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Sull Kaak’s Podcast – Season 3 – Schools Have Failed
In this series we delve into abject failure of schools in being able to deliver any fruitful results of any value. This series is a commentary on two essays published in The Atlantic, 1. The Defeat of the Schools and 2. The Reform of the Schools, written by by James L. Mursell. Trailer: Episodes: The Purpose of Schools | Sull Kaak’s Podcast | S03E01 Embark on a thought-provoking journey in the inaugural episode, ‘The Purpose of Schools.’ Delve into the dichotomy between perceived and actual objectives in education, where the conventional apparatus often prioritises curriculum mastery over genuine understanding. Uncover the subtle yet profound implications of this paradigm shift, challenging…
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Sull Kaak’s Podcast – Season 1 – The Fall and Revival of Muslim Civilization
This is a commentary on Hamza Yusuf’s “Is the Matter of Metaphysics Immaterial? Yes and No” with a portion of discussion taken from Abdurrahman Mihrij’s “The Myth of Intellectual Decline – A Response to Shaykh Hamza Yusuf”. The topic has been covered in 6 parts. Click the titles below the trailer to visit the individual pages. Episode 1: First Things First – Explore the profound questions of existence and the revival of metaphysics in the first episode of our enlightening podcast series on “The Fall and Revival of Muslim Civilization”. Episode 2: The Defence of Faith and Religion – Metaphysics as the universal science: Imam al-Ghazali’s view on theology, its…
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An Alternate Academia
I believe in hierarchies. This I mean in two ways, one, that hierarchies are part of existence, that is to say I believe in hierarchies in the same way as I believe in Sun, Moon, Pacific Ocean, and other things that exist, without ascribing the value of good or bad to them. This also means that I believe that some or the other forms of hierarchies will always exist. Two, that some hierarchies are good and need to be protected. In fact, the protection of such hierarchy is in itself justice. Justice is placing a thing at its right place, doing a thing as it should be done. Justice is…
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The Depp Verdict and Extremist Feminism
The Depp verdict doesn’t become more important because of the contents of the case or the parties involved, it becomes important because of the publicity it garnered. Many cases like these are fought everyday in courts across the world, not many are able to capture the attention of millions like this case did. It becomes important that we understand what we learn from this case and what we do not. The Depp Verdict is another moment in the story of the fall of extremist Feminism and its offshoot of “cancel-culture”. This verdict would go a long way in placing the legal and ethical maxim of “innocent till proven guilty” back…
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Resolution of Conflicts
Democracy isn’t just about equality, liberty, secularism, and other such loaded terms that fill the popular narrative. We have far moved beyond the French Revolution, however our obsession with these terms continues. We often forget another pillar of democracy, a pillar of successful society rather, “Resolution of Conflicts”. Though a ranking or hierarchy of various aspects of a thriving state can’t be made, or at least is difficult to make, we can be relatively certain that “resolution of conflict” is an important aspect which we often miss in our discussions. Conflicts keep lingering along and often end up shaping the sentiments of communities in a long run. Such a happening affects…
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment
