We have about two decades before we as a civilisation are in serious trouble — and this book is a timely alarm. This panel discussion marks the launch of a book arguing that India’s last thousand years were not repeated defeats but the greatest civilisational resistance in human history — the only pre-Bronze Age culture still alive after facing the same invaders that extinguished every other ancient civilisation.
Speakers from military and scholarly backgrounds engage the book’s core argument: India’s forgetting of its own knowledge systems — mathematics, astronomy, philosophy — is not accidental but manufactured, embedded in the education system. The Siddhanta Shiromani’s blend of algebra and Sringara poetry is cited as evidence that Indian intellectual creativity was sui generis. The word “Hindu” went from being almost unspeakable in polite company to a source of pride — and the book calls for completing that journey from “Indian” to “Bharatiya.”
About the Speakers:
Shashi Ranjan Kumar graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in Electrical Engineering in 1989. He has been a civil servant for over thirty years. His other books include Mysteries of the Universe, a history of science and Samudra Tat Par, a collection of poems in Hindi.
Dr. Gautam Sen is the President of the World Association of Hindu Academicians and Co-director of the Dharmic Ideas and Policy Foundation. He taught international political economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also a prolific columnist with unique understanding of geo-politics.
Swapan Dasgupta is a former MP in the Rajya Sabha, a Padma Bhushan laureate, an illustrated journalist and political commentator. he has held senior editorial posts at The Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, The Times of India, The Indian Express and India Today and has published his works in The Pioneer, The Telegraph, Dainik Jagran, The Times of India, and several other newspapers and magazines.
Amish Tripathi is an author, broadcaster & former diplomat. Amish published his first book in 2010 and has written 12 books till date. His books have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into 21 Indian & international languages.
Chaitanya Kumar Prasad is a retired civil servant with more than three decades of experience in leading communication, policy, and planning. He has authored a book as well as a number of articles related to Media mgmt, Geostrategic communication , Role of AI in the media landscape, Soft power diplomacy and Cinema.
