Prof Bibek Debroy is a liberal economist turned translator of ancient Indian literature
His interview and discussions are very interesting and crystal clear in terms of explain the layman to general public. Here some of those videos
His interview and discussions are very interesting and crystal clear in terms of explain the layman to general public. Here some of those videos
Vivek Agnihotri in conversation with Bibek Debroy
Pallavi Joshi in conversation with Bibek Debroy
"Everyone knows the story - Manu went to bathe in a river, found a small fish. The fish said ‘save me from the larger fish’, so Manu put it in a small bowl of water. At home, the fish became larger and larger and larger and so on… The simple question then is what was the name of the river and where is that river? The name of the river is Kritamala and it is a tributary of the Vaiga River in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai. And this Kritamala today is a nullah and no one even remembers that it was a river."
“Dharma should never be translated in a very superficial kind of way in English because in different contexts it means completely different things.
Debroy has translated the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata (10 volumes), Harivamsha, the Valmiki Ramayana (3 volumes) and the Bhagavata Purana (3 volumes). He is now working on a translation of the Markandeya Purana.
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