What is History? Ft. Manu S Pillai & Anthony Bernard |  

One of the best Eli 10 … very open and unhindered discussions

For anyone dreading this ep because of history, don't judge, this is absolutely fun, interesting and informative.

Manu is solid crisp clear and eloquent. loved his narrative unlike dramatic counterparts in panel 🥰

Manu you are a gem! Such a great episode. This is the first ELI5 I heard all the way - and man, I gotta check out all the other episodes. Good job @Meghnerd and team!

Best one... Manu is a great scholar. He has a very clear and crisp thought process... who can express it with great quality n clarity... Its very obvious that he has in depth knowledge about what he says... Very difficult to find such a quality researcher in India.

What a wonderful podcast! Loved it man!

This was a great episode, enjoyed listening to Manu and Anthony

While i was really looking forward to watching this one, and overall I enjoyed the episode, I have some feedback: Anthony’s points about erasure were really important, and I thought Manu and Meghnad were a bit dismissive of it. It got better when y’all were talking about Ravan & Periyar, for sure. But it seemed that maybe Meghnad didn’t understand, or maybe was looking for a hot take to debunk, when he asked Anthony about emotions and history. It’s not hysterical to be upset when you see history being replaced with oppressive lies, because the oppression is happening in the present & future. It’s not just “men’s egos”, not just about knocking down that one rani; it’s ensuring brutal control of all gender minorities in the future. I appreciate that Manu (Dr. Pillai by now!) stated that he studies power, and also that in the future, well-sourced histories will include lgbt perspectives. In a time of majoritarian backlash, it’s all the more important to question our own biases and do our best to combat erasure of the truth.

Manu s pillai🙇🏻🙇🏻 what a man. Just amazing 🙇🏻...

we are very proud of you Manu Sir.

Great episode!

Excellent discussion!!!

I wish every History school teacher and student listened to people like Manu S Pillai.

Just here for the prolific, sharp and wise storyteller in Manu ❤

which marati were you guys talking about?

Manu Pillai is well on his way to be a national treasure. He’s the kind of guy who would enrich any topic he speaks about. Fascinating insight! Meghnad, I think you own Anthony a separate episode on literature, rather Tamil literature. Clearly your producer played a cruel joke on you and him by bringing him into this episode 😂

Thank you manu ❤

Child and Idol story belongs to Tirumala temple also.."Bibi nachayar" is the name...

Our way of celebrating the Independence Day is the best as it includes both commemorating the freedom fighters in one hand and having fun and frolic on the other.Why should we always emulate the Western civilization?

Manu✨️

U may call self realization also debateble

Manu S Pillai IS A GOOD HISTORIAN.

Manu is a miracle. That's superhuman, I believe he is AI😂😢😂

Bhagavadgita was an attempt at making Hinduism more semitic.. Arjuna who's like a comrade to Krishna suddenly becomes a devotee. He's like I shall be the one true god.. these holy fictions are part of history but they're not history

Tamilians know more about their history and language.their debates are very informative and even young people are more learned and eloquent in participating in these debates .this we don’t see in other parts of India.that is why the Sanathanies cannot sell their commodity there.

14:09 Thulukar is a nickname that people use to call the Rawther communities from South India rather with a slight derogatory touch. So how come a North Indian Muslim princess was called thulukkanachyaar when that term is used to refer a south Indian community?

Single question can Anthony discuss Bible in the manner manu discuss

There is dire need to call out these abramhic cults

31:54 Brother manu I would like you to research about the concept of jihad in islam.And then do your own interpretation.Because what they did was atrocities(common in the ancient & medieval world),not an islamic jihad.which has a whole different meaning.

Im loving the podcast but I must say, the name is kind of mismatched 😂. It's more like ELI want to be enlightened. 10 Year olds would'nt really understand the nuances of historical values of folklore and mythology and it's historical significance ifykwim.

I think history as a disciple has modern colonial origin. There is no collection of historical facts that are "out there" to be unearthed. All the reports that we study are already embedded in some perspective. So historical fact is a construct not something ontologically substantial. I think much like biology and archeology History too has a dark past and it's methodology is not without problems... I am more interested in the psycholoanalysis of why we want to study history and why we hold history to be sacrosanct? I mean the politics that we see today though is about past. It's a construct of the present. The past is non existent and pretty alien to us...

Why meghnad left newslaundary

Would Manu Pillai justify nazis the same way since he was good to jews too at times

How adding a new addition to that tradition, and send that bottle of whiskey overseas 😂, that to to a Pakistani lol, I'll be waiting.

U are a historian but not a devotee

Anchor,is behaving like a clown .

Anthony Bernard’ habit of saying what to say is irritating.