The Shocking Connection between Tea, Opium & Millets

[@marin4311]

Colonialism did a lot of damage, we should not forget.

[@krishashok]

Oh yes it did!

[@surojitguha]

After forcing rawa to Southern India this is another crime driven by greed. The Era of Darkness book by Shri Sashi Tharoor has documented a lot about it. Odisha had a rich millet history and is trying to revive now.

[@SuperAbebaby]

തങ്കലസ് Thankless world

[@malaykumarmukherjee2062]

Yes,very much true indeed !

[@thaisstone5192]

The lust for money sure has ruined a lot more things than we dare think about.

[@harsha1306]

Capitalism strikes again

[@lolmaker]

All for tea

[@markusknight]

@@harsha1306surely you mean colonialism?

[@rasbijalpatel310]

….using countries to do what they wanted. Whether it hurt them or not. Wants and it’s arrogance on innocence

[@parasdesai2402]

Perfect recipe - blending history ,food and chemistry in all your videos! Simply love it 👍🏻

[@satyakaamesh2634]

in telangana farmers used to grow jowar bajra and foxtail millet, rural telangana people ate those roti atleast once in a day. lately, due to lack of support from government for marketing the product farmers almost stopped growing millets. with recent popularisation of millets by Dr. khader millet farming started again

[@somnathbose7455]

Hard to believe as a Bengali that my ancestors were using millets...rice has now become such an integral part of our cuisine...and we hardly use any millets now...I had to show my father how jowar and bajra seeds look like😅😅😅... Thanks a lot for this information... Wierd how Human interventions like these can also seriously changes the lifestyle of the same set of people

[@rasbijalpatel310]

…..and do such turmoil to the locals. And their health.

[@MrAmitkr007]

Hard to also believe Bengal was so rich and intelligent once. Food does have effect on people

[@somnathbose7455]

@@MrAmitkr007 Bengal has gone opposite of what it was not dur to food...but idiology..rather within known history we find Bengal actually provided strong resistance mostly under British rule

[@rasbijalpatel310]

@@somnathbose7455 ideology changes were part of plan. In the autobiography of Shri Aurobindo he mentions how much the young were changed by the British. He and the newspaper had to work quietly until 15%young comprehended the truth.

[@somnathbose7455]

@@rasbijalpatel310 true..but the real shift in ideology happened post independence..from Russian communism which rapidly compounded on the initial British works

[@PrakashR-o8n]

Really a very profound truth which were hidden to public for long time.

[@vissapragadasatyanarayana2750]

OMG...😮 Some Truths are difficult to digest.

[@danglingconversation]

The impact of colonisation is so terrible at so many levels. It left a hole in our civilisation that was built over hundreds of years. Even the concept of "nautch girls" was introduced by the British. Courtesans held a place of pride and held key positions of power in distribution of wealth as per the Chengalpettu writings by early British ethnographers. It turned into sex trafficking and with it a whole loss of wisdom. Satyajit Ray's film on the Bengal famine speaks extensively about the man made famine caused due to disruption in traditional crop cultivation in the region. Soya cultivation brought in by the Americans is a similar story.

[@rasbijalpatel310]

Very nice to know a bit from you. The BASE was deceit. Wobbly. And theirs know it. It’s in theirs blood. Major changes needed today in their lifeSTYLE. REALITY to be practiced.

[@sayandas6929]

Wow! Very well researched video again.

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@mobilesofatvwatcher1703]

Please make more historical videos like this Sir

[@dr.vijayanraju3656]

Hey Krish as usual great piece of historical information.... Somehow or more deliberately British footprint is every where on negative side

[@aguywithnowork]

There is a sepcial rice in E.UP & N Bihar that is grown in swamps or lakes and not farmed called tini ka chawal,there are types of grass & mahua flowers dried and consumes during famine. Mahua tree oil. Similarly there wee aquatic plant products comsumed in case of flood created food scracity. Indians had quite rich adaption to floods, dry patches etc. killed by montessori education.

[@MrAmitkr007]

Ye sab kyun bhul Gaye ham 😢

[@abhshk777]

yes, in up bihar during a pooja festival these two things are offered to diety and consumed by people, nani dadi used to celebrated with rice, mahua & curd in kulhad

[@sureshpatel3225]

Really this was my eyes opener.

[@manojithira9808]

Awesome sir. Didn't know that. Thank you.

[@vamsikrishna3930]

European colonialism especially the British was & is a curse to the entire humanity.

[@kmodur1]

As much as I love all the informative talks you give us , I cannot ignore the endless list of horrible effects on the world’s population because of the greed of the western man! Indeed, I feel there is an urgent need for an apology tour of all the western looters !!!! I know that’s only in my dreams!

[@rasbijalpatel310]

….taking ayurved Manuel’s,burning shastras,creating distrust amongst leaders,using large kingdoms against small kings. Read ‘Maharani’s’ by Ayesha(actually Gayatri Devi) is eye opening. No you are not dreaming. We all are with your thoughts/same.

[@komalmacwan1707]

​@@rasbijalpatel310 pehle britishers ne loota ab ham sab ek dusre ko loot rahe hai yeh to usase bhi worst hain

[@nishantmohan5535]

Thank you very much sir for all the genuine information, if not for your effort, we would have never known the truth

[@rksb93]

somehow listening to all the bad things the british did to india and then seeing them now as a joke of a country makes me a little happy

[@ved.perkashsharma7453]

FOLLOWERS HAVE THE COURAGE... TO ADDRESS EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THE LAND THAT THEY FEEL THEY BELONG TO... AS WHOLE - POSTIVLY

[@taptiroy4121]

It's what my MPhil dissertation was based on

[@rasbijalpatel310]

Can you tell us more…this is the time to pen it.

[@pseudonym9215]

The greatest tragedy of administrative mismanagement and cruelty all in the name making more money has to be European colonization of the world. This continue to happen even today.

[@preetamkabra]

Why almost every root cause for Bharat's demolition points towards the British..

[@mv23]

Well that’s the fact and we should know the history

[@maliniramabadran2232]

Hi I learn a lot from your videos. Thank you very much. Please can you make a video on best storage for rice and grains to avoid insects and those tiny worms.

[@krishashok]

Will do

[@anannyapearl9720]

Clay pots in a moisture free area, with some neem leaves & cloves (lavang) in the grain 🌾 could keep the pests out ... i have to try this myself. Yet to find suitable clay pots.

[@DivinityGlobal-jz6rp]

Nice peek into history of food and commercial interests. Sampling a few videos I had almost grown skeptical of your contents But I see you do a good amount of study in presenting your works Thats Commendable

[@kunalroy1421]

You Should Write a Book Sir...I Insist and Request It Would be Very Useful...👍

[@krishashok]

I do! It’s called Masala Lab!

[@krishashok]

I do! It’s called Masala Lab!

[@SSR000]

Bro ur analysis is brilliant and truth

[@INFERNOS342]

Obsessed with ur videos

[@sudhamenon08]

Thanks for enlightening , British changed the food habits..... Queasy British ...

[@okayworld1208]

Truly Shocking history.

[@Maheshwarkhetan]

So much trouble for tea. Smack my head.

[@senthilkumarn4u]

Great explanation.

[@saulgoodman124]

thanks for great info in short time krishashok

[@Tingtong-f1t]

just like in kerala, the rice production went down lack of support from the govt.

[@etutlf4176]

When will we Indians truly return to our roots? If we do not, we will again be exploited!

[@abhijitdey1320]

Sir, why cant I find Bengali names of millets used to be grown in Bengal. Can you plz help?

[@ashwini_ji]

Do a vedio about tea

[@krishashok]

Will do

[@ashwini_ji]

Thank you for your response

[@Rez1_Analytics]

So interesting fact, but made me very sad as the British did their things both against China and Bengal-Bihar :(

[@maliniramabadran2232]

Sir pls tell us about Rava

[@bhatts18]

He already has! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGOkkmiairyabM0si=CTt0bygBYiieb197

[@praveenmallar]

Very interesting fact.

[@ub2095]

Ur Videos r short but impacting

[@jancyjoy5000]

Who will atone for the crimes British did to the various countries 😢😢

[@vishypai7554]

Could you please do a vidoe exclusively oon Millets, their nutritional bnefits in comparison to wheat and rice?

[@krishashok]

Will do!

[@vishypai7554]

Thank you. Looking forward.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

Is coconut palm sugar is hethier than refined oil??because coconut palm sugar is low in Glycemic index than refined sugar. Please do make a video out of this topic

[@amitk6701]

'The law of Karma' always looks the other way in case of these westerners...probably it is saying 'its not my cup of Tea'... The scale of that feminine dwarfs every other devastating event in history by quite a margin...all of that man made..oh wait..officially 'Brits made'...and some 'Sahibs who never left' and their next generations, still, beats trumpet of 'Brits India' goodness till date with pride...Oh dear Karma, I guess, you, for sure, must have fainted after witnessing the hypocrisy...pl wake up if you can... Thank you Ashok Krish ji for such beautiful nuggets..

[@ramyaravi7348]

Sir, can wr mix millets and grains like rice or wheat? Or can we mix multiple millets together?

[@krishashok]

yes you can

[@Alpha-Cheeno]

This video could potentially single-handedly unite Chinese Communists with Indian Democrats, in order to sock it to the Anglo-colonial ravagers.

[@thaisstone5192]

That is one of the most absurd ideas I've ever seen put down in writing.

[@rasbijalpatel310]

You will have to convince both sides,work on it. It’s already shaking some !!

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Something does not add up. Rice is a river valley crop and requires standing water in part of its lifecycle. Millets is an arid land crop with C4 photosynthesis. Cannot really mix up the two.

[@krishashok]

Not sure what the confusion is. This has nothing to do with rice and millets. It is millets and poppy. Even in rice cultivating regions, farmers still grew millets in poorer quality land as a backup

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

@@krishashok Thanks for the correction, my mistake!

[@ritz3645]

People still differentiate rice or wheat eater and sasta anaj

[@sivasairamchitrada5247]

OMG !

[@CorrupteddSanity]

what went around has now come around. Look at England today,,, or whats left of it..

[@krishashok]

Still a super wealthy nation!

[@CorrupteddSanity]

@@krishashok how are you measuring that wealth? By what the crown owns or by what the citizens own and earn? England is no more.

[@poweroflove88]

Wealthy just in terms of money,not in terms of real happiness.

[@anishcr]

It will be helpful if you can share the details of the resources (books, websites etc) you have read that has details of opium replacing millets in bengal and bihar.

[@MrAmitkr007]

Maybe Google

[@jayita69]

😢

[@leenanair5482]

Gosh, what all Colonialism done to India

[@awa3374]

Very bad but we need to move on by forgetting the past and focusing on the way ahead

[@Bluebottle123]

Omg

[@ragineni3445]

Instant coffee is really bad ? Make a video on that

[@adarshbk]

Why Bombay rava is called Bombay rava

[@krishashok]

Used to come from there when the Brits were popularising it

[@indiecrypto]

More Indians should know this. Can you make your videos in multiple languages

[@krishashok]

Will do

[@klmkt4339]

British are decent people

[@IragmanI]

I'm a direct descendant of the heads of both the Opium Office and Indigo Office that were responsible for such insidious generational harms against Indians and Chinese. I do wonder what they would think of me, their anglo descendant's conversion to Hinduism

[@rasbijalpatel310]

No kidding. Glad you are more aware than your elders.

[@ChatDeva]

Giving you a like for first time, but your statements of asafoetida used to cheat the flavour hasn't gone well with me, given that asafoetida has use in ayurveda and has medicinal values. Just like turmeric, ginger etc are used in Indian dishes not limited to enhancing the flavour alone.

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

But too simplified.

[@kataruchitraketh]

Colonialism is a part of capitalism.

[@AnirimaGhosh]

What else the East India Company did to us?😂😂😂

[@aky2k10]

Where is the source for your content!? It would be good if the links to the corresponding papers(peer reviewed) ones...and the ones which are based on RCTs n Mendelian randomised for health related claims) are given.

[@karthikeyanc.n.5152]

Whatever he has mentioned is already documented in history. He has done a good job of articulating in a concise video. It is well documented that poppy was forced to be grown in bengal during british era, "sea of poppies" historical fiction is based on this. Also we are familiar that millets consume less water than rice and wheat. There was no famine in bengal before british era, so they should have had some crop to survive, typically a grain, one can extrapolate this as millets.

[@krishashok]

The hungry empire by Lizzie collingham. And sea of poppies by Amitav ghosh

[@MrAmitkr007]

Peer reviewed, double blind articles are published for scientific experiments, not historical facts

[@komalmacwan1707]

Aap har baar sirf bristishers ka excuse leto ho uske pehle pure india mein kya tha and unke jane ke baad kisne roka tha to eat millets

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils. Please study more about refined oil.You are misguiding us to use refined oils.

[@dbp_patel_1994]

@krishashok I know these are short videos probably meant for instagram but it would be really helpful if you can also share some references or resources (in the video/post description) for these events/topics for those of us who want to dig deeper.

[@krishashok]

In situations where I'm citing a specific science paper, I do link to it, but stories like this come from multiple books on the history of food, like books authored by Amitav Ghosh, Lizzie Collingham etc

[@sundarymuthuvelloo2493]

The damage the British did to India.🥱😭😭

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils. Please study more about refined oil.You are misguiding us to use refined oils.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils. Please study more about refined oil.You are misguiding us to use refined oils.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils. Please study more about refined oil.You are misguiding us to use refined oils.

[@KhuranasamiPatiala]

I donot consider the fact that refined oil is good.I watched your video.In your video,you told that hexane is not used in refinement of oil.But lot of american functional medicinist,holistic doctors prove that refined oils are made using dangerouse chemicals like hexane.I watched videos of dr pradip jamnadas where he told about bad effects of refined oils. Please study more about refined oil.You are misguiding us to use refined oils.