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This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
I can bet my last penny on the fact that you have never ever saw, or touch a physical copy of “Discovery of India” much less read a single page from it.
BeK, startes with Aryan Invasion theory (AIT), which was falsely propogated by Western historians endorsed by Indian leftists historians to please their Boss’s.AIT is now logically and scientifically disapproved theory and the Harappa civilisation is effectively proven that it is sindhu saraswati civilisation. Dated much much older than what was propogated falsely by Western world blindly followed by pseudo historian and their boss.Re telecast of BeK will only mean that telling wrong history again to new generation, this will be a crime true nationalist will not do.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
I am watching the shyam benegal’s bhart Ek khoj but I have doubt regarding the authenticity of medieval history shown in the show. Out of 22 historians working under shyam benegal, Irfan Habib was incharge of medieval history and I have serious doubts that he would have added his own views and bias in the script.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
I was always taught in school that at first, Columbus tried to deliver India but reached America. Thereafter, Vasco de gama tried and succeeded to discover India. But to my surprise, it appear that actually this gentleman discovered India without ever proceeding on such a Voyage like Columbus or Vasco.
Surprising……Very surprising.
@O P Shukla
Thereee is something called “manner of speaking” in English language. Ever heard of it? Cowbelt understanding of English is simply not good enough to appreciate great works of literature.
I don’t know how many people watched this farce then.. I don’t know how many people will watch it now..
Nehru could not understand correct history of India. What he has written was based on history by bias historians. Nehru has not done any really research on history. With brute force Indian were forced to see such bogus history. We should get now correct history since manupulated history is exposed by the real historians.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
“Discovery of India” Fake History by Nehru, tried to malign Ancient Indian culture. Totally rubbish.
During lockdown Mythological drama was infused in the minds of those hooked to TV and it was fact that govt was not intrested in retelecasting Bharat Ek Khoj because it har voice of Nehru which they dont want present generation to hear.
Shyam Benegal’s Discovery of India added the flavour of our multi- culturism and art forms in an aesthetic and unifying, secular way. I loved the series for that, you know, like for example narrating the Shivaji – Aurangzeb episode through a drama written in our times and so on. It was authentic and of a high professional standard. His defining work I’d say.
I can bet my last penny on the fact that you have never ever saw, or touch a physical copy of “Discovery of India” much less read a single page from it.
BeK, startes with Aryan Invasion theory (AIT), which was falsely propogated by Western historians endorsed by Indian leftists historians to please their Boss’s.AIT is now logically and scientifically disapproved theory and the Harappa civilisation is effectively proven that it is sindhu saraswati civilisation. Dated much much older than what was propogated falsely by Western world blindly followed by pseudo historian and their boss.Re telecast of BeK will only mean that telling wrong history again to new generation, this will be a crime true nationalist will not do.
Jai hind!
Best ever show,the direction the content,the acting everything was surreal!! I got interested in history due to this show in school days.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
I am watching the shyam benegal’s bhart Ek khoj but I have doubt regarding the authenticity of medieval history shown in the show. Out of 22 historians working under shyam benegal, Irfan Habib was incharge of medieval history and I have serious doubts that he would have added his own views and bias in the script.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
I was always taught in school that at first, Columbus tried to deliver India but reached America. Thereafter, Vasco de gama tried and succeeded to discover India. But to my surprise, it appear that actually this gentleman discovered India without ever proceeding on such a Voyage like Columbus or Vasco.
Surprising……Very surprising.
@O P Shukla
Thereee is something called “manner of speaking” in English language. Ever heard of it? Cowbelt understanding of English is simply not good enough to appreciate great works of literature.
I don’t know how many people watched this farce then.. I don’t know how many people will watch it now..
Convert Khotta spotted.
Nehru could not understand correct history of India. What he has written was based on history by bias historians. Nehru has not done any really research on history. With brute force Indian were forced to see such bogus history. We should get now correct history since manupulated history is exposed by the real historians.
Some stupid fanatics have shown their ignorance & hate for Nehru in their comments here. ‘With brute force Indians were forced to see’ says one fool. What made them not to switch off their TV then ? Did any ‘brute force’ keep it On ? Others call it fake & farce ! No need to argue with such Fools whose Indriyas are selectively closed & only accept Nagpur views ! As somebody commented, yes, this Govt., – Forget Telecasting this again – would have got the copies as well as the Master Copy of this epic – at DD Archives -Destroyed for sure by now !
“Discovery of India” Fake History by Nehru, tried to malign Ancient Indian culture. Totally rubbish.
During lockdown Mythological drama was infused in the minds of those hooked to TV and it was fact that govt was not intrested in retelecasting Bharat Ek Khoj because it har voice of Nehru which they dont want present generation to hear.
Shyam Benegal’s Discovery of India added the flavour of our multi- culturism and art forms in an aesthetic and unifying, secular way. I loved the series for that, you know, like for example narrating the Shivaji – Aurangzeb episode through a drama written in our times and so on. It was authentic and of a high professional standard. His defining work I’d say.