Mayan Routes Indian Roots - S2 | Bonus Episode with Vineet Kumar
About this episode
This episode features a conversation with Vineet Kumar about his book 'Mayan Routes, Indian Roots' and his adventures in Central America.
This special bonus episode is the first in a series of conversations with self-published authors. In this episode, we’re joined by the remarkable Vineet Kumar ( The Sunday Traveller – Bookmarked andBewildered ) - an author, army officer, and global explorer whose latest book 'Mayan Routes, Indian Roots' , takes readers on a spellbinding journey across the ancient landscapes of Central America - Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Vineet recounts his recent adventure through these countries, which formed the area of the once-mighty Mayan civilization. Along the way, he uncovers surprising cultural and spiritual threads that tie the region to his own Indian heritage. A lieutenant colonel in the Indian Army, Vineet is also atrained special operations instructor, a UN Peacekeeper, a theatre actor, scuba diver, yoga devotee, and polyglot—making him, quite literally, a storyteller with a thousand lenses. “ The world is one,” he proposes as he narrates the different stories and philosophies he has uncovered during his journey. The episode is a rich blend of travel, geopolitics, history, and identity, seen through the eyes of a man who…
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