Shashi Tharoor, a serving Member of Parliament (Indian National Congress) of the Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and the former under-secretary general of the United Nations, forms the subject of Divya Reddy’s article in the book 'Ten Heads of Ravana'. In popular media and for most aspirational urban Indians, Tharoor is seen as a slick and eloquent interpreter of Hinduism for the twenty-first century. Reddy shows that Tharoor’s work on Hinduism consists of an assortment of theories drawn from colonial Indologists and historians. These historians have been rejected because they used the colonized lens to conjure a history of India. They denied the indigenous origin of the country’s mainstream culture, instead giving credit to foreign ‘invaders’ while devaluing India’s cultural heritage by portraying it as less ancient than its true accounts. Considering Tharoor’s work on Hinduism and religious conversions, Reddy shows how he has distorted and misinterpreted the notion of ‘liberalism’ and ‘pluralism’ inherent in Hinduism to convince an average ‘Macaulaiyzed’ English speaking Hindu youth, who has no deep moorings in Hindu thinking. Tharoor’s eloquence, public persona and good use of English have catapulted him as a world spokesman on Indian cuture, but Reddy exposes his inauthenticity. Timestamps 00:00:00 Highlights 00:00:27 Introduction 00:02:34 The Influence of Sashi Tharoor 00:03:43 Hinduism is everything and nothing 00:05:40 Religious conversion 00:06:26 Aryan invasion theory 00:07:23 Misinterpreting the Vedas 00:08:46 Against Hindutva 00:10:05 Unanswered questions 00:11:05 Deconstructing Tharoor 00:13:24 How elastic is Hinduism? 00:14:53 S.T. facilitates cultural appropriation? Snakes in the Ganga - http://www.snakesintheganga.com Varna Jati Caste - http://www.varnajaticaste.com The Battle For IIT's - http://www.battleforiits.com Power of future Machines - http://www.poweroffuturemachines.com 10 heads of Ravana - http://www.tenheadsofravana.com To support Infinity Foundation’s projects including the continuation of such episodes and the research we do: इनफिनिटी फ़ौंडेशन की परियोजनाओं को अनुदान देने के लिए व इस प्रकार के एपिसोड और हमारे द्वारा किये जाने वाले शोध को जारी रखने के लिए: http://infinityfoundation.com/donate-2/

Vijaya Viswanathan of Infinity Foundation in conversation with Jyotisha expert PVR Narasimha Rao, discusses the future of India, Afghanistan with Taliban at the helm of power, Pakistan, China & the rest of the world. He also predicts the future of Indian states like Andhra Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh. PVR Rao was proven right on his earlier predictions on the US elections & the aftermath violence. He also predicts the changing world order, the future of religion's such as Islam, Indian leadership & more in the coming decade. PVR Narasimha Rao is a renowned Jyotisha expert with decades of experience and is credited for creating the widely used Jyotisha software 'Jagannatha Hora.' To know more about his work, visit- https://www.vedicastrologer.org/jh/index.htm Timestamps : 00:00 Teaser 00:30 Guest introduction 02:38 Jyotisha for personal predictions or the welfare of the world 06:13 future predictions for Andhra Pradesh (YS Jaganmohan Reddy's leadership tenure) 08:53 future predictions for Uttar Pradesh 12:42 Prime minister of India in 2026 13:24 future of china and tibet 14:29 USA & west's decline 14:54 America's Decline in Afghanistan 15:48 is China/ Russia the new axis? 16:31 Predicting china's future 17:31 Taliban & Pakistan's future 19:12 Future Challenges to taliban rule 20:55 Taliban 2.0 21:39 Taliban and Pakistan's victory 22:43 Can pakistan control taliban 24:32 Iran and Taliban 25:42 is Taliban victory a win from China 27:47 Will europe see afghan refugees? 28:06 Taliban's effect of israel and its region 29:00 Will there be a financial crash? 32:14 Will India ever be a major regional/global power 37:53 Future of Islam To support Infinity Foundation’s projects including the continuation of such episodes and the research we do: इनफिनिटी फ़ौंडेशन की परियोजनाओं को अनुदान देने के लिए व इस प्रकार के एपिसोड और हमारे द्वारा किये जाने वाले शोध को जारी रखने के लिए: http://infinityfoundation.com/donate-2/