheer scale and diversity, that alone is remarkable.
    Yet the question persists: is India truly a democracy? Not in the procedural sense (elections happen, votes are counted, governments form). But in the substantive sense: Do the people function as sovereign?
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    12 mins
  • I Watched Animal: and ... it's complicated

    I Watched Animal: and ... it's complicated
    Dec 12 2023

    Toxic masculinity or a powerful visual delight? Listen to this episode for my top ten lessons from the film.
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    10 mins
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