Off The Cuff with Amish Tripathi

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ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in conversation with author Amish Tripathi.
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[@sakhan8971]

Its same with King Porus, instead of celebrating him, we celebrate Alexander!

[@gaurangpatel8234]

Do u connect yourself with porus ? Because most muslim does not

[@gaurangpatel8234]

@@gluttonousmanu2725 what do u mean ?

[@aksherpatel5619]

@@siddhartsharma9872 he was called porus by the greeks or yavan

[@livintraveller2542]

Same with Shivaji maharaj

[@pawanchauhan043]

Amish is so inspiring. This is the kind of people who should write history.

[@pawanchauhan043]

@@NiteshBhandari-oe9rd By this i mean centrist, not leaning to either left or right.

[@surysama]

@@NiteshBhandari-oe9rd if you read his book and watched his interviews, he keeps calling his fiction works as "retelling". If his story teaches you something positive and gives you a progressive vision to hold on to, does anything else matter?

[@pawanchauhan043]

@@psroutine7132 Such hatred....and u guys call urself liberal...... No wonder nothing is left of left....

[@raivikrant]

Read Irfan Hbaib and Satish Chandra to name a few...

[@raivikrant]

@@psroutine7132 Amish himself said - he is no historian and just a story teller....he himself said his books are of fiction- about what happened (which are based on assumptions and deduction-not reality or truth).

[@mahimnajoshi950]

Shekhar Gupta's face after hearing Amish tripathi's views on Mongol invasions.🤣🤣🤣 Lot of his rigid believes were challanged here.

[@torukmakto2181]

Why was SG trying to prove that mughals were naturalised Indians. They were turkic people who came here to rule & spread islam. They didn't come here to serve India & embrace it's culture. Mughal rule was a barabaric & colonial rule!!

[@ratibas]

Simple argument - they did not embrace Sanskrit or Indian language. They spoke turkish and their court language was Persian. How were they Indian?

[@harikrishnan5046]

Amish explains very nicely that just being part of Indian history does not make everybody Indian ....

[@Sachinkumar16484]

Yes

[@cosmiclegend4181]

There were some bad hindu rulers too like pushyamitra shunga and king shashanka

[@Sachinkumar16484]

@@cosmiclegend4181 what they did wrong

[@codewalters]

I love Amish Tripathi . He is truly a blessing on Indian Literature.He brings more respect to Indian culture than leftists or rightists. He makes it interesting . I hope he continues to remain unbiased. Also support Indian Authors!

[@sreenii5445]

Blessing for literature 😄😄😄

[@rahulmn5908]

Wow, look at the anchor, he's reduced this delightful debate to Ayodhya, secularism and also the attempt to trivialize deep emotional points with inane humour is frankly insulting to the guest and the audience.

[@himmatrana2439]

Agree

[@redoctober4071]

Shekhar, with due respect, was trying to provoke a controversy that would have undermined Amish and all those who support his line of thought. Response of Amish to Shekhar is worth emulatung

[@pichumanisankar2617]

@@redoctober4071 -- yes, Sekar failed to “ light the fire” as Amish was able to see through his ploy.

[@kartikshiroya2270]

he is still a dalal 😎

[@YuvrajSingh-sm1rc]

Bcz they never want the Muslims to know their roots. By Connecting everything with Ayodhya Mandir they want the Muslims and so called Woke Hindus who are actually ignorant and they think school Text History is 100% factual, to reject everything. Ultimately Muslims of every Nation is shifting towards Arabification. Islam wants the whole world under one religion and one culture. That's inevitable unless people who follows Islam come forward and do some reforms like Christianity. Christians definitely want everyone to follow one religion but they are definitely not provoking everyone to move towards one culture

[@archigoel]

Amish say "take the middle path". If Hindus want 3 temples out of 40,000 destroyed....this is already less than the middle path. This is same as Krishna asking for 5 villages. Accepting anything less, for the "peace" would be adharma.

[@gaurangpatel8234]

Absolutely

[@shreyansrout9341]

This comment is gold.

[@gayatriyayagam3189]

Bilkul!

[@santoshpati709]

Bhai "gagar mai sagar" bharne jaisi baat ki hai absolutely correct.

[@abhishekbose6989]

The communal tension is because Indian Muslims feel proud what happened since 11th century. They worship Mughals n delhi Sultanate. They feel those timurians were their ancestors. Why shouldn't hindus react?

[@rahulmn5908]

Look the issue here is that the invaders were glorified by our "historians". Once we examine our history, learn about our native ancestors and our history is worth reexamining umpteen times as we are the oldest civilization of this world, we will understand that we were and are one even though some of us have chosen to worship a different deity, which is very much accepted in Santana Dharma. After all how can anyone disrespect or disregard ancestry.

[@MyQwerty44]

@@rahulmn5908 Culture and civilization are not static artefacts from history. Its silly for anyone to take pride in what their ancestors did centuries ago. One may be inspired by it but cannot take any credit. The values individuals choose to live by and actions done in the present is far more important.

[@rahulmn5908]

@@MyQwerty44 Correct, and I choose to delve deeper into our history and the concepts of Santana Dharma for knowledge and inspiration. You are free to choose your own way.

[@MohammedAli-gv1li]

What makes you think Indian Muslims feel proud of invaders? being proud or being ashamed assumes being a participant. Indian muslims are recent converts from Indian religions. Nothing to do with what happened centuries ago. Grow up!

[@santoshpati709]

@@MohammedAli-gv1li that's what all the pakistanis and Bangladeshi and also majority of indian muslims think ok u should stop lying and accept the truth if u don't find Mughals good then i have no prob with u🙏.

[@pranshusati5115]

Tripathi destroyed Gupta with grace. Gupta was literally sweating.

[@sadenb]

He always sweat.

[@samay4596]

Imagine Amish Tripathy and True Indology having a discussion on Indian History. ❣

[@anantambisht4895]

@@physicsisdope4892 yess

[@anantambisht4895]

@@physicsisdope4892 he needs to talk with abhijeet chawda and sandeep sanyal for it

[@anantambisht4895]

I request him to do so

[@pratikjain267]

There's an urgent need for Truth and Reconciliation in our country. And we need more historians like Amish Tripathi .

[@jaideepadhvaryu9642]

Extremely saddened and scared to see ShekharG and the questions he chose, that there are several Indians who still question our own history and our culture. The cleaning has to be done deep.

[@adrusthaphala1330]

@Singh Saab The questions should have the objective to seek the knowledge and be without the bias to fit with your standard of questioning the blind faith, But here even a little kid can smell the questioner's personal bias reeking from a mile away. The most unfortunate thing is you don't seem to have the critical thinking faculties to recognize the bias.

[@MyQwerty44]

What is sad is that the recent nearly obsessive discussions over what is Indian history and our past glory suggests terribly low self esteem mixed with high sensitivity. It's fine to be inspired and proud of our past (there is plenty to be proud of) but what matters more is defining a vision for the future and working in the present. By work, I don't mean renaming streets, cities or building statues.

[@ssk5418]

@Singh Saab i wish i culd question islam and christanity the same way, but sadly cant bcuz one wuld knock me legally and othr wuld knock me illegally

[@pichumanisankar2617]

@@MyQwerty44 - do you mean we should dump history and forget the past?

[@MyQwerty44]

@@pichumanisankar2617 If one is seeking glory or credit for past generations legacy rather than inspiration then yes - may as well dump history. Ironically at individual level a lot of achievers are people who rose from modest means/ difficult circumstances and had a point to prove.

[@nikhiltalpallikar]

Wow, “drop a lit matchstick whenever opportunity arrives” is so apt to the current media. Shekhar Gupta just got burned holding the matchstick that he could not drop during the entire conversation!

[@kanvaljitsingh6912]

Mr Shekhar Gupta is a prisoner of his leftist ideology. I enjoyed the chat.

[@satvikagarwal8876]

i liked that word *prisoner* 😂😂😂

[@kartikshiroya2270]

not a prisoner he is a bonded slave 😎

[@Suigeneris44]

Did Jesus Christ live as son of God? Was he truly resurrected?!! Did Mohammad fly off on a horse??? Why don't you question that? Cooker Coupta?

[@rm5238]

Lol, he is trying to push a certain narrative and agenda. The host failed miserably.

[@sivaprasad8989]

@RKA I don't think it will matter that a throat-cut person receives paycheck or not by the way beheading option also can be ruled out if Couker coupta further dives into the special relationship between minor Ayesha and Mohammad

[@nationfirst8676]

By the it's a flying donkey...!

[@sahilsolanki6099]

Kudos to Amish to stick to his views and not dial down the barbarism.

[@avi1912]

Shekhar Gupta had a meltdown defending Mughals as Indians.

[@akshatkumar3847]

He couldn't compete with a person who knows what he is talking about and plus he wasn't talking like an extremist.

[@sabhrestman6644]

brahmins ke aage ache ache ki phatt jaati hai.

[@manteshsharma3863]

@@sabhrestman6644 par tu brahimin Kam or troll zyada lag raha hai...

[@Prakhar9455305897]

@@manteshsharma3863 jo bhi ho dikkat kya hai

[@manteshsharma3863]

@@Prakhar9455305897 dikkat jaatiwaad se hai.. Judging someone because of his/her caste is portrayal of cancerous mindset! That's been dragging us for centuries now!

[@ashutoshkanthi]

We never heard of British destroying the temples, So that is why Historians never called that rule as a Christian Rule.

[@hrishijagadees1234]

BS.. Looting and pillaging comes only after destroying anything.

[@adionautics]

Goa inquisation

[@akki745]

SG got schooled by Amish on hinduism, history, secularism and much more. :)

[@sakshiarya9904]

Wth is wrong with Shekhar Gupta..itna intolerance? Just because Amish's opinions are different than his personal opinions..very off-putting

[@rahulray9983]

He knows he can't push his propaganda with pseudo facts

[@rm5238]

The host seems to be frustrated because he's totally out-matched here.

[@prakashnarayanjha8599]

After this interview, I have become fan of Amis. Sekhar tried to trap him in various ways on history, oon Hindutva, on secularism on Rama temple, in his effort to get some controversial statements. But Amis's clear and at times diplomatic replies, left nothing with which Shekhar could have gone to roof top.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

SG, as a true marketing man, was trying to stoke controversy which will help increase his viewership. Talk about honest journalism vs tabloidisation!

[@bhargav38]

We need a movie on Suhel Dev !! Our history subject class should be changed to Not our History !!

[@akhileshyadav3892]

Oh God....I had read the NCERTs and all my source of history has been the leftist historians....and I was so convinced about it. Amish sir made sense of the right wing's interpretation of history. Love you Print

[@debanshub916]

So what will you do? Go back to school? Just asking.

[@ramabapat]

Debanshu Basak No, tell your kids.

[@akhileshyadav3892]

@@debanshub916 no , but it's good to know the perspectives from both the sides. Just like Amish sir said , there is no absolute truth I can atleast now have the trurh of the right and the left

[@debanshub916]

@@akhileshyadav3892 I believe in the dictum let the bygones be bygones.Whatever justified things he might present I will take those with a grain of salt.Moreover the points he raises are definitely good for introspection and make people feel good of their past but I fear this to be exploited to ostracize muslims all the more.Can't think is this the way we can be a progressive nation.We cannot do everything togather...kuch batein kitabo pe acchi lagti hay. I don't know whether you will agree or not.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

@@debanshub916 - to probably learn the same thing over and again?

[@DeepikaAditya]

No one also doesn't know about King Lalitaaditya. Or King Avantivarman

[@akankshaagrawal3134]

Who is he🤔

[@DeepikaAditya]

@@akankshaagrawal3134 he was the most powerful King of Karkota Empire. It's Kashmir Centric empire. Google about him.

[@kartikshiroya2270]

true😭

[@archigoel]

Its funny to see SG being so uncomfortable.

[@utubetruthteller]

his secular credentials are breaking down

[@nd6468]

Agree .. Amish was quite calm in his response

[@indicroots]

SG cleverly tried to insert his own narrative from la la land.

[@nidhijain6567]

distorted history leads to silent pain being buried .but the need to know history is beacause in context of India buried history is also lead to burying of knowledge our heritage and now that same knowledge is being sold to world as non indian discoveries and inventions.the sad part is in our education system there is not only political history that has been sold to us in distorted way but our architectural history,scientific history , physiological history was killed and being retold to us as foreign knowledge.so it is essential to learn the history and Amish sir has just scratched the surface so that more work is done in this line

[@gopaakrishnanmvenkataraman9129]

Viewrs are not fools

[@rm5238]

He tried but utterly failed, lol

[@ratnakarsharma4569]

Trust me this is the best episode of OTC by far . Amish thank-you so much for unearthing such a beautiful and glorious past of India through your books . Respect 🙏

[@p.kiruthika]

The way Amish scratches his nose, blinks his eyes n articulates... He resembles Sourav Ganguly (without spectacles)

[@cjbharatwasi7773]

Like for Amish , For bringing back the real knowledge of Indian glory

[@tarachands]

Good to see SG is schooled by Amish. If he listens to him more often then he can understand Hinduism and can appreciate it in his lifetime.

[@sbaskaran7638]

All of you are wrong. SG has to be politically correct as he has to run his business of media. Perhaps AT is a shade lower. You will know their real “ self” when they stop writing for commercial ventures. You and I can be outspoken because we have no commercial stakes and can be honest to the core.

[@gauravsundriyal8796]

shattering the falsified beliefs of SG... So called leftists, liberals and seculars will now debate on amish's view just to justify their illogical beliefs amd false pride... after the interview SG would have been like: galti ho gae ise bulakr 🙏🏼🤦🏻‍♂️

[@CoreFinance4u]

I love the way Amish answered @theprint rookie journalists questions. Their question contained a sense of self-doubt and pitty to the idea of Indianess but he answered like a Guru.

[@rkmbhawani4561]

Amish possess some special blessings of none other than the MAhAA. ....dEvVvV. Shekhar Gupta is blasted apart.

[@sandeepsaxena8266]

As per hindutva traditions Truth always prevails. Inspite of Shekhar and party tried to surround Amish with their leftist agenda he came out with such calm and poise without trampling anything. Wonderful to watch this video, we really need a truth and reconciliation in our society to forge ahead as one nation.

[@bipinchandra7866]

Such a informative discussion by Amish.

[@srichan7498]

It is so refreshing to see people like Amish Tripathi getting more and more acceptance by mainstream. In other words, acceptance of people who feel pride in our heritage but are not the ones who endorse hatred on other communities. We too were vilified as bhakts, sanghis, right wingers. SG sir, please understand there is a lot of pain in even today's millennial hindus about the barbaric past our ancestors had to go through, but there is no acceptance about it. Simple acceptance would help, but all we see is glorification of those rulers like Tipu Sultan here in south who butchered even Christians. Even today you brought up the Babri masjid. What options were left for hindus than breaking it ? did anyone try to solve it amicably even after independence? Did muslim community(except Shias) understand the faith of hindus? Did anyone try to see what hindus felt for 500 years? Look at the mahem created after it was demolished. No one speaks of that retaliation for just one empty mosque which wasn't even used.

[@darthludicrous99]

But why do you have to do anything? What happened with Babri Masjid happened thousands of years ago. Wasn’t there a legal process for you to fight your claim over the land? How will destroying a historical monument today and causing communal riots change anything? Amish himself said “Forgive but don’t forget.” Attempts to change history today is just anachronistic. Two wrongs don’t make it right.

[@sudhangshusarma]

At times Shekhar Gupta shouts in many interviews that he relies on facts. But here he clings to general sentiments clearly based on his biases when he says these days people attack Left historians and the writing of history is more Hindu. Well, history should be written based on evidence(which also include folk traditions) and logical debates must continue.

[@Surabi9]

The Pamir Sultans who wrecked havoc in the South against Hindus.

[@siddharthjoshi6690]

The best thing out of this whole conversation was this : Every individual should abide to his duty and act accordingly . If he is a citizen its his duty to be non violent If he is in arm forces its his duty to do what is necessary not for his own ego but for overall peace for society . Just like geeta says a kshtriya(arm personal not caste) should act for whole good .

[@pradipta9345]

I love to hear Amish. He is such a smart guy who dares to speak his mind with valid facts. Shekhar being the all weather leftist tried to grope him under his silly questions but if u know Amish then u know how he handles those ignorants!! Peace✌️

[@ganeshav2768]

Rulers who levied jezia and systematically destroyed local culture , how can they be Indians, only because they were born and married in India? What a perverse logic SG has! That way British were also Indians bcos they established residence and family in India. To SG indian history starts with Khilji or Babur. He would be happy to call himself a descendent of Akbar!

[@KavateJayesh]

Akbar was indian, but ethnically turkish. simple.

[@KavateJayesh]

@@siddharthyadavchekkala2845 elaborate.

[@KavateJayesh]

@Prash Uchia firstly its got nthing to do with nationality and ethnicity. but anyway most of the mughals were bad, barring akbar, because he was a secular king and also a decent ruler.

[@GinzaGeorge]

Why was Amish Tripathi's response to Shekhar Gupta's Ayodhya issue query cut out? Can you re-insert it?

[@ashishagnihotri8438]

what was the reply?what was the question?

[@chbilly4465]

@Ginza, Isn't it obvious? Being a well-read man, Amish would have quoted testimony of the most neutral (non-Hindu, non-Muslim, non-British) source i.e, a Spanish/Austrian Jesuit priest called Joseph Tieffenthaler, who visited Awadh for missionary activity in 1766-1771. Joseph wrote, "Emperor Aurangzeb got the fortress called Ramkot (Lord Ram's fort i.e., the Ayodhya fort where Lord Ram was born) demolished and got a Muslim temple, with triple domes, constructed at the same place. Others say that it was constructed by 'Babor'. Fourteen black stone pillars that are 5 span high, which had existed at the site of the fortress, are seen there. Twelve of these pillars now support the interior arcades of the mosque". That is not it. There is more. He also wrote: "Hindus worshipped a square box raised 5 inches above the ground called the Bedi, i.e., the cradle". He continued: "The reason for this is that once upon a time, here was a house where Beschan [Vishnu] was born in the form of Ram." He also recorded that Lord Ram's birthday was celebrated every year, with a big gathering of people, which was "so famous in the entire India". This confirms without any ambiguity that the Hindu claim over Ram Janmabhoomi is, in fact, authentic. I can quote lots of other Hindu, Muslim and British historians but unfortunately the left in India does not accept them as authentic testimonies as they think each of them (Hindus/Muslims/British) have an evil agenda to lie for selfish reasons and their words cannot be believed. However absurd that might sound, they claim that all three communities tell the same lie for different selfish reasons! Even if you believe this absurd theory, what will they tell about Joseph's work as he did not have any specific agenda? You see the leftist media in India maintains unambiguously that there is absolutely no evidence to prove the Hindu claim at Ram Janmabhoomi. They even call the archaeological excavation work of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) headed by a Muslim K K Mohammed as Hindutva motivated and thereby falsify the findings declaring, in the process, a Muslim scholar as a Hindutva bigot which is as absurd as any theory can get. However, Shekhar and his leftist pseudo historian toadies will stumble miserably trying to explain away Joseph Tieffenthaler's work as irrelevant and agenda driven. Hence, they take the easy way out. Censor the crap out of it which is the reason that part of the video is off. Kudos to Shekhar Gupta and his extremely honest journalism.

[@lisasinha3082]

@@chbilly4465 Thank You for this information

[@saikatlahiri1435]

The suppressed yawn at 34 mins from SG is worth more than a thousand words. Brilliant.

[@sayantanrootghosh]

One of the best episodes at so many levels. I did feel the end was too soon. thank you SG, ThePrint.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for tuning in. Do keep following us.

[@sagorikasinha4966]

It's disconcerting to constantly see journalists, seekers of facts, to constantly hang on to belief systems. Science, history and other studies were not conducted to validate our opinions. They provide information, and it should be stated as is.

[@neetuhareet9431]

I'm going learn Sanskrit as my mother's whole family is a scholar of Sanskrit. But now I have strong reason other than legacy , to know my country and culture better about which I have no knowledge .

[@aloksen626]

I blame the communist and secular Historians. We won't know unless we are told.

[@TheManishbishnoi]

Shekhar gupta just cant digest the fact about mughals..

[@BertRussie]

In any cost Mughals were better than Seljuks, Ottomans etc who ruled Middle East. Those rulers violently murdered Christianity and Zoroastrianism from its true homelands. Even after so many years of Mughal rule, they allowed India to be overwhelmingly Hindu. No other Muslim regime has let taht happen. Also, let's not judge older generation based on 21st century morals.

[@TheManishbishnoi]

@@BertRussie abey chutiye mughals kaun the? They were a mix between mongols and turks..may be u read frm whtsapp like most of chamhas..the atrocities are well listed..30000 temples destroyed..hindus were not allowed to enter the main city or capital as we say today..no diwali no festivities..u may have read a book from la la land

[@BertRussie]

@@TheManishbishnoi it's clear who gets information from WhatsApp. There are many pictures depicting Mughal emperors celebrating Holi and Deepavali. Ever heard of people like Tansen and Birbal who were in Akbar's court. Also read upon what Ottomans and Seljuks did to Christians and Parsis in the middle East. They are nearly wiped out. If Mughals were cruel they wouldn't have allowed 80% of the country to be Hindu.

[@shrikantsingh4829]

@@BertRussie they didn't allow we fought to remain Hindu and some loose the battle so there are 60 crore Muslim in Indian subcontinent

[@AshuSingh-mw2wt]

@@BertRussie 80% you forgot Pakistan and Bangladesh.

[@ruchianand4925]

One of the best 'off the cuff' an interesting conversation....plurality of views makes India truly secular.....winds of change that happened in USA and Australia in 60s 70s where point of view of indigenous people was studied ....should happen with more enthusiasm here also....his view accept the past ....makes sense ...doesn't it? ....Sekhar loved the discussion to the hilt...being a student of Medieval Indian history..it was of particular interest to me(researched on Humayun Nama).

[@kanvaljitsingh6912]

EVERY Avatar of Lord Vishnu is a different level of consciousness...

[@shreyaslahoti7542]

Amish Tripathi is the inspiration!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Shreyas. Thank you for tuning in.

[@navani45]

Mr Shekar Gupta the issue here is, whether we were secular in letter and spirit. At the time of independence there was a compulsion to give a feeling of comfort, in particular to Muslim community to have social harmony. Subsequently some parties started drifting away from secularism which was the ethos of the hinduism. They practised divide the Hindu majority and please the minority. Now there is correction taking place. Hope the fringe elements of BJP and others do not take the correction too far and take all religions and communities to-gather to unify the people emotionally. I am of the view that will happen when the leftist and so called secular parties start practising real secularism. The change of conduct by all parties now is an indication of the change towards that end.

[@amrocks3511]

Dividing Hindus is not that bad a thing ...but pleasing minorities is bad. A United major religion is always good for a country. For example Pakistan.. where the major religion is by and large United and look at its fate now where as Hindus which where not United in India and that's one of the reasons we progressed in comparison with them. And the minority appeasement and other things ..slowly the majority community is getting United and that is no good news for our future generations. People must be United against poverty corruption etc etc ..not on religious basis

[@amrocks3511]

I made a mistake...United major religion is always not good for a country...sorry

[@suryatkurma7466]

Amish Tripathi is so good! Great ambassador for india and Hinduism 🕉

[@nd6468]

Love Amish’s comment - ‘Shekhar machis’ 🤣

[@praveenreddy2416]

53:22 The king Siddhartha Gautama was born in Nepal and gautama buddha was born in india......End of discussion.period.

[@gaurav107]

Well put. His transformation to Buddha happened in India?

[@praveenreddy2416]

@@gaurav107 yes ofcourse

[@mksrathore]

OMG best video ever I watched @youtube Amish we want PPL like you who can show center of truth.

[@soumilsarin6190]

An intelligent conversation I haven't heard before. Brilliant.

[@jaymehta9638]

you should watch his podcast with beer biceps that podcast is better thant this

[@drvishal2010]

Despite the best efforts by our very learned and beloved SG, Amish didn't fall into the trap of giving a controversial statement 😅😁... Very good interview

[@vipulupadhyay3678]

Shekhar was clearly taken aback by the mention of Mughals not being Indians, challenged his world view. Very well put by Amish totally agree to his viewpoint on all the things discussed.

[@shivsankarradhakrishnan8356]

Not often u see shekhar gupta perplexed not knowing what to respond. He kinda has a wise crack at the ppl of the perceived right. Amish with his elegant but erudite underplay jus kept his leash on the narrative spectacularly! 👏🏻🙏🏻

[@kritanjaytripathi3888]

Dear Amish sir... I have started listening Sanjiv Sanyal after hearing it from you... He really have a unique perspective towards history.

[@ujjwalpratapsingh5623]

Just loved it. So informative ❤

[@Edspirational-techies]

Common Shekhar Gupta..still leftist ideology is pretty much entangled in your mind. Hope you got educated in this episode 😂

[@navani45]

There was a question on PM attending the foundation ceremony at Ayodhya. I wish to highlight a practice in Armed forces that will answer the people who ask this question. Irrespective of the personal religion of the commanding officer, he or she will be the presiding officer of the religious function at his unit. For example a Muslim officer may lead an Arthe at temple. Similarly a Brahmin officer may lead the prayer at a mosque and so on. Why don’t our secularists And leftist view it in that perspective.

[@aprilblossoms4]

That’s an awesome example. Thanks for sharing!

[@kanvaljitsingh6912]

The concept of Dharma is beyond the understanding of leftists...

[@coermech9620]

Whoever they call, their narratives won't change. Stubborn hypocrites.

[@yugalkapse4286]

One of the best Off the Cuff so Far.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Yugal. Thank you for tuning in.

[@207subhamvora8]

Also add this in the form of podcast in Spotify or gaana so that you can listen to it while working or doing something else

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Shubham. We do have CTC on podcast. We plan to do the same with OTC in the future as well

[@rahulanand7315]

Such a great POV from Amish. Respect for him. We should accept and be proud of our traditions.

[@AkshaySingh-ff9qc]

#Amish_tripathi sir we need people like you and people of your thought process to be our leaders on political front 👏 #print #shekhar_Gupta please convey this message to respected Amish sir

[@sameerpandey14]

If Mughals became indian why Persian was their official language.

[@TheTyagiankit]

Amish "I'm not a scholar, I'm a Storyleteller" Tripathi

[@anandnirgude2821]

but selectively scholar

[@abhishekrajore2909]

The earlier part with no audio has been removed. Wow!

[@akki745]

You could see that element of surprise and constant denial on face of SG.

[@jaswindersinghnarula4379]

Most important thing that Amish said is "We Indians United are Unbeatable"! So are we united today?

[@mayankupadhyay5415]

This is what happen when you don't speak in front of mirror 😛😛..sg sir is sweating .......

[@clydedsouzaauthor]

Please put these up as podcasts too

[@shashanksri5993]

Truer words have never been spoken before..thank u!

[@avi1912]

There were definitely no Muslims in Suheldev's army.

[@wordsmithasheesh2497]

Tujhe kaise pata?

[@shaktishiva8099]

Loved the way Guptaji was quiet..

[@djsunshine1]

India needs a proud narrative... like any other society... for that we need a connection to past history..& within that we encounter the conflict...in the end Foreign rulers Muslims or British are both defeted and gone...We are the winners & survivors...We need our own single national narrative! Present Muslims were past Hindus....&/or Possibly future Hindus... we all need a truth & reconciliation... realization!

[@ramabapat]

Proud pagan survivors !

[@sreenii5445]

What were Hindus before religion came into being. Dont draw history from where you find it convenient, if you go real backwards the story is different.

[@sreenii5445]

@kolkata 97 that is your interpretation not the fact or history because of your ignorance and reluctance to accept the reality and impose you belief on others.

[@srirampraneethvinjamuri9851]

Two observations : 1. SG tried the hardest to get some answers back from Amish and 2. Any opinion related questions to Amish : I'm also a diplomat 😁😁

[@srikrishnavideos]

Shekhar Gupta seems to be burning that true history is being uncovered, he gets rattled whenever truth is revealed.

[@sanketkapale809]

@gener8enigma lol..he can't edit it out...that was live session Even if it were recorded...he tend to balance stuff for views Everything is monetary here

[@ramabapat]

They are scared shit Islamists will behead them if they speak the truth.

[@akki745]

How pathetic, even after listening to logical explanation by Amish, SG is hell bent on glorifying mughals. 😥 He is openly showing his frustration towards supreme Court's decision on Ram Mandir. I truly appreciate the way Amish spoke with logic and calm. This conversation has exposed the difference between true logical and fact based thinker like Amish and pseudo logical and biased journalist like SG. I am sad to say this because somewhere I hoped SG is unbiased but it doesn't looks like it.

[@pratoshkumar7780]

There are media reports from REPUBLIC and TIMES NOW that the article by Jyoti Yadav on Sushant and Rhea Chakraborty episode was PAID NEWS. Sir, How can you allow that to happen? How can Jyoti Yadav demean whole BIHARI community in order to support Rhea Chakraborty.

[@kuldipsharma9222]

Lord Krishna was the most popular Vishnu avatar until the Britishers found him uncomfortable for Christian values.

[@vibhu4191]

Appreciate Shekhar ji for being honest in pursuit of truth. Your discomfort though was evident at times but openness will do good to you, to The Print and to society in general.

[@ajaychowdhary7394]

1 hour and 20 minutes of not pure history but some culture

[@shivamPandey-ku5eu]

You guys are talking about a book didn't even one put name or link in comment or description

[@user-zl1nj8ye5g]

King suheldev

[@srishtit1796]

Well done Amish. You speak hearts and minds of many.

[@Lostcountryman800]

Really enjoyed and learned a lot from Amish Tripathi. We need more Indian authors like him.

[@hennabakshi7207]

So very well spoken by Amish on the centrist idea of pain being a truth poison amongst all communities and its need for peace and reconciliation. Ours being a surviving pagan culture. So, so, so very cool he is.

[@sandeeptyagi5815]

Very good talk! Amish is coming across so knowledgeable. SG should focus on politics as Indian history is not one of his forte.

[@helsreach001]

Amish is right if we accept truth it make peace

[@neutronstate2854]

Do you see, there's always a discussion on Hindus but not any other faiths!

[@varunpandey5418]

No one is stopping anyone to discuss anything.

[@neutronstate2854]

@@varunpandey5418 tell that to The Print. Lets see!

[@jithinthankaraj2518]

Hindus can debate their so called religion. Abrahamic religion can't..as it as no intend to change its books. So why discuss.

[@xingsingh]

SG sir, Awesome and thank you. It's episodes like this which fatally attract me to your channel. Wishing to see many more such informative and entertaining episodes

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hey Praveen! Glad you liked our 100th episode. DO keep tracking ThePrint.

[@RASAMsubhankar]

Every minute of this video is worth watching ❤️

[@vivekvk452]

35:56 On a lighter note, that's how we engineers yawn while our professor speaks to us especially when things get a bit too theoretical. SG sir I'm a big fan of yours.

[@dps8681]

Vivek Vij haha

[@gauravkaushal6173]

I like the idea of Amish this is what I felt for india so.... Like that it's the emotion that finally get the word and the roadmap hopefully will go via this way

[@physicsonline8853]

What a fascinating discussion!Kudos for bringing this about.

[@cprakashsharma8116]

Great interview