Illustrated India : Bringing India's grand history to children & youth | Cibi Raj | #sangamtalks

Have you ever thought of getting into a time machine and get transported to Ancient India? The India of Dreams! – The India that Alexander failed to conquer, the India that was the wealthiest in the world, the India that Megasthenis wrote about , the India that built the earliest of cities, the India that created universities where students from the known world thronged to study in thirst for quality education and superior knowledge, the India that gave Birth to women Rishis whose Vedic hymns are still in vogue after many thousands of years, the India that was advanced in surgical procedures, The land of mathematicians and astronomers and Engineers of the finest kind ? Then This is the way forward…
Illustrated encyclopaedia of Indian History – From Earliest times until 600 CE is the first in a magnum opus book series project that aims to portray Ancient and Early India in its full glory - in 350 pages filled with more than 1300 colourful illustrations. These illustrations will consist of heavily researched, originally made high quality oil paintings created by highly skilled artists with years of experience in visualisation and illustration. The book series will showcase Life and times in Ancient and Classical Bharat along with the achievements of Bhartiyas in the last 8+ millennia in every walk of life ranging from Astronomy to Mathematics, from Metallurgy to Ecology, from City planning to Philosophy, which all together have formed the foundations of the Indian civilization – The Great Bhartiya Samskriti.

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This book will be the prequel of the other 2 volumes: Illustrated Encyclopaedia: from 600 CE to 1600 CE - the Medieval Indian History and 1600 CE to 2021 CE - the Modern Indian History

Speaker: Cibi Raj
Author & Researcher
Cibi Raj comes from a background which is steeped in Tamil Culture and as he completed his schooling from Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, Tirupur, it naturally led him to nurture and care towards the spiritual and cultural richness of India. He did Electronics and instrumentation engg. bachelors and completed his Dual-Masters in Space science and technology, Robotics and Automation from Universities of Germany & Sweden. He has been doing rigorous research in the fields of History, Indian civilization since 2015. He has been a volunteer of Isha Foundation since 2009 and completed his sadhana pada, a 7-month program designed by Sadhguru. He took active part in research that was going on for the #FreeTNTemples movement initiated by Sadhguru. He is designing an elaborate and highly structured syllabus for History and culture course for Isha Leadership Academy.

0:00 Power statements
1:00 Introduction to the book "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Indian History" - Bringing India's grand history to Children & Youth
3:55 Glimpses into the research and illustrations for the book
6:00 Why History of India?
9:40 The current illustration books for Bhārat's glorious history is disappointing and uninspiring for the young minds
11:45 The Project to build this 3 volume set of "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Indian History" - Bringing India's grand history to Children & Youth
12:45 Artists and paintings behind this Encyclopedia
14:40 The world renowned Glass workshops and Zinc distillation factories of Ancient India
15:30 Work methodolgy behind this Encyclopedia
16:00 Ancient hairstyles of Bhārat
19:05 Ancient costumes of Bhārat
21:08 Ancient Indian Kingdoms, Villages, Temples, Houses, Cities, Stadiums, City gates, Streets, Buildings, Stadiums, Architecture, Harbors, etc.
41:11 Challenges to complete this Illustrated Encyclopedia
43:15 Probable impact of this book on children and youth
47:00 Appeal for funds for this Project

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[jothilakshmi]

Very nice to hear you speak to enhance our society in many.aspects your care for the younger generation is amazing
Jothilakshmi miss
Sri vivekananda sevalayam
Tirupur

[TheGuruNetOn]

This is an excellent project that needs all the support that it can get in terms of publicity, daan, seva.

[pt]

I wish this can be turned into a community based collaborative efforts. Allowing experts from various areas come together volunterily to contribute to each chapters... For example various dynasties..

[HITHENDRASAI]

Having known Cibi Anna for more than 3 years now, he is a really passionate researcher working for reviving our culture and making our children proud of our roots. His knowledge on ancient India is immense and we had some fabulous stories narrated by him which we always cherish. The way he connects spirituality with our traditions is amazing.

Congratulations and best wishes for your upcoming 'Illustrated India' Anna. Hope this reaches every child and instills huge pride for our culture 🙏🏽

[kalidashgupta]

I make sure to buy this book and added to my collection.
So far, I have:
1. Veer savarkar part 1 by vikram sampath
2. Sarswati civilization by g.d bakshi ji
3. Gumnami baba by anuj dhar
4. Your prime Minister is dead by anuj dhar
5. Unbreaking india by sanjay dixit
6. Vyaskatha by nityananda Misra
7. Breaking india 2.0 by Rajeev dixit
8. Maharana by doctor om Ratnu.
Some books from Prabhat publication like:
1. Rani durgavati
2. Maharana partap
3. Chandragupta maury
4. Hindutva
5. Emergency
6. Operation blue star
Some books like:
1. Mopla kand
2. Delhi riots.
Huge collection of amar Chitra katha comics

[rrachary]

" Om Shri Ganeshay Namah 🙏
Om Gurobhyo Namah 🙏

The main idea to make History of Bharata " into Magnificent Visual way making more interesting specially for students, new generation & to we all !

This work of expressing every required moments through original painting with the context, keeping in mind those era " Great Work ! As you are integrating the real history into fascinating visuals this will indeed be very unique in its own way.

Whatever best can be done will contribute for this great work !
Great work Cibiji 🙏

Jai Maa Bharati 🙏

[SanthoshChakravarthy]

I have had the opportunity to meet Cibi anna during my Volunteering days in Isha.. There are times where we had long insightful discussions on Indian rich culture and heritage.. I learnt a lot of surprising things abt our civilization which our present day text books won't teach you..

I must say Cibi anna's mission is very in depth ..

I wish you all the best Anna.. May all your hard work pay off and help in creating Bhavya Bharath for the coming generations..

[AbhishekPatel-siuq]

Great work Cibi has been doing! I’ve known him for years and it has been a privilege to offer some small support here and there to him. This is what we need for the upcoming generations to learn about the real Bharat in a fun way growing up 😊

[Purnama]

Brilliant. Not just for India but for the the world 🌎 please make sure we can procure in California easily. Great Xmas gift. 🌸🙏🏼

[arudragupta]

Pranam to this great soul for this work🙏😊❤️

[vivekputhran]

Absolutely fantastic job sir dharm and Bharatvarsh looks to more such illustrated publications from you. You make our civilization and culture 👏

[parthsrivastav]

Incredible Work you have done here. Bharat needs more people like you. Keep it up.

[rk]

Very fascinating, when can we expect the volume 1 and volume 2.
It's wonderful Cibi Raj, that you have invested so much into Indian history.
May we know the glory of India history

[Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_]

Absolutely wonderful. these ancient city/village plans are actually futuristic. modern world still haven't made such wonderful cities. our modern cities are literally like random buildings everywhere there is no order in them. and they say they civilized us. we have the opportunities to show them how to civilize ourselfs and others.

[mirrorflame]

Excellent and much needed initiative!!

[gooddayok]

Amazing effort - will Buy the Book as soon as published (my understanding this is work in progress)

[pt]

Please include timeline of Indian history from ancient to modern history

[ashokmenon]

Cibi-ji, congratulations to you and your teams undertaking. Indian history HAS to be rewritten and made more palatable. I fully agree. However you need to be aware there are many others who have undertaken this task at various levels of scholarship and sophistication, and if you are aware, then they need to acknowledged etc. Some of the names would be Dr Raj Vedam, Dr Adityaji (of Satology fame), Rajiv Malhotra, Dr KK Mohammed, Dr BB Lal, Amar Chitra Katha illustrated classica etc etc Only through such collaborative efforts will a truly comprehensive output be possible.

[swapnilpradhan]

Glad to see this project is slowly materializing! Much needed. Great work anna!

[sankalp]

How can we contribute financially? Perhaps you can collaborate with Upword on their project to write true Indian history books for children.