Deep Fried Neurons Podcast

Blasphemy, according to a quick google search is "Actions or speech that is done in irreverence or dismissal of God". To no one's surprise there are laws in place even today in more than a comfortable number of countries to punish blasphemy as a crime. In this episode, we briefly discuss the origin of this phenomenon, and see why is it that the state chooses to use it's monopoly of violence over speech and literature against God. In continuation of the discussion, we discuss the rationale given by the Supreme Court of India, as the justification for the constitutional validity of the blasphemy law in the Democratic Republic of India. Additionally, we discuss the the largest incident of blasphemy in the 20th century - the fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the complexities of having geographical granted autonomy to write and say something, while another geographical and cultural taboo to the extent of demanding death of the blasphemer across jurisdictions. In addition to the Fatwa, we also talk about incidents o