Manu Pillai on The Many Histories of India and The Ideas That Shaped Us | SparX by Mukesh Bansal

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[@vidyacherian]

Listening to Manu is like listening to an Audio book.He adds so many anecdotes which makes it so interesting!!!

[@KrishnaKumarGreenPepper]

5 things from the video: History is not static, but constantly changing. Our present is shaped by the choices made in the past. Studying history can help us understand ourselves and our place in the world. There are challenges to studying and writing history in India, but it is still an important subject. Young people should be curious about history and ask questions about the past.

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Thank you for summarizing key learnings from the episode! It's amazing to see the engagement and understanding you've drawn from the content.

[@IndiaInFocus]

@@sparxbymukeshbansal Please Can anyone gift me a few books?? I'm 17 y/o studying in 12th. The Indian independence movement has intrigued me to learn more about it after listening to this podcast. I have spent all the money I got on books now can't ask for more money from my parents. Please anyone help me to buy a few books. 1. Freedom At Midnight by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins 2. Discovery of India by Nehru Jawaharlal 3. The Indian Struggle: Part 1 & 2 by Subhas Chandra Bose

[@minerva4539]

Huge fan of Manu. I can keep hearing his wisdom, casually he gives so many fascinating facts

[@sreejar7996]

Thank you for a wonderful conversation. Learned so much from it. Its always amazing to listen to Manu. Very rarely you find someone with such knowledge and articulation skills. The way he gives examples to explain a point and the promptness with which he answers the questions is simply awesome.

[@sruthimurali788]

I did not want the podcast to stop. Amazing content! Thank you for having this conversation with my favourite author! ❤

[@vishnupaladugu6065]

Good to hear Manu on the various aspects. It is the Earth's own consciousness which drives human nature & their evolution. Human beings acquire love & pride from Earth wherever born & grow.Thus we see the fierce attachment to his land & self esteem displayed across the World,be it an Eskimo or Zulu or a Mizo. Any hegemony trying to build largeness or empire of choice by bundling can only brood sorrow for most humans involved. The geological wealth underlying geography is under pursuit today by the vested.

[@tajank]

Hi Mukesh Bansal: The discussions and conversations with Manu Pillai on India's past history and the impact of decisions made on the present and future have been very interesting, engaging and insightful. It would be wonderful to document some of the key learnings, recommendations and suggestions that have come out of the interactions for sharing with your listeners. They could then internalize them or socialize them to influence change. This is Tajan Kenkre. I worked with you at Newscale many years ago.

[@jijibj8920]

Wow.. what an amazing conversation. It’s so easy to read and listen to Manu. Thankyou

[@shashiDodderi]

Writer- so clarity of thought!

[@anu-gz5ht]

This Episode is truly remarkable

[@EldhoseJoseph]

Amazing conversation. I was good at history in my school (though my primary interest is science and have career in science), and what made me like history is the story narrative of past and it's relevance to the world of today, and not just listical of events and dates.. Even though school education was focused on latter... I could visualize the history as story and study it as a movie rolling with characters, fights, discoveries, trade, kingdom and empires rise and fall and the global impact. And good thing was smart classes were started to be introduced in our schools, so we were shown chapter videos as an animated story videos. So it added to my visualization.... And history is very lucrative if one position it right in economics. Example history of science can help immensely understand the common trajectory of what works and what doesn't, what's the fundamental assumption etc.... I believe every subject if taught correctly with relevance to present and future, it will entice many students to enter into this subject and will help the humanity as a whole with implications on whole world. Also, as a fellow malayali, ❤to see a malayali making a mark in history... Good regards 👍

[@sparxbymukeshbansal]

Your perspective on history as a narrative and its relevance to the present is insightful! Visualizing historical events as a captivating story with characters and global impacts adds depth to learning. The economic significance of history, especially in understanding trajectories, is also crucial. Thank you for being a part of the SparX community!

[@Ponnamma-kf8fq]

GREAT INTERVIEW 👌

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Amazing insightful conversation...thanks

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Interesting conversation

[@amjad_bin]

Great convo💥

[@vidurrajwat-ow4cd4ii3u]

This is wonderful quite different perspective !!

[@ankitgupta1313]

Sir please let us know if there is a public way to help and contribute towards historic data digitisation as india is moving towards this if this can be taken care it will be a great initiative. ❤

[@adamayatomar1429]

amazing conversation! loved the nuances of remembering historical figures brought up by Manu

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Your each episode is equivalent to a book Thanks for providing us a quality content in the era where cringe content is on the top.

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loved

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🎉 What a podcast ❤

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Want more episodes like this!!!!

[@Aashwindeka]

Great content and great conversation! Learned a ton!

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This is Amazing

[@user-ts5dq2kk3m]

I agree on. Southern india being dakhan but you said punjab and bangal and other places were something else but not hindustan....and this I don't agree.... So let's take an example of punjab.... Guru nanak was from Punjab and there was no name like punjab at the time of mr guru nanak... And guru nanak and babar were from same time... So when babar come he even specially written that hindustan starts from indus river... And that times many places were called Hindustan which yoh mention as non..

[@vijaygopal534]

Interviewer has great sensibility and good language but the most strange accent I have heard 🤔😀( you know)...Manu S Pillai, I can go on and on listening...

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Even in cows udder full of milk , a mosquito seeks blood 😂😂😂

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He is probably from haryana

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English is not our native language...so why bother about accent when all you need from a language is communication? We are still not over the cultural imperialism it seems.😊

[@Haveagodday-w8m]

57:40 I disagree. No self respecting civilization should call itself a name given by a coloniser. Bharat is India's spirit and always has been since time immemorial.

[@FunkySeargent]

I wish there was a list of books mentioned throughout the podcast... like in the pinned comment or perhaps in the description, would be really helpful. Great video though.. Thank you ( ＾ω＾ )

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You can check out our website: www.sparxbymukeshbansal.com for book recommendations! We release a resource bank after each episode!

[@user-ne8qy4zb6k]

At last a rational historian.The others were getting us off history as they have managed with religion.

[@biswajitsahoo2082]

Such an awesome conversation. Manu is always a pleasure to listen. @sparxbymukeshbansal Can we get Anand Gandhi Please? 🙏

[@sparxbymukeshbansal]

Absolutely thrilled to hear you enjoyed the conversation. We appreciate your suggestion, and we'll certainly explore the possibility of featuring Anand Gandhi in a future episode. Stay tuned for more engaging conversations!

[@sankarankarakad7946]

History can mislead people but historian can rewrite his story.

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Great idea of AI tools going through archives to make sense out of them

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Good podcast… needed these type of talks

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27:15 .. 😂

[@exerjiexerji289]

48:33 While one agrees with the surmise, why are the host as well as Manu referrering to it as "Cultural Threads" and not just as Hinduism or Hindu identity. If it's the fear of being labelled Hindutva apologists, that's misplaced. I'd argue that it's precisely the habit of referring to all good things in the land as "Indian, Indic, Cultural" etc and all things abominable (Caste, Sati, Superstitions etc) as "Hindu" that liberal scholars undermined their neutral stride, letting Hindutva commentators fill the void. But for Hinduism as the religion of the land - no way for all those varieties to have coexisted. For sure, it had its blind spots, but the space given to variety to flourish is unique in contrast to the monopolistic monotheisms.

[@zaphbrox8239]

Also that within the umbrella terms "Hinduism" itself, there are so many conflicting beliefs and practices. For eg, there are tribes in India that worship Ravana, Brahmins who eat meat, Female forms of worship in a patriarchal society, etc. By pursuing a uniformity of belief and worship and defining and codifying what Hinduism means, we are losing our diversity and traditions.

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[@user-ts5dq2kk3m]

Very wrong and didn't expected this from you because i throught that you have come here because you havd some kind of credibility.... I don't know if you didn't read Vishnu Gupta kataliya chanakya arthashatra😂 .. Because you said there was no bharat as sense

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Mukesh Bansal, you swallow syllables while speaking which makes it difficult to understand you.

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That is who he is

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