In this episode, I speak with Anwesh Satpathy about the philosophical origins liberties and freedoms, particularly free speech. He explains with examples how different cultures had their own ideas about free speech and exchange of ideas and how it changes with social situations. We also touch upon the Nupur Sharma issue briefly and talk about the condition of free speech in India, both legally and societally.

You can find Anwesh on Twitter at his handle @anwesh_satpathy. Anwesh himself has a YouTube channel  @Anwesh Satpathy  where he speaks to really interesting people. He has a Medium blog https://anweshsatpathy.medium.com/ where he writes extensively about a wide range of topics.

As references, you can find the history of the first amendment of the Indian constitution in the book Sixteen Stormy Days, by Tripurdaman Singh, the principle of liberties in the book On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill. Both can be found on Amazon.

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