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.

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. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Allahu-Akbar-Understanding-Mughal-Todays-ebook/dp/B07WWLXXDW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=manimugdha+sharma&qid=1589657177&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Allahu-Akbar-Understanding-Mughal-Todays-ebook/dp/B07WWLXXDW/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dmanimugdha%2Bsharma%26qid%3D1589657177%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFffNAbWmeQxlxX5w1HvLtl5eYqkg">Allahu Akbar: Understanding the Great Mughal in Today's India</a> -- Manimugdha Sharma. 2. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/manimugdhasharma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/manimugdhasharma/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFdKUk5tJOt3TvRJJIpfRKQVj-I8A">Parthian Shot</a> -- Manimugdha Sharma's column archives. 3. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-manimugdha-s-sharma-479223704.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-manimugdha-s-sharma-479223704.cms&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFKXyslZFudLEZzJBBC50o7JZvt5g">Manimugdha Sharma's reporting</a> in Times of India. 4. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/8/episode-163-who-broke-our-republic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/8/episode-163-who-broke-our-republic/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFhlfTW9zgVKQFvKqRu7rphTYXLrQ">Who Broke Our Republic?</a> -- Episode 163 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi). 5. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/15/episode-164-the-ideas-of-our-constitution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/15/episode-164-the-ideas-of-our-constitution/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGkhunyO499IWibJK-QNZ1G9rM22w">The Ideas of Our Constitution</a> -- Episode 164 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Khosla), 6. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/15/episode-164-the-ideas-of-our-constitution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/3/15/episode-164-the-ideas-of-our-constitution/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGkhunyO499IWibJK-QNZ1G9rM22w">The Many Cities of Delhi</a> -- Episode 172 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rana Safvi). 7. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/10/28/episode-144-women-in-indian-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/10/28/episode-144-women-in-indian-history/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFdwcPIggvSbaoZhPntFHqA4JO94A">Women in Indian History</a> -- Episode 144 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ira Mukhoty). 8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/11/18/episode-147-jahangir-the-curious/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/11/18/episode-147-jahangir-the-curious/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGPU6ezzU6gX4IpVB6__Y6vqgGArA">Jahangir the Curious</a> -- Episode 147 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parvati Sharma). 9. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/7/1/episode-127-our-colorful-past/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/7/1/episode-127-our-colorful-past/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFd0YKfGk-EtnmpaDzcu3KAb66v2g">Our Colorful Past</a> -- Episode 127 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai). 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/4/episode-45-the-bjps-magic-formula/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/4/episode-45-the-bjps-magic-formula/&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFkEbR901zeYYAxyiyRY1Pf844eHw">The BJP's Magic Formula</a> -- Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha). 11. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Essential-Kabir-Special-Bilingual-Collectible/dp/9350092921/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=kabir+arvind+krishna&qid=1589657884&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Essential-Kabir-Special-Bilingual-Collectible/dp/9350092921/ref%3Dsr_1_2?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dkabir%2Barvind%2Bkrishna%26qid%3D1589657884%26sr%3D8-2&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFJBMXgwJ_v4IU1xTS3ODntAHE4_w">Essential Kabir</a> -- Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. 12. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/White-Mughals-Betrayal-Eighteenth-Century-India-ebook/dp/B0084WT1SI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=white+mughals&qid=1589657936&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/White-Mughals-Betrayal-Eighteenth-Century-India-ebook/dp/B0084WT1SI/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dwhite%2Bmughals%26qid%3D1589657936%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGyWSWAINY37luZ3gs3M_tgs2Jp0A">White Mughals</a> -- William Dalrymple. 13. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Empress-Astonishing-Reign-Nur-Jehan-ebook/dp/B07G5DS6CQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ruby+lal&qid=1589657990&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Empress-Astonishing-Reign-Nur-Jehan-ebook/dp/B07G5DS6CQ/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Druby%2Blal%26qid%3D1589657990%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGbufqym3BnPna0ox_MZMaDuZ5RtQ">Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jehan</a> -- Ruby Lal. 14. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0bo82J7SJs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DP0bo82J7SJs&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNEPZrLVKzgiM6oT2X_lkMmjBdgsFQ">The Bhagvad Gita in Urdu</a>, recited by Ahmed Rashid Shervani at Manthan Samvaad. 15. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Early-History-India-Conquest-Unabridged-ebook/dp/B00L5S4EA8/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=vincent+smith&qid=1589658401&sr=8-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Early-History-India-Conquest-Unabridged-ebook/dp/B00L5S4EA8/ref%3Dsr_1_3?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dvincent%2Bsmith%26qid%3D1589658401%26sr%3D8-3&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNHDR24co5pPbmP7v4sFac858RUiJg">The Early History of India</a> -- Vincent Smith. 16. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Mughal-Empire-Cambridge-History-India-ebook/dp/B01LXMF13T/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jf+richards&qid=1589658509&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Mughal-Empire-Cambridge-History-India-ebook/dp/B01LXMF13T/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Djf%2Brichards%26qid%3D1589658509%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGZsHJ5r6VOUcW4wFhJWi6TpKCbiw">The Mughal Empire</a> -- JF Richards. 17. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Agrarian-System-Mughal-India-Perennials/dp/0198077424/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=irfan+habib&qid=1589658562&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Agrarian-System-Mughal-India-Perennials/dp/0198077424/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dirfan%2Bhabib%26qid%3D1589658562%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNHz28gmWznHjs7xIuxK8U5Q0KhmLA">The Agrarian System of Mughal India</a> -- Irfan Habib. 18. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Akbar-his-India-Empire-Environment/dp/0195646320/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=irfan+habib+akbar&qid=1589658865&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Akbar-his-India-Empire-Environment/dp/0195646320/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dirfan%2Bhabib%2Bakbar%26qid%3D1589658865%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNH2KeyEP98Z6tY-Dp5-whS6Bmcwaw">Akbar and His India</a> -- Irfan Habib. 19. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Western-Way-War-Infantry-Classical/dp/0520260090/ref=sr_1_27?crid=1SJRICQHTFQTG&dchild=1&keywords=victor+davis+hanson&qid=1589658653&sprefix=victor+davis+%2Caps%2C252&sr=8-27" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Western-Way-War-Infantry-Classical/dp/0520260090/ref%3Dsr_1_27?crid%3D1SJRICQHTFQTG%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dvictor%2Bdavis%2Bhanson%26qid%3D1589658653%26sprefix%3Dvictor%2Bdavis%2B%252Caps%252C252%26sr%3D8-27&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNHwatLzTmw7sKW1_iiasC_MhwBQIA">The Western Way of War</a> -- Victor Davis Hanson. 20. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Anglo-Maratha-Campaigns-Contest-India-Struggle/dp/0521036461/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=anglo-maratha+war&qid=1589658721&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Anglo-Maratha-Campaigns-Contest-India-Struggle/dp/0521036461/ref%3Dsr_1_2?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Danglo-maratha%2Bwar%26qid%3D1589658721%26sr%3D8-2&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGNyZMiCv7plBofvdjOo0HH5H1g9Q">The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India</a> -- Randolph GS Cooper. 21. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/0195665260/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/0195665260/ref%3Ddbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFnn1t8QGaU5z5Vd8SA7kTuYd7LzQ">Gunpowder and Firearms: Warfare in Medieval India</a> -- Iqtidar Alam Khan. 22. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Millennial-Sovereign-Sacred-Kingship-Sainthood/dp/9384092711/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=millennial+sovereign&qid=1589659007&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Millennial-Sovereign-Sacred-Kingship-Sainthood/dp/9384092711/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dmillennial%2Bsovereign%26qid%3D1589659007%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNFECjFuScQRtiS5Gm4pd1yQRDWY_Q">The Millennial Sovereign</a> -- A Azfar Moin. 23. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/German-Way-War-Thirty-Studies/dp/0700616241/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+german+way+of+war&qid=1589659226&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/German-Way-War-Thirty-Studies/dp/0700616241/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dthe%2Bgerman%2Bway%2Bof%2Bwar%26qid%3D1589659226%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-1&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNHjZqacUK7hA2BKSB9IbXdAO9FGng">The German Way of War</a> -- Robert Citino 24. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/When-Titans-Clashed-Stopped-Studies/dp/0700608990" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/When-Titans-Clashed-Stopped-Studies/dp/0700608990&source=gmail&ust=1589745729148000&usg=AFQjCNGWb-OMB0G4foJP4mXk1hs2AXQhAA">When Titans Clashed</a> -- David M Glantz & Jonathan M House.

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