Vikram Seth on His Translation of the Hanuman Chalisa, Narendra Modi and a Suitable Girl

[@theHappyBabbler]

What a delightful interview!!! As for Mr. Thapar’s command on Hindi…it’s the भावना, the emotion that matters more than the superficial devotion that has become so commonplace in recent times.

[@metalearn2521]

Vikram Seth is enchanting.

[@Chopraviraj]

Seth is our National Treasure. Fab to hear him.

[@shamitabhattacharjee8800]

Have loved Vikram from my teenage years. I am 56 now. He has been with me ever since.

[@rachnagupta8346]

Lovely discussion. Thanks Karan Thapar for such delightful interview. So rare to come across such journalism now a days.

[@shaileshkris]

I remember having read Vikram Seth for the first time in my English poetry book, in 95-96. ‘A Doctor’s Journal Entry’ could paint a visual (without internet) of the immensity & suddenness of the catastrophic nuclear explosions in Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and also make me feel the disbelief and the detachment the people must have went through due to the shock. Today is my first, seeing Vikram Seth. I am shocked(with joy) to see him, alive; and hear him, even more lively than I had imagined. And I just loved that he keeps anthropomorphising his (#Suzuki) Jimny every time he brings it up, which he does passionately, and often! Loved to listen to him, thanks to Karan!

[@Upal_Chatterji]

Beautiful interview indeed, pleasure to hear such an erudite author speak , bless you Vikram ji, it is only because of sane voices like yours that we continue to have faith in the future for our country

[@blessme-ng9gu]

U are a blessed indian dear, ❤go ahead inspired by yr still inner voice & impelled by de auspicious direction of de mighteous lord & sublime spirit of sri hunuman ji. He is a reality for us all impelling us to purify & sublimate human love emotion pulsating in us, our conviction & utterly loving devotion of ours for de lord Hanuman & sri Ram is not a mythical legend but a living truth vivid conviction for us aspirants intense yearning of us de jivatma for its union, Unity for de supreme ultimate reality de Paramatma 🎉 A touch of fiction helps colour de life & human mind soar 2 / for infinity ❤ Karan is more prone4 & has a dry english mindset, tempered more by negative doubts, irrationaly suspicious, negatively analytical, is an anglisized personality, inteligent as he may seem.🎉 So how can he but, otherwise describe seeing Hanuman ji as a Myth; mythical legend !

[@JumgeSora]

I only heard about Vikram Seth during making my Current Affairs notes. Aaj darshan ho gaya, what a delightful & wonderful man he is. Thank you for this interview Karan Thapar ji 🙏

[@mkumar9910]

Thank you Mr. Thapar for this interview. What a pleasure to hear Vikram Seth.

[@ChetputPadmanabhanGanesh-nt4ow]

Karan ji you take interview of all the best intellectual .It is wonderful to watch you asking relevant question and get The best from you guest.

[@Anesh10]

What a beautiful interview!! Loved it

[@froids14]

Thanks

[@rekhamenon2396]

Mr. Vikram Seth, I am in awe of your clarity of thought and your choice of vocabulary to express the same. It is , indeed , a pleasure to listen to you. Mr. Thapar, with his insightful questions, adds allure to the interview.

[@rekha972]

Excellent interview. It’s delightful to hear Vikram Seth. Eagerly awaiting The Suitable Girl

[@jyotsnasharma8975]

Vikram Seth … Simply brilliant n honest .

[@pushpanjalibanerjee6112]

What a delightful interview!! Thank you Karan and Vikram Seth.

[@gitadasgupta7488]

It's delightful in spite of that karan t

[@padma1283]

Absolutely loved the conversation. Couldn't mute my smile in several parts. An absolute delight!! Thank you.

[@Ronitbroy]

It's always a pleasure to listen to Vikram ji.

[@neerajsinghbhar966]

Excellent interview Mr. Karan

[@akapoor1944]

It is a delight to hear Vikram ji and you Karan ji. Just one suggestion, perjaps you can also include interviews of the common person so that it does bot sound elitist. And also tbere is a lot to learn from the insights of the cpmmon- a culmination of lived and accepted lives of masses. Thank you.

[@basumajumder1604]

So nice an interview feeling great.

[@englishh100]

A succinct, articulate and on point interview, on both fronts.

[@pavanpamidimarri5651]

Awesome interview with my favorite writer of all time.

[@parthamjee]

It's always a pleasure to listen to Vikram Seth...just as it is to read him. His earlier travelogue was a fabulous tale of the whole host of his experiences in a foreign land. The places where he was were mostly unknown to us but his style of weaving the story made the whole book a joyride. If he decides to publish his 'Dham' tales, it would be like seeing the familiar places through his eyes once again along with 'commentaries' in his inimitatble style, with the sheer uniqueness of which he won many hearts earlier.

[@guineaadamastos1910]

„In the fullness of time indeed the girl will be born.“ can’t wait! :)

[@anjalisharma461]

Vikram is so handsome. I am really left spellbound when he speaks.

[@shailesh-s3l]

That;s his only ability.He probably does not even know the full recitation of Hanuman chalisa

[@shreeshchandrapandey3033]

Hanuman ji must have been delighted to hear the Hanuman Chalisa in English. He should bless Vikram with long life.

[@StopTheHateX25]

Great interview ❤️❤️

[@froids14]

absolutely delightful

[@savitriseegobin17]

Such a humble poet Mr. Seth. Thank you.

[@tejaskulshrestha691]

Such a wonderful interview. It's always a pleasure to listen to Mr. Seth. Eagerly waiting to be mesmerized by the by the Beautiful Girl. ❤❤❤

[@DruvKent]

Superb

[@annapurnabommireddy5032]

such an excellant interview

[@txlish]

Namaskar! Thank You Karan and appropriate of you posting Mr Seth talk on Tuesday irrespective of fact when it was recorded -:)

[@vherlekar]

I don't always like Mr. Thapar's views, but I can't fault the level of his intellect and sharpness 👌👌 To be able to hold his own against Vikram Seth says something... 🙏

[@vivek27789]

That's bcoz Vikram Seth is a like a 'guru' to Karan... Vikram Seth was 3 years senior to Karan at Doon School and was his house debate team captain. Karan has said in his memoir that his style and technique of debating came from the hard coaching of Vikram at school where he was his house and school debate team captain.

[@kasturiswami784]

Arsha satiya,who yranslated valmiki ramayan into english loves hanuman of all the characters in ramayam,endearing.

[@txlish]

This prompt me to search for "4 AM Hanumaan Chalisa" by Krishna Das. Thank You!

[@sukhpalsingh3621]

श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम

[@ShaikJaleel-ds4rd]

U are the best.

[@krishnamrajubalamraju390]

A NICE INTERVIEW .

[@vivekra]

I have not read A Suitable boy but I saw the miniseries and It seems to be a metaphor where the girl is newly independent India and the three boys represent three groups struggling for her. The Muslim boy representing the legacy of muslim rulers and people who follow Islamic culture, the anglicised boy who represent the Macaulay putras and the desi boy. In the end the desi boy wins even though he was quite soft spoken. If this is indeed the correct metaphor, I wonder how their personalities would change to represent this struggle which is still ongoing.

[@okeng71487]

There is no indication of Haresh being the "desi" boy in the novel or in the mini-series. Did you confuse "desi" with Hindu? Don't insert your own stuff into the story.

[@chandrashekherbanaudha7891]

Too good

[@ushahariharan3268]

Thank you Karan 🙏🙏

[@vishikag]

Can’t wait to read ‘A suitable girl’

[@cafewaves]

Hanuman Chalisa discussion ends up with hindutva:))) Well done Karan.

[@smiritigoswamiclass-5.398]

We are always with neutral and intellectual media and Karan Thapar.❤😂🎉.

[@ankuragrawal2004]

जय हनुमान

[@lokeshlokesh6168]

great

[@user-hq8wm8giyujcg]

where can i find all historical awadhi literature fresh books which i can buy (not traslations but original)

[@Kdhrheee54]

I hope we soon get to watch interviews of author Shive khera and Sobers Rodrigues as well.

[@shekharharsha1540]

Commendable.

[@TekramVerma-yg4sf]

❤

[@tulsibhatia2823]

In the fullness of time,the girl will be born!😊

[@kbslinen8755]

Hindutva means Raja Bali. Daan veer Raja harishchandra. Satyawaadi Ram. Maryada praan jaye par vachan na jaye Hanumaan veerta bhkti seva Krishna. Geeta gyaan

[@lokeshlokesh6168]

hello KARAN i like works. true and bold

[@parmeetkalra6378]

He comes across as a very simple man. Good luck.

[@musheerhussain3646]

Incisive as ever. Such a delight to see this interview.

[@Seekho_Seekhao]

It could be just an accident but Vikram Seth is flaunting Rembrandt Lighting. Artists and their ways. 😅

[@nishasahaiachuthan6689]

Vikram, yu are truly broad spectrum; yr diction in Hindi and in the recitation of the Chalisa, too was perfect, even tho you said from yr father's side yu have a punjabi background. Many of the punjabi english -speaking jounalists who have interviewed you mispronounced "Chaalisa" as Chalisa. Wish yu had corrected them. Some of them continue to mispronounce Yogi "Aaditya", as Adityaa, unser weiter!

[@umeshdongare1647]

Times have changed and going to change more.Vikram Seth has to think about transaltion of Hanuman Chalisa a d Karan Thapar starts program on this subject to propagate InDi alliance.But Shurely in near future Thaper will start chanting Hanuman Chalisa for backing anti country people and pro Pakistani like Arundhai Roy

[@balajibhattacharya9502]

Fullness of the bride we are waiting...❤

[@sharathahuja8261]

Karan Thapar has been reciting the Modi Chalisa for as long as i can remember.

[@Lakshdeep-f4z]

Then your memory is really poor bruh .....have some almonds with milk in morning .....will help you to sharpen your brain

[@tulsibhatia2823]

I would have thought that these platforms would bring about some refinement in its viewers!

[@zzzzz653]

@@tulsibhatia2823constant cribbing about Modi, BJP, RSS and Hindutva and bringing guests to crib along on these topics is not refined journalism. So how do you expect viewers to become refined in their tastes and judgement ?

[@aap223]

N raised to 3: Teen tigdee, kaam bigdee. एन क्यूब, तीन तिगड़ी, काम बिगड़ी!

[@CH-ng8ei]

Honorable Justice Nyay Bindu walked on the impartial path shown by honorable CJI. Shall CJI stand with the judgement of Judge who put his Words into Practical ?

[@mailhitendra]

Vikram Seth is magic❤

[@sanjivbokil]

(sheer)

[@txlish]

@21:00 , Sadly I would concur w/Mr Seth assertion had INDIA coiliation had come to lead the Nation (back of mind suggesting: Naaay, MoBani MoDani MoRss MoShah quarto made sure it did not. Like they say, some where in the World - No Way, Jose!

[@RAMBABU-in1vv]

When is A suitable girl coming in my life

[@anjumshaikh8586]

Bedazzled!!!

[@premapnair]

Two birds of the same feather flock together 😂😂

[@manchikantimurty7375]

Modi is unable to Digest that Ram Lalla and Kedareswar of Kedarnath did not help at all. Modi was foolish to underestimate the Power of 63 Nayanmars, 13 Alwars , more than 18 Immortal Siddha Yogis of South India. Annamalai could not explain to them what is Hindutva of bulldozer jhumla party headed by a PM who very frequently uses Modi washing machine with modi washing powder. Modi during his campaign March 16 to May 30 had uttered the following words so many times Hindu Muslim 762 Poor 1094 Ram 1200 Farmer 879 Congress 5133 Modi 4320 Constitution 762 Alliance 966 BJP 1359 Development 834. Such worthless Guy. How can he become a Statesman like Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru son of illustrious Motilal Nehru. And both the father and son might have been born again to continue their work of protecting Indian Democracy

[@pushpendergusain4262]

It would have been better to give a little more time on Hanuman Chalisa.

[@amitvohra7040]

That was lovely. Mr. Seth is a refreshingly gentle soul. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the Chalisa.

[@hindurashtra63]

Please also translate - Emperor Yudhistira's Speech on Caste Division to King of Kashi from Mahabharata. That will remove all the mis-conception about Caste among Leftist and Libreals who have no idea that Hinduism never promoted discrimination among Castes.

[@123xyzabccba]

Then why only ‘hindus’ and those who converted to islam christianity sikhism jainism practice casteism …..

[@okeng71487]

It was hilarious often to see Sanghis singing Hanuman Chalisa in Karnataka as if it was some territory marker without even knowing what the words meant. Also came across couple of instances where the singers had written down the Hanuman Chalisa in English alphabet and then blindly reading it with all wrong pronunciations. Glad that period of madness is coming to an end.

[@sharathahuja8261]

He pronunces Chalisa with an American twang.

[@shanak123]

Weird interview that starts with the translation the goes into the world politics which thapar wanted to push a writer into. He was never interested in the translation just wanted to goad a talented writer

[@ivyimogene]

Yes, I agree with Vikram Seth. How dare the BJP-RSS communalize Hanuman by using his image on their flags !! Its v wrong. The Hindus should reclaim their stories from these radical forces.

[@jayantabsarma]

Mr Thapar. You are not apparently cowed down by Modi. But you are mesmerized by RaGa, perhaps. End result is the same. If almost all are cowed, except you a select few, what does it say?

[@jayantabsarma]

Hello Mr Thapar. An eminent person like author Seth translated Hanuman Chalisha. It is perhaps his spiritual journey. Don't bring him to serve your agenda. Don't put your words in his mouth. Even Mr Seth may fall prey to your deviousness.

[@TejasNarvekar-k6o]

I wasn’t ready for Mr Thapar’s mispronunciation.. Chuh-Lee-Sah, but I understand the soft power potential of translated religious manuscripts! Mr Suitable boy is about to become the Overseas Sanghi Poster Boy! But I’m not ready for this either!

[@kbslinen8755]

Hanuman se sidhe modi par achraj hai Jabhi aap hindutva ka sahi arth nahin samajh paye Hanuman chalisa ko chelsi bool rahe ho Aap naam bigad rahe ho lagta nahi ki aap chalisa ka sahi pronunciation nahi jante ho

[@medialords8647]

16th century में तुलसिया ने हनुमान चालीसा लिखी,उसके पहले हनुमान की पूजा कैसे होती थी? हनुमान का कोई archeological सबूत मिला है? वेदों को बिना पढ़े ही हिंदू सबसे ऊपर मानते हैं,क्या वेदों में मंदिर और मूर्ति पूजा करने का नियम है? हिंदू शब्द हिंदुओं के ग्रंथों में क्यों नही मिलता? किसी भी राजा ने अपने को हिंदू क्यों नही लिखवाया कहीं भी? ऐसे और भी सैकड़ों सवाल हैं जिनका जवाब किसी हिंदू से पूछ लो,बगलें झांकने लगेगा मूर्खों की तरह.. उसको सिर्फ tv की रामायण,महाभारत का पता है धर्म के नाम पे...😂😂😂

[@prakashchandra69]

बुद्ध के लिए बुद्धु और वधमान महावीर के लिए हंदुमान महावीर बनाया गया।

[@kailasnathradhakrishnan559]

Trust Karan to bring in politics into the discussion. I stopped mid way. Can you grow up Karan. Journalism is not exclusively about politics.

[@nikhilshende9324]

Buddha spoke about two extremesm: Eternalism-continue living forever Annihilationaism-die and die forever. Buddha suggest the middle way that is Supernormal Eightfold Way with identifying the first question as how the concept of the self comes into an existence with lots of suffering(दुःख/looking for stability in insecurities of life) with a certain type of reasons behind it? How come? with Four Supernornal Truth: (१)With a reason! (२)With looking for cessation of the reason. (३)With the Eightfold Path. (४)With practice and applying it consciously in daily life. 😇🙏

[@shamitabhattacharjee8800]

I maybe elliptical rather than circular....😂

[@sundareshanal1849]

The problem with agenda makers is that subjects of colossal import and civiisational gravitas like the spirituality in an age of AI , importance of religion in an Indian's life and it's relevance in our polarised society, the criticality of epics playing a part in popular imagination of political framework - all of that is brushed aside for KT's non stop rant against Modi. The man represents a nuerotic section of folks who just do not grasp the ground reality and try to reduce every discussion to a hatchet job. They sadly miss the fact that they are condemning by implication a whole mass of ordinary folks who back Modi as grievous collaborators. They claim India is doomed. Modi is responsible. The large population just disagrees with that. That is their tragedy, not India's. To reduce a talk with VS to this level of mudslinging is almost comic.

[@kny2311]

23 cr out 66cr ppl voted for bjp

[@naveenct100]

Vikram Seth represents the essence of true Hinduism . But unfortunately Karan Thapar does not because he always has an agenda . If Karan Thapar was a true journalist in the real sense he would also dwell , discuss and try to unravel the phenomena of Narendra Modi who is nothing by himself but has reached a place by virtue of tremendous backing of majority of Hindus . Why a majority of Hindus has gone berserk in propping up a leader like Modi ? Surely Hindus were not like this by girth or upbringing . But years and years of mockery of their beliefs and faith by so called Oxbridge elites like Karan and denigration of their customs and rituals, besides other political reasons , has resulted in this upsurge of aggressive Hinduism which seeks to assert itself in its own country . Contrast this with the believers of Islam and Christianity who go to do the same beyond the boundaries of their own countries and establish themselves - one by hook other by crook !

[@kasturiswami784]

The angry hanuman of hindutva creeps me of it.

[@gunjanghai6029]

Its jarring to hear Chal-eesa as the name from Karan. Please be cultured enough to pronounce it by its right name - its Chaalisa

[@vivekmehta7734]

Can we allow conversion business be allowed???

[@kasturiswami784]

Sorry arshiya satter.

[@Likit257]

Ahhhhhaaaa! One always wonders why VIKRAM LEFTIEST GAY SETH WOULD WRITE ABOUT HANUMAN JI! NOW ONE KNOWS - LEFTIE CABAL OUT TO DESTROY HANUMAN CHALISA!

[@ravinayar4314]

Stay with the hanuman chalisa , the drift into politics is playing into this interviewers bias..sad

[@avinashparanjape2092]

It's a pity that Mr Thapar distorted the pronounciation of the word chaalisa. May he be as careful about Hindi as he is about English

People do not care about your interpretation. What authority you have to say other is wrong. Just be humble and say you do not know. Your one book cannot be the bible for translation. Better you stick to your poetry. Don't get involved in a field you are unaware of

[@gitadasgupta7488]

Please say ChAAAlisa. This is absurd. Chaaalis means forty. In Hindi in case that passed you by. I have yet to get past this

[@Onlinecourse-fj6fd]

🐒 40

[@prakashchandra69]

करण थापर चबा -चबा कर अंग्रेजी बोलते हैं।

[@Globalme24]

Nobody cares about your translation. The Chalisa will always be said in its original. Go translate Koran verses try

[@ShaghilPerwez]

Quran has already translated into many languages

[@rachnagupta8346]

Thanks