Society & Culture
Every civilisation draws a line between "us" and "them."
But that line is never neutral — it's produced, mobilized, and weaponized.
In this episode, Hemant Rajopadhye and Ashok Mishra trace the dynamics of "othering" through history: how it emerges from anxiety and competition, how it concentrates power and resources, and how intellectual contests have long been used to establish civilisational dominance rather than objective truth.
But the episode doesn't end on division. It turns to something distinctly Indian — the capacity of Bharat and the Sanatan tradition to absorb, rework, and reclaim external influences rather than simply reject them. Not mere tolerance. Transformation.
The closing question: are the boundaries we draw today old civilisational habits — or can they be reimagined?
No agenda. Just curiosity, examined closely.