Intolerance is violence: Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth was at his sardonic best as he received his award as one of the Greatest Global Living Indian.

[@iramkhan4529]

This man is so amazing.....his words make so much damn sense oh god everyone should hear this,fan for life 🙂

[@user-ju1fm8rn1g]

But mohamed killed pregnant women Asma bint Marwan go read hadith 6013 and leave Islam

[@atiqur2897]

What a charming man! Reading "A Suitable Boy" currently. Loving every bit of it.

[@praveenrana6491]

What a beautiful orator this man is.

[@ramdularsingh1435]

A brilliant author and poet from our beloved INDIA only !... I love his works and him as well.

[@omarjan2014]

Vikram's words fell on deaf Indian audience and participants.

[@SuvojitBandopadhyaya]

those were the days when we applauded intellectuals and had a higher societal morality and consciousness and now in these present times, it all seems a beautiful dream from the past which we don't know when we will see again in future.

[@Terabaap123.]

Yes, you are rightly narrating the case of Bengal.👍

[@pranjalpatil3360]

exactly!

[@PrahariUT]

I enjoyed this program live on TV. Vikram Seth was the great !

[@michaelhaldar6506]

Wow..the last bit.."choose your parents well"......🙏👍❤

[@yaseengani1]

this video is also very educational as it gives a good tutorial of how you can build up your public speaking skills. Win the attention first, followed by respect and then send your message across !1

[@SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal]

By saying, "Choose your parents well", he meant was that only this choice is not with us but we have all the choices when it comes to what we want to do with our lives. Sarcasm is sometimes hard to interpret, I guess.

[@schakraborty1981]

After watching him speak, I'm his new fan...:)

[@vinaytiwari1701]

Me too

[@SunilSharma-rb9bm]

He dont know hindi medium school and college

[@SunilSharma-rb9bm]

What is intolerance??

[@krisoo123456]

The complete video of 25 great people speech is very much equivalent to a Holy book, the hard-work to success journey of these sages is filtered to a simple speech. I would definitely recommend these videos, to all the beings on this planet, to turn into humans.I watch this at least once in a week. if anybody is interested in spreading this public, I will surely join your campaign.

[@nithyananth100]

Really wonderful speech, what a man! Thank you sir.

[@tauseefwaquar851]

This was such a brilliant speech. Love Vikram Seth.

[@youthwave]

Speaks from the core of his heart ... great mindset...

[@priiyavasudevan1685]

what a man! i have become his greatest fan.

[@tulasirao1301]

Very nice speech . Humour added!

[@lhanzey2747]

wonderful speech... thank you sir.

[@carampavankumarmelam1811]

Really amazing and marvellous speech. What amount of hard work he would have put in to come to that stage? Really amazing man! Thanks to NDTV for conducting such a great event..........and sharing such kind of nice videos. Thanks once again to Mr. Pranav Roy and NDTV team.

[@immortalfeat4630]

Honouring 25th greatest global living legend. My Favourite author of all time. His poem 'The tale of melon city' is my favourite poem . Salute to this one of the great global living legend

[@adarshkumardangi8829]

Earlier, I was thinking that Writer keeps a sound brain but this gentleman proves me wrong. You could be in either this Party or That Party. Awards are just a gift to keep parents happy.

[@SatyaKomatineni]

One of the finest pieces recently

[@user-zx6je7mx7n]

Как жаль нет на Ютьюбе чтения его произведений на русском языке...золотые ворота!!...Пушкин был бы в восторге!

[@VirenderSingh-jh4es]

Aptly said -- intolerance when acquiesced by the society, is the worst form of violence as it hits the creative thinking and freedom of expression thereby throttling the democratic values.

[@dhruvseoni8418]

Actually no, Actual violence is the worst kind of violence.

[@user-ju1fm8rn1g]

Pls tell this in pakistan and bangladesh, go

[@arshRoadie]

Vikram Seth way to go man !!!

[@kumardeobrat5946]

Speech of a worthy professor 👏👍💐

[@TejBakshi]

i am a fan. Grace and elegance has a new name. It's Seth.

[@mohitrathod4832]

One amazing personality..

[@mangeshkarande7401]

I liked it.... good work

[@ranjandas1635]

Ridiculous short time in this world .......... Good one

[@M_T_14]

What a charming personality ❤️

[@javedahmed2663]

I liked and completely agree with the phrase 'Intolerance is violence'

[@OGPatriot03]

+Javed Ahmed What if you don't tolerate actual violence? Such as isis cutting off your head? Do you think that is "violence" too? Furthermore, wouldn't YOU have to tolerate the so called "intolerant"?

[@SKD1947]

Great writer 👍🌸

[@maheshnagda6441]

Superb speech Vikram Sheth Sir

[@kiranthakur7211]

I am present of you sir stage and present in your heart thank you sir

[@nitinchauhan7350]

Love him

[@nagdevineni6823]

I love this speech so much

[@NITISHRAY-se6fx]

Bf 1:04

[@saleemmpuram6369]

i respect sir

[@shivanand118]

The Legend

[@shantanusingh3711]

2:40 plzzzzz koi btao ki ye kya bole hmko smz nhi aaya.

[@entatenppmmm2517]

I lve uu

[@user-lv7rj2mx7h]

Super

[@vikrampinto]

This might be a stupid question or there might be some deeper philosophical meaning to it, but what did he mean when he said "Choose your parents well"? Anyone care to take a stab?

[@sheetalssb10]

Wooow

[@aayushchaurasia2114]

Who else is writing a Biography on Vikram Seth...?

[@shivaputrakrishna9719]

why did the author said," *Choose your parents well* "?🤣

[@devanand7847]

vote forme

[@devanand7847]

bhestum

[@asdfg123143]

Bottom Line : Intolerance is....Violence .

[@Sumit-ch4ee]

India is always a tolerant country

[@Nileshpandey0907]

yes and these things should be taught in your hate factory madarsa.

[@dhruvseoni8418]

Violence is violence.

[@deviantvc]

Stole the show

[@durgeshkumaryadav9602]

सहिष्णुता मस्तिष्क की अदम्य आत्मा है।

[@BalrajArpit]

If this playlist and The 25 Legends would be speaking Hindi could reach the message to the billions. - #Youth

[@Salsari.Birbhum]

Hindi is not the mother tongue of many of the recipients. Knowing Hindi is also not a criteria to be the greatest Indian.

[@BalrajArpit]

OK! If I'm a Hindi man living in a small village of Uttar Pradesh then believe that Hindi is the only way to interact with me or pass your message. Discussing problem of India in a language which can be understood by only 10.35% Indian population ignoring whether other Indian are understanding or not. Does it make sense? Isn't this ignoring those leaders who're Hindi speaking because you're not involving them into discussion when they've capability of solving those social issues which cannot be solved by others?

[@solankijimmy]

Balraj Arpit Might as well make them all speak in almost all the languages that there are. Rather, they should be allowed to make speeches in whatever language they would like to and then they may be dubbed over or may be given subtitles. What about those without television or electricity? I guess they don't matter, do they? Anyhow, what involvement do you expect out of this programme? It doesn't mean a thing really.

[@BalrajArpit]

Jimmy Solanki I agree, their video should be dubbed but it's not going to happen. Just wanted to draw attention of those successful people who're organizing these kind of great events that please when you're hosting to reach out the whole nation then please stick to the national language else your event will remain successful on stage and digitally but failed in reality. There are millions of young people wanted to get inspired but they're struggling from language. This is what I've learned from an IAS officer. "Hame Hindi ki samajh hai, bolna aur likhna bhi aata hai lekin fir kyu Bharat me rah k muje jagah nhi mil pa rha? Angrezi to videshi bhasha hai aur mai Videsh me nhi, fir kyu har koi mujse Angrezi ki khoj karta hai?" - from a young man from village of India.

[@solankijimmy]

Then why just talk about Hindi? There are loads and loads of regional languages, there are loads of people who are more comfortable in speaking English than they are speaking Hindi. Most people from the North East states prefer English to Hindi as a second language. So why just Hindi? And what is 'swadeshi' and 'videshi'? Stop nationalising issues unnecessarily. Its no longer foreign, we have a long history of English people here, its a part of the culture all over the world now. Still I agree that regional languages should get a lot more recognition than they do right now. Also you've missed the entire point of these events. They are not done to do any real good whatsoever. They don't give two shits about what happens to the common people. Do you think Mukesh Ambani gives a damn? This is all to show off, to feel good for the rich and the powerful, to put up a show. Still, I appreciate this because Vikram Seth didn't ask for this and made the best use of the situation.

[@takhararun]

Vikram Seth happily accepts 2001 award linked with empire/colonization and then 2005 award from Jagdish Tytler......wow.... hypocrisy ki bhi seema hoti h

[@raviprakash375]

He accepted that he is gay

[@groundcontrol2889]

NDTV 👊👊👊👊

[@devanand7847]

gay 4 u

[@ug-ei6xw]

He's just a grifter and a hypocrite who writes boring derivative books.

[@indianmilitary]

mutual respect in Hinduism is much better than just tolerance of christianity. Mr Vikram seth is just repeating what his white masters preached him. If you take any invasion in history of India since 1000 AD, the invader after occupying the land, created good cops and bad cops. But both types work for the invader or the occupier. People like vikram seth belong to bad cop category who push the agenda of his white masters openly. Good cops would look like talking in favor of the occupied people to gain their trust but do things on terms of the occupier to push their hidden agenda of divide and rule. eg of good cops - Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar and Annie Besant and Madame Blavatsky. Nehru was also a good cop through his lady master Edwina Mountbatten (Rothschild family member). Nehru caused more damage before and after independence. This good cop and bad cop strategy still continues due to implant of fabricated theories of the west (Socialism, Communism and their product in the form of so called secularism which was created against the Church) on the minds of mentally colonized people of post independence India.

[@Salsari.Birbhum]

what a sad situation. are you serious? who is your master?

[@jabswoods9123]

Respect is earned ... not demanded.

[@anandbiga]

@@Salsari.Birbhum Manu the great, I guess is his master

[@manishkhajuria7]

His hairline is receding my suggestion is choose your nanny well