Shashi Tharoor Exclusive Interview By Karan Thapar On His Book 'An Era Of Darkness'

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This episode of 'To The Point' brings to you exclusive interview of Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor in which he talks about his new book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'.
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@wasimansari9894 6 жыл бұрын

Two oxford dictionaries at talk, no one lack words and both are heating up this talk!! really entertaining! :D

@nihleigleca6702 5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Amit67014 5 жыл бұрын

Subtitles must needed

@kamranmahfooz12 5 жыл бұрын

Lol , but Mehdi Hassan in Oxford Union is best.

@Shashimall 5 жыл бұрын

I like this comment ... It makes me laugh ... How relevant is this comment !!

@Starshine496 4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 true

@BboyHotshot 7 жыл бұрын

Guys chill, Karan Thapar is doing his job of interviewing Shashi Tharoor in an interrogative manner. It doesn't mean he is not aware of the facts or believes the British was good for India. He would make a good defense lawyer perhaps. Just doing his job... Actually any foreigner watching this interview will consider this more credible than an interview conducting by a biased interviewer who only agrees and does not question.

@krishnaji111 6 жыл бұрын

This is the correct way to look at it

@SweetSourPickle 5 жыл бұрын

Karan Thapar is just being the Devil's Advocate because that's how an argument can take place.

@shrav1012 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. A good journalist is meant to play the devil’s advocate.

@shambhala3090 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, the British are still not good to the Indian people, they are racists to this day!

@roisinmalone3015 2 жыл бұрын

@@shambhala3090 Still true

@ashokpanja5856 4 жыл бұрын

This conversation should be a part of english syllabus of board exam...Human dictionary

@kartikhira9217 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen Thapar this humble after an interview. Never seen Tharoor this excited and alert in an interview. Both of them bought best of each other in front. However, this interview proved Tharoor is a genius, one of a kind.

@sikandarsahib7004 2 жыл бұрын

Tharoor's book has been criticised by every historian who reviewed it.

@647gfhrjbrbr 4 жыл бұрын

Shashi tharoor is the only one who seemed confident in front of karan thapar😂

@shabeehshabeeh3013 4 жыл бұрын

One of the reason for that is he stands with the facts and truth

@gauravajnar5696 4 жыл бұрын

Ryt 🤣

@shajucheru1 3 жыл бұрын

True

@akanshadesai6618 3 жыл бұрын

Watch Dr. Swamy

@bprithiraj8611 3 жыл бұрын

watch swamy

@anjanbarman5128 6 жыл бұрын

I m surprised why people are abusing Karan here. It's critical to take opposite stance in an one on one interview to bring the other person's views to the surface. Use your brains if you have any

@abdurahmanabdurahnan7943 6 жыл бұрын

+ha ha ha ....Karen Rapper is a nightmare...for those....Modi modi...a never forgettable interview with our great great...😅😅😅😅...world leader...or Dealer😆😆😆😆...I feel thirsty...water...water...then then....we all know what happened.....he ha ha ....modi ran away...just because ...isliye bhai or behno...bhagna chahiye ki ....maaki bhosada...stupid illiterate blind bhakths....do not know how The notorious rss servers as "sipayees" under The British Empire...and who delayed independence....

@purushothamjames9960 5 жыл бұрын

Pls note a dumb interviewer cannot bring out the verybest from the best unless he himself is smart with having knowledge himself. Yes it’s right that Mr Modi ran away from Karan Thapar’s Inyerview. 😀

@ejaaz7260 5 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@lalupyne1548 5 жыл бұрын

we don't have one, gone with the wind. Surprised to have an Eisenstein in India. Rongside. Silent method of advocating Infiltrators and advocating them, needs some justification. I look everyone who came to Indian soil without Indian´s permission as terrorist. They were terrorist nothing else. The difference is that they got good dress, suited and booted.

@sajimathew3449 5 жыл бұрын

@@purushothamjames9960 karan thapar has been ostracized after 2017 for asking questions about 2002 riots, in 2007.narendra modi was caught in a difficult position by karan thapar in his famous show, "the devils advocate"

@danishbiochem 6 жыл бұрын

This is called a "balanced interview". Only like how Thapar can do it! #ThaparMeetsTharoor

@alanissac3036 4 жыл бұрын

An unstoppable force hits an immovable object🔥🔥🔥

@malkisehgal2481 4 жыл бұрын

Apt in context of the interview...

@ShanHFernandes 7 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear about Indian Railways in this interview.

@sanidjain1903 4 жыл бұрын

Seems like you're a train guy

@Samrat794 3 жыл бұрын

Understood what you insinuated

@ALLinONE-vx9zn 5 жыл бұрын

Why hasn't Ghandi died yet? How cruel Churchill is?

@uthinkthereforeiam 7 жыл бұрын

Intellectual riffing, when done right, is an absolute delight. Hey, that rhymed!

@IRFANAHMED-pv8oe 4 жыл бұрын

Great personality dr.tharoor I want to see him as pm of India...

@Manojyadav-dz4vs 3 жыл бұрын

Knowledge speak, wisdom act. HE IS NOT A Dr.

@saaddoc2973 3 жыл бұрын

@@Manojyadav-dz4vs he has a Phd. That makes him Dr. Tharoor.

@ujjwalruhela4890 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.... that's a real journalist....great interview

@jagadeeshakanihal 6 жыл бұрын

The second half is interesting, this journalist is good. really good.

@anikyt7570 7 жыл бұрын

What an illuminating interview !! Thank you so much

@simonvabraham 6 жыл бұрын

Great debate - grand old Indian style. Shashi has brought a much needed discussion among Indians and very refreshing view points regarding the famine in Bengal to many people who were not aware of such atrocities committed by Sr. Churchill. Fortunately for the people in Kerala (s. India) did not suffer any major famine, during British rule. In-fact the Christians in South Kerala were excused from direct British rule and were ruled thru a puppet Hindu king of Travencore.

@jaynimje3790 4 жыл бұрын

One Oxford dictionary Vs the another Oxford Dictionary. Shashi Tharoor Sir is outstanding. 😃😃

@jacobkizhakeveetil3451 3 жыл бұрын

Dr Tharoor has proved his metal Karan Thappar may be the best ever interviewer in India. Now and then we should have such illuminating luxuries. Dr Tharoor has brought out very well the harm the British Raj has done to India. It seems that the positive contributions of British rule have to be further analysed and studied by Dr Tharoor as Thappar has provoked during the interview We are greatly privileged by these great erudite minds

@donkeydesiamericanprofessor 2 жыл бұрын

Sashi Tharoor is uneducated or liar but just wrong

@AdityaDubeyLesson 7 жыл бұрын

Despite being an ardent BJP Supporter, I truly admire the confidence and impeccable communication skills of Mr. Tharoor. His persona could even feel elite inferior to themselves.On the funnier site, If in future, he ever got to be nominated as next PM, then apart from Parties Manifesto, Oxford Dictionary will also be provided to understand his speech.

@shafeekahammed 5 жыл бұрын

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@donkeydesiamericanprofessor 2 жыл бұрын

Sashi Tharoor is uneducated or liar but just wrong

@learnwithsdm4744 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing interview.. I like it..

@deveshsingh5974 4 жыл бұрын

Both r Certainly hugely Learned personalities....

@bipinadhikari2777 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know when modi will be able to interview karan thapar again

@lalithas6761 3 жыл бұрын

Exemplary interview and exuberant thoughts shared

@gaurangvin9833 4 жыл бұрын

Both the interviewer and the interviewee are well prepared and up to the mark.

@ShivaPrasad-hm6xe 7 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful interview!!!

@nibbly0407 4 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful English, I must say!

@sahulhameed156 9 ай бұрын

Pertinent questions and brilliant answers. British rule was really an era of darkness. Whether the sun sets on the British soil or not, the British never showed Indians the sun ( the light) during the British colonial rule. If our blood were black in colour, we would experience even blood discrimination.

@riturajdubey7788 4 жыл бұрын

People say that likes of Rajdeep and Ravish are confident and best journalist,but Karan Thapar is above all these childrens,his style of journalism is best in the world.

@bhanuprakash741 4 жыл бұрын

Both are very learned person.

@Jerrel.A 7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Thapar should kindly let his guest speak out. The style of the interview is rather hysterical. Though, is the gift of the English language worth millions of Indian deaths?

@IRFANAHMED-pv8oe 4 жыл бұрын

In this conversation I would like to conclude that mr.tharoor has extremely incredible suggestions and point of views,opinions had revealed based on British empire and government of India perhaps it seems to be an extraordinary conversation I had seen first time in my life....thank u both.

@sandipanchakraborty2430 4 жыл бұрын

This man has changed my views about the British.thanks sir.

@freethinker-educateagitate2252 7 жыл бұрын

nice interview good orator

@virginiaplain100 5 жыл бұрын

I would rather he was the front runner for Congress instead of Rahul Gandhi. He might make a better prime minister.

@bishnupandey829 4 жыл бұрын

An illuminating interview between two oxford dictionaries

@partha8949 6 жыл бұрын

Myself very fond of reading Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dan Brown and some what it's influence me in browsing Shashi Tharoor. Waiting for his autobiography. "Into the mind of an educated Indian politician" might be the best book ever written on Suspense.

@digbybarrow2066 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Thapar, when you ask a question, please allow Dr Tharoor to clarify.

@edwardelric10001 5 жыл бұрын

The best interview I've seen in years. Impartial, thought provoking and informative. I'm pretty sure Tharoor seems happy to debate with him. I do wish he gave Tharoor opportunity to defend his points each time though

@donkeydesiamericanprofessor 2 жыл бұрын

Sashi Tharoor is uneducated or liar but just wrong

@gauravajnar5696 4 жыл бұрын

Two legends 🙏🙏

@deepak-po6wq 4 жыл бұрын

Shashi tharoor is a great person and advanced english speaker

@mousumighosh8350 3 жыл бұрын

True. Respect 🙏🇮🇳👍.

@0702romelamin 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to reading the book. I enjoyed the interview.

@muhammedzaryab7292 7 жыл бұрын

Seems great write up. I'm not sure when would the book be available in Pakistan.

@abodhkant9493 7 жыл бұрын

Muhammed Zaryab Baig I think book should be available in Pakistan also because international version already released of this book..!!

@muhammedzaryab7292 7 жыл бұрын

abodh kant Thanx mate

@abodhkant9493 7 жыл бұрын

Muhammed Zaryab Baig Welcome..!!

@minarajput9627 3 жыл бұрын

This man is too good to just a sitting MP. We need more of him in indian politics

@quaintdeliveries247 7 жыл бұрын

It's really extraordinary that they mention Stalin and Mao's killings compared to Britain's 3.5 crore murders in India but they miss out comparing him to Hitler. Hitler killed 60 lakh jews. Churchill killed 40 lakh Indians in 1943 in the Bengal famine while Hitler was killing 60 lakh jews at the same time. The difference in their treatment is massive.

@indianmilitary 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Karan Thapar, Indian industries were wiped out not just because of so called "competition". India was DEINDUSTRIALISED FIRST before textile and steel technologies were taken to Britain and made as twin engines of so called industrial revolution

@mavisbeacon9934 4 жыл бұрын

Shashi always pin point the real pressure points with fierce referencing, scholarly indeed.

@nishikantsk1110 7 жыл бұрын

Mr.Tharoor's knowledge is much beyond the reach of the Thapar

@abrahammathew487 4 жыл бұрын

It will do a lot good for a country to have leader life Dr. Shashi Tharoor and it will 100 times better he be the Next Congress President to lead the political out fit today orphended by Raul Gandhi.

@manjitbakhshi4162 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. Ivan say this on the basis of my research as a student of history.

@curiouscynic4357 2 жыл бұрын

Karan Thappar is mischievous to bring about current issues faced by NDTV charged with being rather hugely mischievous and abusing it's freedom. It is best for a good interview to avoid questionable current biased view. Glad to see Tharoor teaching slippery Karan who obviously is selective in his interpretation. Karan should learn British Parliamentary Democracy. Democratic ideas were hugely practiced AND understood in India long time back. Giving a name is just playing semantics.

@shbnmp 4 жыл бұрын

One hell of an awesome talk 👌

@brinthadevi3459 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART SHASHI THAROOR💖

@aaakashable 4 жыл бұрын

He is PM material.

@suruchis2726 7 жыл бұрын

Tharoor is the best, I want to buy this book.

@yogaislife9922 2 жыл бұрын

Fruitful conversation between two omniscient minds

@thanujacy7313 3 жыл бұрын

Known facts presented very well...

@rajanantony4618 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@hht6676 7 жыл бұрын

ordered the book today. let's see how it is

@SweetSourPickle 5 жыл бұрын

So how was it?

@sanrek8877 4 жыл бұрын

If you are an Indian even the half of first chapter will make you furious like never before

@shambhala3090 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see some kind of apology and punishment of England today, starting with the royal family.

@shambhala3090 4 жыл бұрын

Remember the Nuremberg trials, something of that is needed to acknowledge the importance of the English tyranny over India.

@shambhala3090 4 жыл бұрын

The interviewer is so white washed.

@fajarmangadan2476 7 жыл бұрын

gud discussion..! i would like to point out that the world went bit sober and hesitant to indulge in barbarisam after world war 2 , and had kinda started giving value to human rights etc . Gandhiji's non violent movement etc were spot on for those times due to the millions of human life lost in World War .1 & 2 .

@rajendrajaiswal7591 7 жыл бұрын

It's very good discussion i really want to read this book.

@nvspraneeth901 7 жыл бұрын

''this book would have been written in malyalam''.. hey der would nt hav been a need for this book

@joyalasir 6 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@shankar4330 6 жыл бұрын

Mostly because the ill effects of the Raj were less felt in Kerala (more specifically Kochi and Travancore) because they had signed treaty of subsidiary alliance (fancy name for puppet control)

@mohammadsajid8204 7 ай бұрын

Astonished to hear about the statistics from the book

@deedeea3 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Tharoor you have brilliantly presented.... logic, reasoning and truth.

@hardayaldawra1458 4 жыл бұрын

I have read your book. It is fantastic and full of information that I did not know..

@marybhim-rao4696 3 ай бұрын

India will rise again.

@g.slessons8867 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent.true brain of India....

@user-oh2pf5qn7n 4 ай бұрын

Yep true brain 🧠

@historythatmattersbyboddhi6010 3 жыл бұрын

Karan Thapar, the British did not leave India due to nonviolence. The declassified British documents speak clearly that the Redfort Trials then subsequent Navy revolt & nation wide protests led to India's Independence. And, British did not unite India, there are historical evidences the in earlier empires also nearly the whole subcontinent was 'administratively' united. British rather did every thing to divide us, like the caste based census, where the legitimized the system.

@BalwinderSingh-so5hj 4 жыл бұрын

This talk is two brains reaction hidden is churning out viewers tastes might be variable wether butter or lassi appeal them entire is their's choice. Thanks both dignitaries for valuable imparting of facts..

@rajfeb14 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and Appreciate ur effort. British the looters of the world

@RedDiamondXYZ 4 жыл бұрын

I wish these two also do an analysis of "300 years Mughal Raaj"...

@sun27g 3 жыл бұрын

Yes....perhaps a book on it...but it was were more hand in the glove during mughal rule, many mughals fought n imprisoned their own blood for power, many indians betrayed other indians for jobs in the mughal courts and armies...

@bishansinghbohara8682 3 жыл бұрын

I have heard tharoor speaking in favour of mughals, reasons known to him

@donkeydesiamericanprofessor 2 жыл бұрын

700

@sanrek8877 4 жыл бұрын

This book is a must read for every Indian to be a wake up call to get rid of colonial hangover still prevalent in our heads. Time to get the best and real account of history rather than the vague account of history known to everyone. It's has a profound account of facts which could change the perception more than ever to a real awakening.

@Natarajan152 4 жыл бұрын

very good interaction between two intelluctuals

@aghajanfm6160 10 ай бұрын

This book is before partition so Pakistan is also highly interested party so book must be available here thank you Dr shashi

@robinccc 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably the only interview where the interviewer is hogging more time than the interviewee.

@rujutajoshi9568 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent answers by Tharoor

@dyutibasu4541 3 жыл бұрын

When two incredibly erudite personalities slip in snide attacks at each other and at the same time acknowledge the other's intellect, it definitely makes for an entertaining debate. And a lovely way to pass 32minutes and 23 seconds during Lockdown.

@amigoprovocante 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant !

@vipulnayak83 7 жыл бұрын

i agree with Mr. shashi tharoor....

@quaintdeliveries247 7 жыл бұрын

It's disgusting to see a supposed Indian (Thapar) speak like this about the atrocious British occupation. It's bizarre to see people like that. A real phenomenon. Zero self respect.

@abilliondreams8046 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Nobody Remember? THIS is an interview he will ask other way around q This is a great interview 😍 thapar did great job🔥

@DipakBose-bq1vv 5 жыл бұрын

I was in Britain for a number of years for my studies but I have noticed even today British historians do not accept India's contribution for the Industrial Revolution or the wealth accumulation or the famines created by the British. If someone raises these issues, they get angry and they say these are Marxist propaganda.

@Pammellam 4 жыл бұрын

Dipak Basu ::: I don’t know the details as I am non-British, but I believe most British people have no clue about the monstrosity of the British colonial activities in India. So their arguments are based on ignorance.

@Shrikant_Patil 7 жыл бұрын

those getting angry at karan thapar... wait.. Shashi nailed it in last sentence with usual charm... "anglophelia"... that's what quintessential classic army brat like Thapar gets to be.

@animeshgupta7401 7 жыл бұрын

Another factor, which i think is a big one, is the invetion and industrialzing of UKs industry whereas india was still based on labour intensive practicies, and this is well before indian colonialism.

@bhanuprakash741 4 жыл бұрын

He should become congress president and pm candidate.

@cutsadhana 4 жыл бұрын

Great mind -Shashi Tharoor. Pedestrian mind & intellect - Karan T

@kalpanasaha5880 4 жыл бұрын

Well

@googoo9051 3 жыл бұрын

I researched

@achyutkrishnahazarika5980 4 жыл бұрын

what an end to this nonpareil interview! One of the best.

@yogeshkardak 6 жыл бұрын

The epitom of english language... karan thapar and shashi tharor together

@fajarmangadan2476 7 жыл бұрын

gud discussion..! i would like to point out that the world went bit sober and hesitant to indulge in barbarisam as seen after world war 2 period ,and had started giving value human rights etc . I think , thats the main reason the British started to approach Indian indipendence from a differant loose prespective .Gandhijis non violent movement etc were spot on and was highly relavant for those times due to the millions of human life lost in World War .1-2 and from many other revolts.

@ahmedzain3560 3 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1665">27:45</a> well I think one could argue that the road to the nonviolent movement of ghandi against British colonization was paved in part by numerous riots and violent instances of resistance in the 19th and 20th century and that instead of ghandi appealing to British morality through his nonviolent movement that it was also a result of British exhaustion with the subcontinent.

@suzimanipur2983 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@curiouscynic4357 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys violence or non violence. The British had robbed dry the nation over 200 years and it was not economically worth keeping. It was simple business decision. The same goes with other colonies. It is rather disingenuous to suggest Indians were united only because of English. Only a tiny fraction is linked with this and alternatives were in place long time before.

@ritwikchakraborty2805 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever meagre good things came out of the British Raaj came out not because of the British but despite them.

@acohen1980 6 жыл бұрын

What a scholar.......

@hardayaldawra1458 4 жыл бұрын

Are you planning to make it in Hindi for the Hindi speaking viewers.

@sadafikram5307 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍 From Pakistan

@manjitbakhshi4162 7 жыл бұрын

If anyone is interested u can read an economic history of India by Rajni Palme Dutt. Not a political book at all but it opens ones eyes on the subject.

@sibaprasadhati5471 4 жыл бұрын

# CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME A SUBTITLE ???😥😥😥

@siddharthmehta6220 7 жыл бұрын

My god people are missing the point of this interview. Thapar is playing the devil's advocate, in fact that's what his previous show was called. He is merely presenting the opposing view point, one that the empire apologists often use so that Tharoor can counter them. That does not mean he himself supports that pov. P.S. I'm not a fan of Thapar, not even close.

@bgirish 5 жыл бұрын

Siddharth Mehta. No. You don't seem too have seem his interviews or the character of this man called thapar. He is incorrigible.