Introduction ’s contribution to science, technology, mind sciences, architecture, mathematics, 2020 has been an amazing year for Infinity astronomy, linguistics, computer science Foundation with original research, and other fields. numerous game-changing discussions, and academic initiatives, despite the One of the biggest game-changers we unprecedented disruptions brought about envisage for 2021 is the launch of Rajiv by the Covid-19 global pandemic. Malhotra’s latest book “Artificial Important people across disciplines were Intelligence and the Future of Power”. interviewed and participated in lively This is a one of a kind book which highlights debates. the current clash of humanity and cutting- edge technology, and tries to forecast what At the helm of Infinity Foundation, Rajiv an AI-dominated future will look like for Malhotra has successfully navigated the the world in general, and India in challenges in the representation of Indian particular. The book argues that the knowledge and culture, and through his current AI-driven revolution will have an deep knowledge, profound insights and unequal impact on different segments of path-breaking books has established a very humanity. After analyzing society’s viable Swadeshi alternative to the western vulnerabilities to the impending tsunami, schools of thoughts which tend to have a the book raises troubling questions that biased and unsympathetic view of India provoke immediate debate: is the world and her cultural assets. By coining original headed toward digital colonization by USA vocabulary like crash of civilization, and China? Will depopulation become moronization, mutual respect, reversing eventually unavoidable? The book is a the gaze, digestion, U-turn theory among wakeup call to action, compelling public others, Rajiv has brought to the forefront intellectuals to be better informed and numerous challenges confronting Indian more engaged. Details are provided in a society both within and outside India. later section. In 2020, Infinity Foundation continued 26 In this report, we will highlight some of the years of path-breaking research based on key discussions, debates and original Rajiv Malhotra’s works on India’s historical research work conducted in 2020. The and future place in the world. We have report will also discuss the launch of successfully managed to challenge the “Sanskrit Non-Translatables: The existing negative global discourse on India. Importance of Sanskritizing English” - a At the same time we have propagated and very important new book on non- reinforced a very positive narrative about translatability of certain Sanskrit words. India, and , based on

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Sanskrit Non-Translatables (SNT) SNT Book Launch Event The book launch event was attended by luminaries from different fields. Everyone shared their enthusiasm for the path breaking work that would allow us to present our core concepts in the way that they truly are and not water them down with translations that don’t convey their true meaning. Full book launch video is available here.

Swami Govind Dev Giriji endorsed the book enthusiastically explaining that such books The last quarter of 2020 saw the launch of would solve the difficulties that gurus like a path-breaking new book called “Sanskrit him faced when trying to convey the Non-Translatables: The Importance of meaning of Sanskrit words in English Sanskritizing English” by Rajiv Malhotra discourses on shastras. He said that this and co-authored by Satyanarayana Dasa was an important first step to stand up Babaji. against the cultural genocide of . Video It expands on the original and innovative idea, introduced in the book “” that Sanskrit is difficult and at times impossible to translate into English because the underlying thought, expression, perception and experience is absent in western thought. The book offers English speakers the knowledge to confidently introduce a list Dr. Subramanian Swamy talked about the of 54 Sanskrit words (across subject areas) book in the context of the cultural into their daily speech. renaissance of India through the development of a modern Indian mindset

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that is rooted in the past but ready to the entire knowledge system of that innovate for the future. Video culture is represented in its language.

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar said that given his So, since the Sanskrit language is the training under a qualified guru, he keeper of our cultural heritage, its was aware of the inadequacy of English misinterpretation or misrepresentation translations in communicating the would lead to the destruction of our meaning of Sanskrit words. He welcomed culture. Video the fact that it was an English book that explains how Rajiv was loyal to the tradition. He said that the Malhotra single-handedly took on the book would help not only foreigners but western academia that had pushed also insiders to the tradition. Video Sanskrit into the category of a “dead” language while continuing to digest its treasures. She compares Rajiv’s fight with India’s well-entrenched enemies to Guru Govind Singh’s resolve in his very unequal battle against the Mughals. Video. SNT Terms

Mohan Bhagwat said that it was the misunderstanding of words that resulted in conflicts that Sants reincarnated to resolve. So the “gyan” and “vichar” behind the use of words are important. By reading words that the British mistranslated, we are misinterpreting our own history and heritage. The book can help us present Guru ≠ Teacher ourselves correctly. Video This video addresses the common Dr. Kapil Kapoor highlights how the mistranslation of guru as teacher. A destruction of a culture can be perpetrated teacher is somebody who instructs as a by the alteration of its language, because profession in return for monetary compensation. The guru is one who

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removes ignorance, whether in mundane Non-translatables of Indian Music subjects or spirituality. Guru is considered Noted Carnatic vocalist Vrinda Acharya a personification of the devatas. explains how Carnatic musicians and many Videos – 1, 2, 3 noted musicologists are compromising on the core values of the tradition by loosely ≠ Monkey God translating musical terms for the benefit of Hanuman is frivolously translated in people outside the tradition. Video English as “Monkey God” by many scholars. Highly revered as an avatara of and as a devotee of , Hanuman is an accomplished scholar in his own right, widely acclaimed for his knowledge of the and Vyakarana.

She also explains the significance and philosophical dimension of the term 'Nada' in the Indian musical tradition, distinguishing it from 'Sound'. Video

Non-translatables in He bestows strength, wisdom and  Vaidya ≠ doctor knowledge on His devotees. Translating  Dosha ≠ Humour Hanuman as “monkey God” is an insult to  Non-Translatable Ayurvedic Words the all that Hanuman embodies. Videos –

1, 2, 3 Other SNT Terms  Dasa ≠ Slave - 1, 2, 3  Seva ≠ Service - 1, 2  Sanskriti ≠ Culture  Naga ≠ Naked  Shraddha ≠ Faith  Agama ≠ Ritual Text  Devata-s ≠ gods or Angels  Asura ≠ Demon  Svarga ≠ Heaven and Naraka ≠ Hell  Loka ≠ Planet  Shastra ≠ Scripture  Shruti ≠ 'That which is heard'

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Covid-19 and the Aftermath for India in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. Video. With Covid-19 spreading like wildfire globally, 2020 witnessed global disruptions Series on Ayurveda at an unprecedented scale. Experts including Rajiv Malhotra are of the opinion that the world as we know it is changing dramatically and the post-covid world will be quite different from earlier – and we are already witnessing such dramatic changes the world over.

Not only are we seeing a severe economic impact on account of industrial shutdowns, In this one of a kind series, Rajiv Malhotra we are also witnessing geopolitical and Vijaya Viswanathan interview top realignments, and large scale shifts in doctors and Ayurveda specialists in India societal structures, cultural norms, and abroad to understand in the context of approaches to sustainability and perhaps Covid-19, how Ayurveda differs from the even in terms of how we think. We are western model of medicine and how it can heading towards a new normal and we help in tackling the deadly pandemic. have to be prepared for it. This is therefore Dr. Anil Kumar Dixit touches upon a time for self-reflection and course important topics like the classification of correction. viruses in Ayurveda, epidemiology, mantra A significant number of discussions this healing, and importance of immunity. year touched upon various aspects of Video: 1, 2 Covid-19, its impact, and how we can be Dr. Dayananda R D touches upon better equipped to deal with an uncertain important topics like dinacharya, yet exciting future. vaccinations, diagnostics, immunity Challenges and Opportunities boosting herbs like Ashwagandha etc. in the context of Ayurveda and Covid 19. Video. Dr. Prasanna Venkatesh T S discusses how ayurveda can help heal the body faster and whether patients should subscribe to long- term Ayurveda therapy whilst they are being treated for COVID-19. Video.

Dr. Ravishankar explains problems in the Rajiv Malhotra and Dr Tushar Sharma allopathic system of medicine and how discuss the challenges and opportunities Ayurveda can help fill the gaps. He talks about the integration of molecular biology

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with the approach and Sidhantas on which In a series of interesting conversations, Ayurveda is based. Video. Rajiv Malhotra and Dr. Subramanian Swamy cover a whole range of issues like Dr. P Rammanohar explains to Rajiv the impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Malhotra the science behind Ayurveda and economy, remedial measures and how different it is from the western potential rescue packages. They discuss medical system. They talk at length about the influence of US on India, the upcoming the difference in understanding of the 2020 presidential elections in the US and human body and the science behind its implications for the rest of the world. creating a balance within the Ayurveda They also have a detailed discussion on system of medicine. Video Indian education system. Rajiv Malhotra sits down with Hilary Video: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Garivaltis, Executive Director of NAMA; the association that represents the Ayurvedic Conversation with Ira Trivedi profession in America. Rajiv emphasizes the importance to prevent Ayurveda from losing its authenticity and becoming digested into Western medicine. Video. Series on Jyotisha

In this lively 6 part series, Vijaya Viswanathan and noted astrologer Narasimha Rao discuss various aspects of jyotisha and its During the course of this lively discussion, relevance. They touch upon issues like Rajiv Malhotra took the opportunity to whether astrology is merely superstition or engage with a younger audience who have has some scientific basis. Narasimha Rao been misguided and misinformed about touches upon the role of in one’s Hindu Dharma, and who have been life. He discusses various topics like systematically brainwashed by the Left palmistry, nadis, shastras and the limits of ecosystem. predictability. In the final episode he presents his predictions for India and the He discusses the consequences of incurring rest of the world. Video: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 collective negative Karma and how it is leading to a pandemic like COVID19. He Discussions with Dr. Subramanian Swamy touches upon how Americanization and consumer economy are leading to karma which has harmful consequences. Video.

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Other Major Discussions Discussion with Students In Conversation with Dr. Jay Glaser Rajiv Malhotra sits down with members of Democratic Secular Students' Forum of Tata Institute of Social sciences, Mumbai to discuss the five important things he wants the youth to do to become an Intellectual . They will also discuss Rajiv’s assessment of India today and the challenges facing its youth. Video Youth Asks Dr. Jay Glaser and Rajiv Malhotra discuss the advent and evolution of transcendental meditation in the US. He talks about how the riches of Ayurveda was brought to the West and positioned as a consciousness based system. He talks about how Maharishi refused to adopt a reductionist approach to Ayurveda and didn't believe in separating out active This new series by Infinity Foundation ‘The ingredients from the source plant when Youth Asks’ features interactions between talking about medicines and young Hindus, Rajiv Malhotra and other pharmacology. guests.

Rajiv Malhotra and Jay Glaser talk about Divya Nagaraj asks Rajiv Malhotra whether the years of and Sri Sri Ravi Indians are prisoners to Western Shankar at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's . Rajiv Malhotra explains how ashram, and the influence it had on their every culture has its own philosophy and a subsequent careers. They then talk about point of view on the basis of which they how Dr Herb Benson studied analyze and make sense of the world Transcendental Meditation under around them. India, despite its rich history Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and then went off and civilization, has shied away from to start his own technique modeled on TM. asserting Vedic Universalism. Video. In the final episode of this series, Rajiv Rajiv Malhotra and Divya Nagaraj discuss Malhotra and Dr. Jay Glaser discuss the the importance of asserting and protecting influence that Maharishi had on Indians in one's unique cultural identity. Rajiv insists India. on mutual respect as a way forward to solve differences and conflicts. He explains Video: 1, 2, 3, 4 the root cause for the inferiority ridden complexes experienced by Indians while dealing with the West. Video

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They discuss the difference between deep Discussion with Vandana Shiva culture and pop culture. Rajiv points out how the US is strongly rooted despite the pop culture trends superficially. They also discuss the difference between traditional gurus and modern gurus and the important role they play in society today. Video Discussion with Esther Dhanraj

In this fascinating discussion, eminent environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva reveals to Rajiv Malhotra the truth about biopiracy and the digestion of Indian agricultural science. She explains how an international agrochemical cartel led by Monsanto, and the American Patent Office, is trying to manipulate the Esther Dhanraj, born into a conservative agricultural industry across Europe, India Telugu Hindu family, converted to and the rest of the world. Christianity when she was seventeen, after her parents switched faiths. After She explains her pioneering role in taking marriage, she went to the USA and studied Vedic ideas of Ecofeminism to the West. Christianity formally at a reputed American Unfortunately these ideas have become University. digested into the Western feminism movement. They also discuss the Vedic In this series, she describes her own origins of organic farming and how the journey from a blind faith Christian to an indigenous Indore method got digested investigator, to an intellectual who into western organic farming. discovered the hypocrisy of the pastors proselytizing in India. Video: 1, 2, 3, 4 She reveals what she discovered that Cambridge Hinduphobia caused her to become an ex-Christian. She emphasizes the need for Indian Christians to be courageous and raise rational questions about their faith. She discusses her vision to create a support system for Indian ex-Christians to provide help to them.

Video: 1, 2, 3 Rajiv Malhotra interviews Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar, a young Postdoctoral

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Scholar who shares his extraordinarily Discussion with Dr. Oscar Pujol courageous journey of battling Hinduphobia at Cambridge University, United Kingdom. Mrittunjoy tells Rajiv about how a group of radical leftists, who in the guise of intellectual freedom are steeped in Hinduphobia and are involved in identifying, attacking and silencing voices of young Indian Hindus who wish to In this very interesting conversation express their individuality and unique between Rajiv Malhotra and eminent culture. Video. European Sanskrit scholar Dr. Oscar Pujol, they discuss whether certain Sanskrit Kashmir Memorial in Toronto words should be translated or left in their Sanskrit original even when used in another language. They also argue the digestion of Indian culture into Western frameworks, especially into Christianity. The discussion concludes on a potential area of collaboration with mutual interest. Video.

Other Episodes In this very important lecture at an Indo- Canadian Kashmiri forum in Canada, Rajiv  Did British create the Indian caste Malhotra discusses the causes behind the system? Kashmiri Hindu genocide. He talks about  Can AI mimic rasa? the shame that Hindus have associated  Presidential or Parliamentary system in with their own ‘victimhood’ and how it has India? prevented them from telling the world  Mental Health & Hinduism | Ruchir about the wrongs done to them because of Bakshi religious persecution against their  Education and Hinduism community.  The U-turn Theory  Election Fraud in Guyana He delves into the differences in historical  Challenges Faced by Hindus on experiences of the Punjabi Hindus and American Campuses Kashmiri Hindus, and how that has shaped  Is Relevant Today? their attitude and response to Islamic aggression. Video.

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Special Report on new Book: people cognitively and psychologically Artificial Intelligence and the Future dependent on digital networks. Whether of Power you are a social media fanatic, a diehard AI aficionado, or a paranoid sceptic, it is impossible to escape the ubiquitous impact of AI. Artificial Intelligence is the brains bringing together quantum computing, nanotechnology, medical technology, brain-machine interface, robotics, aerospace, 5G, Internet of Things, and more. It is amplifying human ingenuity and disrupting the foundations of healthcare, military, entertainment, education, marketing and manufacturing. Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Power argues that this AI-driven revolution will have an unequal impact on different segments of humanity. There will be new winners and losers, new haves and have- nots, resulting in an unprecedented concentration of wealth and power. After analyzing society’s vulnerabilities to the impending tsunami, the book raises In January 2021, when this report was troubling questions that provoke being compiled, Rajiv Malhotra’s latest immediate debate: Is the world headed book on AI was released amidst much toward digital colonization by USA and interest and enthusiasm from people China? Will depopulation become across various domains spanning eventually unavoidable? spirituality, military, industry and Artificial Intelligence and The Future of academia. Therefore we have added this Power is a wakeup call to action, special report on the new book to highlight compelling public intellectuals to be better some of the key aspects of this very informed and more engaged. It educates important book. For details click here. the social segments most at risk and wants Artificial Intelligence is only partially them to demand a seat at the table where visible, just like an iceberg. To understand policies on AI are being formulated. it fully, we must look beneath the surface. The 5 Battlegrounds The positive side is that technology is making machines smarter. However, the Battleground 1: Economy, industry, deeper view explained in this book shows education and jobs. that AI is also making a growing number of

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Battleground 2: Geopolitics and military – risk and we must fight with all our might to USA, China and India. resist it.” Battleground 3: The Moronization of the Vallabh Bhanshali - Chairman, ENAM, masses – bowing down to the digital Philanthropist and Spiritualist deities “Rajiv has revealed the Rupa of what the Battleground 4: Loss of selfhood to world is going to be. He has performed artificial emotions and gratifications. seminal public service for those who believe in the sovereignty of an individual Battleground 5: Stress-testing the Indian human being. We thank you for that. Rashtra. Throughout history, the greatest crime The book has received endorsements from against a human being has been organ several prominent personalities. harvesting. But Rajiv has explained that the most dangerous organ harvesting that is “Let me compliment you for writing this going on is the harvesting of our mind and book at this stage of the game and it is happening unconsciously without us discussing this very important question in realizing it. I predict that this book will be the context of Five battlegrounds. I think it the most talked-about in 2021.” is a great contribution and I am sure it will trigger very important conversations in Rakesh Kaul - Vice Chairman – Indo- society. Certainly, the battlegrounds which American Arts Council you have defined are actually a lot of food “Rajiv Malhotra’s brilliant book spells out for thought for several stakeholders in for the first time the biggest Pavlovian society, and I do hope that a lot of debate subjugation that humanity has been gets triggered as a result of this book trapped within. The clear and present which will be good for humanity at large.” danger to India and Indians has been Dr. Anil Kakodkar - Chairman of Atomic enunciated lucidly. A 2021 must read for Energy Commission of India, Retired the public and policy makers alike.” “I think various forces are at play. Anyone Usha Chaudhary - Corporate Executive, who understands this, it becomes his COO, CFO, CTO, Board Member and Senior Swadharma. So I think it is your Advisor Swadharma, it is my Swadharma, that we “Like most scholars in the Social Sciences, talk about it, we do what we can and unless and just like most Hindu activists, I have we begin with the dystopian view, we will been jolted into the world of tomorrow by not be galvanized into action. So I salute Rajiv Malhotra's latest book on Artificial you for raising the alarm by stating those Intelligence. His prior books on Sanskrit or 5 battlegrounds, catching hold of people the forces contained new and telling them and saying that you got to insights on familiar topics, but this here is, do something, not because the world will for us, a totally new frontline.” necessarily go bad, but because it is a real - Indologist

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 सबरीमला: देवता और न्यायाधीश 3. Why is a very  इस्लामी- माओवादी सा車ठगा更ठ: वववेक अजनिहोत्री important Indologist to engage  कश्मीर के िािे-मािे काययकताय - सशील प車डित ु 4. The Root Of India- Conflicts और रािीव म쥍होत्रा की 5. Breaking India  िेएियू समस्या का समाधाि 6. ‘Holy Spirit’ is not the same as ‘’  आर.एस.एस.: भ्रम और स楍चाई or ‘Kundalini’  आरएसएस और बु饍धधिीवी 7. Academic Hinduphobia  आरएसएस : महहलाओ車 की भूममका

 आरएसएस और स्वदेशी मुजस्लम 8. Washington Post And Hinduphobia  रोममला थापर का ववख車िि 9. Myth of Hindu Sameness o राष्ट्र और राष्ट्रवाद 10. The Axis Of Neocolonialism o इनतहास, आलोचिा配मक सोच और स्वायत्तता Social Media o आय य और हहद車 ू फामस煍म o भारत और मुजस्लम शासक Rajiv Malhotra’s YouTube channel witnesses a phenomenal 50% growth in  मेरी 25 वर्षⴂ की यात्रा 2020. As on December 2020, it had a o प्रबोधि subscriber base of over 300,000 loyal o शैक्षणिक स車स्थाि: अिुदाि एव車 सामिा viewers. Rajiv Malhotra’s Facebook o वव饍वाि के 셂प मᴂ अिुसध車 ाि account also crossed an important o स्वदेशी 饃जष्ट्ट का मस饍धा車त milestone of having 7M+ subscribers. o भावकता v/s वव饍वता ु In 2020, the recently started Infinity  एस. गु셁मू셍त ि से साक्षा配कार Foundation social media accounts have o पाश्चा配य ववकास मॉिलⴂ का उ配थाि और पति also witnessed tremendous increase in o भारतीय ववकास मॉिलⴂ की उ煍煍वल स車भाविाए車 followership and engagement. Both o भववष्ट्य का भारत और ववश्व Twitter and Instagram followership

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increased by a factor of 5x. The Intellectual 7. “No India before 1947” : Kshatriya YouTube channel produced a #BreakingIndia = #BreakingRashtra + large body of work, aligned to the work of #BreakingRajya by Aditya D Thorat Rajiv Malhotra, and the channel’s 8. #Covid19Dharma: What Can The subscriber base grew 8 times from 1.5k in 2019 to 12k in 2020. Teach Us? by Divya Nagaraj 9. Indians and Caste : “Made in the USA” Atrocity Literature by Damo 10. A Purvapaksha of Marx : #DialecticSpiritualism by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Intellectual Kshatriya Videos Some of the most-popular videos on the IK In addition to various social media platform are given below: channels, we also launched a podcast Ex-Christian Show format to cater to varied audience and follower needs in order to propagate the 1. Extimony of an Ex-Christian school of thought of Rajiv Malhotra. 2. Exposing Evangelical Greed 3. Pious Fraud Intellectual Kshatriya Portal 4. A Christian in the RSS 10 most widely-read articles in IK Platform 5. Pastor from the Grave this year were: Other Videos 1. History... a pack of Lies! by Shruthee 2. The Preposterous & Dangerous ISLAMOPHILIA of Devdutt Pattanaik by Rabinarayan Swain 3. It’s an open battle now; Are we ready? by Shruthee 4. “They” say…Die! Sanatanis Die! By Esther Dhanraj 1. Pattanam and Keezhadi 5. We need an Alternative To History by 2. Was India a nation before 1947 Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay 3. Hindu American Manthan 6. The “Absolute” Idiocy of Devdutt 4. History, Social Sciences Curricula...A Pattanaik : #AdvaitIdiocy by Varun Pack of Lies! 5. COVID Conversations with Vaidyas Raghav Rammanohar and Priyanka

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