10 August 1947.
Just 5 days before Independence, the battle for India’s future was far from over. Jinnah was pressuring Jodhpur to join Pakistan. Sardar Patel intervened. Savarkar warned against the logic behind Partition.
From Lahore to Amritsar, Lyallpur, Alwar & Hapur, reports of communal violence kept pouring in. As 15 August drew closer, uncertainty, negotiations and bloodshed shaped every passing day. Episode 10 of #Those15Days.
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Today on Sawan Shivratri, here’s a special talk from our archives.
Why is Shiva called Tripurantaka, Nataraja, Neelakantha & Bhikshatana? What do these names reveal beyond the stories we commonly hear? Deepa Bhaskaran takes us back to the original Puranic texts to decode the stories, symbolism and spiritual wisdom behind 25 sacred names of Mahadev.
#SangamTalks #SawanShivratri

https://youtu.be/Je4-xQyj7zo?si=vpe-I3vlLj1nhBfr

Join the upcoming Hindu Fund webinar on 15 August at 8:30 PM with Pavithra Srinivasan, Founder of Gita Natyam Foundation.

For decades, she has brought the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita alive through Bharatanatyam. In this conversation, discover her journey, the challenges of preserving India’s civilisational traditions, and what it really takes to sustain Dharmic work for generations.

If preserving our heritage matters to you, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Registrations close 14 August, 1 PM.
Register: https://survey.zohopublic.in/zs/mWBHAq

11 August 1947. Just 4 days before Independence.
Gandhi urged riot-torn Calcutta to reject revenge. Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly met for the first time. Kalat declared independence, a day Baloch nationalists still commemorate as Balochistan’s Independence Day. A call for cow protection reached India’s incoming government. One day. Multiple turning points. A subcontinent being reshaped.
Episode 11 of #Those15Days
#Partition1947 #IndianHistory #Independence1947 #Gandhi #Balochistan

Was ancient India’s financial system centuries ahead of its time?
From Hundi networks and Shreni guilds to Karshapana currency, Ajay Sharma re-examines 5,000 years of Bharat’s economic history.
#SangamTalks #IndianHistory #IndianEconomy

https://youtu.be/z4HxBZfWXJg?si=BZq1CXxNEfTDrVKe

Did caste become independent India’s favourite scapegoat?
Prashant Pandey explains how blaming caste became the “sasta, sundar, tikaau formula” for explaining India’s social problems.
From reservations to Mandal politics, how did caste become central to political discourse?
Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/07jKesERGzs

12 August 1947. Just 3 days to Independence.
Gandhi in Calcutta. Unrest in Lahore. The Army still awaiting division. And across India, uncertainty, fear and hope collided. What was unfolding as freedom drew closer?
Episode 12 of #Those15Days
#IndiaAt79 #IndependenceDay #Partition1947 #IndianHistory

Before “women in leadership” became a global conversation, Ahilyabai Holkar was already setting the standard. She rebuilt temples. Protected sacred traditions. Delivered justice. Governed with courage. And placed Dharma above power.
Centuries later, India still remembers her as one of its greatest rulers. 🚩
#AhilyabaiHolkar #IndianHistory #Dharma #Bharat

While India stood on the threshold of Independence, Punjab was bleeding. On 13 August 1947, a train stopped at Riazabad near Lahore. Hindu and Sikh passengers were killed. Women and girls were abducted. Punjab’s censorship kept such reports out of newspapers.

Abdul Ghaffar Khan, devastated by the NWFP joining Pakistan, accused Congress of handing the province to the Muslim League “on a platter.” In Karachi, Jinnah hosted a royal banquet.
Freedom was approaching. So was Partition.

Episode 13 of #Those15Days.

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काशी से सोमनाथ तक, भारत के अनेक तीर्थ आज भी एक महारानी की कहानी कहते हैं, देवी अहिल्याबाई होलकर।
लेकिन उनकी विरासत केवल मंदिरों तक सीमित नहीं थी। कारीगरों का उत्थान, पर्यावरण संरक्षण, सांस्कृतिक पुनर्जागरण और लोककल्याण, उनके शासन में ये केवल विचार नहीं, नीति थे।
आज उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर प्रो. वंदना झा से जानिए देवी अहिल्याबाई होलकर के उस विराट व्यक्तित्व और विरासत को, जिसकी छाप केवल इतिहास के पन्नों में नहीं, भारत की जीवित सभ्यता में आज भी दिखाई देती है।
पूरा व्याख्यान : https://zurl.co/1e64V
#AhilyabaiHolkar #अहिल्याबाईहोलकर #IndianHistory #Bharat #SangamTalks

What if the Gurukul model didn’t need to be “revived”, because one is already working? In Bengaluru, Vidyakshetra Gurukulam charges zero fees while preparing students to become engineers, artists, musicians & more, rooted in Bharatiya Drishti.
Acharya Muneet Dhiman explains the Panchakosha-based model, why parents face a more rigorous admission process than children, and his vision for 108 Gurukuls by 2047.
#GurukulEducation #SangamTalks

https://youtu.be/cGP-c8SjhV0?si=F2JNKqkQHLqb93Cv

Up to 2 million lives lost. Nearly 15 million uprooted. Homes abandoned. Families torn apart.
Prof. Kapil Kapoor reflects on the unimaginable human cost of the 1947 Partition and a tragedy whose wounds still live in our collective memory.
On #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay, we remember.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mD9X7FE8k4
#IndianPartition #Partition1947 #IndianHistory

14 August 1947.
Gandhi walked past burnt Hindu homes in Calcutta. Jinnah and Mountbatten spoke in Karachi. In Srinagar, a Pakistan flag was pulled down from the Post Office. At midnight, Nehru declared India’s entry into a new age.
Freedom arrived with shankh dhwani, Partition, refugees and a warning from Gandhi that if communal hatred continued, the freedom we had won would not survive.
Episode 14 of #Those15Days
#Partition1947 #IndianIndependence #Gandhi #Nehru #Jinnah #AzadHindFauj #IndiaAt78 #History

1947 gave us independence. What we do with it defines the nation we become.
This 15 August, remember the sacrifices that made Bharat free and the responsibility that comes with inheriting a civilisation thousands of years old. Happy Independence Day.
#IndependenceDay #15August

When saawan turns the earth green, Hariyali Teej arrives with mehendi, swings, songs and vrat. Women observe the fast in devotion to Maa Parvati and Bhagwan Shiva, carrying forward a tradition of prayer, marital well-being and family blessings.
Festivity outside. Sankalp within.
Happy Hariyali Teej from Sangam Talks.

15 August 1947.
Delhi celebrated freedom under the tricolour. At the same time, refugees in Lahore were arriving with stories of killings, and even those bringing food to relief camps were being attacked. Gandhi, in Beliaghata, was writing about the safety of Muslims. One nation. Three realities.
Freedom in Delhi. Fear in Calcutta. Bloodshed in Lahore.
Episode 15 of #Those15Days
#IndependenceDay1947 #Partition1947 #IndianHistory #Gandhi #Nehru #Lahore #SangamTalks

इस वार्ता में प्रशांत पोल बताते हैं कि 15 अगस्त 1947 से पहले के वे 15 दिन इतने निर्णायक क्यों थे, और विभाजन के दौरान सत्ता, समाज और राहत कार्यों की वास्तविक तस्वीर क्या थी।
#SangamTalks #IndependenceDay

https://youtu.be/Tg76Qocl58M?si=FrcnE--uXiqdQjiy

16 August 1946.
A man b*headed before his children. Women r*ped, mutilated and hung from hooks. Surya Sarathi Roy recounts what Direct Action Day looked like on the ground.
Call it by its name: The Great Calcutta Killings.
Not a riot, not a “clash”, but a massacre.
#DirectActionDay #GreatCalcuttaKillings #SangamTalks

Why is the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946 still missing from so much of our Partition memory?
Tathagata Roy revisits Direct Action Day, Suhrawardy’s role, Bengal’s Hindu exodus and the history that was pushed aside for decades.
#DirectActionDay #GreatCalcuttaKillings #SangamTalks

https://youtu.be/VwJw-ZzoYVg?si=U0XF83wD3vpEejJI

India was not on the margins of the ancient world. It was at the centre of its trade routes.
Maritime historian Nick Collins traces Indian ports, commerce with Mesopotamia, Lothal, Dvaraka, Poompuhar and the ideas that travelled with merchants across oceans.
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https://youtu.be/NjpsPI1tetc?si=FpNNKbEBDEQll5Ri