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Back to SearchSteven E. Lindquist, "The Literary Life of Yājñavalkya" (SUNY Press, 2023)
Episode 295
In The Literary Life of Yājñavalkya (SUNY Press, 2023), Steven E. Lindquist investigates the intersections between historical context and literary pr…
2 years, 11 months ago
I Kick and I Fly
Episode 190
Professor Ruchira Gupta joins us to share her young adult novel I Kick and I Fly (Scholastic, 2023), which was inspired by her experience making the …
2 years, 11 months ago
Vanessa R. Sasson, "The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women" (Equinox, 2023)
Episode 111
Vanessa R. Sasson's book The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women (Equinox, 2023) is a retelling of the story of the first Buddhist women's…
2 years, 11 months ago
David Veevers, "The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire" (Ebury Press, 2023)
Episode 1377
The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. …
2 years, 11 months ago
Yigal Bronner, "A Lasting Vision: Dandin's Mirror in the World of Asian Letters" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 115
A Lasting Vision: Dandin's Mirror in the World of Asian Letters (Oxford University Press, 2023) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary volume that int…
2 years, 11 months ago
Understanding Narendra Modi: The Poetry of a Populist Leader
Episode 203
Why do politicians write poems? And what does a politician’s poetry tell us about their leadership? In this episode, a collective of researchers from…
2 years, 11 months ago
Christopher Jain Miller, "Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 292
Christopher Jain Miller's book Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge, 2023) is a refreshingly ori…
2 years, 11 months ago
Faiza Moatasim, "Master Plans and Encroachments: The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)
Episode 17
Among urban designers and municipal officials, the term encroachment is defined as a deviation from the official master plan. But in cities today, su…
3 years ago
Arjun Shankar, "Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India" (Duke UP, 2023)
Episode 262
In Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India (Duke UP, 2023), Arjun Shankar draws from his ethnogr…
3 years ago
Réka Máté, "Portrayals of Women in Pakistan: An Analysis of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ's Urdu Poetry" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Episode 290
Réka Máté's Portrayals of Women in Pakistan: An Analysis of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ's Urdu Poetry (de Gruyter, 2023) examines the connection between progressi…
3 years ago