Discussion on Sanyasi Rebellion and Agriculture

I'll tell you something and it's closer to the theme of your

movie.

ఇక్కడ మీరు ఒక armed rebellion చూపిస్తున్నారు కదా.

The first Independence war was not 1857,

was Sanyasi Rebellion in Bengal

and it lasted for how many years? Forty-two years.

What? Okay.

From 1763 until 1802-

Okay.

Sanyasis were actually fighting the British.

Like an armed fight.

Armed rebellion, proper fight.

Um.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Anandamath is based on Sanyasi Rebellion.

Um.

It comes from that only.

Um.

And what worsened the rebellion and why people took up arms,

1763 నుంచి 1800 లో మధ్యలో ఏం జరిగింది?

1770 Bengal Famine.

Um.

That becomes the basis and everybody picks up the weapon saying-

Um.

"What is going on? There is..." And this is, you see, 1757

they win Bengal from the Battle of Plassey.

Um.

Okay? And, uh, after that is the Battle of Buxar, and by

which time seventeen, eighteen years have passed,

and they started strengthening

their position in Bengal. And Bengal, you have to realize when you read the

literature of Bengal,

RC Majumdar and Yadunath Sarkar, వాళ్ళ books చదివితే they'll tell you.

Among the richest provinces in the world-

Um.

Was Bengal.

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Because Bengal of that period was Bihar, Bengal, Cooch Behar, and all these places

put together. It was the richest subah under the Mughals

as well.

Um.

Subah is a, let's say, uh, uh, administrative province.

Um.

I think Aurangzeb was responsible for Bengal's control.

Um.

Cotton, jute, brinjal, vegetables, whatever you want, it

was literally the Annapurna of Bharat-

Um.

Of at least that part of Bharat.

Um.

Okay?

అక్కడి నుంచి అష్ట దరిద్రానికి వచ్చింది in 1770.

Um.

Okay?

You have to realize why this happens.

Um.

The question that you asked previously, why did this, the drought, uh, let's say,

experience happen so frequently during that period? Two things will happen.

If you change the agriculture patterns

to something that is not natural and conducive, like for instance,

మీరు ethanol కోసం మొత్తం sugarcane మీరు cultivate చేయడం మొదలు పెట్టారంటే

అక్కడ నీళ్ళు ఉండవండి. Drought వచ్చేస్తుంది.

Okay? So similarly, as opposed to understanding

what is it that the soil is capable of cultivating,

and we've always believed in

sus-sustainable agriculture. We don't need this from outsiders.

We've always believed in it.

Um.

We have not used pesticides the way these guys do.

Um.

Okay? So water consumption has to be very, very minimal.

Try, and Rashmika is from Karnataka, right?

Yeah, Coorg.

Ask her how is the food in the Kodagu region, the Coorg region.

Um.

Roots, shoots, bamboos, అలాగే.

Um.

So whatever comes from the plant is literally is what

is populated in the green

leaf.

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I've had food there.

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I've gone to, uh, retreats there.

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And I know exactly what happens in that case. That is our culture.

అది మొత్తం పోయి ఏమవుతుందంటే, you are extracting so much from the soil,

water will be affected. From water, cattle will be affected.

From cattle, humans are affected.

Um.

That's the connection.

Your decisions with respect to agriculture have a direct bearing on climate,

rain, water availability, which affects everything.