Summary: Are public debates like the feuds we see on Twitter and Facebook a product of modern society? Gargi Vachaknavi has long been remembered in India for her brilliant performance in a public debate 2,700 years ago. Her story offers a refreshing model for how to engage in heated ideological discussions: she didn’t just throw down an epic victory, humiliating her opponent. She did something much more clever!<br> <br> Our guest is Ravi M. Gupta, the Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies and Director of the Religious Studies Program at Utah State University and Permanent Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies in England.
