CIC Event :Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal in conversation with Mr. V Sriram : 16th March, 2018

[@MAHENDRADALVIGoa47]

It is good an economist writes about Indian history. We lacked our own historians. That is one of the reasons we did not know about us and remained slave to foreigners. We, Indians, fed by western historians who had no emotional bond with India and wrote the history which they felt right(?). Many things are ignored about India. Here Sanyal talks about history also from the point of view of geographic, science etc. We need more historians to go to the truth about India.

[@rajeevtt2982]

Sanjeev Sanyal's books are a must read for everyone interested in Indian history

[@renuk2944]

rajeevt t correct !! Enough of Marxist historian's shit

[@TheShree909]

@@krityananddas5770 if it was so easy, why can't you expose him easily? Just upload videos exposing the inaccuracies in the book regarding indian history instead of biased whining in youtube comments section

[@tamaleesen2759]

It's a treat to listen to him.

[@porchelviramr4404]

Thanks a lot for this video from the bottom of my heart. Love you all folks.

[@kdas996]

Great sir....very informative discussion on Ahom kingdom....ncerts should focus more uniformly ...rather than focussing on radical muslims

[@Anish61097]

Sanyal sir's dressing scence is unique!

[@sidmallya7421]

Anish Shetty flamboyant

[@classoppressorbourgeoisie8416]

@@sidmallya7421 ??

[@kanankumardas8702]

in my schooldays i always suspected about ashoka...how a cruel man convert to a good man so easily...

[@athindransrinivasan1096]

Sanjeev Sanyal Sai Deepak are treasured indians

[@gayatribaruah980]

Im equally mesmerized by Vikram Sampath too.

[@ronhak3736]

Pritilata Waddedar was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who was influential in the Indian independence movement. She was from Chittagong, Bangladesh.

[@asivakrishna6293]

He has a clear cut views on india with valid strong points.

[@subramaniams6091]

Brilliant extempore orator with indisputable facts and figures.

[@satyakopalle8350]

Very interesting facts revealed by Sanjeev Sanyal about our ancient history.

[@ekaytan8904]

A tree can only grow as high as its roots are deep. India has suffered a lost and distortion of its history. It is time to invest in discovery of the past so as to plot a true line of future of Indian civilisation.

[@kumarbrowns]

I am still wondering why someone asked whether Sanjeev was a RSS pracharak. I just wonder about the intent behind that irrelevant question.

[@aryaputra001]

Because these days anyone that doesn’t toe the leftist establishment line as laid down by socialist/communist Chamchas like irfan habib and Romila Thapar et al has to be a Sanghi. They feel that instead of responding to the substance of any critisism it’s just easier to call someone a sanghi and close the debate. I’m glad that being a sanghi is no longer considered such a taboo thing.

[@porchelviramr4404]

That is the view of being a Tamilian and that's the way we did bring up. 😭

He is great man

[@tamaleesen2759]

Waiting for your new books

[@nirmalg712]

Listening to this in 2022. Pretty sure not a word has been changed in history curriculum

[@kumarbrowns]

Khliji’s sack of Chittor and the ensuing self-immolation of all the women and children is not comparable to the Madurai Nayak - Thanjavur Nayak incident. In the case of the latter it is solely based on matrimony etc. in the case of the former it was a case of religious extremism perpetrated by the invader and the resulting honor death of the women. There have been several instances of the invader raping women and beheading men in the name of his God. Bringing up a one-off incident in Tamil Nadu and pointing out that “see something similar has happened even within Hindus “ is the type of secular, living in denial mindset we need to come out of. We need more historians like Sanjeev Sanyal.

[@porchelviramr4404]

That's the mind set exist in Tamil Nadu and so sad!

[@shinytan]

What to do when chindi historian like Irfan Habib considered as Nabi by chamcha's of the World...

[@venutube5791]

This guy has uncanny resemblence to Shashi tharoor. Both a good orators in their own right and expert in history.

[@studyspace2116]

Editing with photographs is pathetic. Talks are great, applauds to whoever is behind this. But improve editing and audio quality.

[@kanankumardas8702]

through NCERT CONGRESS TRIED ITS LEVEL BEST TO INJECT SUCH BIG LIES INTO OUR YOUNG PEOPLES MIND THAT WE WERE INFERIOR to others THROUGH THE CONVERSION OF ASHOK FROM A CRUEL RULER TO A GOOD RULER...neheru incorporated ashok model of governance rather chanakya model...neheru forced our young people to belive that ashok is good and to follow his economic model...which has made our economy devastating...

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

Very true.

[@nishantshetty84]

I am smelling a lot of Dravidian theorists/supremacists in the crowd. The crowd is filled with people bent on propagating their own preconceived ideas based on propaganda rather than exploring new ideas. Example : Ramasethu question, RSS ??? etc. The equating of Tanjavur Madurai war to the mass rape , genocide and conversions and slaving by Islamic marauders using religion as an excuse is pathetic. There is simply no parallel.

[@ProfRavenSteel]

These old farts need to pass on to other realms, for real.

[@porchelviramr4404]

That bad we Tamilians got influenced by EVR gang. So pathetic though.

[@beahumanbeingfirst]

Amazing!

[@shinytan]

I was always wanted to hear Mughal were limited to delhi and Up....

[@sidhantkaul2691]

Is it me everyone in audience is trying to prove ramayan and Mahabharat wrong

[@porchelviramr4404]

Dravidian politics influenced Tamilians. What else we can expect from those brain washed heads. 😭

[@pabslondon]

I hope you have licensed this intro song from Kenny G.

[@nordsterngsd]

Prior to a Indian converting from Hinduism to something else, one is conditioned to accept that Indians are useles and that they were always trash. So you will always get demeaning questions and snide remarks. Any Indian who is proud of his heritage gets his identity questioned . Does every proud Hindu have to be pigeonholed as a BJP person. Frustration of certain communities not being able to identify themselves with our glorious history hurts their ego to no limit ! Btw my role model is Dr Abdul Kalam. Next comes Mr Narasimha Rao.

[@guharup]

Same west centric mindset sported by kapil sibal when he crosschecked indian air force statement against what was published in the Washington post. Thankfully this kind of behavior will not get you any votes today.

[@ray32825]

@ 5:55 "even to the 1987 revolt"??

[@krunaljanani5368]

he meant the 1857 revolt

[@ProfRavenSteel]

Irrelevant comment

[@arulsammymankondar30]

16:00 Marthanda Varma's main General was an European- De Lannoy who switched sides after the Battle of Colachel. European powers were using Indian rulers as pawns in their trade wars. To equate a trading company like Dutch East India Company with a Sovereign State is either profound ignorance or twisting facts. Winning a game of Basketball against an American school team is not same as winning against the American Olympic team . Also a battle is not a war. Japan and Russia were Sovereign powers who fought a full fledged war with Imperial Armies in 1905. Also, to postulate that Indians would be speaking Dutch but for Marthanda Varma may sound arresting, but betrays total lack of the history of India at that time. Valourlarizing the Marathas is surprising. Marathas were known for their raiding bands and creating anarchy, in the South, and were much hated. Marathas contributed in no small measure for the weakening of the post - Vijayanagar local chieftains. The hypothesis that the British wrested the power not from the Mughals is avoiding the fact that a large proportion of India was ruled by Muslims , not to speak of Ranjit Singh.

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

Very true.

[@susantadeb7666]

Were all Hindu ancient texts originally in a Dravidian language or Indus Valley language and later changed into Sanskrit?

[@guharup]

no. South India possibly didn't have bronze age. Several of these texts are clearly bronze age.

[@susantadeb7666]

guharup Don’t quite understand you. If the Hindu texts were of Bronze Age please state which area of India they were formed. Also state time period in which they were done.

[@guharup]

@@susantadeb7666 sure I will when I get time. Meanwhile investigate bit yourself. Bronze age is not a very perplexing history. It was a global phenomenon. Lots of content available. Also bronze age isnt limited to a state or a region. Its a way of life built around the use of bronze. This was spread from spain to china until iron took over. Features of globally identified bronze age life can be tracked and identified as indicators of a bronze age civilization. Rig veda mentions bronze but not iron but the later vedas do. Therefore rig veda was composed by a bronze age civilization, most likely post indus valley somewhere in northern india. There is no evidence yet of a bronze age civilization in south india. . But the first iron age evidence is in south india. Which is interesting for the later vedas. Thanks for your curiosity.

[@utubetruthteller]

Extra ordinary video editing skill was unfortunately irritating.

[@sadenb]

What you read is Samudragupta's edicts. Not Ashoka's

[@TheShree909]

Please show evidence that this is samudragupta edicts

[@sadenb]

Spend on archaeology. We need more done on archaeology. The amount of scams that happen in road projects can fund ASI for 10 years with plenty to spare

[@studyspace2116]

9:46

[@nirvanabliss73]

You mention Nehruvian and Marxist bias and conveniently forget right-wing biases in text books. Sanjeev - all that intellect if associated only with only a particular party (like the Marxist historians) does not remain neutral i.e. it becomes biased / blind. and your personal reputation gets tarnished. I hope you think about this...........deeply.

[@w1zard626]

He is asking for variety of views that should be in on ours school texts. Why we were taught only left biases???. That was political and bad

[@sadenb]

People are undervaluing Gandhi. Remember , he was also the one who asked for a civilisational shift

[@babinjose]

Terrible historian . His take on Asoka is laughable . He is so naive with many things . Never read his books but I don’t believe it can teach any serious history . Asoka a BC 3 rd century emperor is compared with 21 st century ISIS.Perfect way to draw a Moral analogy . .I mean how could he He is also targeting Archaeological survey of India 😁.. Bad job they are doing 🤣

[@diwakarmishra3350]

You are moron .. read book by upendra singh .. then bullshit here .. (and she is not R wing historian

[@babinjose]

diwakar mishra That is quite the kind of response I expected . Keep it up. All the logical fallacies ad hominems. Also read Romila Thapar ( and she is not a Marxian historian)

[@diwakarmishra3350]

@@babinjose romila is not Marxist historian ..😂😂😂😂😂 you don't teach me about romila , I know she is grand daughter of traitor military man ... 😂😂😂😂 She wrote all kind of bullshit on aryan invasion theory ..

[@babinjose]

diwakar mishra There is no Aryan Invasion theory . It is highly likely that Indo aryan speaking people migrated to India after the harappan period .That s what Thapar concludes in her book .Try to present facts rather than attacking a person .

[@anupamsharma1]

Mr. Babin Jose read kharvala's edicts. You will certainly change your view.