·India's Path to PresentToday's discussion
India's Path to Present: History, Politics, and What's Next
A 60-minute session, held on Sunday 10 August 2025, five days before Independence Day, about the country we inherited and the one we're making. It stays away from parties and leaders and looks at where India's past, politics and future show up in ordinary life: a grandparent's story nobody asked about, a history answer mugged up for an exam, the anthem in a cinema hall, the family WhatsApp group, the queue at the polling booth, the agent outside the licence office, the cousin who settled abroad. Twelve independent cards. Open three or four.
How we do this
Be respectfulDisagree with the point, never the person.
Raise your hand to speakSo nobody has to talk over anybody.
Keep it shortSay the thing, then let the next person in.
Discussion is encouragedReply to each other, not just to the question.
Tangents are allowedIf the room follows it, it is the discussion.
This is a safe spaceWhat is said here stays in the room.