[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c5.5 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.5 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.5) A country where debates do not happen is “a place without gestation”. Authoritarian regimes do not allow debates to happen. The lack of \*vāda\* (debate, dialogue and discussion) leaves a society in a morbid state. \*Vāda\* envisages a culture of pluralism and democratic values. - [Previous: c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.4) - [Next: c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.6) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.5) · Pramāṇa