Hindol Sengupta is an Indian historian, journalist, and author born in 1979 in Jamshedpur. He currently resides in Delhi, where he serves as Editor-at-Large at Fortune India, contributing a weekly column. Beyond his journalism career, he has made significant contributions as an author, with his works being highly regarded in the literary world.
In this episode, Vinamre and Hindol Sengupta talk about:
- The fascinating idea of what happens when intellect meets faith
- How Sardar Patel’s decision as a leader could have solved Kashmir issue once and for all
- Did ‘Vande Mataram’ led to the partition of India and Pakistan
If you hear the word Hindutva a lot, and you are curious about what does Political Hinduism means, this episode is for you, tune in.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:56 - Being Hindu almost didn’t get published
05:52 - Why are people suddenly interested in identifying aggressively with being a Hindu
07:52 - The Japanese adaptation of Ramayana
08:15 - The story of Pico Iyer
10:51 - The Golden Arches Theory is complete bullshit
14:02 - We are seeking validation everywhere and all the times
16:00 - This traveler finds the ultimate answers after coming to India
20:52 - The real way to detox your minds
23:36 - The biggest challenge Hindol faced while writing Being Hindu
24:40 - What does it feels to surrender to the divine
26:00 - The illusion of control we all fail to notice
27:00 - The inevitable transformation
29:00 - The mixing of faith with intellect
31:23 - What is Soul & Sword is supposed to explain
33:39 - America at it’s core is a Christian country which allows all faiths
35:17 - This is what Savarkar talks about Hinduism
37:15 - The inevitable things to happen in Kaliyuga
37:57 - Controversy around Vande Mataram
40:00 - West Bengal was one of the most fertile land
44:50 - The horrible statement by Mahatma Gandhi
47:17 - Sardar Patel’s decision could have solved the Kashmir problem
49:53 - Did Gandhi & Nehru only make mistakes?
51:30 - Gandhi represents an ideal to the world
55:55 - How do you get a Bharat Ratna award
58:00 - Is the history getting rewritten in these times?
01:00:33 - Contributions of Sardar Patel
01:03:05 - The pragmatists of India
01:05:06 - Why we didn’t abandon entrepreneurs of India after independence
01:07:00 - Publishers refused to to publish the book named Being Hindu
01:11:11 - You can’t quite the critics
01:14:40 - The story of Vajpayee ji and Advani Ji
01:16:16 - How BJP came into being
01:18:20 - Why Advani ji got arrested by Lalu Yadav
01:20:20 - The first time Ramayana & Mahabharat broadcasted
01:25:24 - Was there an ecosystem that inspired Hindol to write Being Hindu?
01:32:00 - What is changing about luxury in India
01:34:35 - How is Balaposh made in West Bengal
01:35:53 - How do you develop elegant taste and become cultured
01:38:00 - Taste is a byproduct of aesthetic
01:39:00 - How LV standouts from other brands
01:41:58 - Why younger people prefer reading more self-help books
01:44:00 - Why do you lack the anchor of your life
01:46:17 - There’s a mass identity crisis in the world
01:38:50 - How selfishness is ruining the meaning of life
01:50:58 - We are becoming a society of likes driven society
01:53:08 - The India story & Hinduism
01:55:21 - Narendra Modi is building a great narrative of India
02:00:00 - India had a history of philosophers kings
02:02:55 - Who was Macaulay & how he ruined Indian culture
02:06:30 - We’d take every white person’s opinion about India as the truth
02:10:47 - Taking pride in our culture
02:12:10 - We are net providers of helping aid
02:16:00 - Indo-futurism and its ideas
02:17:20 - The origin of Damascus steel is India
01:18:41 - Ujjain was the central meridian of time
02:23:17 - Ending notes
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