Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on How To Gain Political Power | Dostcast

International relations expert Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is a senior research fellow at the Nuclear Security Programme at ICPS. His research focuses on defence issues, specialising in defence economics, technology and procurement, and nuclear dynamics. In this episode, he talks about:
1) The recent attempt at a coup against Putin
2) What his childhood in Delhi in the 60s and North Korea have in common
3) How Napoleon wasn’t as brilliant as people often think he was
You can follow him on twitter: Iyervval?t=gpiPyJ...
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Learning how power works
3:16 - Are our political leaders friendless?
7:34 - It is impossible to point out a leader in the making
12:35 - Ways to hold on to political power
13:27 - What exactly is the problem with JNU?
17:31 - The reason behind Singapore’s success
21:40 - Is it difficult to compare prime ministers of then and now?
25:47 - The one trait world leaders have in common
28:40 - Every culture has a different word for "emperor"
31:39 - Never judge a leader by their speeches
35:11 - Does the current government actually misuse institutions?
36:39 - What is it about the BJP that keeps their power growing?
38:19 - It is hard to define nationalism
41:41 - The Congress failed to reinvent itself
44:20 - Rahul Gandhi is out of touch
46:27 - Is the BJP mislabeled as "right-wing"?
51:54- PM Modi will have weak successors
54:56 - The cult following of Modi is small compared to the Gandhi-Nehrus
57:37 - North Korea reminds Abhijit of his childhood in Delhi
1:00:49 - India once had internment camps
1:02:10 - Have communal tensions really risen under this government?
1:08:49 - Saudi Arabia is the France of the intellectual world
1:13:16 - The Iranians used to be the most powerful
1:18:37 - Abhijit talks about the Russian coup
1:31:57 - Is Russia crumbling now?
1:35:00 - America is a historical hangover of the Roman Empire
1:38:23 - Napoleon became obsolete in his own lifetime
1:46:04 - Pop history loves Napoleon more than serious history
1:49:39 - Is America moving more towards the left
1:54:54 - Javed Akhtar really wants Michelle Obama to be president
1:56:12 - "If you want it, deny it"
1:59:30 - Most dynasties crumble after 3-4 generations
2:03:34 - Russia will still win the war
2:08:05 - Climate has always caused wars and migrations
2:15:00 - Conclusion
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  • @dostcast
    @dostcast10 ай бұрын

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  • @Youtube_Idee
    @Youtube_Idee11 ай бұрын

    The cow thing that Abhijit mentioned is a hundred percent true. Cows were smuggled way before lynching used to happen, but people never used to protest due to corruption but during BJP era that chain got broke. Same for riots, I was 5 years old when 2002 happened, police used to be scared from entering or arresting someone from perticular area because they had no political backing. That riots wasn't the first time either, but it was the first time when the majority retaliated.

  • @J.M.254

    @J.M.254

    9 ай бұрын

    Religious violence in India includes acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of another religious group, often in the form of rioting.[1] Religious violence in India has generally involved Hindus and Muslims.[2][3] Despite the secular and religiously tolerant constitution of India, broad religious representation in various aspects of society including the government, the active role played by autonomous bodies such as National Human Rights Commission of India and National Commission for Minorities, and the ground-level work being done by non-governmental organisations, sporadic and sometimes serious acts of religious violence tend to occur as the root causes of religious violence often run deep in history, religious activities, and politics of India.[4][5][6][7] Along with domestic organizations, international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch publish reports[8] on acts of religious violence in India. From 2005 to 2009, an average of 130 people died every year from communal violence,[9] or about 0.01 deaths per 100,000 population. The state of Maharashtra reported the highest total number of religious violence related fatalities over that five-year period, while Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest fatality rate per year per 100,000 population between 2005 and 2009.[10] Over 2012, a total of 97 people died across India from various riots related to religious violence.[11] The US Commission on International Religious Freedom classified India as Tier-2 in persecuting religious minorities, the same as that of Iraq and Egypt. In a 2018 report, USCIRF charged Hindu nationalist groups for their campaign to "Saffronize" India through violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindus.[12] Approximately one-third of state governments enforced anti-conversion and/or anti-cow slaughter[13] laws against non-Hindus, and mobs engaged in violence against Muslims whose families have been engaged in the dairy, leather, or beef trades for generations, and against Christians for proselytizing. "Cow protection" lynch mobs killed at least 10 victims in 2017.[12][14][15] Many historians argue that religious violence in independent India is a legacy of the policy of divide and rule pursued by the British colonial authorities during the era of Britain's control over the Indian subcontinent, in which local administrators pitted Hindus and Muslims against one another, a tactic that eventually culminated in the partition of India.[16]

  • @coffee2331

    @coffee2331

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@J.M.254so a guy wrote down what he truly feels and you're gonna dump biggest fattest shit copying striaght from Wikipedia. Damn such a orignal well thought rigorous opinion you have 😐 Here let me show you the direction to "Get Lost"👉🚪

  • @Samurai016
    @Samurai01611 ай бұрын

    Abhijit is such a treat to watch and loved his humour plus knowledge talks it's like mind potion.

  • @rishisharma3591
    @rishisharma359111 ай бұрын

    This is the most sane version of AIM. Invite him more

  • @teachkarnataka
    @teachkarnataka11 ай бұрын

    True words My grandfather was so brainwashed by congress that he named my sister after Indira Gandhi.

  • @0m13

    @0m13

    11 ай бұрын

    “Indira is India and India is Indira” was heard often.

  • @rbnjdd

    @rbnjdd

    11 ай бұрын

    No party ever got 50 percent vote in republic of India

  • @NatrajChaubey

    @NatrajChaubey

    11 ай бұрын

    And our generation is brainwashed by Moti ji and RSS. They are doing the exact same disastrous things that Congress did or even more but I bet you dont even know about them? Go read the last 10 tweets of BJP's own minority morcha for a start and then wonder if congress really did more appeasement of Muslims

  • @ayush885

    @ayush885

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@0m13it was easy, since Congress controlled all the media.

  • @teachkarnataka

    @teachkarnataka

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rbnjdd As we don't have 2 party system no one got more than 50% vote share

  • @AshokKSingh82
    @AshokKSingh8211 ай бұрын

    I have said and wrote many things against Abhijit but in this podcast he hit the ball out out of park. Host tried his best to make this podcast a BJP and Modi bashing saga but he did not fall in the trap. Loved it.❤

  • @Vj_soni

    @Vj_soni

    10 ай бұрын

    Asking questions is not bashing 🫤

  • @Kartik_aurelius

    @Kartik_aurelius

    8 ай бұрын

    Man this was a genuine political discussion..please..

  • @Aj-ev3dn
    @Aj-ev3dn11 ай бұрын

    Abhijit is 💯 right about stealing of cow b’cus it happened in my village 7 years back they steal 3-4 cows (basically all cows) from someone farm which was on road side. Thank god that he was not only financially dependent on cows but many people are dependent in villages

  • @RojaJaneman

    @RojaJaneman

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s jeehadi terrorism

  • @anttalsuraj9804

    @anttalsuraj9804

    11 ай бұрын

    The podcast was about power and he fucked talk about everything pity politics other than power

  • @dev4rajan

    @dev4rajan

    11 ай бұрын

    Buying Oxes, non milking Cows are allowed but these guys steal even calfs, pushing them in Cars, there are many videos one can see! If the people respond and in the nelee some harm happens to the thiefs. Why they have to steal, go and buy those Oxes, non milking cows up for sales, who stopped? No. This was nothing new, Ambedkar himself wrote in his book on Partition, modusooerandi of theirs.

  • @vedicsatya4012

    @vedicsatya4012

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes that's right

  • @vaibhavsaxena1084

    @vaibhavsaxena1084

    10 ай бұрын

    I understand the importance of cows. What do they do with the bulls? The unwanted male child that finds no purpose after trucks and tractors and left untamed to only destroy the crops!

  • @nirrmanchoudhury7248
    @nirrmanchoudhury724811 ай бұрын

    Wow ... blown away ...the podcast went slow and deep very very enriching broadbased knowledge....Thanks both of u for this 👌

  • @kanika__saxena3017
    @kanika__saxena301711 ай бұрын

    Love how clueless Vinamra is sometimes. Makes the speaker explain plainly and make this podcast so easy to understand

  • @0m13

    @0m13

    11 ай бұрын

    It also make him unable to ask deeper probing questions though.

  • @Likit257

    @Likit257

    10 ай бұрын

    sometimes? i thought always! tentative bas-tard knows nothing!

  • @thecuriousdumb7986
    @thecuriousdumb798611 ай бұрын

    Abhijeet Mitra on fire 🔥🔥 Best podcast ever❣️

  • @0m13

    @0m13

    11 ай бұрын

    The podcaster is completely clueless. He didn’t register most of the things AIM was saying.

  • @WHITE_RAPTOR

    @WHITE_RAPTOR

    11 ай бұрын

    @@0m13 He will learn. Like Joe Rogan.

  • @wastetime2
    @wastetime211 ай бұрын

    Wish this podcast was 4hr 30 min ❤.like to hear more of him

  • @sharathnirmala2248
    @sharathnirmala224811 ай бұрын

    Interesting point by AIM 1:59:54 about dynasties lasting only 3 generations. It is estimated that 90% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the third generation. In a way it shows the intertwining of finance and politics. Might even be possible to build mathematical models to estimate the likelihood of a political dynasty or a ultrawealthy family's collapse given sufficient data.

  • @sharathnirmala2248

    @sharathnirmala2248

    11 ай бұрын

    Ah, not aware of this. Thanks 👍

  • @SanatanRevival

    @SanatanRevival

    11 ай бұрын

    Rothschilds have entered this chat 🗿

  • @pradipbiswas3592

    @pradipbiswas3592

    9 ай бұрын

    This is the outcome of that phrase "hard times create strong men, strong men create soft time, soft time create soft men".... Comfort is the destroyer

  • @iotasymbol8498
    @iotasymbol849811 ай бұрын

    Some people are saying youtube has become godi and what not thats not the point!! If it is not run accordingly to you its godi !! If its not anti bjp its godi that logic apply to them as well like ajit anjum , ravish , deshbhakt, newslaundary, and many more they are clearly for congress and anti bjp factor s what are they !! Its just a question i want to know as citizen who is seeing hypocrisy from both sides

  • @mentalgymnast69

    @mentalgymnast69

    11 ай бұрын

    Left is really good at propaganda and behaves almost like a cult, once you're inside you completely loose sense of reality. They won't acknowledge anything that challenges their dogma.

  • @preetiraut7700

    @preetiraut7700

    11 ай бұрын

    🙋

  • @jp-jb1bw

    @jp-jb1bw

    11 ай бұрын

    Hello, youtube is not based in this country. Second, it throws up videos as per an algorithmn that analyses what you watch.

  • @AA13494

    @AA13494

    11 ай бұрын

    I like abhijit and ranganathan cz they critique the govt and are not plain haters.

  • @lordbasim
    @lordbasim11 ай бұрын

    Sorry Bhai Mai gareeb student hun, just a token of appreciation for the content you come up with. Great conversation with our favourite Abhijeet. God bless you both. Even though we precieve things differently but my admiration remains utmost. Loads of love from kashmir 🍁

  • @indy5662

    @indy5662

    11 ай бұрын

    Kya mast banda hai tu. Keepsmiling

  • @baazinews1027

    @baazinews1027

    11 ай бұрын

    Lots of Love and Success to You Brother !

  • @Indian2.5

    @Indian2.5

    11 ай бұрын

    May god bless you too 🙏

  • @MrMaddss123
    @MrMaddss12311 ай бұрын

    I differ with AIMM on one count....the day Modi goes away, it would be Yogi at the helm, there is a deep establishment in BJP....that discards at the past and looks at immediate future....they have done that since Jansangh days......mark my words.....

  • @rutvikrs

    @rutvikrs

    11 ай бұрын

    The day Modi retires, I hope he stays away from politics for good. Saying this as a BJP supporter.

  • @bhnuc

    @bhnuc

    11 ай бұрын

    Agree.

  • @culturemania178

    @culturemania178

    11 ай бұрын

    You can't be sure about anything in politics

  • @shashanksrivastavasri9641

    @shashanksrivastavasri9641

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@rutvikrsexactly..

  • @manh9105

    @manh9105

    11 ай бұрын

    You should keep your views fo yourself....

  • @rmv2213
    @rmv221311 ай бұрын

    How does this man talk about anything with so much information really great

  • @rutvikrs

    @rutvikrs

    11 ай бұрын

    He gets things wrong too but he provides great frameworks to think of things from.

  • @Chanakya831

    @Chanakya831

    11 ай бұрын

    He just shoots in the dark

  • @0m13

    @0m13

    11 ай бұрын

    He is well read on history and geopolitics. Of course he gets shit wrong. He is also very privileged (check his parentage, IIRC his mom is IAS) so he has access and political connections.

  • @Contractor48

    @Contractor48

    11 ай бұрын

    He was humiliated by the defense analysts on twitter because his podcast with other Abijit was so dumb. It was so humiliating that Abijit threatened to sue alpha defense and alpha defense was like sure, go ahead.

  • @lameanagram

    @lameanagram

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Contractor48who were these alphas you talk about?

  • @jp-jb1bw
    @jp-jb1bw11 ай бұрын

    Not just dumb luck but appropriate societal circumstance and right advice at the right time also plays a part in someone gaining power. AIM could refer to our golden age- chandragupta - chanakya combo.

  • @kanishktantia2047

    @kanishktantia2047

    11 ай бұрын

    Absolutely.

  • @chiiillllll

    @chiiillllll

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kanishktantia2047 this is d the best compliment he ever get

  • @16_sanchitkhairnar49

    @16_sanchitkhairnar49

    11 ай бұрын

    You just defined luck in social context.

  • @jp-jb1bw

    @jp-jb1bw

    11 ай бұрын

    @@16_sanchitkhairnar49 that interplay between pure chance( as in the case of rajiv gandhi who had no experience in public life or service) and luck in the social context, will be ever present!

  • @rashmikarnawat6315
    @rashmikarnawat631511 ай бұрын

    Excellent podcast!!!! Too much to absorb! Brilliant Abhijitji jaisa koi nahin❗️Thanks to both of you 🙏🏻

  • @SanatanRevival
    @SanatanRevival11 ай бұрын

    Abhijit you nailed that southern american accent 😂. There are not many like you, not just in India but in the world. Glad you're efforts are knocking some sense in Vinamra - MAYBE!

  • @Mani_-
    @Mani_-11 ай бұрын

    01:59:57 A little correction there, the successor of The Chandragupta Maurya was 'Bindusara' not The Samudragupta. A lil bit confusion there from AIM😊

  • @FreeYourImagination

    @FreeYourImagination

    11 ай бұрын

    Yep he brought the gupta dynasty king in the maurya dynasty. I think it was a slip of tongue because of the chandragupta name.

  • @viveknayak15
    @viveknayak1511 ай бұрын

    This guy with narrow POV and no idea about what’s happening around him getting his silly points dismissed by AIM is gold. His facial expression are meme worthy. A dumb woketivist bandwagoner getting schooled so hard. This guy walked into this one…on his own pod 😂

  • @_rohit97

    @_rohit97

    11 ай бұрын

    Bro woke Nai hai! AIM and him are great friends and Vinamra was kind enough to correct his POV! Obviously AIM is one of the best of our times but I think u need to be as open minded as him.😂 let’s be the right right wing and not become the chaplusi left

  • @SR-mv2mf

    @SR-mv2mf

    11 ай бұрын

    Well he is young give him time he will learn

  • @Akshat-zw9gr

    @Akshat-zw9gr

    11 ай бұрын

    chill.

  • @vaibhavrawat5777

    @vaibhavrawat5777

    11 ай бұрын

    True 😂😂😂😂

  • @truthnotbekind9260

    @truthnotbekind9260

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SR-mv2mf the very question he tossed out about “muslims in the country” was such a narrow minded question to even ask without him having any knowledge on the issue, its guys like him who are the real weapons of the lefties and wokes, when he said “my hindu friends in parties are open to so and so opinions” was shut down when AIM said such discourse is been normal on the other side as well he had no answer to give, youth and inexperience should not be an excuse here, if the guy is running a pod he better be informed and if he’s not he should not make blanket statements. its guys like him from generation to generation who may not like the ideals of hinduism for the narrow minded teachings his elders may have praticed (trust me we have plenty of blind worshippers on our side) are the ones to go flat out to denounce it that has damaged us and made us look like clowns. when a real practicing and benevolent hindu always keeps his or her faith home and does what’s best for him or her as per the learnings of the society that’s handed down to them and it can be good or bad in nature.

  • @sanjaykumarpandey7597
    @sanjaykumarpandey759711 ай бұрын

    Was waiting for him 😢😢 to come from so long 🎉🎉❤

  • @adityashukla2317
    @adityashukla231711 ай бұрын

    The bar for conducting a podcast has fallen to a new low these days. Meanwhile Abhijeet was on fire.

  • @rao8559

    @rao8559

    6 ай бұрын

    I know. An average high schooler knows more than him. The host talks and behaves like a pothead

  • @bhavnaganiga6272
    @bhavnaganiga627211 ай бұрын

    Abhijit needs to have a KZread channel of his own 🙌

  • @Noname-oq9mk
    @Noname-oq9mk11 ай бұрын

    Love from West Bengal 🕉️🇮🇳

  • @pratikmanghwani7417
    @pratikmanghwani741711 ай бұрын

    AIM respect button

  • @antiabrahamicreligion

    @antiabrahamicreligion

    11 ай бұрын

    Tekla

  • @Klavizz

    @Klavizz

    11 ай бұрын

    Takle ko kaisa respect

  • @rutvikrs

    @rutvikrs

    11 ай бұрын

    Al Taqluddin Ookrayni.

  • @SanjamGujral

    @SanjamGujral

    11 ай бұрын

    Sham Sharma wale sab idhar hai 😂

  • @engineer9954

    @engineer9954

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SanjamGujral 🤣🤣🤣

  • @anshulthakur6215
    @anshulthakur621511 ай бұрын

    Great podcast

  • @tpanant2011
    @tpanant201111 ай бұрын

    Wow! Fantastic discussion. AIM impressed every time I see him

  • @Ankit-gz2nq
    @Ankit-gz2nq11 ай бұрын

    He do have pretty rigid view on certain topics but he truly is very insightful to hear.

  • @vishakhabh.6341

    @vishakhabh.6341

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes. I disagree with him on a few things. But there's no denying AIM is a treasure chest of knowledge.

  • @Contractor48

    @Contractor48

    11 ай бұрын

    He was humiliated by the defense analysts on twitter because his podcast with other Abijit was so dumb. It was so humiliating that Abijit threatened to sue alpha defense and alpha defense was like sure, go ahead.

  • @vrishalisonar453

    @vrishalisonar453

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Contractor48it good to read this comment, didn't know. I wud suggest to hv this as comment than a reply to comment cuz difficult to come across otherwise. I like Abhijeet but his limitations are also to be pointed out.

  • @RojaJaneman

    @RojaJaneman

    11 ай бұрын

    Rigidity indicates confidence in his knowledge. That’s what happens when u know that u actually know. After warring with other side for decades and winning

  • @rakeshbarman3486

    @rakeshbarman3486

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Contractor48dude don't tryst his knowledge on defense related subject ,specifically weapons, cuz hus knowledge comes from 3rd source western intellectuals who want india to buy American weapons,

  • @nirjachaubey3222
    @nirjachaubey322211 ай бұрын

    Good podcast from AIM after long time. AIM is true gem💎

  • @teachkarnataka
    @teachkarnataka11 ай бұрын

    Most of my students have never heard about Narasimha Rao. I always tell them that he was a great prime minister and we have to remember always. He is greater than Modi and all our pm combined.

  • @roman5782

    @roman5782

    11 ай бұрын

    The last line is a stretch and hero worship at the worst.

  • @teachkarnataka

    @teachkarnataka

    11 ай бұрын

    @@roman5782 every society needs heroes, if we don't have heroes we should create heroes.

  • @AbhishekFakirpure

    @AbhishekFakirpure

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@teachkarnatakanot necessarily

  • @shankar9218

    @shankar9218

    11 ай бұрын

    Narsimha Rao left us open to sudden Capitalist exploitation without preparing the population for competetion. Shame that he did not bring in Land, Agri and Administrative reforms and his places of worship act was horrendous.

  • @natalkumar6132

    @natalkumar6132

    11 ай бұрын

    @@roman5782 Better a capitalist Narasimha Rao and Atal Ji doer than Maunmohan Singh or Chappan inch ki Chathi which couldn't pass farm laws.

  • @manishpatil7613
    @manishpatil761311 ай бұрын

    Its always pleasure to watch abhiheet. Hope someday will encounter him. Have bunch of questions.

  • @harmindersinghyadav9171
    @harmindersinghyadav917111 ай бұрын

    AIM is the best. The most entertaining & knowledgeable.

  • @hustler4205
    @hustler420511 ай бұрын

    Great Podcast !!!

  • @vivekmanjeshwar2039
    @vivekmanjeshwar20397 ай бұрын

    Thanks admin, wonderful listening to this podcast. AIM is a legend

  • @priyeshjammula854
    @priyeshjammula85411 ай бұрын

    Vinamre clearly was not prepared for this. Seemed a bit clueless about politics world, hence less interactive. One would notice Abhijit interrupting him. Nonetheless, a decent podcast.

  • @descendantofbharatbharatva7155
    @descendantofbharatbharatva715511 ай бұрын

    The book of Sitaram Goel titled ‘Perversion of India’s Political Parlance’. This book essentially talks about the language of the left and how it has evolved over the years and how it is impacting society even in current times. This 65 pages book is an essential read for every non-left person to understand the tactics of the left through their wordplay. In chapter 2 titled ‘Words which defy dictionaries’, Sitaram Goel discusses at length how some of the words we use in our day-to-day life defy the dictionary. LEFT VERSUS RIGHT o Leftists are defined as ‘progressives’ while the Rightists are defined as conservatives. The dictionary defines Right as “tending or having the power to keep entire, to retain, to preserve” and also as “averse of change.” However, there is nothing wrong with preserving or retaining something unless what is preserved is undesirable PROGRESSIVE VERSUS REACTIONARY o Dictionaries define progressives as one who is “moving forward, making progress.” But, there is no definition of progress. o Dictionaries define a reactionary as “one who attempts to revert to past political conditions.” However, this is a very vague generalization, and it is very difficult, almost impossible for any people, at any stage of history, to revert to past political conditions REVOLUTIONARY VERSUS REVIVALIST o Dictionaries define revolution as a ‘Radical change in the government’. However, it is nowhere indicated whether the change is for the better or worse. o Dictionaries define a revivalist as “one who promotes religious, architectural or other revivals.” The left has a problem with religious revival. This is understandable when we look at closed creeds like Christianity and Islam which strike at the very roots of rationalism, humanism, and universalism. But the objection becomes blind when it comes to the ancient civilization of Sanatan Dharma. SOCIALIST VERSUS CAPITALIST o Sitaram Goel Ji calls Socialism a ‘Magical word which paralyzes all thinking processes in a majority of our politically conscious intelligentsia.’ SECULAR VERSUS COMMUNAL o The word secular is defined in the dictionaries as “the belief that the state, morals, education, etc. should be independent of religion.” But in India, it means only one thing - eschewing everything Hindu and espousing everything Islamic. o Every politician who wants to qualify as secular needs to endorse everything that is Islamic, and denounce everything that is Hindu. o One is not secular unless one harbors and expresses a pronounced anti-Hindu animus. DEMOCRATIC VERSUS FASCIST o The Leftists swear by democracy only so long as they are in the opposition. They believe and proclaim that they will use force to transform society once they are in power. It is, therefore, difficult to understand how the Leftists label themselves as democrats and others as Fascists! Sitaram Goel rightly defined this situation where ‘The so-called Rightists are collapsing under the weight of certain words which the Leftists have heaped upon their heads without rhyme or reason.’ In the third and fourth chapters, he goes on to explain how the language of the left is an imported language that talks in the same grammar of other imperialist languages like Islam, Christianity, Communism, and British Imperialism. Like every other imperialist language, the language of the left divides mankind into two exclusive camps. It bands all believers into a brotherhood that cuts across nations. Sitaram Goel believes although Hindus overcame Islamic imperialism, but they failed to see through the language of that imperialism, and hence a lot of Hindu saints accepted Islam as a religion. A similar phenomenon is happening with the analysis of left by the Indians today. Although Indians have identified the communists, they are unable to identify their imperialistic language. In the fifth chapter titled, ‘The History of Leftist Language’, he goes on to explain the history of all the fundamental formulations of the Indian left. The Prophet of the Indian Left, M.N.Roy, believed that India has never been a nation before the British conquest. The Gangadhar Adhikari thesis called India ‘a number of nationalities inhabiting a continent than a composite national unit.’ It even goes ahead to preach that Swami Vivekanand was a leader of ‘Spiritual Imperialism’. The language of Communist imperialism was borrowed, lock, stock and barrel, by the Congress Socialist Party led by Pt. Nehru. The only point on which the two (Communists and Socialists) differed was the personality and role of Mahatma Gandhi. While the communist called him a ‘Bourgeoise scoundrel’, the socialists believed that the mass movement was not possible without the leadership of Gandhi. Sitaram Goel believes that the potential for purveying the poison of Leftist language is considerable, and Indian nationalism, which remains their topmost target, has to guard itself against this. In the sixth chapter titled, ‘The role of the Leftist language’, he goes on to explain how Nationalism in India was named ‘Hindu Communalism’. The leftist launched a blistering attack on nationalists and branded them as “Hindu communalists who were bent upon breaking the broad national front against British imperialism by bringing in religious obscurantism and cultural chauvinism borrowed from the primitive Hindu past.” The nationalists were thus made a suspect in the eyes of Congress vis-à-vis Islam, so much so that all the nationalists had been ostracized from the Congress fold. The left even went on to accuse Congress of using too many Hindu symbols even going as far as terming the national song ‘Bande Mataram’ as an ‘Anti-Muslim Crusade’. Sitaram Goel explains that The specter of Hindu communalism has never ceased to haunt the Hindus. Nor has the love for Islam suffered any loss after the partition. In fact, The love for Islam and Muslims has been labeled as secularism in the post-independence period. In the seventh chapter, he goes on to discuss the role of Mahatma Gandhi. He believes that it is a mistake to blame Gandhi entirely for appeasement policy. He says “The anti-Gandhi nationalists have never tried honestly to face the fact that it was he and not they who had stirred the minds and hearts of Hindu masses”. While explaining Gandhi’s policy towards Muslims as - full of appeasement which made Muslims more hostile, he even states the fact that Gandhi is to be blamed for his failure vis-à-vis Muslims, only in so for as he was at the helm of affairs during that particular period of Indian history. He doubts that the Hindu society would have been able to prevent partition even if there had been no Gandhi. Sitaram Goel states how the Hindu leaders preceding Gandhi approached the Muslim problem. He explains how Hindus contributed to the Anglo-Oriental Mohammedan College which later became the Aligarh Muslim University and the main seat of Muslim separatism. He recalls that the Swadeshi movement faced a great backlash in East Bengal with an orgy of riots, but there is no evidence of Hindu leaders coming forward to beat the backlash. He also explains that in the Lucknow Pact, the Hindu leaders conceded the separate electorate, even after knowing the idea of pan-Islamism. The leader of Congress back then was Lokmanya Tilak and not Gandhi. Justice demands that anti-Gandhi nationalists review Hindu history vis-à-vis Islam and lay the blame where it belongs. They will soon find out that Mahatama Gandhi was neither the first nor the last to accord the status of religion to Islam. Most Hindus are still chanting Sarva-Dharma-samabhava vis-a-vis Islam in the face of Muslim fanaticism, though over decades have passed since the death of Mahatma Gandhi. Sitaram Goel explains that the failure of Mahatma is the failure of Hindu society. In chapter eight titled, ‘Towards a language of Indian Nationalism’, he explains that the one lesson we learn from the freedom movement as a whole is that a religious and cultural awakening in Hindu society has to precede political awakening. The language of Indian nationalism has to be the language of Sanatana Dharma before it can challenge and defeat the various languages of imperialism. He explains that close creeds like Islam and Christianity cannot be allowed to subvert India’s ancient spiritual heritage. The complex culture created by the spiritual traditions of Sanatana Dharma is the national culture of India. The cultures brought in by Islam, Christianity and Communism are imperialist impositions. Those who talk about a composite culture are either ignorant of what culture really means or are trying to sabotage India’s national culture in the service of this or that imperialism. He explains that a struggle is taking place in the political arena between the forces of nationalism and the forces of anti-nationalism. Leftism, even when it is not a part of the Communist movement is, by and large, the political expression of a self-alienated psyche. It serves as a smoke-screen for all anti-national forces. Sitaram Goel believes all the nationalists must clean the anti-national forces and become one again as a national society in the ancestral homeland of Bharatvarsha. This is possible by countering the Leftist language and by promoting the National language that has been developed by our seers and Rishis over the ages.

  • @jp-jb1bw

    @jp-jb1bw

    11 ай бұрын

    Dhanyavaad. Only problem is you have given so much info that it is a podcast in itself.

  • @jaibudhadev66
    @jaibudhadev6611 ай бұрын

    great podcast

  • @ashunino
    @ashunino11 ай бұрын

    Very interesting and insightful podcast.

  • @itswolfie777
    @itswolfie77711 ай бұрын

    Vinamara is bringing down the IQ level of whole conversation repeatedly...

  • @bhuvaneshs.k638
    @bhuvaneshs.k63811 ай бұрын

    As soon as I see Abhijit Iyer I like the video ❤🎉

  • @soudipsanyal
    @soudipsanyal11 ай бұрын

    Chotonagpur in the jharkhand-Bihar region is the major source of minerals in modern India as well as in the past. Whoever ruled Bihar at that time had control over chotonagpur so they automatically became rich stronger with better quality of metals in weapons & farming equipment.

  • @user-bu7zl9px4e

    @user-bu7zl9px4e

    10 ай бұрын

    First get rid of the Maoists over there.

  • @paparazzi.IndianFootball
    @paparazzi.IndianFootball11 ай бұрын

    Best was "What did the Bengalis do?? They migrated to Delhi and destroyed everything!" 😂😂😂 Sahi bola Bhai ekdum

  • @sahibwr10

    @sahibwr10

    11 ай бұрын

    No bro, bihari did actually bengalis are to lazy to do any fuss

  • @shashanksrivastavasri9641

    @shashanksrivastavasri9641

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@sahibwr10nope, bengalis did that .. Biharis are everywhere..from maharashtra , gujrat , TN etc .. They did not go to doga like Bengal

  • @saikatsen8037

    @saikatsen8037

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sahibwr10 bangladeshis

  • @Dattebayo3089

    @Dattebayo3089

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@shashanksrivastavasri9641lol maharshtra ruined by bihari and Bangladeshis. Go to any police station u will see most criminals from their. Hit to any slums u will see their % higher. Due to cheap labour all cities want Biharis.

  • @paparazzi.IndianFootball

    @paparazzi.IndianFootball

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@sahibwr10ek baar JNU, DU ya CR park jaake dekhle bhai. Pata lagajaye bangali log aur unki bindi gangs ne kitna kaand kar rakha😂

  • @cyno002
    @cyno00211 ай бұрын

    Oppression of Muslims is when muslim population of india from independence was 9.8% to today become 14.2 %. While pakistan non-muslim population become 23% to today 2%, that's what called oppression or ethnic cleansing which this host trying to portray. I know this is crude data but still facts, simple google search will tell you facts which this host haven't done or just don't wanna acknowledge that.

  • @arihantjain8347
    @arihantjain834711 ай бұрын

    Fav person❤

  • @chaina357
    @chaina35711 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @bhnuc
    @bhnuc11 ай бұрын

    "I have listened whole episode, then only i m giving opinions on episode" Button is here.

  • @gradstudent584
    @gradstudent58411 ай бұрын

    55:40 This. I'm not even that old (I'm 30) and I remember the demigod-like status given to the people of Nehru dynasty.

  • @ektat5
    @ektat511 ай бұрын

    Super!

  • @yugantbainwad_17
    @yugantbainwad_1710 ай бұрын

    Maza takla ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ankourkhhurana
    @ankourkhhurana7 ай бұрын

    Excellent 👌🏼 podcast

  • @nandishcs
    @nandishcs11 ай бұрын

    Great content

  • @varungodse3603
    @varungodse360311 ай бұрын

    Requesting a Monthly Podcast with AIM. Please.

  • @busypandey
    @busypandey11 ай бұрын

    Bengal and punjab is those members of family , who dont work and give nothing in family income but wanna decide everything from what car should we bring to what curtains. If didn't agree , will start breaking house destroying things 🤦‍♂️

  • @MohitKumar-jf8lz

    @MohitKumar-jf8lz

    11 ай бұрын

    No that goes to bimaru states. All the rest of the states have to pitch in at the expense of themselves so they can get extra but still do nothing. It has been for last 75 years.

  • @Priya-cm3tr

    @Priya-cm3tr

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@MohitKumar-jf8lzthey are the most hardworking and most labourous. Also the most exploited so they obviously have spectrum of both types of people.

  • @akshaymattoo4456

    @akshaymattoo4456

    7 ай бұрын

    Bengalis don't even come close to materialistic prosperity of Punjabis.Bengal is more like a bimaru state even though Punjab is probably on the way of becoming one.

  • @busypandey

    @busypandey

    7 ай бұрын

    @@akshaymattoo4456 punjab's whole technique is to get into white nation with high currency rate . No industry , no start ups , no education ..

  • @Qwerkywoop
    @Qwerkywoop11 ай бұрын

    AIM TAKLEYA IS ❤

  • @antiabrahamicreligion

    @antiabrahamicreligion

    11 ай бұрын

    Takleya😂😂

  • @DailyLifeSolution

    @DailyLifeSolution

    11 ай бұрын

    ❤da ka Iyer.

  • @IndrajithNaidu
    @IndrajithNaidu9 ай бұрын

    Cow smuggling in jharkhand Is a big problem once we caught Some people smuggling cows at night through our village Some people smuggling cows at night and we tried to stop them And call the police did not even listen to us the officials of Jharkhan government contacted Contacted us and threatened us the cows were to be transported to bangal and its happening even now and then every ones in a while

  • @artificialization
    @artificialization11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the nice questions

  • @shorts-yo6ew
    @shorts-yo6ew11 ай бұрын

    (enlightenment+education)x entertainment....lethal potion...god bless you guys...🙏

  • @dharmeshparikh7837
    @dharmeshparikh783711 ай бұрын

    Interesting discussion.

  • @Rahul-yq9ye
    @Rahul-yq9ye11 ай бұрын

    Great knowledge flex 😅I love it

  • @harikakadada
    @harikakadada11 ай бұрын

    2 Hrs of AIM !

  • @CasualBuddy
    @CasualBuddy11 ай бұрын

    I love Iyer ❤

  • @hrishikeshbabar
    @hrishikeshbabar11 ай бұрын

    Always good to hear AIM. He definitely has tons of knowledge about many topics. However I think he is wrong about Modi’s succession. PM Modi will make sure that the party is in good hands and whoever succeeds him makes sure to carry forward his vision of Bharat. Modi doesn’t come across as someone who cares too much about legacy. He can’t be thinking-‘mere badme desh ka kuch bhi ho fark nahi padta’😅

  • @singhparth2210
    @singhparth221011 ай бұрын

    Wow!

  • @Likit257
    @Likit25710 ай бұрын

    Abhijit is absolutely irrepressible! Absolutely hilarious! OMG! and such a treasure trove of knowledge!

  • @vivekt4896
    @vivekt489610 ай бұрын

    At last the interviewr finally understood he is not in him to interview AIM, .

  • @DonnieB0407
    @DonnieB040711 ай бұрын

    Good talk taqloo

  • @FLASK904
    @FLASK90411 ай бұрын

    I love Abhijit and normally i fully agree with him, however he got a lot wrong about Nepoleon. The parts he got right were that he wasnt JUST defeated by the winter in Russia. He was defeated by a failure of imagination. Kutusov (the Russian general) had a plan to basically chide Nepoleon's forces and not give him a decisive battle until he was ready. This stretched Nepoleon's supply lines, and when the battle of Borodino happened right outside Moscow, the Grandè Army was weaker and less effective. And while Nepoleon won the day, it was a pharric victory. The other thing that Kutusov did brilliantly was that he did not allow the Grandè Army to be able to live off the land, as was Nepoleon's greatest advantage to his corp system he had instituted. Never the less, what lost Nepoleon the war was that deapite conquering Moscow, tsar Alexander the I fled to St. Petersburg and refused to surrender. And as such Nepoleon had to wait out the winter in Moscow without supplies and watch his Army starve. When he retreated, Kutusov and Alexander pounced on him, harassing his forces all the way back to the edge of the Danube. The 2nd thing Abhijit got wrong was the tactically, Nepoleon was umamtched. And he only lost at Waterloo because Blucher and the Prussians arrived in time to save the day. Wallington was on his dying breath, and if Marshal Ney's cavalry charge on Wellington's right had come a few hours earlier, the British forces would've been flanked.

  • @sanjuraja6976
    @sanjuraja697611 ай бұрын

    Tagda banda hai 🔥🔥

  • @veerdaman
    @veerdaman10 ай бұрын

    Why people getting Away from Indian Media? Ans: There are Good Podcasts on social media.

  • @Nunu_Butter_Masala

    @Nunu_Butter_Masala

    10 ай бұрын

    Right 😂

  • @Kushwahasuraj63
    @Kushwahasuraj6311 ай бұрын

    I love you bro ❤

  • @SR-mv2mf
    @SR-mv2mf11 ай бұрын

    Hi Taklu Bhai nice to see you

  • @akshat5284
    @akshat528411 ай бұрын

  • @achieversacademy9691
    @achieversacademy969110 ай бұрын

    Initially I thought Abhijit Mitra is Bengali. Then I realized when he talked so much sense

  • @user-so4yu5ug2z
    @user-so4yu5ug2z11 ай бұрын

    Abhijit is too smart for this podcast

  • @harshilsuthar5350
    @harshilsuthar535011 ай бұрын

    The audio was not clear, sometimes it was over, sometimes it was very less. Please being a podcaster audio should be top priority. Sorry to offend you

  • @jp-jb1bw
    @jp-jb1bw11 ай бұрын

    The host expresses great surprise when climate change is mentioned by AIM as one of the reasons for invasions and collapse of existing structures. Hello, indus valley and saraswati river? Mauryan empire partial downfall due to excessive deforestation? Indian history, bhai.

  • @gauravbhadoria3937
    @gauravbhadoria393710 ай бұрын

    1:27:00 abhijit said it one month back today 25 - 08- 2023 Prigozhin has already died in a plane crash.

  • @shubhankulkarni7825
    @shubhankulkarni782511 ай бұрын

    AIM and Vinamre can be heard everyday

  • @shashikanttripathi158
    @shashikanttripathi15811 ай бұрын

    AIM always rocks.

  • @GauravSharma-gw4wg
    @GauravSharma-gw4wg11 ай бұрын

    *_I wish ye Video Hindi mai bhi hota... Next time k liye ummid krta hu 😅😅😅😅😅 Sir ko Hindi mai Sunna psnd hai🎉🎉🎉_*

  • @abczuchini3757
    @abczuchini375711 ай бұрын

    AIM was 100% correct here. Dude, were we like some utopian society before 2014? Gimme a break man.

  • @AA13494

    @AA13494

    11 ай бұрын

    The response by abhijit shut him up for good. this is the first muslims are getting a response and their religion questioned and countered with evidence from quran

  • @kanishktantia2047
    @kanishktantia204711 ай бұрын

    Wagner question was already answered in pgurus channel. Repetitive questions are a strict no no

  • @sanikakakirde
    @sanikakakirde10 ай бұрын

    Mr Mitra you are as delightful as you are insightful ❤.. i want to be your frraaand 😁

  • @DeeptiMalik007
    @DeeptiMalik00711 ай бұрын

    Growth of your channel is exponential...I remember following your channel with much less subscribers...Nd this feels so good and personal as I was following you since then...congratulations.

  • @saitamakun8266

    @saitamakun8266

    11 ай бұрын

    south delhi rich talks in almost every podcast

  • @vikrambarawkar9661
    @vikrambarawkar966111 ай бұрын

    Why is this Podcaster speaking without any modulation of voice coupled with a blank face. Seems like he is on dope

  • @meetchhaiya7970
    @meetchhaiya797011 ай бұрын

    Brother you should rest when the core power that is your throat is sore we can wait for your episode don't mess your future health for views or consistency

  • @rohandante
    @rohandante11 ай бұрын

    Screen got blanked more than twice. Please do check.

  • @minhaj23227
    @minhaj2322711 ай бұрын

    Love AIM....The GENZ Expert even though he is in 40s 😅😎 Ofcourse he's not always right and i disagree with him on several points but i dont know he always brings a refreshing perspective......

  • @prashantkhodecha7622
    @prashantkhodecha762211 ай бұрын

    Why there is black screen multiple times in between in this podcast?

  • @GauravKumar-zd6kn
    @GauravKumar-zd6kn9 ай бұрын

    He is really genius .Even he corrected Anand Ranganatha many times in Podcast .

  • @mohakroy821

    @mohakroy821

    8 ай бұрын

    😂😂 genius , nice joke

  • @hoperdave9076
    @hoperdave90769 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @RPYadav54
    @RPYadav5411 ай бұрын

    There's something wrong with timestamp of podcast, it's not parallel to flow of Abhijit.. Time stamp are 4 minute late

  • @rahultrivedi7576
    @rahultrivedi757611 ай бұрын

    That is why at that point of time you had law named waqf board.

  • @somilG44
    @somilG4411 ай бұрын

    Truth is dangerous

  • @tejashvi2733
    @tejashvi273311 ай бұрын

    USA being the new Roman Empire? Shit gave me goosebumps

  • @DailyLifeSolution

    @DailyLifeSolution

    11 ай бұрын

    No, RA is better.

  • @abhishekdarjee7069
    @abhishekdarjee706911 ай бұрын

    Whether it's true or not idk but Abhijit is fun to watch

  • @krishnanramakrishnan472
    @krishnanramakrishnan47211 ай бұрын

    History intern in understanding history...

  • @birendersingh6899
    @birendersingh68999 ай бұрын

    Loved abhijeet....just a slight correction... though nothing important1:59:56 - Mauryan empire : Chandragupta, "Bindusara" and Ashoka. Samudragupta was from Gupta Empire

  • @chinmayagrawal5119
    @chinmayagrawal5119Ай бұрын

    why is the prod quality so bad , video goes off frquenelty, weird cuts, coffee bringngi sessions