The Jaipur Dialogues Podcasts

From claiming that the roots of Bhakti movement lie in Sufism, to calling hijab a matter of choice and calling Azaan as beautiful as opposed to raucous Jagrata, the Indian liberals/panchmakkars have been appeasing Islam and Islamists by a syndrome of one way tolerance, that never seems to be reciprocated. Professor Bharat Gupt goes deep into these phenomena, distinguishes them, and shows us the way for future in this talk with Sanjay Dixit.

Sanjay Dixit examines the significance of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement that due to Muslim population growing to 35%, they were no more a minority. Hi stand is perfectly in tune with the UN definition of minority. Muslim leadership makes its followers act aggressively continuously and uses minority victimhood as a weapon.

Pakistan's India obsession is at new peak - jealousy at India buying oil from Russia, its own Imran Khan facing no-confidence motion, its proxies losing elections in UP and Punjab, and India firing a Brahmos into Pakistan by mistake!!! So what does it do - it tries to do its own missile test which flops. Sanjay Dixit has a take.

Arif Mohd. Khan, Hon'ble Governor of Kerala ha set the cat among the pigeons by demanding the abolition of Minority Commissions. Sanjay Dixit sets the background for the peculiar minortyism in India as devised by the British and continued post-1947 and talks to Ashwini Upadhyaya whose petition on defining the minority state-wise is still pending due to Centre not filing a reply.

The Kashmir Files has achieved the great function of bringing the focus of the nation on the gruesome crime that took place in the 1990s. However, the complete contours are much wider and given in the book 'Unbreaking India'. Is this now the time to take the next logical step and declare the crimes committed against Kashmir Hindus and Pandits leading to the 6th and 7th exodus in independent India as genocide. Sushil Pandit and Dr. Ajay Chrungoo join Sanjay Dixit to discuss.

Today's dominant strand of Sikhi as represented by SGPC bears very little resemblance to the Sikhi at the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The overarching umbrella of Sikh panth has been taken over by a small aggressive section, a part of which even harbours separatism. At the time of elections, they call the wider body as Sikh, and then revert to just the keshdharis. Puneet Singh Sahani goes into the historical background and looks at the decline of the Akalis and rise of AAP.

Puneet Issar, who played the role of an IPS officer in The Kashmir Files, and Aarti Tikoo are hosted by Sanjay Dixit, who asks them about the making of the film, its impact and whether the film is merely the starting point to go deeper and seek out the root of the problem - beyond just Pakistan and terrorists.

With the High Court of Karnataka putting its stamp of approval on the ban of hijab in schools so soon after The Kashmir Files, the misery of AMM ecosystem has been compounded, as it was yet to recover from the wave of revulsion against them set off by the Kashmir Files. Sanjay Dixit looks at the verdict and analyses the reasons for Muslim reaction against them.

Was the 1857 rebellion really momentous? Did it foster a national consciousness? Did the Hindus and Muslims have separate expectations from it? Did it sow the seeds of separation among the Muslims? Raghvendra Singh, former Secretary, Culture, Govt. of India and holder of many other important assignments in the Tourism and Culture sector, discusses the topic in this talk with Sanjay Dixit.

Hindus have always been waiting for a unifying and uniting factor - will the truth of Kashmir be that awakening factor?