Indian History

India that is Bharat

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At last completed reading this book written by one of the finest young minds in the country, J.Sai Deepak.

The reason I started reading this book was the title of this book. The title refers to Article 1. of our Indian Constitution.
 
“India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.”
 
Often I have observed that referring to our country as BHARAT is thought of as being out of fashion amongst our youth and Sai Deepak seems to have noticed this and taken up this gigantic task of educating all of us.
Honestly it took me some time and effort to read this book because of the many new constructs that I had come across while reading this book. He puts forth very interesting perspectives on Colonialists, Colonisation, Colonial Consciousness, Civilisation, Civilisational Consciousness, “Civilisational state” and a “State that is a Civilisation”. Before reading this book I had a vague understanding of these and I had not given much thought to these. Deepak unravels very interesting details and elucidates the impact of both European and Middle Eastern colonisation of Bharat.
He also explains in-depth the constitutional aspects and impact of colonial consciousness on our constitution. He not only speaks of decolonisation at length but there is a lot written on wide ranging topics including the Rhodes scholarship.
A fine piece of scholarly work and I am already looking forward to the sequel. I strongly recommend that the youth of Bharat reads this work by this brilliant author.

The Forgotten History of India’s Maritime Past | Sanjeev Sanyal

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Sanjeev Sanyal is an Indian economist, bestselling writer, environmentalist, and urban theorist. He was also the Global Strategist & Managing Director at the Deutsche Bank. He is also the author of the best selling books “The Indian Renaissance: India’s Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline (Penguin and World Scientific), “Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India’s Geography”, (Penguin, 2012) and “The Incredible History of India’s Geography” published by Puffin in 2015. Sanjeev Sanyal’s talks at JNU , where he helped explore and understand India’s Maritime Past, that has been forgotten.