We're moving to Sunday evenings, 6pm IST

We asked the community when it wanted to meet. The answer was not close: 39 votes for Sunday 6pm against 15 for keeping Saturday 11am.

So we’re moving. From Sunday, November 15, 2026, the weekly debate runs at 6pm IST on Sundays.

What this changes

Only the slot. Same Zoom, same format, same hour and a half, same Meetup page for the schedule and the link.

The two debates already on the calendar have moved with us rather than waiting for a clean break:

• Debate #90 — Increased individuality will lead to societal degradation over time. Sunday, November 15, 6pm IST.
• Debate #91 — Government jobs beat private-sector jobs for the average Indian. Sunday, November 22, 6pm IST.

If you had already RSVPed to either of these on Saturday, your RSVP has carried over. You only need to change the time in your own calendar.

Why the slot matters more than it sounds

A debate club is not really competing with other debate clubs. It is competing with everything else a person could be doing in that hour. Saturday at 11am asks people to give up the most usable part of their weekend, and the quiet answer to that ask is simply not turning up. Sunday evening is cheaper to say yes to — the weekend is winding down anyway, and nothing is being sacrificed to be here.

We would rather find out that we were sitting in the wrong hour than keep a tradition that was costing us the room.

Nothing else is changing

Topics still come from you, through the topic suggestion form. We still put them to a vote in the WhatsApp community, and the ones with real interest behind them get scheduled. Anyone can listen. Anyone can speak. Five uninterrupted minutes per speaker, as many rounds as the hour allows, and there is no age restriction on taking part.

Every session is still recorded and published to our YouTube channel.

Come on Sunday

The full schedule and the Zoom link for each debate live on our Meetup page. RSVP there and Meetup will remind you.

See you Sunday evening.