Romila Thapar-I don't like Modi's India, it's too Narrow & Limited; History won’t be Kind to Him

[@harshitshetty2613]

The comment section is a testament of how kind history will be to Romila Thappar.

[@visheshrao5629]

*what kind *of history. Don't worry, you don't seem the kind who would be reading it.

[@vikashca123]

She is most dangerous historian

[@sameer-fk8oy]

I don't think she is historian😅

[@DS-rr8ih]

Yes

[@eshan24]

I want to correct you here. She is a fictioneer and not a historian.

[@rravisankar3355]

She is dangerous especially with her attempt at a fabrication that Udhistira was born after Ashoka.

[@pt-7890]

You mean distorian

[@orderjnk2147]

Romila Thapar never misses an opportunity to claim herself a victim, she decides to tell us people rejected her because she is a woman but not misrepresentation of Indian history

[@narendra7238]

And u also misinterpreted her.

[@AnoopSingh-sq2po]

True 😢

[@sikasbkoju3715]

Do you know difference in poetry and history?? Historian and poet, go learn something. Ramayana was a legendary poem (poetry) written by Balmiki and Mahabharata was longest poem (poetry) written by Vyas. Poem is not historical artifacts.

[@kabbujiha2024]

​@@sikasbkoju3715 But Ramayan and Mahabharat both are history and also written in the form of poem lol.

[@pixelpie5280]

​​​@@kabbujiha2024 bhai teri andhbhakti ko daat deta hu .

[@silopanaga1127]

I listened to Keralite Archaeologist K K Muhammed today and searched for this lady. I understand “Knowledge and Evidence” is distinct from reading and writing story that is called history.

[@georgiageorgia9372]

😂😂

[@tanjalivander-xx7ho]

@@silopanaga1127 history is lived within everyday lives expériences through différent period of social life.Archeological rocks without proofs of human social lives nd sufferings are not genuine history..long live madam romilla thapar. Thank you for daring.g confronting the truth...

[@yashkrishnaut444]

To begin with KERELA( mini pak ) ...in addition mohammad ( peaceful community ) ...furthermore he is recommending romilla thapar ( not very suspicious, he knows who will promote his propoganda) ...in conclusion - all this evidence is different than written history is BS ..if that is the case, why should the future generations believe in their written works ?? ....such a waste of young potential ...utter disgrace( mind-washed idiot...can't even think for himself before being recommended to do things by others) ...go on ...BECOME A WOKE LIBERAL 😂🤣

[@avinashreddy319]

⁠@@tanjalivander-xx7ho I agree bro, she is been living since past 10,000 years to clearly experience the social lives and sufferings and she will live on to downgrade Indian civilisation and Indian way of life…

[@nishaldhillon7203]

we are living with a goddess...nice time to be 😂😂😂😢

[@sahebchoudhury]

My grandfather, who passed away a year ago from covid, always celebrated vishwakarma puja at his furniture shop even though he was a practicing and believing muslim. I believe that's what India has been like as Romila says.

[@bhavikgandhi2404]

Hinduism is more of a civilizational heritage than a a religion per se. India's culture is intertwined with Hinduism and goes back at least 5000 years. Islam came to India mainly by invasion and missionary activity. So technically all muslims in India have hindu heritage and ancestry.

[@lichhavi]

exactly,living together for centuries now,it is most natural to imbibe cultural aspects from each other and forming a composite whole.Likewise many Hindu families have adopted many cultural markers from muslim culture.May our tribe thrive!

[@ash1m]

@@bhavikgandhi2404 Technically, Indians are all Africans as the species originated there. India as a country did not exist until 1947.

[@advityat]

@@bhavikgandhi2404 There were humans living in the subcontinent for at least 60,000 years. So before they were Hindus, they were Animists for a much longer period. So everyone actually has Animist heritage then! And all Muslims don't have Hindi heritage, because many came as traders (west coast being a great example) and still others were entirely of foreign stock. So they were never Hindus at all!

[@ArtaxWild101]

@@bhavikgandhi2404 will you also call the Nagas a Hindu even though technically we were never a Part of present day India before Independence and wasn't a Christian either 😀 We are the odd ones in this Great Nation of Diversity 🤣🤣🤣

[@prasadhattangadi123]

What they mean is "We don't like Modis India as it does not agree with our views."

[@Anon12375]

Exactly lol. Look at how much control this brother sister dua have over the narrative

[@Tikkibombom]

A completely reasonable point of view.

[@visheshrao5629]

What's your problem with that then, you guys couldn't even win Ayodhya

[@JustLanded-l3w]

Both are intellectuals and shows us what quality of education this generation needs. Unfortunately in we are being taught lessons of history from wiki historians WhatsApp graduates who receive lectures from idiot box faculties ... Who don't understand economics social justice and disregard the very roots.

[@rameshwaghmare9432]

Both are agents of Mughals and the British. 99.99 percent of comments condemn these two uneducated, and arrogant people.

[@MuhammadYahya-ed5cb]

@@JustLanded-l3w I agree with you

[@nivedj13]

Being left and pro islam are not the benchmarks for intellect.... Romila Thapar is an extremely biased nom evidence based historian.....she calls destruction and looting of somanath temple as secular ... I still don't get it for what ?..... Without any archaeological evidence she went on to deny ram temple.. Khangress nourished her distortionist historiography.

[@dhritiunadkat]

The history is contaminated. The British changed India's history, and the truth can only be gathered around those who have lived in the Colonial era and only they can provide answers

[@nivedj13]

@@JustLanded-l3w what makes romila the perfect hostorian ? She was more dangerous..... She wrote that the desecration of somnath temple was a secular act... To top it all she was drooling over mughals.... Clearly she set the agenda then write the history... If it is all about creating a muslim specific narrative in this country why was partition ever orchestrated ? These are the intellectuals not India needed, these are intellectuals best placed in Pakistan......

[@singhrajveer2008]

Brother and sister following in the footsteps of their father and grandfather.

[@siddharth5962]

Truly a top class interview and with what ease Romila ma'am speaks. Can listen to her for hours n hours. May God bless her with many many more years to live.

[@chakrabortyengineers975]

Sadly we never allowed to learn real history of Bharat but we have only learned Romila Thapar's Indian History. A distorted one

[@sikasbkoju3715]

There is difference in poetry and history.

[@ajitmishra1578]

to sahi wala likh do. bol to aise rahe ho ki,, exchange offer h

[@chakrabortyengineers975]

I am already learning it day by day how they manage our History. I am talking about for the incoming generation

[@KjanardhanChary-jo7gw]

Mr bro, it's not a distorted history of Taffer but your mind is distorted by bjp's distorted patriotism. To understand real history must read Tapper' history writings.

[@chakrabortyengineers975]

​@@KjanardhanChary-jo7gwI am educated enough to be fooled by anyone, like BJP, or Madam Thapar

[@AmarAkbarAntony2024]

While it's a pleasure to listen to Thapar, it is but clear that she was born into a family which was largely insulated from the harsher conditions of Bharat struggling to keep itself together. She is representative of the larger malaise that plagues the Indian elite. No wonder she finds herself out of place in today's India. Also, remember, her forefathers were British loyalists who admired the Jalianwalaa Bagh massacre. Choose your heroes wisely.

[@pearl985]

Absolutely

[@amankhanna-l4l]

These 2 idiots r relatives of Nehru

[@alter_ep]

Romila Thapar is the historian we never needed, along Salman, a leftist Marxist, both have the blood of thousands of Hindus and Muslim! History won't forget it.

[@mmtrashid]

India’s elites and riches were always comfortable with each other despite diversity. The poors unfortunately saw each other differently. Today’s majority belongs to the disgruntled collective .. the recent politics is only a reflection of this reality.

[@rabbit3857]

Can you cite one law made by Modi Govt which favours the disgruntled majority ?

[@AyushGupta-rq4qu]

Absolutely true sir

[@youtubeee2306]

@@rabbit3857 it's not law my friend It's propaganda that BJP and RSS is fuming To divide india, to scare people that some religious population is going to overthrow (stupidity)

[@rabbit3857]

@@youtubeee2306 that I can agree to some extent as it’s their politics ..but I asked specifically about a law which favoured the majority …like - demonetisation, gst reform , article 370 , farm law , CAA-NRC

[@desibigfoot3874]

@@rabbit3857 Why the hell do you oppose removal of article 370?

[@shashibhushan3953]

Two prominent members of Lutyens Delhi talking to each other. After listening to Ms Thapar for the first 5 minutes, one can see how privileged she was while growing up and hence disconnected with the majority rural poor India.

[@venkateshreddy1044]

Looking at the comments,i thought Bharat has too deal with enemies within the country. Jai Hind

[@godslayer9462]

Your English is enough to kick us out!

[@sumanachina9303]

Thanks for bringing her in this show. The best fictional and tv series writer in India.

[@tina01111]

Wowwwww😂😂😂 amazing comment dude such a. Great humour 😂❤❤❤

[@rajpipla1]

What poise, clarity of thought and expression. Will look forward to an interview when the lady celebrates her 100th birthday.

[@shashankkumargupta8477]

90th

[@apolitical1161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boPIgHSYrbqBbdE BJP kare toh RAAS LEELA aur VIPAKSH kare toh CHARACTER DHEELAA 😀

[@vakarahmad7205]

Wht guarantee do u have that u will be there when she turns 100

[@rajpipla1]

@@vakarahmad7205 Zindagi aur maut toh oopar wale ke haath mein hai.

[@senguptasayn]

Completely agree. A big admirer of her writings.

[@riser9644]

blaming the Indian middle class for everything , sign of a true elite

[@dirtybattle3982]

She's absolutely right about the middle class, they complain & moan all the time but when it's time to take action they get cold feet.

[@nainsingh472]

I watch almost every video of your program. Thanks Mr. Karan Thapar for conducting interviews of Madam Thapar the prominent historian of our time. I heard her name frequently but saw her first time. Regards for her free and fair views.

[@richakharbanda4151]

She is his cousin

[@tatvafnu6604]

Perhaps you need to learn more about her narrow minded, agenda laden, Marxist laced and several times purely without references history. History research should be dispassionate and without bias, which she didn't!

[@vineet3596]

Very professional of Karan Thapar - maintaining utmost integrity whilst interviewing his own cousin.

[@apostate9397]

But he is that person, who leacked India's Sccret project

[@vineet3596]

@@apostate9397 Could be… I m sure there are politicians who have committed much worse.

[@MrMaddss123]

a big joke!

[@rbunga1]

HEALTH OF A NATION IS THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS.

[@abhinav.mishra17]

Just like Nupoor Sharma, or she doesn't have that right and only chosen ones have?

[@nrr9015]

@@abhinav.mishra17 No she also has rights. Having said that why is media representation so biased towards ruling party? We need to allow oppositions to have representation too to have balanced debate. And they usually don't have platforms to speak.

[@vimaladeshmukh4017]

@@nrr9015 seems like u haven't watched ndtv

[@rahulkashiv2299]

Then why don't they tolerate the opinions of sawarkar or RSS or modi BJP?... Why are they so intolerant about current governments opinion? 🤣😂🤣😂.. Logo ko murkh samjhna chod do... Everybody want to forced their opinion on others.... That's the reality... Left or right both ... Don't live in a fairy land...

[@rahulkashiv2299]

@@nrr9015 then what is this channel? And NDTV... Print, quint, Or bhi bahot Sare channel he jo sirf ruling government ko sirf or sirf criticized krte he.. Jo ek bhi decision par government ki tarif nhi krte... Jese ye wire.. Ye bhi to biased hi he.. Or abhi to bahot se channel aa gye he.. Ek time tha jab TV par sirf ek hi channel hota tha.. Doordarshan.. Jo government k under hota tha.. Tb kha gya tha aapka democracy? Tb to news pr jo government chahti thi wo hi dikhaya jata tha.. Aaj to sirf aap allegations lga skte ho... Pr tb to 100 percent government k under hi hota tha channel... Tb kya hota tha?

[@rollen7410]

Such a good interview. It was an absolute Interview. No narratives , No pre judgement , no heckling. Questions and Answers with so much clarity. INTER-VIEW ( its awesome)

[@ManoharKumar-xg6hk]

She is the blood sucking intellectual demon. She pushed the narrative of evil imprealist britishers for supporting their long term goal of balkanization of india. This demonic figure promoted aryan invasion theory without solid proof. She is responsible And demonic mother of racial hatred in India. As a north Indian we faced racial hatred in south India. Hinduism has no culture of racial hatred. She is responsible for racial hatred based riots, violation of human rights of north Indian based on his fake aryan invasion theory. She is the demonic mother of moolnivasi concept. She has to pay for his evil deeds. Almighty will give justice for misusing his intelligence for his demonic lust of money and fame. Fake historians go to hell Bhramrakshas are the the fruit of his evil deeds

[@ihishey]

Great Job Karan! I’ve always admired your straightforwardness and pointed questions. The pursuit of truth, not yours or mine - “just the truth”. Keep on keeping on. Thank you.

[@praveen.prasad330]

this interviewer is very biased...and the funny thing is he does it with subtility

[@rahulkashiv2299]

@@praveen.prasad330 exactly.... But inke hisab se ye fearless interview he😂🤣😂🤣... What a joke..

[@pampachatterjee4853]

Nothing is absolute it's all hypothetically relative . No truth exists.

[@rahulkashiv2299]

@@pampachatterjee4853 exactly.... Life is not absolute.. What is good for you... Is bad for another...

[@vikashverma6810]

The truth ,, don't forget thats ur projection,lol

[@nkasdfh6901]

These people are always behind problems not solutions. India is progressing well in recent years.

[@hariprasath8807]

Yeah progressing well in terms of current government's manipulated data

[@vandanatelagi5772]

Andhbhakt spotted

[@estasenora9747]

Yeah tumne pura desh dekha hoga.... Zee Tv through

[@apostate9397]

You are utterly correct, congess and their Dalal journalist, historyan, intellectual, policymakers ruined our society.

[@BillionaireArif]

@@vandanatelagi5772 Your father spotted.

[@ishwarsingh8161]

a Huge Respect and Love for Mr Karan Thapar and Honorable Professor Romila Thapar. Long Live.

[@krishnabahadur6787]

Ma'am's interview talks about how India was fraternal and secular from the very core of India.

[@MadhaviSardeshpande]

It’s amazing how young she looks at 90. She is also so lucid and graciously well-spoken.

[@truthmaker700]

Results of healthy living and humble attitude.

[@rpsh1]

How the narrative change happened in India and Kashmir Mughal (Invaders) became Indian and heroes of India Mughal who followed Ghazwae Hind as per Islam became Indian Sympathisers of Ghazwae Hind became Indian and we gave them rights equal to us and in Kashmir more than Indians Indian gave one more fundamental rights to minority (Muslims) under article 30 which is not available to hindu india but still india follows equality in constitution Indian Became Kafir except Muslims Akbar became the great/secularist as he was an Indian and not an invader and was eulogised in NCERT books and Shivaji was riduculed. NCERT books taught who made tajmahal, qutubminar,lal quila but never taught who broke and vandalised somnath, ram mandir,and mathura/Kashi temple Secular and socialist word introduced in constitution in the year 1975/1976 giving rise to Pseudo intellectuals like Prof Radhika Menon/Arunadhiti Roy/Medha patkar and intellectuals like Swami Dayanand riduled for writing book Satyaprakash in 1875 wrong teaching in schools that all religions are equal and not teaching about Ghazwaae Hind in Islam. Kashmir became the place only for Muslims And kashmiri Hindus became refugee in India because India is a secular country and Hindus can stay in Kashmir only if “Asih gatsih Kasheer Bhattav bag air battehnew san ) (We want our Kashmir without Pandit males but with their women folks). No Masjid in govt control because Masjid cannot do any wrong but every major Hindu temple under govt control as only temples can do wrong. Than 1100 Masjid in Kashmir shouted on loudspeakers on 19 jan 1990 with aim of Nizame Mustafa and shariyat as------ Allah-o- Akbar, Pakistan ka matlab kya/ La ila ha ilallah, Islam zindabad, Pakistan zindabad raised collectively by a multitude of humans . Of Course Raliv,Tsaliv,Galiv(Convert or leave by keeping your women folk) Every temple in india and Kashmir said from its loudspeakers " Ishwar allah tere naam "but NO masjid said " Ishwar Allah tere naam" and sided narrative started. When I say Mughals babar/akbar/ Aurangzeb as invader than my Indian hindu and muslim friends say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian muslim But when I say Britishers as invaders than my Indian Muslim's ,hindus and Indian christian friends do not say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian christian. Terrorist became Kashmiri, Kashmiri became refugee and above ALL Soldier /Policeman became oppressors' and soldiers/Policeman were court martialed as oppressors and ridiculed. Policeman and army man stone pelted and labelled as oppressors the day you court-martial your soldier/Policeman the last line of defence, than you are completely intellectually subverted and cannot differentiate between truth and false. Above all, the change of narrative seen on streets when more muslims(lakhs) in janaza of terrorist Yakub memon( in mumbai), and terrorist Ashraf wani,Geelani BUT very few muslims in janaza of the beloved people of India Honourable President APJ Abdul kalam

[@itr8247]

Lol she wont sleep with you...

[@truthmaker700]

@@itr8247 lol 24/7 sex crazy andh bhakts

[@ay8148]

@@truthmaker700 72 hoor obsessed suicide bomber andhnamazi

[@foodiechef-prantika8242]

Hindus working in the construction of some Islamic monuments doesn't mean the Hindus and Muslims were so friendly.Areh they were working for money,for a livelihood under the Muslim rulers.They are left with no other option. Modi's India is not good,so why is India getting back a significant global position today in the world? And see who is speaking,who distorted our real history of India!

[@kavitaverma4843]

this HISTORIAN has an amazing sense of chronology - and here i quote her "Yudhishstra’’s remorse at the fratricidal war, according to some historians, could have been inspired by Ashoka’s remorse after the Kalinga war"

[@jp-jb1bw]

Yudhisthira was much before ashoka , though mahabharata may have been written down after ashoka.

[@durgaprasan7475]

@@jp-jb1bw provided we have evidence to suggest yudhisthira existed.

[@jp-jb1bw]

@@durgaprasan7475 the point is not whether he existed or not, after all, it is an epic poem. The point is tht romila has twisted, destroyed and omitted real history and given us the drab and dangerously false history of mainly invaders alone.

[@RmdAneelBishnoi]

@@durgaprasan7475 give evidence that budhha existed !

[@JosephPintoHarry1941]

Great journalism frank and fearless. What a clarity of thoughts. The deadly cocktail of Politics and religion will finish off secular Indians. Timely and thought provoking

[@newtonstheology8765]

Yes, the dream of inclusive growth is fading away. I think smart Indians will move towards Goa and the south and perhaps form a ecosystem of prosperity.

[@newtonstheology8765]

Also, our constitution is built on the principles of common law. That is build on biblical morality, however, that is not the volksgeist of India.

[@amanvirsingh6607]

"Secular" .. India was never secular. India was/is Dharmic ...Islam needs to follow secularism.

[@charlesdarwin9654]

You think we Hindus are dumb and not being able to take out democratic choices ? You think you're supreme and our judgements are wronged ? Get off your high horse. We are all equal and this is our country. The nation decides as a whole.

[@ranjitkamath2417]

I am seeing/hearing Ms. Romila Thapar for the first time, inspired by her personality, I wish she reached 100 hale and hearty the way she is now. On the point of Indian middle class, we are ripped apart by the State in the form of Income taxes and GST on everything we purchase, there is hardly anything left on the table, Life is not easy and we are now expected to contribute further, non palatable The most happiest person after the interview would be Mr. Karan Thapar, who succesfully veered the discussions to fulfill his objective/his narrative :)

[@rajendra9990]

Romila is a Librandu & is the worst Historian, she is a Hinduism hater. Hindusthan don't need these type of Hindu haters.

[@ManoharKumar-xg6hk]

She is the blood sucking intellectual demon. She pushed the narrative of evil imprealist britishers for supporting their long term goal of balkanization of india. This demonic figure promoted aryan invasion theory without solid proof. She is responsible And demonic mother of racial hatred in India. As a north Indian we faced racial hatred in south India. Hinduism has no culture of racial hatred. She is responsible for racial hatred based riots, violation of human rights of north Indian based on his fake aryan invasion theory. She is the demonic mother of moolnivasi concept. She has to pay for his evil deeds. Almighty will give justice for misusing his intelligence for his demonic lust of money and fame. Fake historians go to hell Bhramrakshas are the the fruit of his evil deeds

[@CousinsDayOut]

Exactly..

[@abcde1646]

You are right about Thapar ,who was manouvering the conversation to his desired path every few minutes.

[@balajiraju4157]

It happened in congress government also...india is a poor countries and heavy burden will be put upon people in order to grow...every poor countries go through that

[@vivek-420]

If she is a historian, she must know whether she likes it or not that history is often written by victors. Previously, she and her ideology were winning, that is what she liked but now the opposite is happening, her ideology is loosing. So she doesn’t like “Modi’s India” simply because it is cruel to her own ideology. Present isn’t kind to her.

[@dreambig8582]

It was a pleasure listening to two great speakers, their style and vocabulary was simply mesmerising. Great Mr Karan and Ms Romila Thapar good to hear the two of you.

[@rabiadanish8797]

You are always great and inspirational to youth Sir. This episode is amazing . Thanks to respected ma'am.

[@RichardGKhan]

Couldn't agree more.

[@reecosmicatomsb8576]

Abrahamic youth. Not sanatani youth..

[@rabiadanish8797]

@@reecosmicatomsb8576 why sanatani youth, don't have brain to understand his talks??

[@rabiadanish8797]

@@RichardGKhan it's okay, if people have different opinion. But we all should behave like literate person and open our horizons.

[@usdgreat6469]

watching utube & commenting on it is hhaaraam in isslame.....

[@amarendrayadav6599]

"Dosti bani rahe" what a interview of karan thapar with modi....

[@manishadwani386]

3 minute me poora video dekh liya?

[@rajeevsri423]

म

[@rajeevsri423]

ञ

[@rajeevsri423]

@@manishadwani386 ञञञञङञञङञञञञञञञङञञञञञ

[@ic9771]

Kuch varsh pehle , Barabanki mein ek sadak durghatna par wahan ke vartapatron ki soorkhiyan : sadak durghatna mein 3 pashu , 4 manushya & 2 Ahir ki maut . Aaj jaakar iska khara arth samajh mein aaya .

[@marklegendgangmei]

Seeing Romila Thapar alive is like seeing pre-independence India.

[@Arcticdawn1093]

She is related to Nehru

[@sunilkamesh]

What a fantastic interview Karan sir...I was in tears when Romilaji said it hasn't got the richness and doesn't have anticipation of possibilities.....so well put

[@rajuvarma5338]

She just killed Modi in a Line

[@nazneentonse6768]

@@yv2971 Yes, how lovely! I would love to have an intelligent conversation like this with my brother, shared to the world, wouldn't you?

[@kaiseransary6707]

I have been reading your Sunday column in HT and love your frank and bold interviews on this channel. Hats off to you for real and meaningful journalism, for your tribe is shrinking in the present India. With Vinod Dua gone, you and Ravish Kumar are perhaps the only few who who are left to uphold the core values of journalism. May your tribe increase !

[@wankhedeprakash]

Jai Hind Jai Bhim

[@loneranger1265]

Once again a brilliant interview Karan Thapar ,it was an interview to cherish and remember as long as one lives because the lady is a living legend

[@Dilipkumar-nm4bm]

Today, I am watching this video approximately one year after it was uploaded, and her words accurately predicted the application of the three criminal laws. This country is not for poor people and lower middle-class people.

[@shuklabiswas790]

The Colonials and Vampanthis can't tolerate this change of British criminal laws .

[@visheshrao5629]

That's the idea!

[@moinshah4233]

One of the greatest interview of the time i remember her when she was in delhi University and you as my senior in the college

[@2704samir]

What a brilliant lady, Imagine the kind of conversations you can have if she was your grandmother.

[@ganeshdore]

Desh drohi aurat ... Nwehru ne paise diye... Itihas likh kar sach ko chupaya

[@shwetadubey5232]

well i hope she is a grandmother to someone deserving then

[@2704samir]

@@shwetadubey5232 Sadly she never got married or had kids.

[@sapamsubhangker7267]

Karan You Bring This Interview At The Right Time .

[@732anoop]

Bringing a liar and a propaganda person who ruined our education or history is not a great thing.

[@gollotaga1663]

@@732anoop Dosti banni rehni chahye. Panni....

[@732anoop]

@@gollotaga1663 Tell that to your father panni…

[@usmaanali4153]

@@732anoop that was told to Karan Thapar by your "Father" jb Pani pila pila k Li thi modi ki ,🤣

[@SurajSingh-bl5kf]

I think romila wrote the history with prejudices

[@antowinjoseph1928]

Excellent, Brave and bold views. It was a pleasure watching this interview.

[@RKV8527]

Why Christians are attacking the Muslims in Europe? Why Italy introduced anti conversion law ? In Europe,you are burning QURAN frequently and harassing Muslim minorities. Europe demolished mosques, banned Burkha and arrested Muslims put in jail . Minorities have no rights in Christian nations of Europe. Europe attacks Islam instead of Islamic terrorism 12 EU and Russia nations banned Burkha Austria bans Arab language France shut down 22 mosques , arrested 5000 mulsims without evidence and curtailed their freedom in France In Germany, more than 800 mosques are attacked In the UK, 42% of the mosques are attacked Sweden bans construction of mosques A survey finds that 33% of muslims are discriminated against . 20% of the prisoners are Muslims. 27% Muslims face racial attacks

[@akshay07arya]

Absolutely honoured to listen to this conversation. Thank you for your service to this nation ma'am.

[@akshay07arya]

@rakshit gangadar 😂 Whatever your brain considers

[@alani3992]

Saffronists are highly intellectual.

[@ManoharKumar-xg6hk]

She is the blood sucking intellectual demon. She pushed the narrative of evil imprealist britishers for supporting their long term goal of balkanization of india. This demonic figure promoted aryan invasion theory without solid proof. She is responsible And demonic mother of racial hatred in India. As a north Indian we faced racial hatred in south India. Hinduism has no culture of racial hatred. She is responsible for racial hatred based riots, violation of human rights of north Indian based on his fake aryan invasion theory. She is the demonic mother of moolnivasi concept. She has to pay for his evil deeds. Almighty will give justice for misusing his intelligence for his demonic lust of money and fame. Fake historians go to hell Bhramrakshas are the the fruit of his evil deeds

[@maymena17]

What energy .....What a Super woman ....Thank you for bringing us this "Voice of India" Karan 🙏

[@Sunil-rs8vf]

😂🤣🤣

[@maymena17]

@@Sunil-rs8vf I can understand, the english was too much for you 🤣

[@rahulkashiv2299]

@@maymena17 ya and we understand your mentality.... Who judge people by their english... Although english is not the native language of india... But a westerns boot lickers like you... Feel proud on english... And these so historians are also westerns.... By language by education... What she do with history... We all know today...

[@maymena17]

@@rahulkashiv2299 Point out to ONE single reply of hers which is not correct according to you, with justification ! Dont give lame comments.

[@rahulkashiv2299]

@@maymena17 brother... Jab ham sirf ek vyakti ka point of view sunte he... To hame wo shi lagta he... Jab tk tum dusre side k vyakt ka point of view nhi sunte... Hame apna opinion kisi dusre vyakti k opinion ko sun k nhi banana chahiye.... Hamara khud ka bhi to kuch opinion hona chahiye na... Jo ham khud dekh k ya padh k banaye... Sbhi ki ideology different hoti he..

[@mujibarrahaman4069]

It's a Great Interview of Dr. Romila Thappa. Thanks madam for your valuable Interpretation and opinion. Thanks Mr. Karan Thapar. Kolkata.

[@c.nagriknews8837]

The foremost Public Intellectuals of Independent India n Modern Times, chronicling Indic Culture n Journey Ahead*Thnx The Wire KT ji@ India75#

[@zeinobees2495]

90 ...WaaooaaW ! So clear ,so precise in her thoughts , such a memory...! She deserves great admiration & respect ! MA'SHA'ALLĀH !

[@pritamsri]

She's 91 years old but still not a sagacious human being all throughout her life time she's only learnt to praise Muslim invaders and worship them. Unlike her, a 9 year old will have more common sense and respect towards a nation.. Some people never learn and they carry the burden of hatred to their graves..

[@vmnrajesh]

this is great interview.. very informative.. feel proud that such educated & intellect are still in society..

[@RichardGKhan]

Thank God for that !

[@nogag8219]

I guess you enjoy being kaangress sheep

[@literarymusings8886]

@@manuvatsal5902 🤣🤣🤣

[@khannasar8978]

very soon the definition of intellectuals will change to ones who will talk about why India should always be divided in the name of religion .

[@usdgreat6469]

she is an idiot she says the sandocottos mentioned in megasthenas book is chandra gupt maurya, there is no evidence for that , there were soo many chandra gupt in ancient iindia u cant say clearly .....this people never say we need more research no they don't they will say this is this and this is that.......

[@mosthonestcommentor]

Keep it Karan! A viewer here from Pakistan, both of our countries are facing similar problems of the right wing and religious fundamentalists.

[@ajay-arunaarora5737]

Amazing interview for 90 plus . Fearless , and precise. Many of us are feeling cramped , helpless at the way things are panning out , by the new ruling class . At what India is becoming, characterless, lawless as a nation. No ideals set forth by leaders w hom one can look up to

[@ramaraksha01]

She is still a slave of the west - she grew up in colonized country - the whites were the Master and we were the slaves and she still thinks that way The white west must be pleased - we must blindly nod to their every criticism The west has their own agenda - hate agenda They see the dark skin and they think we are still colonized Tell us what to do & some of us are not liking it - we are doing things our way It is like blacks and women speaking up - and they were labelled as trouble-makers then too That is what the west is doing - siding with their fellow Abrahamic religion - Islam See what Muslims are doing in Pakistan - all the laws changed to favor Muslims Blasphemy laws are killing Hindus Hindu girls being abducted by Muslims and sold off And the west blindly ignores all of it But a Muslim gets a bad look here in India and here they come! And slaves like her nod blindly

[@samrele]

Absolutely fabulous interview. It was so pleasant and enlightening to hear the eloquent Romila Thapar. Completely dignified. Music to ears in todays times and and an anomaly given the kind of discourse we have.

[@alishaafi9737]

fearless .. honest... Genuine journalist

[@vinodbhandari6679]

Because these traitors dance on ur tune

[@732anoop]

Being a traitor doesn’t mean you are fearless.

[@anantsakhale1705]

And so is the RomilaThapar,After Wajpayee,,Modiji 's policy to defame our famous historical leaders to prove own name where they don't have anything to define ,describe,qnd dignufy self let down him and even a least good thing in his account.

[@pamtam1]

@@732anoop 😂🤣👌 Absolutely spot on. HenceTheaRSSeBhhddddwaadaariGbbbttttttrrrrMtrrrrrAreNpunskChhdddddzzzzzz🤣😂

[@rpsh1]

How the narrative change happened in India and Kashmir Mughal (Invaders) became Indian and heroes of India Mughal who followed Ghazwae Hind as per Islam became Indian Sympathisers of Ghazwae Hind became Indian and we gave them rights equal to us and in Kashmir more than Indians Indian gave one more fundamental rights to minority (Muslims) under article 30 which is not available to hindu india but still india follows equality in constitution Indian Became Kafir except Muslims Akbar became the great/secularist as he was an Indian and not an invader and was eulogised in NCERT books and Shivaji was riduculed. NCERT books taught who made tajmahal, qutubminar,lal quila but never taught who broke and vandalised somnath, ram mandir,and mathura/Kashi temple Secular and socialist word introduced in constitution in the year 1975/1976 giving rise to Pseudo intellectuals like Prof Radhika Menon/Arunadhiti Roy/Medha patkar and intellectuals like Swami Dayanand riduled for writing book Satyaprakash in 1875 wrong teaching in schools that all religions are equal and not teaching about Ghazwaae Hind in Islam. Kashmir became the place only for Muslims And kashmiri Hindus became refugee in India because India is a secular country and Hindus can stay in Kashmir only if “Asih gatsih Kasheer Bhattav bag air battehnew san ) (We want our Kashmir without Pandit males but with their women folks). No Masjid in govt control because Masjid cannot do any wrong but every major Hindu temple under govt control as only temples can do wrong. Than 1100 Masjid in Kashmir shouted on loudspeakers on 19 jan 1990 with aim of Nizame Mustafa and shariyat as------ Allah-o- Akbar, Pakistan ka matlab kya/ La ila ha ilallah, Islam zindabad, Pakistan zindabad raised collectively by a multitude of humans . Of Course Raliv,Tsaliv,Galiv(Convert or leave by keeping your women folk) Every temple in india and Kashmir said from its loudspeakers " Ishwar allah tere naam "but NO masjid said " Ishwar Allah tere naam" and sided narrative started. When I say Mughals babar/akbar/ Aurangzeb as invader than my Indian hindu and muslim friends say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian muslim But when I say Britishers as invaders than my Indian Muslim's ,hindus and Indian christian friends do not say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian christian. Terrorist became Kashmiri, Kashmiri became refugee and above ALL Soldier /Policeman became oppressors' and soldiers/Policeman were court martialed as oppressors and ridiculed. Policeman and army man stone pelted and labelled as oppressors the day you court-martial your soldier/Policeman the last line of defence, than you are completely intellectually subverted and cannot differentiate between truth and false. Above all, the change of narrative seen on streets when more muslims(lakhs) in janaza of terrorist Yakub memon( in mumbai), and terrorist Ashraf wani,Geelani BUT very few muslims in janaza of the beloved people of India Honourable President APJ Abdul kalam

[@akshayshukla6142]

Romila is the one who should be deported out of earth

[@dr.shakibabushratabassum24]

Great pleasure listening to Ms Romila Thapar. Néed more of her interviews.

[@santakhurai2411]

M lucky enough to watch such rich interview.. i adored Romila Thapar

[@amitkolhe4155]

Awesome interview Karan. We want more of Romilaji. Such a wonderful person. It is a privilege to have listened to her !

[@insecuresoul5490]

Is it you Amit Dada? Sanjivani?

[@insecuresoul5490]

Great. Happy that You are listening to it Amitdada. I hope I could mention to you about this if at all we meet. Have a good day.

[@amitkolhe4155]

@@insecuresoul5490 - But who are you? I still haven't recognized you? If you can't mention your name here, at least give me a hint?

[@amitkolhe4155]

@@insecuresoul5490 - Who is Sanjivani by the way?

[@insecuresoul5490]

@@amitkolhe4155 Dada there seems to be a misunderstanding from my side. Where r u from?

[@shubhamganguly824]

Karan Thapar is cousin of Romila the only platform which will let the monster speak

[@narenderpal1534]

Clear, concise and creative -- Great Historical Interview ; Thanks Karan and Romila 🙏

[@shameeksiddartha704]

Thanks to Karan again and again for an interview that's our country is needed very much

[@Artbysingh2023]

No no we Indians don't need such interview at all

[@alexabraham574]

India need . Sanghi doesn't need 😂

[@Artbysingh2023]

@@alexabraham574 well abrahamics have no idea about Bharat so stay away 😂👍 invaders

[@rpsh1]

How the narrative change happened in India and Kashmir Mughal (Invaders) became Indian and heroes of India Mughal who followed Ghazwae Hind as per Islam became Indian Sympathisers of Ghazwae Hind became Indian and we gave them rights equal to us and in Kashmir more than Indians Indian gave one more fundamental rights to minority (Muslims) under article 30 which is not available to hindu india but still india follows equality in constitution Indian Became Kafir except Muslims Akbar became the great/secularist as he was an Indian and not an invader and was eulogised in NCERT books and Shivaji was riduculed. NCERT books taught who made tajmahal, qutubminar,lal quila but never taught who broke and vandalised somnath, ram mandir,and mathura/Kashi temple Secular and socialist word introduced in constitution in the year 1975/1976 giving rise to Pseudo intellectuals like Prof Radhika Menon/Arunadhiti Roy/Medha patkar and intellectuals like Swami Dayanand riduled for writing book Satyaprakash in 1875 wrong teaching in schools that all religions are equal and not teaching about Ghazwaae Hind in Islam. Kashmir became the place only for Muslims And kashmiri Hindus became refugee in India because India is a secular country and Hindus can stay in Kashmir only if “Asih gatsih Kasheer Bhattav bag air battehnew san ) (We want our Kashmir without Pandit males but with their women folks). No Masjid in govt control because Masjid cannot do any wrong but every major Hindu temple under govt control as only temples can do wrong. Than 1100 Masjid in Kashmir shouted on loudspeakers on 19 jan 1990 with aim of Nizame Mustafa and shariyat as------ Allah-o- Akbar, Pakistan ka matlab kya/ La ila ha ilallah, Islam zindabad, Pakistan zindabad raised collectively by a multitude of humans . Of Course Raliv,Tsaliv,Galiv(Convert or leave by keeping your women folk) Every temple in india and Kashmir said from its loudspeakers " Ishwar allah tere naam "but NO masjid said " Ishwar Allah tere naam" and sided narrative started. When I say Mughals babar/akbar/ Aurangzeb as invader than my Indian hindu and muslim friends say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian muslim But when I say Britishers as invaders than my Indian Muslim's ,hindus and Indian christian friends do not say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian christian. Terrorist became Kashmiri, Kashmiri became refugee and above ALL Soldier /Policeman became oppressors' and soldiers/Policeman were court martialed as oppressors and ridiculed. Policeman and army man stone pelted and labelled as oppressors the day you court-martial your soldier/Policeman the last line of defence, than you are completely intellectually subverted and cannot differentiate between truth and false. Above all, the change of narrative seen on streets when more muslims(lakhs) in janaza of terrorist Yakub memon( in mumbai), and terrorist Ashraf wani,Geelani BUT very few muslims in janaza of the beloved people of India Honourable President APJ Abdul kalam

[@geetha1968]

Very true.

[@pritamsri]

Very beautifully narrated and spoken between lines.. These two kind of people are only good in English & vocabulary which they use to spew venom at every forum they get a chance upon. But everything they speak they just lie thru their teeth..

[@sarojsidhu5517]

Great women , born in great times, where she was respected and recognised for her intelligence and caliber.!

[@shaikrafi9864]

Always a fresh and more subjective analysis of a topic you choose, Mr thapar sir and Mrs romilla madam are always terrific and tremendous, the way you asking the questions and the way mam giving the answers with patiently is spectacular. Every second of this interview is another level, being a historian ( Romilla mam) has always wonderful, from the beginning of this interview, there is a lot of stuff being engulfed by the history. From the Nehru era to now, how they explained the most of the topics related to history, economy, poverty, democracy, nationalism, secularism, political analysis then and now, class oriented politics which are going on now, and the historian James mill: 1817 ... Quote: In India... There is a hindu nation and muslim nation always conflicts. The line was very terrible. Kudos to the wire for doing a brave journalism. I m expecting another interview with these guys. Tq for the team of wire. 🤝🌹

[@rpsh1]

How the narrative change happened in India and Kashmir Mughal (Invaders) became Indian and heroes of India Mughal who followed Ghazwae Hind as per Islam became Indian Sympathisers of Ghazwae Hind became Indian and we gave them rights equal to us and in Kashmir more than Indians Indian gave one more fundamental rights to minority (Muslims) under article 30 which is not available to hindu india but still india follows equality in constitution Indian Became Kafir except Muslims Akbar became the great/secularist as he was an Indian and not an invader and was eulogised in NCERT books and Shivaji was riduculed. NCERT books taught who made tajmahal, qutubminar,lal quila but never taught who broke and vandalised somnath, ram mandir,and mathura/Kashi temple Secular and socialist word introduced in constitution in the year 1975/1976 giving rise to Pseudo intellectuals like Prof Radhika Menon/Arunadhiti Roy/Medha patkar and intellectuals like Swami Dayanand riduled for writing book Satyaprakash in 1875 wrong teaching in schools that all religions are equal and not teaching about Ghazwaae Hind in Islam. Kashmir became the place only for Muslims And kashmiri Hindus became refugee in India because India is a secular country and Hindus can stay in Kashmir only if “Asih gatsih Kasheer Bhattav bag air battehnew san ) (We want our Kashmir without Pandit males but with their women folks). No Masjid in govt control because Masjid cannot do any wrong but every major Hindu temple under govt control as only temples can do wrong. Than 1100 Masjid in Kashmir shouted on loudspeakers on 19 jan 1990 with aim of Nizame Mustafa and shariyat as------ Allah-o- Akbar, Pakistan ka matlab kya/ La ila ha ilallah, Islam zindabad, Pakistan zindabad raised collectively by a multitude of humans . Of Course Raliv,Tsaliv,Galiv(Convert or leave by keeping your women folk) Every temple in india and Kashmir said from its loudspeakers " Ishwar allah tere naam "but NO masjid said " Ishwar Allah tere naam" and sided narrative started. When I say Mughals babar/akbar/ Aurangzeb as invader than my Indian hindu and muslim friends say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian muslim But when I say Britishers as invaders than my Indian Muslim's ,hindus and Indian christian friends do not say I need to respect sensitivity of Indian christian. Terrorist became Kashmiri, Kashmiri became refugee and above ALL Soldier /Policeman became oppressors' and soldiers/Policeman were court martialed as oppressors and ridiculed. Policeman and army man stone pelted and labelled as oppressors the day you court-martial your soldier/Policeman the last line of defence, than you are completely intellectually subverted and cannot differentiate between truth and false. Above all, the change of narrative seen on streets when more muslims(lakhs) in janaza of terrorist Yakub memon( in mumbai), and terrorist Ashraf wani,Geelani BUT very few muslims in janaza of the beloved people of India Honourable President APJ Abdul kalam

[@artram582]

@@rpsh1 we have many traitors in the guise of seculars

[@sohambanerjee99]

@@rpsh1 Muslims will be given respect, whether you like it or not!

[@beingindian1335]

How can one believe in islam and left liberal ideology all at once? Pls elaborate

[@jidrit999]

woman talk about 1000 till 1525. KS Laal said 8 crores hindus were butchered in name of jihad and islam. KS Laal is far superior than you. he knew arabic, persian languages which you donot. you are talking of mughals, which at time a syncreatic culture was formed to some extent. Ghori and Ghaznavi butchered crore hindus in name of holy war,

[@nibarannath5054]

A mighty river runs narrow somewhere in it's path and wide somewhere as per nature's need to continue it's existence and glory. So narrowness is also part of it. Excellent interview.

[@KG-gt6nx]

I think u nailed it

[@vickythaya4451]

Wow! It was a pleasure to watch them interact 😍! I am in awe of her indeapth knowledge, communication skills and body language. To be honest I felt like giving her a tight hug. How I wish I was some way related to her or her neighbor or her student! I wouldnt let go of her 😍 I wish and pray she lives a very long life and share her knowledge and wisdom with everyone. The nation should listen to her instead of Modi. Thank you ma'am for giving us a glimpse of you.

[@aksshaysharma96]

She'll talk about everything, but acept giving a sharp response to her critics. Till now she hasn't responded why she sidelined completely the polity, economy and society of actual India (Before the Islamic invasions), and why she continue to rely on interpretations and translation of English authors.

[@hindurashtra63]

“The Most Effective way to Destroy People is to Deny and Obliterate their own understanding of their own History.” - George Orwell

[@hsram1985]

That's what this woman did to Indians. She brainwashed millions of innocent Indians.

[@SDW3-6-9]

The book "Eminent Historians" explores this point?

[@soniasunshinetrail3004]

Aaah finally a classy, intelligent chat and an even classier comments section 😇✨️. Thank you for this!

[@Vdbail]

And Romila Thapar adopted the Christian missionary outlook about the non-existence of a ‘unified religion’ in India. Only this can explain her wild postulations about Hindu Dharma in what she prefers to call the ‘pre-Islamic’ period. Why is there no reference to Sanatana Dharma in her writing? Both the term and the system as a whole is so prominent in Indian thinking, treatises, folklore and tradition since time immemorial. Instead, there is repeated reference to some ‘Brahmin dharma’ or ‘Brahminism’ in the writings of the Marxist historians, which according to them was exploitative, cunning and full of class-selfishness.

[@farrhanwit7817]

"History is not a narrative of the past. It is an attempt to understand and explain what happened in the past so as to understand the present better."

[@US-cf6tz]

This is the most distorted statement I have heard. This suits some historians because they can justify distorted history like in 1870 James said India had two nations Hindu and Muslim. She is wrong because Muslims either came from other countries to invade or converted Hindus. Where was the question of Muslim nation?

[@smilewithnature820]

People from Arab went on to lot of places worldwide just as Christians.... likewise they came to India..1400 yrs back ...they preached..they converted a lot of people...now how do you consider converted people as foreigners.....they belong to the same country..

[@US-cf6tz]

@@smilewithnature820 If converted people considered themselves Indians people like Jinnah (who was converted) would not have asked for seperate country based on religion. When you convert your loyalties change otherwise what is the point of conversion.

[@smilewithnature820]

@@US-cf6tz no it doesn't change......u can't judge........jinna is nobody to muslims....most of us know him from text books....pls go through jinnas Wikipedia.....u will know what was he.... even personal life.... They were political people....they did it for their greed..it's all about genes.....

[@US-cf6tz]

@@smilewithnature820 That is why Aligarh Muslim University refused to remove Jinnah's portait even afrer 75 years of Pakistan formation. Actions speak louder than words.

[@LosiiAruo-dl1fn]

Thank God for giving.dis good human being to india land

[@AJ-gu8rl]

You are sick

[@akshat08]

Root problem we faced after independence is good governance, and greatest weakness emerged over the years is corruption. As we know corruption is the root cause of politics. You should have raised the question on the progressive increase in corruption cases in the Congress as a leading national political party.

[@msraman2097]

What a perfect analysis of the middle class that did nothing to sustain the culture the responsibility and the secularism of India I completely agree with her and really impressed by her choice of words and expressions Great job Karan Sir As usual

[@ManoharKumar-xg6hk]

She is the blood sucking intellectual demon. She pushed the narrative of evil imprealist britishers for supporting their long term goal of balkanization of india. This demonic figure promoted aryan invasion theory without solid proof. She is responsible And demonic mother of racial hatred in India. As a north Indian we faced racial hatred in south India. Hinduism has no culture of racial hatred. She is responsible for racial hatred based riots, violation of human rights of north Indian based on his fake aryan invasion theory. She is the demonic mother of moolnivasi concept. She has to pay for his evil deeds. Almighty will give justice for misusing his intelligence for his demonic lust of money and fame. Fake historians go to hell Bhramrakshas are the the fruit of his evil deeds

[@jp-jb1bw]

Secularism does not fill stomachs. This word was inserted in 1976. Also, there is no integration of the so called minority into mainstream. A citizen should not be so deluded by good english.

[@roshanjohnson7467]

​@@jp-jb1bw what does secularism have to do with filling stomachs? Does secularism make you poor? Or does secularism have to be intertwined with right or left wing economic policies? It's not about being impressed by good English. This interview was pretty bad because Karan every few minutes derailed her into saying something he wanted. But it is clear to anyone( i don't agree with a lot of what she says) that she has a lot of depth of thought and knowledge on the issues being discussed. And doing it at 91 is amazing

[@jp-jb1bw]

@@roshanjohnson7467 every citizen must have a sense of identity and intelligence at micro level at 91 is fine but she was in a superior position due to privileges and she , as a historian who was responsible for what was the content in our textbooks was the reason for distortion of facts or deliberate ignoring of local heroes heroines.Plus calculated glorifying of invaders. How's that ok for you or anyone , even post facto..

[@pratibhaprabhu7169]

I always expected what Romilla Madam would say. Arnab is disgustingly Pro Mod and others are disgustingly Anti Modi and Pro Congress. There is no balance. My view is Modi IS the right P.M. for India.

[@j.j.rajamani2983]

Thanks for the practical correct representation of the middle class and poor people. Government workers are taken care of more than required and people retire from private sectors continue to pay for the luxury of government employees. Non government employees pay tax till they die and their income from their savings could not meet their food.

[@sreedharamurthy6151]

Clarity of thought and brevity of expression. Wonderful interview. Thanks to both of you

[@vikramtalreja9]

Still this much eloquence at the age of 91. Especially while living in Delhi

[@Bert0177]

It is really amazing. And the call to memory is baffling as well. She can remember things/events from 75 years ago. It's amazing.

[@simranthapliyal6224]

91?!!!! whoa

[@sathya36]

You are right and only she has eloquence and elitism and speaking English in good vocubalary is no substitute for knowledge and right knowledge. Ethics. morality. Patriotism. courage. And lot of values you need to be great

[@vikramtalreja9]

@@sathya36 yeah she has all of that. Name the books you've written on Indian history or even read.

[@missmalaprop7455]

@@sathya36 what is patriotism? Please define.

[@imthiazfahadshaikh9302]

39:03 " History Hasn't Been kind to Any Colossus..." Absolutely True👍🏻

[@zainubhirani217]

TRUE TO THE " T"

[@AshutoshKumar-gc4lf]

How about Ashoka, Augustus and Julius, how about Napoleon (not very kind though)

[@funbegins2371]

@@AshutoshKumar-gc4lf alexander, gengis khan, hitler

[@ZAIN9858]

@@AshutoshKumar-gc4lf Ask any academic scholar and they'll rip these so called greats apart. Gone were the days when tyrants were celebrated. "The Great Men" Hypothesis is considered flawed of a theory in History. Only if you've read history not just 15 second clips of Abhijit Chadwa spitting shit on SM.

[@AshutoshKumar-gc4lf]

@@funbegins2371 not hitler hahahaha

[@megaGattz]

She is a great example of what McAuley wanted India to be . Someone who has a distorted view of Bharath and an intellectual coolie of the west. She serves the western agenda of how a nation's history has to be told. I am sure her version will never be remembered and today's youth are ever so inclined to the truths revealed by Sai Deepak, Vikram sampath, Rajiv Malhotra and many great indic leaders who are showing the way for us youth. I am grateful for them and ashamed to have someone like Romila Thapar

[@dubs20000]

Amazing historian and towering intellectual. I never tire of listening to her. Well done, Karan. One of the best interviews in recent times. What a learning experience for us

[@raisukhwani]

Kya sikha is se tumne? Bhure angrez kaise dikhte hain? Salle Pehla quote inhone wordsworth diya tha aur reply inke Paas aaya tha sign hone ke liye. Yahi woh log hain jinhone barbad kiya hai desh ko. Aur kyunki tum sikh rahe ho yahan kuch, tum bhi waise hi ja rahe ho.

[@usdgreat6469]

ghanta ka historian , she does'nt know sanskrit , how come u become a historian & talk about indian history if u don't know sanskrit ..

[@stargazing2207]

Thanks a lot for such a beautiful conversation. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@rudolphfernandes2485]

Sir U are honest and fearless that what I like about u. Sir u are doing a great job for 🇮🇳 India, salute to U

[@intajmalek150]

No words, simply hats off to both Karan Thapar and Romila Thapar.

[@tamilbolshevik7872]

Amazing interview Ms. Romila Thapar. Wish people across India realize what the ruling class is doing today to them.

[@sujaldutta1553]

She is also biased....she undermine completely the local rular in the history and put emphasis on mughal or british

[@vijayk.lyngdoh9580]

An excellent interview. Both the Thapar were great in asking and replying. When we talk of poverty in our country, it reminds me of what Mahatma Gandhi said "Where is independence with all this poverty. If I live my task will be to reform politics."

[@acbdaabab]

Nehru was 'secular', but he made different laws for Hindus and, he interfered in the lives of Hindus as a community by making laws, but on the other hand gave free hand to muslims to make their own laws as per their religious beliefs. True secularism 👏👏👏

[@AronAroniteOnlineTV]

Romilas mind is narrow as it can get with hinduism and hindu history and wide and wild in imagination white washing Islamic invasion.😁

[@ChackraTantra]

Nehru was a British stooge. And given the job to lay foundation to balkanization of bharath.

[@ashokvijay1144]

Who benefited from Hindu code reforms ? You would be following archaic manusmiriti and would be a middle age society like Muslims .

[@Abhishek_Ror_1]

When Britishers left , they left with whole group of bureaucrats, and like minded people One of them is romila thapar, who is still slave to the British mentality

[@marshmallowsy_]

Like RSS 🤦

[@dirtybattle3982]

Like Savarkar 😂

[@missmalaprop7455]

The problem is that long before Modi, caste and religion have crept into politics. Caste based voting, religious vote banks, religious speeches in political events has been going on for decades now. Politicians, both hindus and Muslims, have always tried to draw people in with such sentiments. What Dr Thappar is talking about is an ideal and true state of democracy. Something that perhaps we never really had. Dissent has always been punished.

[@webnet9285]

How patient enough , Mr.Karan keeps listening to the participant with utmost respect and value

[@jp-jb1bw]

Nephew and aunt

[@sachinmoraes]

Wonderful listening to Dr Thapar. She's so feisty and full of life

[@user-rf7uj5vt3i]

Many Indians are too kind to her lies through out her life! I really wonder what she gained propagating such utter lies without any self respect in the name of History!!

[@dugyan]

A great interview that beautifully illustrates the elite consensus underlying the nation-building project inaugurated in 1947. Sadly--like all ideologies--it carried the seeds of its own destruction because of its silences, lies, and distortions. Regarding intermarriage between Mughals and Rajputs, how many Mughal princesses married into Rajput families? Just because Hindus and Muslims worked together doesn't mean that Hindu temples were not destroyed as acts of domination and wanton vandalism by forces bent on promoting Islamic supremacy in India. If we use Thapar's examples of Hindu-Muslim co-existence and apply them to the American case, we will end up denying the genocide of Native Americans, taking of their lands, and stamping out of their culture because some White people were tolerant and there was widespread intermarriage between Europeans and Native Americans. Looks like the secular forces/establishment has learned nothing from the clobbering it has received from the other side. It's time that materialist historiography came to terms with the lived experience, emotional and social reality, historical memory, and horrible injustices of the past. Without accounting for these, the future will be increasingly majoritarian and exclusionary--definitely not something that any right-thinking person can approve of and certainly a big setback to the nation-building project.

[@advityat]

Nowhere did they specifically say that temple destructions did not happen! Although I do get your point. Another thing, some of the Muslim rulers definitely indulged in wantons acts of violence and vandalism, but were the warring Hindu kings kinder to each other and the people they invaded? Even Hindu kings vandalised each other's temples and massacred each other's populations.

[@dugyan]

@@advityat The intra-Hindu conflicts often had a different rationale and logic than the violence and oppression unleashed by the Mughals and, even worse, the Delhi Sultanate. It is very well documented and in many different texts and accounts that the purpose was to demean and demoralize the Hindus and subjugate them in the name of promoting the greater glory of Islam (e.g. Tax collectors during the Khilji period were instructed to spit into the Hindu property holders' mouths. Hindus not allowed to dress well, ride horses etc). Regarding the destruction of the temples, the example that Thapar gave was of Qutab Minar which is a particularly poor example in my view of Hindu-Muslim harmony. The entire Qutab complex was built by razing down a complex of some 30 Jain temples and their debris was used in the construction.

[@advityat]

@@dugyan Whatever the rational and logic, the outcome was often the same for the losing side. Plenty of examples of capital cities of the Chalukyas, Pallavas and Rashtrakutas all getting all but obliterated by the invading/winning side. And if memory serves me right, the beaten Yadavas joined the Delhi Sultanate force to fight the Kakatiyas. And a few centuries later, the events preceding the battle of Talikota really shows the fluidity of alliances during that period.

[@ash1m]

If the lies, half-truths and hatred peddled by the current regime were the foundations of India, we would have become a hindu Pakistan. The irony is that the so called nationalists of today want that.

[@dugyan]

@@ash1m Looks like we are on our way to becoming a Pakistan anyways--notwithstanding the valiant efforts of secular historians and their political counterparts. The larger question though is: Should historical truth be sidelined or brushed under the rug in pursuit of specific social goals, no matter how lofty or noble they may be (as seems to have happened with the dominant school of historiography in India)? Or does that increase the likelihood of the truth being hijacked to serve a sectarian, exclusionary, and bigoted agenda? In the US history books were revised to include the atrocities committed by Europeans against Native Americans and Black (which the right-wing continues to fight ferociously). The RW uses the argument that teaching about past injustices and atrocities will only divide society and create social unrest.

[@meenasaxena5831]

Absolutely right. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@marshadesouza7977]

I was born 26 years after independence, but when she described her time as a young 15year old at the time of independence, I felt i had lived there in that time with her, i feel very proud when independence day comes, but i have not celebrate it in the last 8 years as i used to, because the celebration of the last 8 years seemed forced and staged, i would watch every independence day parade ever since I was a child and TV came to India, but I haven't watched one in the last 8 years. Modi's India doesn't make me feel proud. Like Romilaji I don't like Modi's India.

[@juliuspaul9147]

Modiji's India is for religious bigots, crooks, illiterate who indulge in narrow minded sloganeering eulogizing Hindutva beliefs.

[@jameerahmed8388]

I Feel the same .

[@TimeTraveller3434]

Same

[@vargheseb8602]

I too feel the same.

[@snehaketkar8571]

I really don't think it is anyone's India..... It is our country.... And i am proud of it. She is saying this as she equated earlier India to Nehru's India....... It is not any PM's India....... people elect him...... Even if she don't think so many people do admire him......

[@136nandini2]

After watching whole episode, I am writing this,it is wonderful. People please come out of an ideology and open to listen to her. She didn't demean anyone or attack anyone. she is talking very gracefully and eloquently in her 90s wow, and she is talking about ruling in a dignified manner. My respect towards her is increased🎉 She declined Padma Bhushan and accepted only academic awards. In what way she is malign I don't understand. Please vote to the party you wished But don't think anyone who criticises it are the evils, it's sick. Don't try to defend your favourites on their wrong things, why attaching so much to a party. How can we tell new age historians who are in favour of ruling party as true and these are not true.

[@ravichandran-hv9yw]

Extremely delighted to hear the historical discussion from the lady at her 90s and how fondly and authentic she put it. Amazing, Hope fellow countrymen take note and live up with the democracy India wanted.

[@monojdas-gupta5918]

While still in a deep hole we are busy digging on. The very people we are praising for communal harmony are the people responsible for the mess we are in at present. I have been duped, I have been daft and so have been most of the middle-class people Ms. Thapar talking about. The burning question of the moment is how we get out of the imbroglio we are in.

[@ursulanathan5238]

She is really inspiring person and honest interview thank you Karan Thapar

[@incastinc]

Modi's India. It is pro-India. Develop the country to 21st-century standards. That is a big task. 1. Digital India. 2. Digital trade. 3. Digital Banking. 4. Uplift the farmers, from British "rules". 5. Make in India. The remaining is Digital Education at all levels.