'A New History of India' by Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobita Punja & Toby Sinclair - Part 1

For this special edition of Sarmaya Talks, our founder Paul Abraham was in conversation with the authors of 'A New History of India - From Its Origins To The Twenty-First Century,' Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee, art historian Shobita Punja and conservationist Mr. Toby Sinclair.
“The challenge, and a formidable one at that, was to capture in one volume the many layers of India’s past. The narrative tries to do that for readers who are keen to embark on their own discovery of India.” - Rudrangshu Mukherjee for Sarmaya Talks.
Watch Part 2 here: • 'A New History of Indi...
This event took place on 19th May 2023, at Pundole's, Ballard Estate, Mumbai.

[@philo8040]

The naturalistic frame from which the interpretation of the Gayatri was presented by the gentleman in the middle presents the engagement in worship as being quite simplistic; only being based upon fear rather than on any deep reflective cognitive or feeling capacity to reach for the infinite. Can we really think that those people were that simplistic that they only made such sophisticated pronouncements based upon fear?

[@philo8040]

It is not clear why the historian in the middle has said that Vishnu is not mentioned in the Vedas ... he is mentioned in five different places in the Rg Veda, and iconically in his three strides across the universe

[@kaminidandapani9047]

I enjoyed every minute of this. Could you please do something about the volume - I could just about hear Prof. Mukherjee, even at top volume. Thank you!

[@SarmayaArtsFoundation]

We'll surely look into it, thanks for pointing it out ma'am.