IIT Madras | Religious Pluralism In India : A History | Manu S Pillai
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Extra Mural Lectures (Estd. in 1982) - Flagship lecture series, IIT Madras aiming to facilitate interaction between students and speakers from diverse fields. On 3rd October 2023, we featured the esteemed speaker Dr. Manu S Pillai, renowned historian and author who has written extensively on Indian history in a fireside chat on ' Religious Plurality in India: A history'.
Manu S. Pillai's discussion on religious plurality in India began by defining "plurality" in the Indian context as a profound interweaving of diverse faiths over centuries. Drawing from his own childhood, he shared anecdotes illustrating the richness of Indian plurality and the interplay between caste religion and society. Pillai explained how India's history, influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, Christianity, and indigenous faiths, fostered a unique coexistence. He highlighted that India's pluralism emerged through dialogues, syncretism, and assimilation of beliefs, creating a dynamic and tolerant society. As a historian, Pillai stressed his role in not prescribing future lessons but in urging people to explore history, promoting a profound understanding of India's religious tapestry, mutual respect, and the preservation of this invaluable legacy for posterity.
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Manu is undoubtedly one of the assets of modern India, an astute observer and preserver of history. I am absolutely astounded every time I listen to and talk to him.
It is wonderful to hear you, Manu S Pillai
Great lecture on pluralism in the past and now. Amazing as always 👍🙏
Ellora is indeed an iconic example of pluralism and shared spaces
Address him as Dr. He worked and was awarded the doctorate degree recently
Hey manu it's wonderful listening to you
Reminds me of the saying: Keep your mind open but not so open that your brains fall out.
European and American liberals seem to have made this mistake going by the current happenings there.
Felt like those girls we doing viva voce for manu !
They are students not expert interviewers.
@@rajendradangi2585 yes they should have kept some good students who are proficient in interviewing !
This guy is incredibly good! Hats off!
Pluralisms and diversity are embedded in the heart of Indians. Mainly, because the values of these qualities are described and educated by ancient Vedas. Perhaps, in the world history, incidents of accepting and encouraging diversity and pluralism may not be found in any country other than India.
In modern society, the majority community in India creates hype and propagates diversity and pluralism, believing that Abrahamic religions appreciate these values in India/ world. The truth is that Abrahamic religious books teach the opposite values of pluralism and diversity. Abrahamic religions believe that " only Jesus/ Allah is the true God and only Christianity / Islam is the true religion" Therefore Abrahamic religions have prioritized to convert other religions to their religion as their duty to God. Thus, Abrahamic religions do not appreciate or believe in pluralism or diversity.
There is a need to urgently teach Christians and Muslims , to start with in India, about necessity to accept all Gods and all religions and live and let live happily and together as one community. It is better such teachings are imparted to Abrahamic religions in all nations simultaneously to bring peace and harmony in all nations.
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How untouchable like practice of purifying ghee by mere touch of a person is example of religious brotherhood
He is Dr Manu. S. Pillai
So you are also performing dr. Manu.
i miss Ranganathan. This amount of sanity should not be allowed in public ;).
It’s not just a treat to the eyes and ears seeing n listening him but for the brain too … understanding this young historian’s perspective…
All the very best to you .. waiting for more of your works !!!!
PC orntd lf.....😎
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True
54:12 Quite honest take. The only problem is when Hinduism becomes pan-Indian and there's erosion of local names, customs etc., it's lamentable loss of variety and diversity. But when Islam looks to Gulf and become Wahabised, it becomes antitehtic to local mooring - almost frustrating the very existence among infidels a misgiving. There's no equivalence in terms of the effect of external influence.
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From the conversation I think these students are tend to support Sheldon pollock and romila thapar or very left leaning and pro islamic ..they somehow want to convey islam is plural ..😊
Get into temples and politics.
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comparing shivaji maharaj and tipu showed what he is also He refused to talk on Islam as like poles of a magnet repel each other and pointed OUT EXTREMELY RARE events in indian culture which most of the people never heard before and does not hold relevance at al l also glad to see next to nothing views on the video(0 impact) failed modus operandi
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For him they are same lol.
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I am from Kanyakumari. I am a Pillai too. I left India when I was 22 years old. Today I am in the US. But I did my schooling in Chennai. My father is Dr K.M.Pillai. But Pillai group is very very very small.
Nair Pillai??
Just say 'I'm great'. We can understand.
I’m so 😮
Just Pillai @@arjunraj823
@@arjunraj823there are lot of Pillai...nair brithya jana sangham was formed only during 1914,( Ottoman Empire fall 1908-1922)
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These story are of 200 to 300 hears old
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He is pretty Good, But He slightly tilt towards left ideology, if you listen closely.
Him and Vikram Sambath could work together to form, a nice balance.
Listen closely you will never have knowledge.😊
S most iits are very left
Ppl who can use mask properly....wins....mv on
J fmly......ftr n lw to yngst ml mmbr......😮tht is aa truth
Atchmnt klls
Pseudosecular
Pseudo secularism.
Isn't this guy sutelly villanising brahmins...
Not current Brahmins.
No He states different things were only done survive or gain Power during those times.. Things are more open today…
@@alani3992 These people talk as though they went and saw how Brahmins were illtreating rest of the society... India is vast, each region had different rules, you need to leave the life to understand ( Telugu and Kannada Brahmins wear white in marriage, red saree when widowed), Brahmins themselves have so many divisions, they don't mingle among different divisions ..
Trained Brahmins goal was to overcome ego, which means to overcome power etc.,
He’s one of the unbiased Historians in this generation shedding light to how the situations were. Indian past was not all positive as many glorifies it . A lot of people were oppressed, no food , no education, untouchability, no proper healthcare and imagine only one category of people were able to have better life than all the others just based on they were born in a caste that was considered upper.
@@ManikM86 Which country people on earth had education for economically backward in 16th and 17th century... West was very poor until colonisation started
Read Dharampal's beautiful tree, there were village schools in India during 17/18 century... They were teaching maths, Ramayana . Brahmins were learning Vedas not science/maths...
So all you guys can vouch every Brahmin was doing economically great... Why did we have poor Brahmin stories...
It is part of Vedic studies to overcome echo
Hypocrisy
Do Moslems and Christians themselves appreciate these stories. ? It's fairy easy to cite these incidents to Hindus. Anyway, a commendable exercise.
there's muslim keralite versions of Ramayana
These aren’t stories to be appreciated but history and reality. Culture is deeply rooted and part of our identity. That is where the secure mentality of Malayali comes from. It’s been a bit tarnished by confusions created in recent years, mostly because of ignorance I must say on how religions come about. I am a Syrian Christian myself . It is St Thomas the Apostle preached and few families adopted Christianity. As he said there is no one type. The influences of local culture are deeply rooted and part of our identity.
@@subhanhasan990tsikfm could alternate versions of non Hindu texts exist
@@rajalakshmivinod6798texts are not people. The same texts are interpreted in diametrically opposite ways by different groups.
Can the Union be based on values, & common defense, instead of just culture & stories ?
He went to a big madhouse...😢😂😅