India has always been Hindu, but Hindu Rashtra doesn't figure in the ancient texts : Wendy Doniger 

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Pg. 67 - It is claimed that the entire Harappan culture had a population of 40,000! COMMENT: This is estimated as the population of Mohenjo-Daro alone. The population of the entire culture is estimated around 500,000. Pg 112 - Wheat is mentioned as a food item in the Rigvedic period. COMMENT: Wheat is not mentioned in the Rigveda at all. It first occurs in the Maitrayani Samhita of the Yajurveda. Pg 130 - The author claims that there are no Gods in the Vedas who are Shudras. COMMENT: It is anachronistic to assign castes to Rigvedic deities, but nevertheless, Pushan, Vesmapati and others have been considered Shudra deities in later times. Pg 194 fn.- Gandhi's commentary on the Gita (a sacred Hindu scripture) was titled 'Asakti Yoga' (translated as the science of deep attachment). COMMENT: The title of Gandhis work is 'Anasakti Yoga' (trans. Science of non-Attachment). Pg 206 - The book wrongly states that the Hindus had only a triad of passions. COMMENT: Hindu scriptures list six main evils and the concept of shadripus (six internal enemies) is very well known. Pg 441 - The book claims that Firoz Shah redeemed a number of Hindu slaves COMMENT: A misrepresentation of the fact that he employed (not redeemed) 12,000 of his 180,000 slaves forcibly in royal factories for producing articles of consumption by Muslim elites. No manumission was involved. Pg 445 - Dates of Saint Kabir are given as 1450 1498. COMMENT: His demise is believed to have occurred in 1518, and the traditional date of birth is 1398. Pg 448 - In 713 Muhammad ibn Qasim invaded Sind. COMMENT: Muhammad bin Qasim invaded Sind in 711. Pg 450- It is claimed that Emperor Ala-ud-Din Khalji did not sack temples in Devagiri. COMMENT: His contemporary Amir Khusro clearly mentions that the Emperor sacked numerous temples and raised mosques instead. Pg 459 - King Ala-ud-din Husain of Bengal patronized Saint Chaitanya. COMMENT: Saint Chaitanya never met the king, and left his kingdom to avoid persecution, as did his disciples. The king had destroyed Hindu temples in Orissa. Pg 532 - Emperor Akbar moved his capital from Fatehpur Sikri to Delhi in 1586. COMMENT: Emperor Akbar moved his capital to Lahore in 1587, and thereafter to Agra. Pg 537-8 - The Sikh teacher Guru Govind Singh was assassinated in 1708, while 'attending Emperor Aurangzeb'. Emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. COMMENT: Guru Gobind Singh was assassinated in 1708 during the reign of Aurangzebs successor, Emperor Bahadur Shah I. It is insulting to say that the Guru was attending on the Emperor. Pg 550 - The book claims that Mirabai lived from 1498-1597, and then on p. 568, the author claims that Mirabai lived from 1450-1525! COMMENT: Both dates are wrong and the commonly accepted dates are 1498-1547. Pg 552 - The book claims that the Ramcharitmanas was written at Varanasi. COMMENT: Both modern scholarship as well as tradition accept that the work (or at least most of it) was written in Ayodhya. Section on Bibliography: Shekhawat, V. Origin and Structure of purushartha Theory: An attempt at Critical Appraisal. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 7:1 (1900), 63-67. COMMENT:The correct issue and year of this Journal issue are actually 8:2 and 1991. The bibliography has dozens of errors. Some references cited by Doniger simply do not exist. B. DEROGATORY, DEFAMATORY AND OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS Clumsily written, each chapter is a shocking and appalling series of anecdotes which denigrate, distort and misrepresent Hinduism and the history of India and Hindus. Doniger uses selective quotations from obscure and non-original, peripheral and ignorant references with a bizarre emphasis on sexuality and eroticism. Cited below are only a handful of quotes along with our understanding and interpretation, with references from Hindu scripture. [Page number precedes the quote from the book. This is followed by a rebuttal comment.] Pg 40 If the motto of Watergate was Follow the money, the motto of the history of Hinduism could well be Follow the monkey or, more often Follow the horse. COMMENT: Very derogatory and offensive. The motto of Hinduism is to follow the truth and unite with God. Pg 112 - The author alleges that in Rigveda 10.62, it is implied that a woman may find her own brother in her bed! COMMENT: The hymn has no such suggestion. It is offensive to suggest that the sacred text of Hindus has kinky sex in it. Pg 128 - The book likens the Vedic devotee worshipping different Vedic deities to a lying and a philandering boyfriend cheating on his girlfriend(s). COMMENT: This is offensive and ignores that fact that in the Rigveda, the gods are said to be all united, born of one another, and from the same source. Pg 225 -Dasharathas son is certainly lustful... Rama knows all too well what people said about Dasharatha; when Lakshmana learns that Rama has been exiled, he says, The king is perverse, old, and addicted to sex, driven by lust (2.18.3) COMMENT: Sri Rama is revered and worshipped as a deity. The highly acclaimed and critical edition of Valmikis Ramayana records no such statement attributed to Lakshmana. An imagined phrase, 'kama-sakta' is mistranslated as 'addicted to sex' by the author whereas it normally means filled with desires. Valmiki uses a phrase 'samani-madhah' (trans. Possessed of passion). Pg 467 - Harihara and Bukka (the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire that saved Hindu culture in S India) double-crossed the Delhi Sultan when they reconverted to Hinduism. COMMENT: The brothers committed apostasy as they had been imprisoned and forcibly converted to Islam, and immediately reverted to Hinduism when they were 1000 miles from the Sultan, under the influence of a Hindu ascetic. Pg 468-469 -The mosque, whose serene calligraphic and geometric contrasts with the perpetual motion of the figures depicted on the temple, makes a stand against the chaos of India, creating enforced vacuums that India cannot rush into with all its monkeys and peoples and colors and the smells of the bazaar COMMENT: It is simply unacceptable that a scholar can flippantly, pejoratively and derogatorily essentialize the Hindus as monkeys and peoples, colors and smells.., and chaos in most insulting manner with the aspersion thrown at the entire Hindu culture and community all over the world. Such generalization has no place in serious scholarly work. Pg 509 - Shankara and the philosophers wifeThis tale contrasts sex and renunciation in such a way that the renunciant philosopher is able to have his cake and eat it, to triumph not only in the world of the mind (in which, before this episode begins, he wins a series of debates against the nonrenouncing male Mimamsa philosopher) but in the world of the body, represented by the philosophers wife (not to mention the harem women who clearly prefer Shankara to the king in bed). The author attributes the tale to Shankaradigvijaya of Madhava and to Ravichandra's commentary on Amarushataka. COMMENT: The author concocts the story as a sexual orgy in which the Saint Adi Shankara and King Amruka take turns making love to the latters wives after he is tired. Both her sources however state that the King was already dead and the Saint transferred his soul into the dead Kings body through his yogic powers. There is no suggestion in the texts that the queens prefer Shankara to the king in bed. Pg 571- It is alleged that in a hymn from Saint Kshetrayyas poetry, God rapes the women devotees. COMMENT: The hymn merely presents devotion using spiritual metaphors and the hymns of the Saint seen collectively depict it as a passionate love affair between the God and the devotees. No rape is implied in this hymn at all. Taken from Varun Nair: ru-vid.com/show-UCYS6cAwpvrZcSR8qYwF6ECA

Wendy Doniger! Wow!! Who will be Jyoti’s next guest? Audrey Truschke? SG needs to think about Jyoti. This is not about canceling her. The question is about objectivity.

Shekhar Gupta does Cut the Clutter .... Sends Jyoti on the other hand to Paste the Clutter specially on matters related to nationalism and Hindu community .

I am so thankful to the print. Whenever I decide to subscribe , they give timely reason to me for not doing it. Thanks a lot J M and S G

Wendy's study of Hinduism and Hindutva is like asking Chengiz Khan the benefits of non violence.

The Print: "Our figures are down. Let's rile up the Hindus. Call Wendy."

I regularly watch cut the clutter and almost went for my credit card after SG's most recent appeal for paid subscription. However, thank you JM, for reminding me why not to subscribe!

I've enjoyed watching every point of view put forth by The Print, largely due to its balanced narrative. However, I am quite annoyed by this particular point of view. The annoyance is not because of the views of speaker on Hinduism, its more directed by how the editor almost endorses those views. Hinduism as a religion, allows debate and even gives significant room for questioning and criticism. However, the editor hardly seems to challenge / refute any of the speakers point of view. Are you able to give a similar audience to critiques of any of the Abrahamic religions? Why not have a candid session with Salman Rushdie on Satanic verses and present the unadulterated point of view on a certain religion? or why not on missionaries and conversion in low income economies. I'm sure you won't. Disappointed indeed

I have read her book "Hindu" 6years back. My impression was.... What a horribly written book. Too much words wasted on Opinion after opinions. It has typical white man saviour complex making pegans human being feel. I was totally disappointed. A technocrat Rajiv Malhotra (and hobbyist Indic researcher) has done far superior job at research than her. She has repeatedly declined to engage in public debate with Rajiv Malhotra. That's says lot about her "courage of convictions".

It will be nice if you interview Prof. Meenakshi Jain as well, or better yet invite her for a debate with Wendy

In one of the lines she mentions Hanuman as the god of RSS ,It's the first time I laughed since last night when I heard about a Hindu tailor beheaded in broad daylight by 2 muslim men in name of Allah, thanku for cheering me up.

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She is one of those ‘Scholars’ who term all history of India as a Mythology, we don’t need any westerner’s validation for our beliefs.

Oh finally, the great white man/woman is finally here to teach us about our own history, culture and religion. Thank you oh the great white race .... without your left-liberal frame of benevolence, the natives of the world would be so lost. long live white man. !!

"India has always been Hindu, but Hindu Rashtra doesn't figure in texts" the title of this video shows why you don't need to be excellent to excel in academia world. The Hindu Rashtra doesn't figure in texts because when texts were composed, no one would've ever thought that someday Hindus would face persecution in their own country and their subcontinent would eventually be divided in two Islamic republics viz. Pakistan and Bangladesh. Basic understanding of current scenario would be enough to understand why India should be converted into Hindu Desh.

So this entire video was "cast doubts on what others believe but say you yourselves don't know the truth". What was the motivation for ThePrint to have and air this conversation?

To the print An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk about?" "Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly. "Okay," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose, that is?" The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell or life after death, when you don't know shit?" Just because we tolerate you do what ever you want?

Jyothi, I agree with everyone having their perspective, now that you invited Wendy, you should also invite Rajiv Malhotra and allow to have balance narrative

ram wasn't born in ayodhya and it's amazing that a mosque is built by destroying a temple. does she listen to herself.

“Worlds greatest mythologist on Indian mythology” should travel india and talk to normal people before writing something about their beliefs. Problem here is Indian so called intellectuals begs for white approval. The Print is not and exception.

The opening introduction made me laugh 🤣

So fascinating to know the view point of a person born and brought up in a different culture looking at Hinduism with her lens and her value system and her limited westernized context of what India is. I would have liked Jyoti ji to engage her and question her little bit more than just accepting some historical facts about Ram, Rig Veda, and "Gita as the main book" cocept propagated by British etc. but Jyoti ji obviously had her agenda of trying to pent BJP and RSS in a certain way. I would like anyone watching this certainly not to get upset but use it to understand the way of thinking of western thinkers so as to be in a position to understand the BS they are able to propagate all over the world and to counter their made up narrative. These same kind of people propagated the so called Aryan theory which is totally discredited now.

In the attempt to sound intelligent and bipartisan, The Print has decided to not only employee, but also give enough screen time to Jyoti Malhotra. I've always noticed Jyoti's inherent line of questioning is anti-Hindu. I don't know why she's like this though. But because she comes with a certain agenda, she's not a true journalist in my opinion. She's just an emcee who asks questions.

Nice interview but much left to be desired. I thought there were so many questions you could ask: 1. The invasion of Srivijaya by the Cholas: Was it not invasion and expansionism by a Hindu king? Not to mention the more recent invasion of Kabul by Ranjit Singh, albeit a Sikh. 2. What is the train of reasoning that takes you to arrive at the conclusion that Ram is purely mythological and not historical? 3. What was the process of reflection and reconciliation among the Hindus of ancient times upon invasion inn term of mythology? 4. If you compare Ramayana with Mahabharata, how much of them is historical and how much are mythological? 5. Among the mythologies she studies, where does the history end and the myth start? How does one separate the two? Examples where the line is clear or blurred? 6. How does she undertake the logical leap in the same sentence, from Hanuman being the leader of Rama's armies and yet not martial, but not militant or aggressive, just a funny, charming character? I thought a lot of warriors are found to be charming and often they have a sense of humor as well. 7. What is the origin of the orthopraxy she mentions? E.g. How did the Hindus decide that eating cows is not desirable but goats, horses, birds and other animals are fine? 8. The eroticity and asceticism she mentions in the book on Shiva--- how is it different from the story of Vishwamitra? Isn't it in the same spirit? 9. How does she think of a path to healing and reconciliation might begin, especially where there are still visible wounds of past conflict, the temple-mosque issues being a case in point? 10. How did Hindu mythology affect her own sensibilities in how she looks at her current world? 11. How does she compare the past sacrificial temple religion of ancient Judaism in the Roman provincial times, and Greek Temple religion with Hinduism? 12. When did Hindus begin to look at ourselves as "Hindus" since it's a much more modern terminology? Was the boundary between Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism always that clear? 13. How did the Hindu mythology influence the Buddhist jataka stories and Jain texts? 14. Was there a lot of conflict within Hindus? Between say, Shaivas and Vaishnavas? How does mythology portray such conflicts? 15. How did the conflicts with the Greeks, and other invaders affect Hindu mythology?

Dear mam, it's difficult to believe that a ship had all the species of animals and that too in a pair. but is a point of belief rather than logic. And everyone takes it seriously, that is why there is an ongoing debate on Wikipedia about Ram Setu being called " Adams Bridge ". If it's just sand and stuff why do people name it Adam's bridge ??!

Oh my God. Thanks once again for reminding me not to support the Print. I almost did it for Cut the clutter. But this saved me. Asking a non-Hindu about Indian Puranas and itihasas… way to go. 👏👏 watching with adblocker on

that's how much knowledge she have... she said "Hanuman God of RSS" 😂 ..I got it you know India and hindus much better than us... Thankyou

It's only for Shekhar Ji I still subscribe to this channel , apart from that I just come here only to dislike the videos 😞 Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Jai Shri Ram 🙏🙏

Wendy Doniger is perhaps the best example of "looking at Bharat/Sanaatan through the Western lense". All bharatiya stories are just templates for her to project her own thoughts and images on, obviously based on her own civilization.

There are documentaries which say Jesus was not born in Bethlehem and Hazrat Mahammad never went to Mecca.....😁😁

She is wrong. Chola empire had been to South East Asia and it's an Imperial power there.

@ThePrint. From here, you have 2 options, 1. Keep this video available forever along with comments(you may argue that's already two choices). In my opinion, it will do to you what Rahul Gandhi did to Congress. 2. For a balanced view(if you really call yourselves a unbiased), host another discussion with anyone who can rebut and expose the lies in this discussion and expose Wendy Doniger's incompetence in the topic. Also host religious experts and rebuttals for other religions. Your move.

Any self respecting Hindu/Indian shouldn't listen to this woman. When Islamophobia is such a hot topic; Hinduphobia is so bad, that's even academic. Enough is enough, and we need to work to systematically disenfranchise these individuals from India and Indian communities worldwide.

This is sacrilege and disgusting. No wonder I have decided not to pay fee for print. These foreigners are going to tell us where our Gods were born

Just as I am scared of Modis, Yogis, Bajrang Dals for their assertion, I am equally wary of Donigers of this world. The point is not what they say is true or not! What is frightening is the deterministic approach and absolutism that either set presents. I don't think we know enough or perhaps, we could really ever know enough to say anything with this kinda of arrogant confidence. Quantum Physicists are now saying that number 6 is in all likelihood greater than number 5!!! Newton would have been appalled. This should put some humility in us. No offence meant to either bunch who must have done their homework, presumably.

If we want to learn about Our Religion we go to Puri Shankaracharya and Madhavacharya , Iskcon , No need to learn about our own religion from foreigners.

Don’t you get better qualified people of Indian origin to discuss such important issues…. 😀

Oh my RAM she believed in aryan invasion theory.

To me, Hinduism is a way of life where ancient texts present various view points on who we are and how should we behave. And over centuries many known / unknown influencers have carved out and / or added deeper / shallower / different interpretations and all these versions co-exist. I have not heard or experienced anything of the sort where I must do a particular action to stay Hindu. Hinduism gives me independence to build my own personal spiritual journey in case I want to. Or I can very well stay an atheist, again allowed in Hinduism. Unlike all other faiths, Hindu way of life is so open that anyone can follow many of its recommendations while keeping faith in any other religion at the same time - non-binary. As an individual I am happy that I can pick and choose from very rich / detailed options within Hinduism to which I am able to relate to, to fulfil my spiritual needs. No Hindu truly feels compelled to convert others as this is a personal subject. The word Hindu itself is a relatively recent phenomena where people felt they need to give a name to a religion followed by non-Abrahaminic followers and they named it based on the name of the region. I don’t agree those folks may continue to criticise or interpret Hinduism in their own way as they please, since they named it especially when they have nothing to do with it. This video was completely unnecessary in this context.

doniger is famous for interpreting hindu texts with freudian psychology where everything boils down to sex at the end. incredible that print team found her amid all the specialists. good work print

Somebody tell this lady that Indian culture is much more than eroticism. Her mind works only through that pattern, kama, that's a part of life not the only life. 😂

Thumbnail is misleading and infringes upon the beliefs of millions, please take it down. Keep your appeasement politics to yourself.

I can just see how much Indian society has devolved just by looking at the comments. This ain’t going to be a super power.

The name of this video made me click out after a few seconds..our Hindu collective conciousness knows that Ram was born in Ayodhya..whatever any Westerner says does not matter..

Looks like The Print has become profitable now. They are showing their colors.

Hindu Rastra wouldn't appear in ancient text, as thousands of year ago, there was no religious bigotry. In more recent times, the concept of Hindu rastra became more popular due to religious bigotry and uneven application of rule of law.

There was a time my convent educated mind used to believe Ram , Krishna, Shiv were mythological characters. Western education makes us so so naïve. Wise men imbibe the spirits of these great beings without getting into if these men existed or not. I personally believe they definitely did.

It is ironic that someone who doesn't live in india and understand sanatan dharma is here talking bullshit about our religion to someone who is ready to acccept everything she say as it is without any counter. Why not invite a sanatan dharma expert to counter her assumption, is it fair to ridicule faith of a religion? It is proved time and again that many things which still exists date back to that time period. Ramayan Maharabharta may not a real line by line accurate description of what happened during that time period but it is based on that time period. Even Ram Setu dates back to that time period as per a documentary available on RU-vid. I would expect portals like print who advocate for FOE to have some shame . They openly mock Hinduism and invite people with bigoted and hypocritic views on hinduism and then advocate to not say anything against other religon. Mr Shekhar, FOE is universal, FOE can't be one way flow and reserved only for elite as we are still not China. If you can't ridicule or even quote fact about a religion, you should morally don't ridicule any religion

Her arguments on Kashi Vishwanath dispute are so shallow.

Print really tries to be balanced and fair. But seldomly it finds itself promulgating the ultra left liberal agenda. You do debates on all topics, why don't you ask these people to debate with Indic scholars and prove their standpoint. For eg with my limited knowledge why don't you ask her to debate with the likes of Rajeev Malhotra. Absolute bullshit, Hanuman is a RSS god WTF.

SHE IS BY DEFINITION A HINDU PHOBIC

Insipid and meaningless. Try and invite Vikram Sampath. He can teach you both ancient India. Not the typical Romila Thapar stuff.

Dr Doniger talks about "The Truth" in the context of Hindu mythology. It might interest her to know that her own knowledge system (western Epistemology) says that the only truths are tautologies; all else are held to be opinions.

The concept of Hindu is not indigenous, apparently It came from Iran. The concept of Hinduism/Hindutva is reaction which was in response to political Islam.

"Before Sultnate were the Afghans, like Nadirshah".... Why are you pretending to know History ?

I was on college in 1063 and agree with Wendy about the positive vibes in the country then. We were full of hope about our country.

There’s no religion in the world which considers 85% of its followers as Lesser Humans and they even prove it right by following the same religion and praying to those very same caste-loving gods …

Let’s be open to all point of views; bring on a counter point to her.Also include folks who have controversial point of view on other religions especially Islam…

Hindu Religion is not based on Following Texts, Hinduims has learned to evolve. And If Hindus need to survive, They need to Unite and Create a Hiindu Rashtra that represents their Identity, Culture and Civilizaiton. There is nothing wrong in this, Just like Jewish people have their own Naton or Muslims have their own Islamic Nations. I fail to see why the Leftists and Secular People fear Hindu Rashtra so much ? Its not like Hindus have a History of Persecution and Violence. People like me who are Atheists feel safe and at home in a Hindu Rashtra. Let us not forget, India is Secular only because of Hindus chose this. How can such people be doubted of their Intentions ?

Now do an episode on the veracity of claims made by nupur Sharma 🤪🤪🤪 would love to see print get tan se juda'd

So where was Ram born and what's the source for that information?

Don’t you get better quality and qualified people to discuss Sanatan subjects…. Their must many more knowledgeable people in India 😀

This video is resetting my logical reasoning with facts.

Every indian serious about our civilisation and culture should read her work... No indian authour is capable of being so objective and scientific as her

Her perspective is so interesting especially how the morals encapsulated by mythology translated to action and politics with her take on Gandhi. I can see how fascinated she is with hindu scriptures. I'm glad I don't feel threatened by alternative perspectives, it makes the takes more interesting.

Clearly motivated by her impression of how India should be.

Love to see Wendy and Rajiv Malhotra debate.

Please invite Robert B. Spencer as well, also do take her views on Islam & Christianity. Would be intresting to know her views point. Also in her opening remark she stated that people in India stated to her that Ram was born els where, does she have any proof of what she is saying, some short of evidence to back her words would be greatly appreciated.

I may not agree with Prof. Doniger but I don't support ban on her travel to India. Hindu society has to become more mature. Ancient Hindus were much more mature than we are now.

What is the professor’s opinion on partition of India based on religion? It seems her understanding of history of India ignores the partition and the emotional scars that left among the Hindus. What is her opinion of Hinduism being wiped out of Pakistan and Bangladesh? And how does this effect the psyche of a Hindu in India?

To discuss sanatan text you choose Amrerican SCHOLARS 🤣

I have read Wendy Doniger! I do not accept her! She believes she knows the complexities of our Texts! She is only a mythologist

Didn't Tarka was reborn in Kali Yugi Ram Ji es ka vadh kar di😭😭 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hanuman is the god of RSS???

Miss journalist please do one fact check on islam ,Sikhs or Christians too. Thanks

Seeing that two Hinduphobic ladies are indulging in some gossip is enough for me to shut off the video and spend time on other subjects

It is so obvious that this woman loves and admires India and her culture. I simply cannot understand why some of the comments here are so hateful.

I got my reason for not taking paid subscription of the print. Thank you jyoti ji!

N here comes d white lady....who knows everything... 😂😂😂😂

She think Congres was innocent they didn't do anything.

She seems to be contradicting herself. First she says that Ram was not born at all, that he was a mythical figure. Then she says he was born in Tamil Nadu. Her introductory narration about her time in India was beautiful. But when she started asserting about a religion which is not hers and which she does not understand, really put me off.

Do you know how jesus walked on water? Because Jay shree ram was printed over his feet

Of course, only and only Hindus have to give up and compromise - yet are always the villians

She makes absolute sense . Perfect understanding indeed .

Shes known for eroticising hindu dharma and its gods and goddesses, her books were even challenged and banned she is hardcore leftist and also guru of Devdutt Pattanaik who is a well known leftist who calls hindu itihas as mythology

Do you think this type of shows still watch by hindus

white man/woman savior complex written all over this interview! Print can do really good journalism with Shekhar and team… but interviews like these remind me why not even a penny has to be spared on subscription of this channel!

Usually i don't see this level of hatred in the print's comment section. But lol, I can see why people are provoked here after watching her talk. She isn't being as neutral as academics tend to be usually.

Today Print too showed how it is no different from other indian news channel. Just the audacity to put that title, and asking a non-indian for indian history and not questioning her or more to say counter her on any point. Pathetic. That's what news media does, makes a mockery of Hindu religion whenever they want Totally lost the respect today Print.

This Lutyentie Jyoti can only salivate at the feet of this correspondence-course Hindu pandit Wendy Testaburger.

I was a student of history. Thanks print for showing us such a good discussion on ancient India. It's very brave to show a different view in these days.

You should have invited mr rajiv malhotra for hindutva talk.

Very disappointed with the content. I am fairly tolerant of diverse views but this is uneducated view and only depending on touristy stories. The title of the video and promotion is misleading as the content is mostly about travel.

Our system of Governance is democratic like USA . That's it. India has a rich heritage and it's unique culture unlike US which destroyed the native culture. A countries culture should reflect in its institutions it can't be the other way. So secularism should be limited to the system and not try to affect the culture of the land which is Sanatana Dharma.

Excellent interview

If Jyoti ma'am needs to know the aspect of violence in mythology she may read Durga Saptshati during Navratri. It's some savagery.

"Agar inhe hindu ko alag alag karna hai to inke logon ko ek saath jodne wali sanskriti per attack karna hoga, aur vo karenge agar hum satark nahi huye to" ---Acharya Chanakya

Thanks for wasting my time.

Fantastic interview!