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Dear Friends, 0:20 I would like to share with you this talk ("Between Axiality and Modernity") on a possible framework for looking at the millennial trajectory of Indian civilization. It is a bit long, but I still hope that you will be able to spare some time for it and also get back to me with your comments and critique. Hope to hear back from you.

Excellent presentation. It provides a new framework to understand Indian mind for the political task. It provides new and in-depth insights on cultural and social mind. Congratulations to speaker for this wonderful presentation.

A very comprehensive and informative lecture. Hats off to Ravi Sinha ji for the extensive research and laying of the ground for the "onset" of the Bhakti era. Few observations on this presentation: a) The idea of a "lok mānas/लोक मानस - the Indian mind" seems like what is called a very big generalization, a reification. In more serious studies of culture, intellectual histories etc , afaik, broad and sweeping characterizations as "Indian mind," "Indian way of thinking," etc are approached with more care - and are not introduced casually. Just refer to debates on the provenance of the word 'Hindu' and the character/composition of the term 'Hinduism'. Is the Kerala mind the same as the Manipuri mind...? etc b) The idea of "Vaishnavite bhakti greatly helped by Akbar's rule" - it might be true that royal patronage, so to say, might have helped the profile and public image of Vaishnavite bhakti. But do we have empirical evidence that it numerically advanced the reach of this Bhakti among the country's masses? Or is it a conjecture from, say, the example of Aśoka and Buddhism (which has its own trajectory and logic)? c) Thanks for the quote from Satish Chandra. But this supposed discouragement or setback of "scientific temper" on account of so-called excessive religiosity sounds more like a trope than something backed by hard evidence, or at least a systematic working out based on deduction. What scientific temper did it stultify or discourage? What existed, as science and technology, till the Bhakti period - and how was that nourished and established earlier? Maybe the answers will emerge in the following videos. I will make time for them.

Thoughtful discussion on Bhakti Era in North India. Thank you for speaker and participants.

Very thoughtful lecture. It provides an understanding on Bhakti Era in North India. Must watch. Congratulations to speaker.