India Booked | Understanding Akbar India Booked

In the first episode, India Booked talks to Manimugdha Sharma, News Editor and
author of Allahu Akbar: Understanding the Great Mughal in Today's India. Listen
to discover about mughals, akbars, nationalism and how bollywood gets Akbar
wrong.
Manimugdha Sharma is a quizzer, a journalist, and holds an interest and
education in history. In Allahu Akbar, he combines his love and knowledge of the
past, to give us an interesting oral account of what Akbar represents in today's
times. We discuss Akbar's ruthless achievements in warfare, his political
savviness and how media agenda setting and the (mis)representation of matters
has not changed through times. We also touch upon the subject of secularism and
discuss if Akbar was the statesman he's made to be and ask the pertinent
question: should the present be judged by the yardstick of the past? Listen in
to find out!