Rajiv Malhotra's Podcast

We bring you a new series ‘The Youth Asks’ featuring Divya Nagaraj as the host and Rajiv Malhotra as her guest. In this video, they talk about whether Indians are prisoners to Western Universalism, and why mindless adoption of Western Universalism is problematic. Do check out our YouTube channel \'Rajiv Malhotra Official\' and do follow us on Facebook \'@RajivMalhotra. Official\' and Twitter \'@In...

After Independence of India, prominent leaders and philosophers like Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo envisioned a Vedic-Social model for the Indian society. However, India took the Nehruvian route which was influenced by the 19th-century ideas of Europe and largely based on Marxism. These Nehruvian ideas are entirely Western import, totally alienated and disconnected from the Indi...

In this episode, Rajiv Malhotra explains the origins of feminism in the Western society & how the whole movement initially started by Gloria Steinem was influenced by Indian philosophy & ethos. He also discusses the issue of homosexuality in the Western society & Indian society. Rajiv Malhotra also explains the philosophy that drove colonial conquests. Watch more episodes from our \'Yo...

Parth Parihar and Rajiv Malhotra discuss the classical Indian society during the Mauryan era as described in the Arthashastra. They also discuss the economic status, role of women, administrative structure and other aspects of the society in the Kautilyan era. Parth highlights the decentralized, equitable sharing of wealth & inclusive nature of the society that was prevalent then. Do check out...

Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya gives a profound and crystal-clear explanation of the principle of balance in Ayurveda. What disrupts balance and the tools available to restore it. Ayurveda also has rapid-action and emergency treatments just like reductionist medicine. The role of the mind in self-healing is discussed. The challenge of validation is explained given that everyone is unique, and the appro...

Having studied at pre-eminent US universities in western medicine as well as Ayurveda in India, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya explains how Indian Ayurveda authorities chase the Harvard name and affiliation. Their inferiority complex boosts the credibility of places like Harvard beyond what is justified.   She discusses instances of fraud in medical research published in the most prestigious journals in...

Rajiv Malhotra interviews noted Supreme Court of India Lawyer and \'Delhi Riots 2020\' author Monika Arora to discuss the controversy with publisher Bloomsbury.   This is the complete interview. Do check out our YouTube channel \'Rajiv Malhotra Official\' and do follow us on Facebook \'@RajivMalhotra. Official\' and Twitter \'@InfinityMessage\' and \'@RajivMessage\'. To support this project: https...

Nepal\'s monarchy was thrown out by Maoists, and Evangelists helped this in the name of human rights. India played a pivotal role to topple the monarchy, and later imposed a blockade on Nepal. China stepped in to fill the vacuum, and then the US started trying to counter the Chinese influence. The US could seek a military base, but China is well entrenched at all levels from grass-roots NGOs to go...

Come Carpentier has been in India for 20 plus years. He is an author, scholar and currently the Convener of the Editorial Board of the World Affairs Journal, a quarterly publication dedicated to international issues. Come discusses the origins of Social Sciences in Europe and its role in Colonization. He also explains the ideologies of some of the prominent sociologists of Europe such as Karl Marx...

Rajiv Malhotra, in this stimulating and provocative interview with Lok Sabha TV, talks on a variety of topics, ranging from Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan that took place on 5th August 2020 at Ayodhya to the strained relations between India & China. He also talks about the international breaking India forces that are at play to destabilize the unity & sovereignty of India. Rajiv Malhotra also expl...

Rajiv Malhotra interviews Tom Quiggin, a well-known public intellectual, author, speaker, Intelligence analyst expert and investigator on radical Islam. They discuss the ideology of the global Islamic movement, extremist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, and various other extremist Islamic organizations that masquerade as charity organizations in Europe and North America. He also points out t...

Rajiv Malhotra, the author of Breaking India and The Battle for Sanskrit, interviews Dr. Anil Kumar Dixit, who is an Ayurvedic doctor. In this time of crisis, it is important to understand how Ayurveda can help people. Does Ayurveda work on the immunity of the person, irrespective of the diagnosis, and is this a good approach? We welcome viewers to ask questions they might have about Ayurveda and...

Rajiv Malhotra explains the concept of Sanskrit Non-Translatable & its significance, from his book \'Being Different\'. He points out that certain terms in Sanskrit cannot be translated into English as they don\'t have any equivalent terms in English. For instance, the term \'Shakti\' cannot be merely translated to energy , as the Sanskrit term has varied meanings other than energy. By protect...

The role of the Church in proselytizing and promoting anti-national activities in TN is growing at an alarming rate. The church is the single largest holder of real estate after the Government. It has also dominated the Film industry, TV Channels thereby promoting anti-Hindu movies, biased TV shows and so on. The priests are promoting violence against Hindus in the name of Church. While there is a...

Rajiv Malhotra and Dr. P Rammanohar discuss various aspects of prakriti and its relationship with Ayurveda. He elaborates how translating prakriti as constitution or body-type is incorrect. Dr. P Rammanohar explains that prakriti is a signature of a person’s balance. It is the baseline optimum physiological state to which individuals tend to come back to. He talks about how humans are similar as w...

Rajiv Malhotra, the author of the books, Breaking India and The Battle For Sanskrit, talks to Dr. P Rammanohar, Research Director at Amrita School of Ayurveda.  Dr. P Rammanohar explains to Rajiv Malhotra the science behind Ayurveda and how different it is from the Western Medical System. They talk in length about the difference in understanding of the human body and the science behind creating a...

In this conversation from November of 2016, General GD Bakshi sits down with Rajiv Malhotra to discuss security in India in the face of threats from Pakistan and China, the intellectual war that India faces against foreign think tanks and more. Do check out our YouTube channel \'Rajiv Malhotra Official\' and do follow us on Facebook \'@RajivMalhotra. Official\' and Twitter \'@InfinityMessage\' and...

Dr. Swamy expresses his views on Modi’s performance on issues dear to his support base, on the mediocrity of certain appointments, and on strategic mistakes in J&K and elsewhere.  Do check out our YouTube channel \'Rajiv Malhotra Official\' and do follow us on Facebook \'@RajivMalhotra. Official\' and Twitter \'@InfinityMessage\' and \'@RajivMessage\'. To support this project: https://infinity...

Prof Vaidyanathan discusses the Dravidian politics and its foremost exponent, EV Ramasamy popularly known as \'Periyar\'.The Dravidian movement started as pro-British, evolved to be anti-Brahmin, anti-National and now secessionist and poses a great danger to India\'s unity. Their influence is huge, and there are many splinter groups and offshoots which influence everything in the state from school...

Madhu Kishwar sat down with Rajiv Malhotra to discuss his book \'The Battle for Sanskrit\' in detail. Madhu Kishwar talks to Rajiv Malhotra on what motivated him to write this book, the central theme of the book & more. The Battle for Sanskrit\' book was launched in 2016 . The book is a critical study on how Sanskrit is dealt with in Western Indology. Rajiv Malhotra analyses the study of Sansk...

Rajiv Malhotra talks about his thoroughly-researched masterpiece, seminal best-seller book \'Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism\'. In this book, thinker and philosopher Rajiv Malhotra addresses the challenge of a direct and honest engagement on differences by reversing the gaze. He throws some light on the philosophical foundations of the Abrahamic religions and highlight...

in 2016 Rajiv Malhotra discussed his book  The Battle For Sanskrit at MIT. He spoke about how Germans distorted Hindu ideas which led to Nazism. Do check out our YouTube channel \'Rajiv Malhotra Official\' and do follow us on Facebook \'@RajivMalhotra. Official\' and Twitter \'@InfinityMessage\' and \'@RajivMessage\'. To support this project: https://infinityfoundation.com/donate/ --- Support this...

Hinduism, especially Ramayana and Bhagavada Gita, helped the Indian indentured laborers survive in Guyana for 175 years of extreme hardship. This illustrates the positive role of collective identity in security a community’s self-esteem and survival. Good leaders stuck their necks out over many generations and resisted pressures and inducements to sell out. This courageous leadership helped the Hi...

\'The Battle for Sanskrit\' book was launched in 2016 at Samskrita Bharati in Bangalore. The book is a critical study on how Sanskrit is dealt with in Western Indology. Rajiv Malhotra analyses the study of Sanskrit through two views, the insider lens and the outsider lens. Insider lens being the view of the practitioner of dharma and the one who considers Sanskrit to be sacred. He also explains ho...

Nityanand Misra, a Sanskrit scholar and well-known author has studied Devdutt Pattanaik’s book titled “My Gita”. This is an extensive interview where he gives point by point analysis of Shri Pattanaik’s work. He points out numerous blunders in the works. He concludes that Shri Pattanaik: 1) does not know even the basics of Sanskrit; 2) is obsessed with looking for sexual meanings, and has praised...