Conversations With Vikram Sampath

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Conversations With Vikram Sampath

Dr. Vikram Sampath is the author of three acclaimed books: Splendours of Royal Mysore: the Untold Story of the Wodeyars; “My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician”- and “Voice of the Veena: S Balachander – A Biography” . Vikram was awarded the Sahitya Akademi’s first Yuva Puraskar and the ARSC International Award for Excellence in Historical research in New York for his book on Gauhar Jaan. The book is now being adapted to a Bollywood film by noted film-maker Ashutosh Gowariker. Vikram was among the 4 writers and artists to be selected by the former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee as a Writer-in-Residence, to stay at the Rashtrapati Bhawan for 2 weeks, in 2015.

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Manifesting the Divine: Origins and Perceived Forms | Dr Robert Svoboda |

Can Devatas be created by human intention? And are the gods of every civilization — from Ganapati to Egypt’s Thoth — co-creations between cosmic forces and human consciousness?In this deeply philosophical follow-up conversation, Rahul Dewan..

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An Inquiry into Reality: Purusha, Prakriti, and Karmic Flow | Dr Robert

Kula Devata and Ishta Devata are not the same — and ignoring either is a spiritual mistake with real consequences. In this second part of the Ayurveda conversation, Dr. Robert Svoboda — one of the..

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Ram Janmabhoomi Case: Battle of Faith and Justice | Adv. Sridhar Potaraju

The Ram Janmabhoomi verdict wasn’t just a legal win — it was 135 years of civilizational memory fighting its way through courts. Advocate Sridhar Potaraju delivers a meticulous legal walkthrough of the case that defined..

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Changing Delhi: Inauguration of the Indraprastha Cultural Festival | Shri. Kapil Mishra

Delhi’s first BJP government in a decade has done what seemed unimaginable just one year ago — and Kapil Mishra is here to name it out loud. Addressing the Indraprastha Cultural Festival co-organised with Sangam..

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Regime Change and the Minority Crisis in Bangladesh | Dr Sanchita Bhattacharya

Sheikh Hasina was given 15 minutes to vacate. What followed for Bangladesh’s Hindus is grimmer than the headlines suggest. Dr. Sanchita Bhattacharya, research fellow at the Institute for Conflict Management, breaks down the 2024 Bangladeshi..

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Proudly Say I Am Hindu | Prof Kapil Kapoor

Prof. Kapil Kapoor on proudly reclaiming Hindu identity — why did Hindus fear their own name for decades?In this incisive conversation, Prof. Kapil Kapoor dismantles the systematic erasure of Hindu identity from India’s public discourse...

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Re-establishing the Identity of Bhojpuri Cinema, Literature and Cultural Heritage | Manoj

The identity of Bhojpuri cinema is not merely obscenity — there was a time when its songs spoke the language of family, soil, and motherly affection, and that…”The identity of Bhojpuri cinema is not merely..

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