Unpolarised
By Ram Iyer
UnpolarisedDec 12, 2023
I Watched Animal: and ... it's complicated
Toxic masculinity or a powerful visual delight? Listen to this episode for my top ten lessons from the film.
You Must Know Physics to Watch Oppenheimer
You may have heard (as a joke or otherwise) that one must understand physics to watch Oppenheimer. Is that true? How much physics must you know before you watch it? More importantly, is that all you need to know? In this episode, I set the stage for you to get the best out of the film.
If you would rather read, head over to my blog to read this episode as a post.
I watched The Kerala Story: what Sudipto Sen has pulled off is impressive
How rampant is the conversion racket shown in The Kerala Story? Is it fact or propaganda? Is the government involved in this conspiracy? What are its implications?
One fine evening, I decided to give the film a watch, because what I had heard and what I read about the film were exact opposites, which kindled my curiosity. My cousin, who I think is usually rational, supported this film; that made me more curious.
In this episode, I dice through the entire block of available information to help you make a conscious choice about your stand with the film. This is not a film review. This is about objectively looking at the facts we have in front of us, such as:
- Why should it be difficult to believe that 32,000 people vanished?
- A case against the official religious conversion numbers
- A case for the non-Muslim girls that get sent to Syria
- Conversions and migration
- The numbers superimposed on the population
- The passport problem
- The issue of conversion
- National security from the educated point of view
- Should the film be banned?
- The ₹150 lesson
- How to handle the conversion issue
COVID and high ORAC foods: Powdered oxygen cylinder from WhatsApp University
Original Post: http://https://blog.ramiyer.me/covid-and-high-orac-foods/.
COVID has become deadlier, claims a WhatsApp University circular
A new message claiming to be from the CMC Vellor Doctors’ group is doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Is it another sensational message or a sensible one? Is the newer variant of COVID-19 more fatal?
Original: https://blog.ramiyer.me/covid-has-become-deadlier/.
If you would like to know more about how the virus behaves, read COVID and Credibility.
Can we be free of Chinese goods
Ever since Prime Minister Modi made his speech on the 12th of May 2020, Aatmanirbhar started trending. My Facebook newsfeed showed countless memes and what not, about boycotting Chinese products. In this episode we try to understand what it would take to be free of Chinese products, if at all.
Are you an atheist
After watching a rather curious video on Facebook about there being an Intelligent Designer who created us, I got thinking. And this episode is a product of that.
Can we kill a virus
In the last blog post, I had made a statement about how a living organism works, specifically, propagation. I had equated that with that of the behaviour of a virus. Later I realised that it could lead to some confusion, with some thinking that a virus is a living organism. This episode wishes to clarify.
Janata Curfew and some statistics
This episode gives you an idea of the nature of the spread of the virus, and why it is extremely important that we maintain social distance.
The coronavirus panic roundup
The CAA is not about throwing out people
Over the last week, I saw protests everywhere. Most groups (not WhatsApp groups) that I am part of had a discussion about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act going. A lot of noise, smoke and mirrors and lack of clarity has led to chaos. This episode accompanies my post, https://l.ramiyer.me/2Z9cj1e.