Ep. 06: "Merit"ocracy : The false promise of equal opportunity

On an all-new episode of Uncle, Please Sit, former journalists and current comedy writers Joel Pereira and Tushar Abhichandani gear up to get more uncles to sit the F down. The myth they're talking about this week? The "merit"-ocracy. It seems like an obvious, common-sense idea, doesn't it?
A fair and equitable way to reward talent and aptitude? But scratch a few millimeters below the "surface of the "merit" and you begin to understand how its yet another way for the rich and privileged to hog all the opportunity, while maintaining the appearance of fairness and impartiality. Listen to know more..

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Om Podcasten

From holding court in drawing rooms they have moved on to the much wider canvas of Whatsapp forwards. Who are these people who confidently squeeze out rubbish from everything they have read on twitter? On this podcast, Editor and Creative Producer Joel Pereira along with the Writer and Stand-up Comedian Tushar Abhichandani, attempt to counter them, along with the barrage of misguided opinions we are often inundated with from all sides. As Joel and Tushar peel the layers and misinformation of "Beta, you should do this and that", you will hear them say "Uncle, Please sit". Tune in to the new episodes every Monday.