SI 5 - Inaugural session - Keynote address by Rajiv Malhotra

Swadeshi Indology conference-5 titled ‘Karnataka Shastriya Sangita - its past, present and future’ held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore on 30th March 2019.
The keynote address by Rajiv Malhotra outlines the nature of Swadeshi Indology conferences, how it is different from other conferences and lit-fests, and why it is of a business-to-business (experts-to-experts) model as opposed to a business-to-consumer model. Malhotra brilliantly takes us through the problem of colonisation and how colonisers first use their own lens to map their colony with the ultimate object of controlling, looting and manipulating it and then how this ‘colonised view’ is imposed back on the colony with the help of native ‘sepoys’. Though political freedom is achieved, a more dangerous intellectual colonisation of our Bhakti performing arts, spiritual tradition,etc., has continued since then, thanks to the leftists who are actually the successors of the colonisers. Performing arts based on interactive bhakti and embodied divinity is unique only to the Hindu tradition and attempts to separate them from religious and sacred elements, secularise and modernise them indirectly amounts to breaking the grand Indian narrative bit by bit and supporting the breaking India forces. He then talks about post-moderism and subaltern theories and its sinister motives. He expresses his strong concern that Carnatic music which is now being stripped off its devotional elements may end up like the archaeological sites and museums that represent ‘dead civilisations’.

[kailashupadhyay]

What an insight !!, you are truly a Ksatriya Intellectual . Hats off to you.

[jitendersingh-jghx]

Conference no. 5 wow superb rajiv ji, achieving this stage in present india's ecosystem requires lots of guts and courage.

[jitendersingh-jghx]

I am from haryana, for the last 6 months i hv been watching ur videos on swadeshi indology and rajiv malhotra official you tube channels

[AnandSingh-mxbx]

These are not entertainment videos that you saw and comment guys express your views

And if you have no idea of subject matter then please write down what you learnt from the video
It's a simple request to all Rajiv sir's viewers

[sunandarao]

Many of us who are devout Hindus are already boycotting TM Krishna's music programs

[jitendersingh-jghx]

I want to work on caste project and on H.H Risley bz in haryana caste is a very major divisive factor

[vinodhr]

Pristine abstract of the conference. Namaste.

[mbhatt]

Most archaeological and ancient architectural sights across India is having old signboards with wrong information as shown since the British rule. After independence, the ruling governments have never bothered to change or correct with the right information based on true history.

[jitendersingh-jghx]

Plz tell me how can i join ur infinity foundation, is on line membership link the only option available??
Whenever u get time plz let me know.

[venugopalbk]

Christianity tried to enact performing arts, called " Chavittunadakam" to counter Kathakali art form in the state of Kerala

[roaringbanjara]

U r really one of the saviors of Indian civilization... modern day shankara charya... But BJP, RSS is not taking the threats u r exposing continusly.. Government should have rewritten the history, should have decolonized the academicia of india...but it has not happened yet..so sad