IndiaAIFounders — Ethics and evil: the villagers reviving India’s debating traditions

In a country where politicians are increasingly polarised and angry, thousands of rural Indians have been gathering to enjoy debate tournaments where the discussions are respectful and no one gets personal

The setting for perhaps the country’s biggest exercise in public debate was quintessential rural India: fields of green paddy, a pond, a temple. On a normal day, as dusk falls in the village of Ajgara, in Uttar Pradesh, people gather beside the pond to chat about the price of crops, the weather, or the theft of a goat.

But for more than a month, metaphysics and ethical dilemmas replaced the usual topics. Is it permissible to use deceit to defeat an evil enemy? Is a lie justified to save a life? What is the nature of reality?

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