Who Shapes India's Self-Understanding?

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The episode explores how India understands itself through various frameworks and challenges.

A thought-provoking conversation at the Indraprastha Cultural Festival brings together Manogna Sastry, Anil Sahasrabudhe, and Nitin Seth, moderated by Aparna Vijayan, to examine a deeper question beneath public discourse: how India understands itself. Moving beyond surface narratives, the panel explores how civilizational frameworks, educational institutions, and digital systems shape the categories through which reality is interpreted. From the legacy of historical disruption to the challenges of unexamined inherited lenses, the discussion connects knowledge systems to questions of strength, policy, and technological futures. The conversation ultimately asks whether India today defines itself on its own terms — or continues to think through frameworks it has yet to fully interrogate. The Hindi edition of Infinity Foundation’s path-breaking book, गंगा में विषधर, was also launched by the esteemed panel, along with the editor Anurag Sharma.Who Is Raising Your Children? - https://whoisraisingyourchildren.com/Battle For Consciousness Theory - http://battleforconsciousnesstheory.comSnakes in the Ganga - http://www.snakesintheganga.comVarna Jati Caste - http://www.varnajaticaste.comThe…

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Host: Aparna Vijayan

Guests: Manogna Sastry, Anil Sahasrabudhe, Nitin Seth

Topics covered

• India's self-understanding
• civilizational frameworks
• educational institutions
• digital systems
• historical disruption
• knowledge systems
• technological futures

Keywords

• India
• self-understanding
• civilization
• education
• digital systems
• historical context
• knowledge systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Infinity Foundation

Books & works: गंगा में विषधर

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