Gandhi's enduring legacy: Ramachandra Guha at TEDxMAIS

Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and writer whose research interests include environmental, social, political and cricket history. He is also a columnist for the newspapers The Telegraph and Hindustan Times and has previously taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford. Guha's books include The Unquiet Woods, Savaging the Civilized and A life of the anthropologist-activist Verrier Elwin.
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[@nishajaihindajain9192]

Gandhiji told The Seven Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

Gandhi is the personification of all these sins.

[@jackstraton1]

​@@DipakBose-bq1vv achieve the same 18:05

[@arjun9824]

Its really sad that we know so little about this great man who we call the father of our nation. Its even worse that because of lack of knowledge about him and the way he is shown in most pictures (a feeble old bald man) the youth of the country mostly poke fun about him.

[@chhotelalyadav3846]

I am also Indian Youth, at 18th, loved Gandhiji and read 2 books on him watch several documentary and he is my HERO

[@smk2SOA]

Ramachandra Guha is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation. He is not fit to be a good human. He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person.

[@smk2SOA]

Ramachandra Guha is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation who mislead people by CUNNING means. . He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person. He is most cunning fellow working in IPL as well. He is not fit to be a good human. He CUNNING AND USELESS FELLOW to our nation

[@SanjayKumar-hm7zw]

Why so antinationalist tukde tukde tukde

[@SanjayKumar-hm7zw]

@@chhotelalyadav3846 you are antinationalist tukde tukde

[@ArvindSingh-ym4bg]

Gandhi's greatness cost us a lot. Think how our country suffered for him to be called Great. One more thing, We call our country Mother India but Nobody can be big enough to be called Father of India not even one who sacrifices all his children for the country.

[@chandrareddy4392]

if gandhi was dead before 1947, India would not have become this harmonious nations. the abul kalam azads and abdul kalams would have been brutally murdered by the RSS ideologs under the leadership of golvalkar, who in 1947, had insisted that all non hindus in india should be murdered if they don't leave the country.

[@azabgazab8800]

Plz add subtitles in each and every video

[@saurabhkumarvishnuvardhan7673]

Sir, you are most intellectual person of India

[@smk2SOA]

Who says he is knowledgeable

[@ufo4936]

Excellent talk!

[@generalawarenesswithrk9303]

@@smk2SOA thats called specialist

[@sundeepv80]

I found the speaker lacking clarity in delivery and structure.

[@smk2SOA]

You are right. Well said. Ramachandra Guha is not a historian as he doesn't know any history other than Mahatma Gandhi. He is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation who mislead people by CUNNING means. . He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person. He is most cunning fellow working in IPL as well. He is not fit to be a good human. He CUNNING AND USELESS FELLOW to our nation

[@abhishekkrishna3902]

@@smk2SOA So much copy and paste

[@hemantb.5821]

I love Ram. But this one was one of his most unconvincing talks. By the way I am not a Gandhian.

[@hemantb.5821]

@@BuddhistTushar And you are the most useless person on the face of earth.

[@shubhrapatra7694]

Neither are u a Gandhian nor anything other than just a youtube comment. Have a great life ahead... cheers.

[@ChandankumarChandankumar-fm3vq]

C

[@gururajcgt6683]

haha @the age of 1945

[@mohinighosh2164]

how dare u laugh at someone....

[@karanbhardwaj6856]

History which we are learning today in India is that Gandhi and Nehru were Muslims.. Etc etc

[@rajsandlilya6532]

Which history book/source?

[@satyaswarupnayak4378]

Tu to sala economics ka student tha iim kolkata me, suddenly historian kese ban gaya be ? 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@gurjarrora5305]

Gandhi matters today: - Lived in three continents - Gandhi's professions Freedom Fighter Social reformer Religious Reformer Prophet Writer - travel india for one long year - 1928, Gandhi told about environment and exploitation of industrialization One small island nation can change world, what happens when country like india and China follow the same course . - anyone can meet him in his Ashram - 'Non violent resistance' SATYAGRAHA Martin Luther King Aung sang sui Kyi - Ahinsha - interfaith harmony - untouchability - Environmentalist Vegetarian, cleanliness

[@chandrakantgeology2696]

Non violent collective disobedience, cultivate interfaith understanding

[@keshavkaushik21]

Gandhi's non violence was not the only reason for Indian independence. Netaji subhash chandra bose's INA the main reason for indian independence. The british pm Atlee in late 1950's had claimed to west bengal governor that gandhi's role had "minimal" effect in India's freedom fight. INA had 60000 soldiers in which 26000 soldiers had lost their lives.

[@BuddhistTushar]

No one is saying that he was the only reason.

[@VikramSingh-vg7gv]

@@BuddhistTushar and you mean by noone Mr guha too...I mean he never say it loudly India got freedom with combined force of non voilence of Gandhiji and arm struggle of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose......if he began saying so noone will complain about Mahatma but by giving exclusive credit to Gandhi these historians are insulting Netaji and other revolutionaries who sacrificed everything for the nation.

[@BuddhistTushar]

@@VikramSingh-vg7gv the title is 'Gandhi's enduring legacy' not 'Indian independence struggle'.

[@kiranagrawal829]

@@VikramSingh-vg7gv bro he is just saying about gandhi cause he is gandhi fan , like you see on social media how this youth (who call the bhagat singh fan) troll gandhi

[@KumarRohit_1206]

This is a half baked sentence you should read the full through 'Counterview website'

[@bjustin1000]

Wonderful summary of why Gandhi was such a unique and powerful leader. This TED talk had many new inspiring stories I had not yet heard. I highly recommend the film "Gandhi" which can be found on youtube.

[@atokimruk937]

Guha is a poodle of the white man.

[@imabsahani]

Who is here after he got arrested

[@biswajeetsahu4152]

For protesting

[@AryanKohli-hkscx]

@@sri-jh2xl because he spoke against government in a peaceful manner

[@anitasane3903]

We know महात्मा गांधी was a great soul.. But one should remember that.. He believed, lived, preached hindu philosophy.. अहिंसा परमो धर्मः . Secondly your ABCDEFGH.... WHAT EVER YOU CALL IT non of them has created any terror problems any where in globe! The audience for your lecture was on 50 in number! And main thing from that group is that.. some religion are still threat for the world... Some of them were from the religions who admitted and still admire the Hindu's open minded acceptance for any religion or ism! People like you forget all this and go on criticising your own people! Let me know how many of these people like the one representing your audience go and preach महात्मा जी 's or स्वामी विवेकानंद जी' s hindu philosophy to their own people who are on wrong path?

[@siddheswarpadhan7825]

We must follow Gandhism to lead a happy life

[@LSR6501]

Ahinsa man ended with hinsa,speaks something has gone wrong in its implementation.

[@biswajeetsahu4152]

No it's just people wanted something when they got it Then hate started again

[@rakhimukerji7937]

You csnnot implement Ahimsha It comes after self disciplene practiced over a long period of time Also Indians felt cheated as Gandhiji

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Could not get INDIA as we knew it Iwas divided and soaked with blood Gandhijj could not stop it but PEOPLE thoight he could

[@smk2SOA]

Guha supports CPM who are against India. Sitaram He himself did not do any good service to our nation. What is use of his good speaking. He is a Traitors never ever worked as a patriot. In his life time, he don't want to be patriotic worker. Why so. ? Where is the credibility of his talks or his work. In the End, Let them to be Patriotic n Nationalist Person instead of all the golmal they have played before. This is highest goal if you are a citizen of any country. This is good question. Why There is mount Everest hieghts of conspiracies accompanied by Congress n CPM n CPI on Education System. Education was completely brainwashed THE COMPLETE CURRICULUM FOR many decades with hidden agenda. Even today in 2020, this conspiracies continues. Divine knows when it is going end Truly freedom was a hoax. It was not completely shared by English people. They wanted to continue more profit for their companies. Sorry to say, Dear Sitaram, You are absolutely having lesser knowledge about issues. You have lesser experience as well. Kindly read history n read more books in details not only read same kind of books. Then many people will appreciate your talk or your messages. Please try upgrade your knowledge and shine yourself. You can increase your maturity n experience as well. Good luck n take care.

[@generalawarenesswithrk9303]

Who is here after akash banerjee

[@rameshvora365]

The political turmoil in the country needs Gandhi no. 2, to lead a movement to neutralise the divisive communal forces that are growing by taking advantage of incompetence of the politicians of previous governments. Mr Guha has very rightly focussed attention on this. 18:05

[@shaillesh_tannu]

Indians and we all should know more about Mahatma ... Our country needs these values today ... He will always remain simply great....unlike today's so-called PM

[@roccosins2916]

hope u know about gandhi experiments in ashrams. how instead of gaining indepedence he retarted that , made indians weaker, agree to partition and post partition went on stirke to give more money to pakistan and let them build a road connecting to bangladesh

[@gyangarden]

I don't like your prejudice but I relish your eloquence.

[@infobomb466]

Sir,I accept all the bright sides of Gandhi which you listed to us but what about his dark sides? No man in his entirety can be perfect. What about his views on the intactness of cast hierarchy? What about his attitude concerning then Africans as sub-humans? Why did he oppose Ambedkar's anti-caste 1927 Satyagraha? He never fasted against untouchability but vehemently opposed (or fasted till death) the concept of separate electorate for untouchables(sorry there wasn't a sensible term for them back then) despite of the fact that he had already conceded it to Muslims and Sikhs. Why didn't he get along with the intellect of Ambedkar when they were both against untouchability? Why was Ambedkar so anxious at the idea of new born India?

[@kiranagrawal829]

Yeah but he here talking about his positive side he never say that he was perfect

[@aryanpandey8262]

Ambedkar was Cancer

[@nadar1824]

The contribution of Palwankar brothers to Indian cricket. I hope the brothers are commemorated in the Bombay stadium at least by naming a stand to the brothers. The Indian cricketers on their 2020 tour of Oz, joined the Aussie cricketers in a minutes stand on behalf of the Native Australians. The Indian cricket and other sport should take a similar stand on

[@siddharthb2633]

ABCD joke got me...lol

[@RahulkumarSingh-sv2rd]

When a person holds the extreme ideal of humanity, then he becomes a Mahatma and a great man. Gandhiji was such a Mahatma .... There was no deceit in him nor was there any fear, no ego or arrogance ... who made truth and nonviolence more powerful than the empires, and in front of those arrogant British empires In whose kingdom there was no sunset ... they were true supporters of humanity ... their relevance will remain until humanity remains ...

[@devanshmurarka7584]

100% true broooo

[@harishjain1189]

watch youtube video of bbc radio interview of BR Ambedkar saying why he doesn’t think Gandhi is a Mahatma? and then u come to conclusion about gandhi

[@nandhakishor103]

@@harishjain1189 I'm not saying that he deserves the title Mahatma. But he doesn't deserves the defaming we Indians are now giving to him. There were some conflicts between BR Ambedkar are Gandhiji, but they respected each other. It's may be because of their misunderstandings. And after all he was just giving an opinion about Gandhi.

[@nandhakishor103]

@@pavanp5268 But Ambedkar didn't hate Gandhiji. There were only some conflicts between them.

[@roccosins2916]

yes , i heard about his experiments in ashram.

[@medhavi1997]

Comment on ABCD and particularly Gujarati is in very bad taste, which does not add any value to what is required to be said.

[@relentless3727]

Yes... Not at all expected from person of his stature.

[@GurmeetSingh-md7oe]

Study IAS Manikant sir lecture on Gandhi

[@bikram1106]

it was eye opener to hear about Gandhi's view about religion

[@jonneiss7562]

Gandhi practiced Ramanama. Was practicing standard practices of Vedanta, Hinduism. Admired saints like Swami Vivekandana and Paramahansa Yogananda. Historians, people who write books, articles, often like to praise their own name by introducing some shock value which is not backed by history.

[@chandrareddy4392]

I did not see any productive works done by this government. the petrol prices have rapidly increased from 2014. the finister minister telling lies as if she is a kid. I have seen her esterday's explaination on the highk of the petrol prices which are contradicting the answers given by the concern ministers in parliament. it indicates that the BJP is either not giving proper answers or it they are telling lies in the public. when it comes to border, I don't see anything that happened good for the benifit of the country. all the BJP people would say that the goods of china must be ban, but they don't use anything those are not from china. these include, mobile phones, laptops medicine and cloths.

[@smk2SOA]

@@chandrareddy4392 Ram Chandra guha is intellectual terrorists n does not do any service to our beloved nation.

[@chandrareddy4392]

@@smk2SOA have you done any service to the nation? introspect yourself before criticising some one like ram guha who is a well known historian in the international stage.

[@smk2SOA]

@@chandrareddy4392 do you know what all fraud businesses he has done in Cricket. Only thing he has escaped many times. I was not talking about his fraud businesses. I was talking about his indoctrination of facts n figures with Golmal views n golmal narratives about our nation n national values.

[@katyayanivohra145]

ok i pull up

[@arun.3551]

But Gandhi aspired a Ramrajya

[@veereshbabu4072]

According to Gandhi ji Definition of Ramarajya is "Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority"

[@rakhimukerji7937]

@@veereshbabu4072 ungortunatrly ordinary people thi k ABOUT ramtaj in Traditional hindu terms and t hat takes the form of Jai Sri Ram war cry

[@jonneiss7562]

Many of Gandhi's writings are available online, free...

[@NavigateWithShlok]

After all he was a free-dom fighter 😂

[@GurmeetSingh-md7oe]

MI 7 study IAS lecture of Manikant sir on the Gandhi

[@jaihind2173]

Superb man

[@sathish8997]

I have heard about how great individuals and mass of common people empowered Congress but not much about how Congress empowered the people of our nation. Any resource on what is Congress and its role in India as a nation?

[@rishidevray8337]

Very nice

[@kanakarameswarakumaranshan715]

Gandhi stands tall as a lone crusader of fight for freedom by nonviolence who inspired his country men and many leaders who fought against oppression like Martin Luther king Jr and Mandela.

[@musiqueclassiquepourtoujours]

One just cannot and should never disrespect, Our Flag, Our Anthem, Our Language, Our Soil, Our Freedom Fighters & Gandhiji! 🙏 Period!!!

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

Why do you include Gandhi among these sacred symbols, when Gandhi was the agent of the British Empire.

[@musiqueclassiquepourtoujours]

@@DipakBose-bq1vv chupp kar jhaant ke baal! Bas isi liye include Kiya tha.. Hamare Desh ke Jhaanton ke liye!

[@relentless3727]

OMG... What's with the 'south Indian ' jibe? Can we really expect this from Mr guha?

[@nishanthk5306]

@@smk2SOA u crazy?

[@nishanthk5306]

@@smk2SOA sure, when you stop posting the same comment as a reply on every other comment, as if you've no diversity of thought. Putting out a bunch of ad hominem attacks at Guha is childish and cheap

[@smk2SOA]

@@nishanthk5306 show your intellectual understanding

[@smk2SOA]

@@nishanthk5306 prove your points n articulate it in details about him

[@smk2SOA]

@@nishanthk5306 what do you know about his life, we have observed him since many decades and know his complete background not foreground.

[@drbipinyewale]

ABCDEFG...American Born Confused Desis Emigrated From Gujrat

[@chandramoulipandey8406]

Such a great historian.......

[@smk2SOA]

He is not at all historians as he does not know any history other than Gandhi

[@smk2SOA]

Ramachandra Guha is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation n mis lead Indians by CUNNING means . He is not fit to be a good human. He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person. He is most cunning fellow working in IPL. Shame on this CUNNING fox

[@smk2SOA]

He is mostly inclined to congress party and gets kick backs from them. Shame on HIM

[@rysapp7515]

@@smk2SOA atleast he knows that well right, through gandhi thoughts u can be much better mahn

[@smk2SOA]

Rama Chandra Guha is very dangerous to our India and its values as he is destroying our values which has more valuable than the Gandhi

[@drbipinyewale]

If only Gandhi would have raised voice against Caste system rather than just limiting to untouchability ....

[@themafia3119]

Gandhi was a donkey for the British

[@RamyaRanjanjordan]

He did what he could do then. What have you contributed to the society ? I bet you don't care.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

There was a limiy of what he could do

[@VikramSingh-vg7gv]

@@RamyaRanjanjordan and no one is worshiping and praising him like we do with Gandhiji....so he has right to be critical... atleast read Gandhi's views on being critical.

[@christianabraham217]

if india hand become industrialised sooner then the population would not have exploded. Poor reasoning from Guha there.

[@smk2SOA]

He is cunning. Yes he has poor reasoning since his birth

[@adityasinghgaharwar02]

1:42

[@Skumarr1798]

I liked his abcdefg

[@joelshaileshpinto1733]

Great video

[@pushaplatasaklani9145]

All the dislikes are from andhbhakts

[@mayurgori2374]

I've very high respect for Prof. Guha but am really surprised he doesn't mention a word about the source of Mahatma Gandhi's relevance. Ahimsa, Aparigraha, Asteya, Sarva Dharma Sambhava are all core beliefs of Hindu and Jain philosophies. Interestingly enough he doesn't forget to mention "Hindu fundamentalism" in the same breath as other religious fundamentalism but forgets to explain that other than in India all the Semetic religions have had a bloody history all across the world. Mahatamji was a very fine, strong (but not a unique) example of a culture and thought (eko Satya, viprah bahudha vadanti) that has been nurtured for millennia by a very intellectual, rational and an extremely humble race. Everything that Gandhi did on the outside was only the manifestation of what he was on inside, in his mind, in his emotions. He had integrity of thought and deed. I certainly feel that by not touching this important aspect of the source of Gandhi's relevance Prof Guha has missed delivering a deeper message. If this is what was taught at Berkeley than I guess someone may come back claiming a refund.

[@smk2SOA]

Ramachandra Guha is not a historian as he doesn't know any history other than Mahatma Gandhi. He is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation who mislead people by CUNNING means. . He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person. He is most cunning fellow working in IPL as well. He is not fit to be a good human. He CUNNING AND USELESS FELLOW to our nation

[@gopiputty]

After observing him over years, I know one thing for sure. Mr. Guha is a total biased historian. just like romilla thaper. west always want people like this. for Indians it is better ignore these.

[@nitzsam84]

Ok and then do what ? Lick the RSS-BJP written history..go home man

[@smk2SOA]

Well said you are absolutely right

[@Indian-ws1sn]

Nitin ji.....Read books that are there,old historical records if you are so keen to know. Gandhiji was a great man but not flawless.

[@rohitdhawan5913]

Dead audience

[@abhishekkrishna3902]

@@smk2SOA Dey, what are you talking da? Read India after Gandhi and his books..

[@smk2SOA]

Truly freedom was a hoax. It was not completely shared by English people. They wanted to continue more profit for their companies.

[@vasantjadhav2010]

jitne bhi buddhijivi hai sabhi angreji me bolte hain kabhi hindi me bhi bol liye karo taaki aap logon ko karara jawab mil sake

[@letuslearndr.manzoor6616]

Gandhi All time Hero.

[@bijusanthakumari8163]

Hi Guha I appreciate that you are taking too much time to advocate the Gandhian ideologies to the world. I am a person who look at him as a person who did all the hard work for the independence of India and abstained from responsibilities when largely needed. He handed over the country to greedy people which forced india to be separated and corrupted.. i am a critic of Gandhi because I realised with clarity that i was Gandhi in my previous birth . Think about how we can get out of this communalism and corruption to save india . Do advocate for that I will be with you. We need a nation where everyone is same irrespective of religion, caste or his financial situation. Please advocate for that.

[@roccosins2916]

wrong, he didnt do all hard work. it was bose n other freedom fighters who fought for it instead of doing experiments in ashrams

[@diwaahkar]

❤️🙌🏻

[@leanderbarreto6523]

Isn't the us the reason Britain left India?

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Second world war bankrupted UK and shr could not continue as before running a vast empire

[@par7aspd835]

Lmao not everything in history has to do with the supremely victorious and courageous USA.

[@muhammedkaif7817]

Great talk🤗

[@sundeepv80]

I am always perplexed about Gandhi! A man of Ahimsa supported and even went around country to recruit for Britishers during the WWII. Can someone explain the paradox of his personality?

[@sarathnambidi3318]

Sure. Book called My Experiments With The Truth. Chapter 'Spiritual Dilema'. He has explained why he supports war. If you have time and ofcourse a heart READ IT.

[@smk2SOA]

Ramachandra Guha is not a historian as he doesn't know any history other than Mahatma Gandhi. He is most deadliest dangerous person to this democratic nation who mislead people by CUNNING means. . He does not have any knowledge other than Gandhi. He does not know any history beyond Gandhi. He is most dangerous educated manipulating person. He is most cunning fellow working in IPL as well n he is money making BUSINESS that is all he does. He is not fit to be a good human. He CUNNING AND USELESS FELLOW to our nation

[@chandrareddy4392]

@@smk2SOA buting that you know everything that this world is the dark

[@smk2SOA]

@@chandrareddy4392 HEIGHTS of Foolishness, who believes in Britain n British n Portuguese n CHINESE n other parts of Europe n NY TIMES, BBC NEWS n CNBC n FOX NEWS, etc Even today 2021, few people believes blindly, even after these Colonialism n Imperialism n indoctrination businesses are continuing since 3 thousand years etc. We need to Grow up first n find out - Who is our Real Enemy for our Nation n National/ Bharatiya's values.

[@smk2SOA]

@@chandrareddy4392 Only Foolish Nations has Father of Nation. The Concept of FATHER OF NATION ITSELF is Not Significantly good Idea. INDIA DOESN'T HAVE ANY FATHER OF NATION, It has only Sons of Nation

[@gaganmittal6621]

☘️Thank you so much to the such wonderful video ☘️

[@shivbishnoi172]

Gandhi thinkr hahaha sirf hinduo ka bura krne wala

[@aryana5423]

Lol😂😂

[@highlandersmma4732]

Veer savarkar zindabad Nahturam godsey jindavad Jai hindutva jai aryavrat

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

Gandhi has no legacy at all. None likes him today in India. His picture must be removed from the Indian currency notes. He was a British agent. He was paid by the British to sabotage the freedom movement of India.

[@log4john]

Looks like you are a BJP agent ..lol

[@Bingojingo646]

And any idea what he did with all the " paid money"? 🤔🙄

[@richardezungmusic123]

Dipak Basu is a BJP-RSS agent .

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Dipak Basu Gandhi was a community worker which we never had before or after

[@nitzsam84]

Dipak basu .. don't tell me you belong to Rumors spreading society (RSS).would love to know what gandhiji did with all the money (which you blind nincompoop bhakts claim) !!! Well u cant becoz u can only bark here & bray.