Meet
Sushant Kumar who is already an internationally acclaimed historian who began
writing at the age of 16. Social evolution has been a topic of debate amongst
intellectual elite. A recent interview with Sushant below-
What’s
the title of your book and it’s genre? Tell us briefly about it
The title of the book is Tribal Fusion and Social Evolution.
Its genre is adult non-fiction. This book is written with the point of view to
analyze the tribal structure in the Vedic times and its evolution as the
caste-society. The fusion of the various tribes to form the complex
hierarchical caste-society has also been discussed with references to the
literary and the archaeological sources of the contemporary period. Following are
some of the links to my book.
Any
similar titles from other authors published recently? Which authors would you
think you directly compare to? Old or new.
Yes, there are the many
books written by the different authors of repute. Some of them are Material Culture and Social
Formations in Ancient India by
Prof. R.S. Sharma, From
Lineage to State by Prof.
Romila Thapar, and the many others. Recently, Prof. R.N. Nandi has published a
book Aryans Revisited (http://www.amazon.com/Aryans-Revisited-Ramendra-Nath-Nandi/dp/8121509599),
which is the most relevant to my topic.
Tells
us in about 100 words about your literary influences?
There are the many sites on Internet
on which my book can be found. This is a serious topic and people interested in
the ancient Indian history are the target readers. Many of the papers included
in the book were presented as the papers in the Indian History Congress. Some
papers have been published in some editorial volumes also like Recent Researches in History, Archaeology
and Culture by Prof. P.
Chenna Reddy, from Hyderabad. So experts are the target audience.
Is
there any one book that changed your life around?
Formerly, I have
published three books on the relevant topics viz. Evolution of Tribes, Society and
Early Philosophy: in Indian Subcontinent (Patna,
2004), The Rigvedic Cosmology: Some Interpretations (Patna, 2006) and the present book,
namely, Tribal Fusion and
Social Evolution (New York,
2008). After the
publication of the first book, I had become a member of the Bihar Itihas
Parishad in the age of 16 while after the publication of the second book I had
become a member of the Indian History Congress in the age of 17 and thus I had
become the youngest member of these congresses till hitherto. At that time I
was doing Intermediate from Patna Collge, Patna. When the third book was
published from New York, I was 19 year old and was doing BA Hon. from Patna
University, Patna. Now I have passed MA (1st class, 1st) and this year I
am the gold medalist in History from Patna University, Patna.
Why
do you write in the genre you currently write?
This is the most controversial and
difficult topic in the Ancient Indian History. Therefore, I intend to analyze
the problems and develop a methodology for the reconstruction of the Vedic
History. In the present book, I have tried to analyze the course of social
evolution and the development of the various taboos in the Vedic period and
then to underline the patterns of the course of social evolution in that
period.
What
have you learnt so far in your journey from finishing manuscript to becoming a
published author ? Any lessons for unpublished authors
I have learnt so far that there is no
need to be hasty because this is a very serious task and this involves so much
labour and sacrifices to gain something. One more thing I should like to share,
never restrict your fantasizing ability. Imaginations are more important than
information. Never make your brain a storehouse of facts, rather develop your
perspective because the value of a person lies in his perspective. Information
can be gained from anywhere.
Tell us about your next
project ?
I
want to write on the topic, “The Epistemological Role of Language: A Pragmatic
Perspective on Learning in the Historical Background”. But before that I want
to settle myself. So as I feel mentally relaxed and ready, I will start working
on this topic. I have already prepared the topics what I have to work on. This
will be a work to underline the fundamental perspective by which the Indian
thinking, intellectual activities and the education system were unique in the
ancient period and differed from those of the western civilizations, that is,
the perspective that determined the course of the Indian thought process
throughout the Indian history.
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