Forking Opinions Podcast

The world's pretty complicated. We are living on a sphere blue-green spaceship where hairless apes are torned amonsgst existenialism, societal constructs, existentialism, philosophical paradoxes, and power games. The podcast is a way for the host to make sense of contemporary ideas, art, films, philosophy and social issues. In brief, the podcast is created out of its host's love of talking out loud about the things that fascinates him to no end about this crazyily beautiful we live in. Ciao!

Episodes

Self-awareness is freedom

August 5, 2020 • 7 mins

This is a visual podcast that tries to incorporate footages shot by its narrator, Anushray Singh; the audio-visual intermix in a "meaningful" manner may enhance the themes discussed in the podcast. Self-awareness is freedom: Though it is quite scary but necessary. The real challenge that presents itself is both explicit self-awareness but realizing the judgements that other people have of you doesn’t all translate into what and w...

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On Self-image

June 23, 2020

Create a self-image in your mind through cognitive mental gymnastics of self-education, questioning and self-awareness. I learnt that admitting your shortcomings is excruciating, but it indeed develops a self-image that you can envision in your own head which isn’t a by-product of some religious dogmas or advertising machinery. Natural confidence stems from the way you look at yourself. When you look at the mirror in the morning: d...

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On Happiness

May 29, 2020 • 8 mins

On the face value, it may seem quite simple - spread your palms, and life will place it in your hands, but in our human experience, this doesn’t really happen. In my almost twenty-five years of existence on this planet Earth, I can attest to one fact, happiness is a fleeting concept. In modern definition, the route to happiness is in its pursuit. Popular culture - movies, songs, TV and social media entrenches this pursuit in terms...

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On Absurdity of Life

May 18, 2020 • 6 mins

This is a visual podcast which tries to incorporate footages shot by its narrator, Anushray Singh; the audio-visual intermix in a "meaningful" manner may enhance the themes discussed in the podcast. In today's episode, On Absurdity of Life, we discuss the anti-philosophical stance of French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus. Through his understanding of the absurdity of human condition which he compares to the myth of Sisyphus, w...

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On Meditation

May 6, 2020 • 7 mins

This is a visual podcast which tries to incorporate footages shot by its narrator, Anushray Singh; the audio-visual intermix in a "meaningful" manner may enhance the themes discussed in the podcast. In today's episode, "On Meditation," I talk about the core idea behind meditation. I reflect on meditation mainly through my personal experiences; it has certainly made me more introspective, humble and calmer, to say the least. I hop...

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Theorizing Cinema#3: The Philosophy of Sacred Games

August 16, 2019

In this episode, we look into the philosophical insights of the Indian Netflix show Sacred Games. The show touches upon ideas of accelerationism, nihilism, Hindu mythological concepts of Satyug, Tamas and Kalyug. This show really dwells into human conditions of us vs them narrative, and our growing discontent for the world we live in and the future to come. The idea of a return to Satyug over self-worth is problematic, and the phil...

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Theorising Cinema #1 Midnight in Paris (Characterising Paris

June 3, 2019

In this video essay, we analyse Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) starring Owen Wilson as the protagonist who is a passionate admirer of the city of Paris. Through his eyes, we see a city that holds the glories of the past where prominent artists of all time such as Picasso, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dali and many other lived, worked, and partied. This video essay tries to understand how Paris work as a character rat...

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Forking Opinions# 19: Indian Election 2019

May 22, 2019

Indian Elections are one of the biggest democratic elections in the world where there are 900 million eligible voters who are voting for 543 Members of Parliament. This election is crucial in determining if the current Prime Minister Modi will be back again in power (which is very likely). This episode discusses the right-wing rejuvenation around the globe and how Modi’s India is turning into a very likely fascist regime which is s...

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Forking Opinions#18 Thoughts on right-wing, Modi, Trump and related ramblings!

April 4, 2019 • 11 mins

In this episode, we discuss the popularity of right-wing narrative around the globe exacerbated by the election of Donald Trump. The episode also looks at Indian political climate and its leader Modi whose brand of politics has emboldened factions of society that are anti-democratic at their core.

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