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Back to SearchMukul Sharma, "Dalit Ecologies: Caste and Environment Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 385
Prof Mukul Sharma is a professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University. His formal training is in Political Science and has worked as a speci…
1 year ago
Karen Pechilis ed., "A Cultural History of Hinduism: Volumes 1-6" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 1295
In this episode, Raj Balkaran speaks with Karen Pechilis, Jarrod Whitaker, and Valerie Stoker about A Cultural History of Hinduism (Bloomsbury, 2024)…
1 year ago
Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India
Episode 1294
Selfies are more than fleeting images—across India, they shape how people imagine themselves, connect with others, and inhabit spaces.
In this episod…
1 year ago
John Mathias, "Uncommon Cause: Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 384
How can activists strike a balance between fighting for a cause and sustaining relationships with family, friends, and neighbors? In this episode Joh…
1 year ago
Clara A. B. Joseph, "India's Non-violent Freedom Struggle: The Thomas Christians (1599-1799)" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 1292
India's Nonviolent Freedom Struggle focuses on the Thomas Christians, a group of Christians in South India who waged a nonviolent struggle against Eu…
1 year ago
Subah Dayal, "Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 1291
Dr. Subah Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Ci…
1 year, 1 month ago
Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 1290
In Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace (Oxford University Press, 2025), Kolby Hanson argues that these periods of state to…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gen Z Uprising: Youth, Protest and Political Change in Nepal
Episode 1289
In early September 2025, Nepal witnessed an extraordinary week of upheaval that many now refer to as the ‘five-day revolution’. Within the span of a …
1 year, 1 month ago
Kenneth R. Valpey, "Yoga and Animal Ethics" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Episode 1288
This open access book, Yoga and Animal Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) offers a comprehensive understanding of yoga theory and practice as it bear…
1 year, 1 month ago
Debaditya Bhattacharya, "The Indian University: A Critical History" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)
Episode 1287
Is there such a thing as an ‘Indian university’? Is there an ‘idea’ of an Indian university? Were universities in India living and breathing products…
1 year, 1 month ago