Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Known and The Unknown | Luminaries of Bengal | Ep: 7 | #sangamtalks
221A mysterious monk from the early fifties to 1985 in different areas of Uttar Pradesh. \n\n ⁃ The politics of evidence examinations. Mukherjee Commission. Handwriting & DNA tests. \n ⁃ The monk’s associations and connections, including high ranking military officials, ministers and bureaucrats. \n ⁃ Horizon. His links with Golwalkar and other Hindu organisations. \n ⁃ Stories of marriage and the alleged offspring. \n ⁃ 1985. Another camouflage?
About The Speakers:
Joydeep Maharaj (Maramia)
Joydeep Maharaj was born in Lubeck, Germany, in 1962 but he grew up in Kolkata, which is known as the cultural capital of India. During his years in the University as a student of English Literature he developed a passion for Theatre. He found a job in a bank and tried to settle down In a so-called 'normal' family life. But fatigue had set in. Joydeep owes his spiritual legacy to Swami Paramananda, the great mystic monk of Bengal who was loved and revered by thousands of followers across the world. His untimely demise in 1999 at the age of 45 left a void and Joydeep' gradually transformed from being a seeker and writer to a spiritual teacher. Today, at 61 Joydeep Maharaj is a popular motivator, feared by religious establishments but loved and respected by the youth for his openness, vivacity and dynamism.
Prof. Kapil Kumar
Kapil Kumar is a senior fellow at the Nehru Museum & Library (NMML), New Delhi. He is also the Chief Historian of 4 Museums at the Red Fort & Former Director, Centre for Freedom Struggle & Diaspora Studies, IGNOU.
He has been engaged in studying the role of Netaji and INA in India’s freedom struggle from 1945-1947 (or after his disappearance)
in the past years, he has uncovered almost 40,000 papers from the national archives that had been conveniently brushed under the carpet.
Above all, he is a “determined nationalist” dedicated to unearthing the suppressed realities of Hindustani History.
About the Moderator:
Sanghamitra Chaudhuri
Film maker & writer
Directed 14 Full length feature films & many Docu- features.
Sainbari to Sandeshkhali, a docu-feature, produced by Bangla abar, received the Indian Panorama Award in 2021, from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
She is a social worker and is the General Secretary of Bangla Abar.
She is also the Festival Director of Bengal International Film Festival.