Ep 173: The Resonance of Akbar

So much of our history has been weaponized by politics -- especially the Mughal period. Manimugdha Sharma joins Amit Varma in episode 173 of The Seen and the Unseen to shed light on the tug of war around Emperor Akbar -- and why that history remains relevant even today.

 

Also check out:
1. Allahu Akbar: Understanding the Great Mughal in Today's India -- Manimugdha Sharma.
2. Parthian Shot -- Manimugdha Sharma's column archives.
3. Manimugdha Sharma's reporting in Times of India.
4. Who Broke Our Republic? -- Episode 163 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi).
5. The Ideas of Our Constitution -- Episode 164 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Khosla),
6. The Many Cities of Delhi -- Episode 172 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rana Safvi).
7. Women in Indian History -- Episode 144 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ira Mukhoty).
8. Jahangir the Curious -- Episode 147 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parvati Sharma).
9. Our Colorful Past -- Episode 127 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai).
10. The BJP's Magic Formula -- Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha).
11. Essential Kabir -- Arvind Krishna Mehrotra.
12. White Mughals -- William Dalrymple.
13. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jehan -- Ruby Lal.
14. The Bhagvad Gita in Urdu, recited by Ahmed Rashid Shervani at Manthan Samvaad.
15. The Early History of India -- Vincent Smith.
16. The Mughal Empire -- JF Richards.
17. The Agrarian System of Mughal India -- Irfan Habib.
18. Akbar and His India -- Irfan Habib.
19. The Western Way of War -- Victor Davis Hanson.
20. The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India -- Randolph GS Cooper.
21. Gunpowder and Firearms: Warfare in Medieval India -- Iqtidar Alam Khan.
22. The Millennial Sovereign -- A Azfar Moin.
23. The German Way of War -- Robert Citino
24. When Titans Clashed -- David M Glantz & Jonathan M House.