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My investigations bring competing arguments together with the evidence and sources you need to check them.
- Religion
DEBUNKED: ISLAM
What survives when claims of divine authority face evidence? A complete 36-chapter examination of scripture, miracles and moral authority, with worked examples, opposing arguments and 416 source notes.
1 partsComplete - Religion
Atheist vs Believer
Four complete books covering Islam, Christianity, Hindu traditions and selected other traditions. Read all 30 chapters of each volume in English or Hindi, or download each complete book.
4 volumesComplete - Religion
Why I Don't Believe
Why I reject religious claims, how scientific evidence can be checked, and how to explain the arguments in plain English. A first-person investigation of gods, holy books, evolution, history, and the universe.
28 partsComplete - India
India, Before and After 2014
What changed in India before and after 2014? Seven parts explain the numbers in plain English, check the original claims and compare the Congress-led UPA and BJP-led NDA records, including COVID and the other major shocks.
7 partsComplete - Augustine
The Confessions, Explained
Everybody has heard of the Confessions and almost nobody has finished it. So I read all thirteen books, slowly, and wrote down what Augustine is actually doing — in the plainest English I could manage, with none of the hard content cut out.
9 partsComplete - Punjab
The Wars of Punjab
Every war fought on the land of five rivers, from the Rigveda to 1971 — who fought, why, how, and who actually won — told in plain English, one part at a time, with an honesty label on every single claim.
16 partsComplete - Anthropology
Sapiens
Everybody quotes Sapiens and almost nobody argues with it. So I read all twenty chapters myself, slowly, with a pen in my hand, and wrote down what Harari actually claims — chapter by chapter, in the plainest English I could manage, flagging exactly where the evidence gets thin.
11 partsComplete - Science
On the Origin of Species
Everybody quotes Darwin and almost nobody has read him. So I read the 1859 first edition myself, slowly, with a pen in my hand, and wrote down what he actually says — chapter by chapter, in the plainest English I could manage.
8 partsComplete - Money
The Architecture of Money
How money was invented, how one country came to own the world’s accounting system, why every attempt to replace it has failed — and where India actually stands.
9 partsComplete - India
The Congress Record
An audit of what Congress governments did with power in India, from 1947 to the present day. Every charge carries a grade, every source is named, and the accusations that were invented are marked as invented.
19 partsComplete - Gender
The Rules About Women
A photograph from a protest, and a rumour that discredited the woman in it. Underneath: why does a woman’s sexual history work as a universal solvent on her public standing, and does the old rulebook that makes that possible actually protect anyone? Sixteen parts test every claim on both sides against the record.
16 partsComplete - Punjab
The Complete History of Punjab
A narrative history of Punjab from the making of the land itself to the present — written so that anyone can follow it, with every dispute shown as a dispute and every assumption named rather than assumed.
14 partsComplete - Punjab
Punjab: The Whole Truth
From the first farmers to the Khalistan question — every disputed number shown with its range and its source, and every side given its strongest argument before it is answered.
13 partsComplete - India
The Reservation Files
India’s biggest argument, from the beginning: what reservation is, where caste came from, what the evidence shows — both sides at full strength.
14 partsComplete - Gender
Patriarchy & Feminism
A fifteen-part deep dive into the argument about men and women — every position stated in its own words, every factual claim footnoted, and the value questions left to you.
2 partsIn progress - India
How India Became Free
Every major claim about Independence, Partition and its leaders, tested against the documentary record and explained in plain English.
12 partsComplete - India
Kissan Andolan
India’s farmers’ movement, 2020–2024 and beyond — every side of the story, told in the simplest words, after months of research.
12 partsComplete - Sikhi
Debunked
The claims made about Sikhi, and the claims Sikhs make about themselves — each one traced to its source, tested against Gurbani and the historical record, and answered in plain language.
13 partsComplete - India
Debunked
A grounded look at the claims flooding our feeds — vimanas, brahmastras, cow urine cures, ancient nuclear weapons — and how to test any one of them in sixty seconds, using six simple steps.
11 partsComplete - History
The Forgotten Gods
A grounded, plain-language look at what was lost when the old religions of forest, river and storm were replaced by a religion brought in from outside.
4 partsComplete