# An exclusive interview with Dr. Hukamchand Jain by RJ Saavi

English title: In conversation with RJ Saavi (2025)

A 72-minute conversation in Hindi with RJ Saavi about his whole life: a modest childhood, losing his father at seventeen, turning down a secure job, the friend whose diksha changed him, how his first book was written, why he still writes by hand, and what he wants young people to know about fear, comparison and change.

- Channel: Dr. Hukam Chand Jain
- Published: 2025-07-26
- Length: 1:12:22
- Language: Hindi
- Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZu8qUtp2M
- Page: https://www.hukamchandjain.com/videos/interview-rj-saavi-2025/

## Key points

- He began as a teacher and only slowly became a writer.
- Consistency matters most: even one page a day.
- His first Hindi world-history book was read by IAS aspirants because nothing else existed in Hindi.
- At the time: Rajasthan ka Itihas in its 34th edition (36 by 2026); Adhunik Vishva Itihas 29 Hindi and 18 English.
- Most of his 29 research students (10 Ph.D., 19 M.Phil.) worked on Hadoti.
- He does not compare himself with others, and tells the young to drop fear and accept change.

## Chapters

- 0:14 Introduction: more than a writer
- 2:22 Teacher or writer?
- 6:16 Consistency: one page a day
- 8:46 Creativity and philosophy in history
- 15:18 The first book
- 20:02 Writing by hand
- 22:03 Love for Rajasthan’s folk culture
- 24:05 His best-known books
- 24:39 Hadoti and his research students
- 29:28 Childhood and family
- 31:08 Turning down a secure job
- 33:36 The turning point: 1978
- 40:25 Why he is not afraid
- 45:31 Never giving up
- 55:19 His family’s support
- 59:32 Advice for the young
- 1:07:40 Accept change, drop fear
- 1:11:31 Closing