Kohinoor: William Dalrymple

[@richardhausig9493]

Anita and William are so awesome. Just touring the world, taking selfies. They are great story tellers and so much fun to listen to.

[@pianolessonsboulder1894]

WOW!!!! What an incredible memory for detail, and what a passionate love of history! William, I've read your book on the Kohinoor, but your brilliant lecture was not only like reading the book again, but even better! Thank you for being who you are, and thank you for your complete lack of self consciousness or vanity about your clothes. Your true raiment is your genius, and it is dazzling! Thank you, you wonderful, adorable , happy genius !:) God Bless You. YOU are our Kohinoor !:)

[@mdtaifurrahman2020]

You are so correct! Bill is a gem himself

[@Keeponshinning]

Nobody does recent Indian history (1500-1950) better than William.

[@richardhausig9493]

And he has so much fun with Anita. They are beyond wonderful.

[@michealcurrie8272]

William Dalrympl,e, a hands on historian . Always fascinating with intriguingly dramatic, geographical sources. Truth is stranger than fiction , as Mr. Dalrymple successfully describes, effortlessly. Thank you.

[@BjkxeDKjsje]

Master story tellers both 👌👍

[@aftabumar8240]

Sagarika said "Riveting" 18 times in the 8 mins she spoke !!!

[@annepercival7814]

Why isn’t her name also included in the heading to this talk? Her contribution is equally superb..by the way, what IS her name?

[@irateofwatford]

Anita Anand.

[@donkeydesiamericanprofessor]

@@irateofwatford rude B

[@Shahi-bangalah_1352]

Dariah e nur belonged to the bengal sultanate gifted by the tripura's king.

[@gauravaggarwal6083]

Thanks for sharing!…I read the book but this video made a more lasting impression on my mind…watching it for 3rd time..

[@aniseedus]

Amazing story telling. Even more captivating than Game of Thrones for me😄

[@webdeuce]

Welcome to Bengal Willy .... the slide show tells everything you need to know about Bangalis. There are slides in order, a laptop and a Bengali woman sitting in front of it but none will work in order::))) I am a Bengali American by the way ...... how we became one of the oldest cultures in the world only Karma knows ..... Sorry pal ;)

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

Calcutta, Chandannagore, I am from Chinsurah, a descendant of Ramram Basu. Munshi of William Carey.

[@mansoorali6155]

The audience should have been given more time for questions.

[@Arya-cs7kj]

48:07 Ranjit Singh's Grandson or son Duleep Singh?

[@gauravaggarwal6083]

I think son….William said “grandson” by mistake..

[@donkeydesiamericanprofessor]

Son

[@mangomits]

Brexit=curse coming back..

[@SuperMan-tz6vb]

I don't understand why Indian historians are not celebrated in same manner as William. The book which is based on the documents are already available and you just need the curiosity to come to a conclusion. Better to read books written by Indian historians too academics and non academics and appreciate their efforts in the same manner as foreigners. It's our history let's learn from our perspective rather than outsiders

[@chandrikasaha6301]

Please do suggest few books.

[@annepercival7814]

Can you suggest any authors or works please? Agree that we don’t acknowledge the writings of Indian and Pakistani writers

[@user-ny7sg9mz1v]

"outsiders" really!! Strange that your truths revolves around the birthplace of the person conveying it. Grow out of your prejudices and learn to differentiate truths, rather than looking under belly of the people to decide your opinions.

[@donkeydesiamericanprofessor]

Indians don't want to learn Indians want to crack it

[@VJMOJO]

William Darlymple Garud Puran not Purnima.

[@irateofwatford]

Dalrymple not Darlymple.

[@VJMOJO]

Oh Darlymple, ignore it...

[@ghaarvyisthebest7874]

Lady in green sari knows one word 'riveting " ha ha

[@HistFest]

See Anita Anand speak at HistFest: histfest.com/anita-anand

[@niteengupte]

The true history of Koh-i-noor reads like a Shakespeare tragedy. Indeed it is the ultimate tragedy of mans greed. IMHO a fitting end to it would be to set it as a third eye in a statue to represent the greedy face of capitalist colonial ugliness. A statue to be exhibited for a whole year in every country that exemplifies peace and prosparity. During the year if it wages war the statue immediately passes on to the next country.

[@carsongajasinghe3583]

👍

[@souravsaha3140]

Excellent

[@imrank340]

Many questions and obscurity and fogs surrounded by Kohinoor Diamond been cleared. The only question remained who own Kohinoor Diamond? Emphatically INDIA is its true owner cause it initially found on the Kaveri Riverbed in India.

[@koushik8503]

The only bad thing in this video, is the lady anchor in green saree

[@shahansindhi8141]

Lahore, Kashmir and the Kohi-Noor

[@UhuruFrontier]

He showed up looking like he came in from a night of drinking.

[@siddharthanaik1674]

Speak for your self!

[@UhuruFrontier]

@@siddharthanaik1674 I spoke but you failed to listen. Look at that slob. Dirty ass jeans, a nasty shit and his face has three days of razor stubble. Look at the setting and the audience. Now, is he in the right place looking like a shit bird? Now, I do admit the book sounds very interesting.

[@irateofwatford]

But he usually looks like that.

[@sdsapfico9947]

@@UhuruFrontier Once a British asked Swami Vivekananda - " Why can't you wear proper clothes and look like a gentleman?" Swami Ji smiled and said- " In your culture, a tailor makes a gentleman; but, in our culture, Character makes gentleman" .... it could be so that WD in this talk might be quite disconnected to his clothes and appearance but quite connected to what he is talking about. :)

[@annepercival7814]

They are both compelling story tellers

[@nishant_ketu]

❤️

[@ahkhan5092]

Who would follow your English in India?😜😜😜

[@psbose1]

Who are those two women on stage?! Totally disrespectful to the presenter. Playing with the phone, chatting while in full public view. He would have had a better audience lecturing to villagers, no offence meant here to the rural folk. Obviously, cutting one's hair( apparently a first sign of liberation among aspiring Indian feminists) and speaking English as a result of attending English medium school doesn't necessarily mean one should be considered cultured.

[@pianolessonsboulder1894]

I totally agree. I wish they'd not sat on the stage during his brilliant and passionate lecture. They are excruciating ! As an Indian I am ashamed of them. One of them happens to be his c0-author - not that he ever needed one.

[@22nkd07]

Impressive and a riveting articulation - with fluidity, passion and authority - obviously extremely erudite. Too bad the bumbling Indians remain as clueless today as in the days of the diamond’s discovery - oblivious of history and heritage.

[@somnathchanda1250]

We are only 45 min behind schedule!!!Are u out of your mind????? In 45 min Lahore will fall and Army will have already reached outskirts of Islamabad, during invasion of Pakistan!

[@restricted6364]

He needs to learn how to use an iron. Atleast look physically presentable. My Gosh

[@Mojo-vu4hr]

many stories aren't true here, this female is another version of Shashi tharur...this is what u call a White Wash...how can they separate him from his mother and then act all benevolent oh cmon with ur BS...

[@carsongajasinghe3583]

Excellent