Ranked #1
Vivekananda: Bring All Together
Vivekananda: Bring All Together
Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of Swami Vivekananda, a social and religious reformer who became India’s first... Read more
24 Feb 2016
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14mins
Ranked #2
Panini: Catching the Ocean in a Cow's Hoofprint
Panini: Catching the Ocean in a Cow's Hoofprint
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Panini, a master of... Read more
13 May 2015
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14mins
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Ranked #3
Kautilya: The Circle of Power
Kautilya: The Circle of Power
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Kautilya, whose tre... Read more
14 May 2015
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14mins
Ranked #4
Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
Professor Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the Mahatma Gandhi: lawyer, politician and leader of the nation... Read more
9 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #5
Ashoka: Power and Persuasion
Ashoka: Power and Persuasion
Professor Sunil Khilnani of the King's India Institute in London looks at the life and legacy of the emperor Ashoka, who... Read more
15 May 2015
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14mins
Ranked #6
Guru Nanak: The Discipline of Deeds
Guru Nanak: The Discipline of Deeds
Today's Incarnation is a poet who established one of the great world religions: Guru Nanak, the 15th century founder of ... Read more
27 May 2015
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14mins
Ranked #7
Bhimrao Ambedkar: Building Palaces on Dung Heaps
Bhimrao Ambedkar: Building Palaces on Dung Heaps
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute, looks at the life of Bhimrao Ambedkar, champion of the commun... Read more
14 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #8
Jinnah: The Chess Player
Jinnah: The Chess Player
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali Jinnah... Read more
10 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #9
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi: Badass Queen
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi: Badass Queen
Prof. Sunil Khilnani explores the life of Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, the queen who fought against the British and becam... Read more
10 Jun 2015
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14mins
Ranked #10
Akbar: The World and the Bridge
Akbar: The World and the Bridge
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, tells the story of Akbar, the greatest ruler of the... Read more
1 Jun 2015
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14mins
Ranked #11
Shivaji: Dreaming Big
Shivaji: Dreaming Big
Shivaji was the 17th century warrior-king who challenged the Muslim Moghul Empire and today stands as a symbol of Hindu ... Read more
4 Jun 2015
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14mins
Ranked #12
Subbulakshmi: Opening Rosebuds
Subbulakshmi: Opening Rosebuds
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of south Indian singer MS Subbulakshmi.Subbulakshmi’s singing voice, striking from the ... Read more
18 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #13
Shankaracharya: A God Without Qualities
Shankaracharya: A God Without Qualities
Is that a snake or a coiled rope? Intriguingly, that is the question which starts Professor Sunil Khilnani's look at the... Read more
20 May 2015
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14mins
Ranked #14
Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch of the Abnormal
Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch of the Abnormal
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of political leader and freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. When Bose's father named h... Read more
8 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #15
Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows
Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of EV Ramaswamy Naicker, known to his followers as Thanthai Periyar: the Great Man – a se... Read more
3 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #16
Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Professor Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the industrialist Jamsetji Tata, one of a series of remarkable ... Read more
25 Feb 2016
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14mins
Ranked #17
Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius
Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.We are accustomed to mathematicians as enigmatic... Read more
29 Feb 2016
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14mins
Ranked #18
Annie Besant: An Indian Tomtom
Annie Besant: An Indian Tomtom
Sunil Khilnani explores the journey of Annie Besant, from late Victorian campaigner and social reformer in England to le... Read more
25 Feb 2016
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14mins
Ranked #19
Raj Kapoor: The Politics of Love
Raj Kapoor: The Politics of Love
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute, looks at the life of the celebrated actor and movie director... Read more
15 Mar 2016
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14mins
Ranked #20
Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General
Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General
Prof. Sunil Khilnani profiles Rammohan Roy, the Bengali scholar and reformer who became a worldwide intellectual celebri... Read more
9 Jun 2015
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14mins