About

Let’s Talk Tattva is an independent initiative that has been trying to take philosophy beyond its conventional spaces and modes towards, simply the act of philosophizing itself, in whatever shape, form, place, tradition or genre we might discover it. We firmly believe that the age-old—often archaic—concepts, categories, and ideas preserved and contained within the activity of thinking hold something of value for our everyday lives and, more so, can offer new (if not necessarily better) ways to attune ourselves to the world we find ourselves in. In all our endeavors, we strive to showcase the liveliness in these concepts: to show that there is a little more life left in these categories than what is apparent. It is our conviction and hope that sitting with ideas and people coming from various walks of life these categories will whisper something meaningful and important about us, the world we inhabit and the times we dwell in.
Lets Talk Tattva is currently based off IIT Bombay and has been attempting to contribute its share in the philosophical discourse happening in the sub-continent since its inception in October ’21 by Himanshu.

Meet the team

Himanshu is a PhD candidate in philosophy at IIT Bombay working on the Āgamic Absolutism of 11th-century Śaiva philosopher Abhinavagupta. His other interests include Haryanavi literature and organising philosophy discussions.
hn2001himanshu@gmail.com

Kavya (she/her) is presently pursuing her Master’s degree in Philosophy at IIT Bombay. Her interests in philosophy are quite broad and varied but by and large, she likes to approach philosophy through history and the margins. Besides philosophy she is also interested in filmmaking.
kavya.becoming@gmail.com

Anany’s research area lies in the 19th and 20th century post-Kantian Western philosophy, in particular, the influence and reception of Friedrich Nietzsche’s thought in German and French philosophical circles by movements such as Existentialism, Postmodernism and (post)Structuralism.
anany.m@iitb.ac.in

Sunaina is just starting out as a PhD scholar in Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay. Her research focuses on embodied virtue ethics in Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, with particular attention to the intersections of social ethics, mind-body discourse, and soteriology. Her other interests include creative writing and pretending to be a pop culture wizard. 23N0502@iitb.ac.in

Despite an advertising career of some three decades as a writer, Balakrishnan believes he has retained some vestiges of sanity. He attributes this to a smattering of readings from Plato, Descartes (whose Discourse on Method left a big and lasting impact), Marx, Camus, Heidegger, Swamis Gambhirananda and Krishnananda, Lao Tzu, and the IPQ quarterly journal from Fordham Univ. He has written articles for socialsciences.in and The Pioneer newspaper, and believes good editing is vital to success in communication. He looks at editing tasks in a field of great personal interest to be a lovely opportunity to learn and be of service at the same time.