NASIR NARRATES

Disclaimer: Whatever you are going to read is my own understanding. I do not claim any special knowledge of this subject except that I am deeply interested in it and still a learner. Both interlocutors were highly respected personalities and the exchange was an academic debate, so there is no need for hurling hate or insidious comments on either of them. Debates are not meant to arrive at objective conclusions; they are meant for listeners to understand the arguments, reflect on them, and recognise the differing stances. Anyone looking for an answer to whether God exists or not from this debate is coming to the wrong place. That aside, you are free to criticise what I have written below. This kind of debate emerging in India, in a frictional environment where killing for God seems more preferable than arguing about His existence, almost felt fictitious. Yet it did happen. Without going into the backdrop of the debate, it is better to engage with the debate itself. The audience that tak...