Wide Angle, EP 36: Pavan Varma's Adi Shankaracharya: Reclaim Hinduism From the Right

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JD(U) leader Pavan K. Varma talks about his new book 'Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism's Greatest Thinker', the attempt to hijack Hinduism by self-styled evangelists and his party's relationship with the NDA in the latest episode of 'Wide Angle' with Maya Mirchandani. Click here to support The Wire: yt.orcsnet.com/#the-wire

All Comments (21)
  • @satishpatil9893
    Brilliant interview..He seems like a communally sane politician ..rare these days
  • @bhaskarjha7567
    Wonderful interview. Pavan Varma is an extremely articulate and intelligent man.
  • I don't like,""the wire""but,I really love listening to pavan Kumar
  • There is four varna in Hinduism-Brahman,kshatriya,Vaisya,Sudras based on working of person. I am Hindu I have education and I teaches but the same time I do agro work also.So in which category do I fall?
  • @uguensonam1459
    Adi Shankaracharya was, without a doubt, one of the greatest philosopher India had ever produced. But his distortion of Buddhism and its assimilation in Hinduism fastened the decline of Buddhism in its homeland. Had Buddhism been alive and thriving in India, caste system and hardcore hindutva would have been challenged and fascist RSS wouldn't be able to lifts its head above water.
  • And,reminding ""the wire"",the govt is not saying or putting boxes on people as anti Hindu,some people r doing it,but the media regards them as govt,why??😏😏
  • @forntrunner8889
    If there is no percussion of Hindus then why there is decreasing population and cultural destruction in Pakistan, Bangladesh and parts of India like Bengal, North East and southern part of India.
  • @psmith207
    It's known as Purva Paksha that is taking cognisance of the opponents point of view.
  • @vinayalex2319
    It would be far good in quality, atleast a brief mention about adi shankaras philosophy is also included..end up pure political interview...
  • @ddiddi8361
    great man and great respect for you sir Pavan Varma. tho it's the individual choice on which party you want to get alliance with.
  • @mohanrao281
    Brilliant . you have answered my feelings. 5 systems are Atheistic. Even Shankaracharya's philosophy is Atheistic. People have hijacked as you said. i love this discussion.
  • Plzzz don't speak on food habits,becoz beef was banned by Congress even before the bjp was born,so don't accuse them as divisive,the Indian Constitution has cow protection in the state's directive principles...it's a diff matter,that I don't agree with it,but a single party or person shouldn't be accused
  • Shankaracharya ke upar hardly few lines he iss discussion par ...baaki sab roj ka bakwas.!!
  • Has govt codified this woman as a non believer,or online trolls have done that???or even some goons
  • everything acceptable in sanatan if u not worship idol u are also part of sanatan as nirakaar ..if u do sakar so different path in sanatan i follow bhaktism as vaisnav so u r not bind to do everything only choose path nd stick it