Today I have a book among many other books on my table, Gandhi Bharat Se Pahle by R C Guha. I want to follow Gandhian ways but it requires guts which at present I need to accumulate.I had read once or twice about R C Guha at Wikipedia and I considered him left supportive and biased against right wing but I definitely considered him very well educated (since he is Doon school alumnus). Anyway after listening this lecture I have got rid of my misconception. Dear Mr Guha soon I will read you. We do need people alike.Salute
@Ars0205
6 жыл бұрын
Its an honour to listen to you sir...Just finsished india after gandhi, what a great read it was
@tubento
6 жыл бұрын
Please consider either adding translation or enabling community contributed translation. Such talks should have a wider reach.
@uwnav
6 жыл бұрын
Uh-oh. Uploader didn't listen to the talk @1:36
@TheContrariann
2 жыл бұрын
1:36 Who uploaded this video ? How can you miss this minute detail that the speaker made distinctly clear ? Check the title.
@SuhasVemuri
6 жыл бұрын
Respect!
@LogicalRobot
6 жыл бұрын
An incredible presentation by one of India's greatest living scholars. As he rightly points out, religious and linguistic pluralism are the values under attack by today's burgeoning jingoist right and are the values we must fight to reinvigorate and uphold. Many thanks to the Bangalore Literature Festival for uploading this and many more to Mr. Guha for his good work.
@LogicalRobot
6 жыл бұрын
From what I have heard and read from Guha, he has criticized the left many times. He has spoken out against communist dictators in other countries. Why do you say that he is an anti-Hindu leftist?
@anirbandas4524
6 жыл бұрын
Trihd class.....he contradict himself in many point...he is trying to establish that gandhi established India in 1947 ..We dont have have Bharat before that..only Gandhi and he knows what is india
@vikings8894
5 жыл бұрын
He is just making a living out of Gandhi. Its in our blood to be liberal and we are coexisting with various cultures from centuries together!!! In that case I wonder why Gandhi accepted for partition???? One thing to remember. "Not only history is written by winners, it is also made by them"
@shalabbuforsitin
6 жыл бұрын
why there is cut on 25:03??
@MrAtishay
6 жыл бұрын
It is unfortunate that such a learned person like Mr Guha is being so partisan
@MrBik01
6 жыл бұрын
what?? ... really?
@umasarat2983
6 жыл бұрын
A patriot will value his culture, his way of life, his belief systems, his nation's welfare, his arts and languages, his food culture, his endemic ethos, and his fauna and flora! The extreme sense of benevolence and inclusiveness of the Indic mind has left her with a confused nature of self, leading to a loss of patriotism and an 'Indian narrative'! The idea of inclusivism has again demanded on us to bending backward in accommodating quaint , awkward and even most objectionable demand by some and we as a collective suffer on account of it. Such an apologetic position continues to be our Achilles heel that is being periodically bruised by one or the other. Sorry Mr Guha, Hinduism does not preach neither superiority nor exclusivism, that is the prerogative left for the Abrahamic religions! Check it out before you go blurting the same mistake again and be identified as ignorant ! Funny, all your quotes are from the Western thoughts and none from the Eastern source! Gee, we must be the dumb lot living in the Eastern half of the globe!? And, the rest of your speach, I liked it!
@thomasnc4208
6 жыл бұрын
Wish he had also covered the middle class disdain for processes of democracy. We are in awe of strong (wo)men, Indira, Sanjay, Modi etc. We feel every one else but us, need the ‘sands’!
@thomasnc4208
6 жыл бұрын
Every one needs the danda
@karnawat1
6 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Ars0205
6 жыл бұрын
He criticizes left,congress, and bjp alike
@susmitmukherjee94
6 жыл бұрын
Let me share a joke - Once in a country, an enlightened guru started to gather devotees and followers in huge numbers. His spiritual teachings became so popular that a minister of the Devil called up an emergency board meeting and requested the Devil to attend the same on priority. At the meeting the minister hurriedly said, " Oh Master! I shiver with fear seeing this dreadful guru spreading his spiritual teachings and raising the consciousness of the people. Our reign seems to be in danger. Please guide us to the path of evil oh the evilest of all!" The Devil listened to all this and with a pen he started itching his ears.. The board was flabbergasted by this.. " How can He be not worried afterall its his Empire?!" Before anyone could find something to say, the Devil said in a calm and relaxed way, "Dont worry guyz.. The scholars have already reached His Ashram.."
@abhishekanand275789
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting speech. Many times he quoted some of the stuff which came from west and audience laughed such as nationalism, khakee shorts. But other times all the definition such as jingoism or patriotism quoted from Western 20th century Western scholar and accepts very conveniently. The present government won because Congress corruption or left idiocy. Thats appaulling. I mean BJP had many state government people has seen the state governments time and again and that also is a reason with all the others he mentioned. Although he made good points concerning extreme right idiots. Who on the name of Hindu symbols attacks other people. In last few minutes while answering one of the questions but his assumptions when he says"modi will also abuse his powers" shows how his prejudiced towards BJP and modi.
@MrBik01
6 жыл бұрын
Read Guha to understand what and why he said something like "modi will also abuse his powers". Guha like other historians works on history to find out the linkages and "may be" predict the future. Although history should never be used to predict the future. We need to read him and others well because 1hr is just a drop in the ocean. Happy Reading.
@diwakarmishra3350
6 жыл бұрын
@@MrBik01 read guha how moron he is .. how much he hates hindu or RW . Just check his twitter feed.
@prakkashnt1261
3 жыл бұрын
Wow this "Gandhian slave has set himself free" ...modi effect ...
@Whaletank_
6 жыл бұрын
A lifetime Nehru bhakt/sycophant talking about constitution, nationalism! What an irony.
@MrBik01
6 жыл бұрын
i can only laugh....
@mh5616
Жыл бұрын
An idiot rao using free internet to shit on learned scholars.. wow. 😅
@DipakBose-bq1vv
6 жыл бұрын
Guha is a fanatic follower of Gandhi-Nehru.
@dewendrapratapsingh2803
5 жыл бұрын
Interestingly when it comes to gandhi vs tagore his bengaly bias suddenly precipitate. His mother/father is bengoli.
@arjunbhatt749
6 жыл бұрын
interactual fraudster historian
@MessiForever-q9l
6 жыл бұрын
moron - he is saying the same thing as you!! He bashed Indian Left Wing at 30:01
@diwakarmishra3350
6 жыл бұрын
@@MessiForever-q9l hey moron only bashing on lit fest is not sufficient but see his actions on Twitter and how he becomes silent on left or islamists violence.
@shre250
6 жыл бұрын
Ram guha only claim to fame is writing innumerable books on Nehru....Sycophant
@diwakarmishra3350
6 жыл бұрын
@@ankushmenat see his twitter timeline how he defend congress .. see other side of story.
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