Dr. Vikram Sampath is a historian and author of several books including Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, Bravehearts of Bharat : Vignettes from Indian History, Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars, Women of the Records. In this episode Anu Lall talks to Dr. Vikram Sampath about his latest book, Waiting for Shiva, The Truth of Kashi’s Gyanvapi, Lord Shiva, Ling Puja and need to correct history. We also discuss, how Bharatiya civilisation’s pride was systematically destroyed.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:15 Why is the location of Kashi so important for Hindus?
8:50 Ancient temples of Southern India Vs modern temples of Northern India
16:29 How Surya Worshippers of India vanished?
20:53 How many temples were destroyed? Is there a list?
27:25 Peculiar Case of Gyanvapi
36:06 Moving from opinion based history to Evidence based history
43:00 What is Ling Puja?
49:00 Role of a Historian
54:50 Dr. Sampath’s History foundation open for applications
1:02:19 Is there scope for Truth and Reconciliation in India?
1:09:21 Tipu Sultan’s violent history and Dreams of Tipu Sultan
1:14:40 Fast and Furious Rapid Fire
31 июл 2024