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On Interfaith Activism, Sikhism, and Hinduism
Episode 79
Tahil Sharma grew up in an interfaith family and practices Sikhism and Hinduism. He is a Program Manager for Faith Outreach at Brave New Films and an…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Importance of Pali, the Language of Ancient Buddhism
Episode 191
Core Buddhist teachings are preserved in the ancient Indian language Pali. Listen in as Aleix Ruiz-Falqués speaks about its structure, its significan…
4 years, 6 months ago
Aditya Pratap Deo, "Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India: Enchanting the State" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 147
Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India. The autho…
4 years, 6 months ago
Gregory M. Clines, "Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 188
Gregory M. Clines' book Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation (Routledge, 2022) traces how and why Jain authors at different…
4 years, 6 months ago
Anthony Cerulli, "The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India" (U California Press, 2022)
Episode 185
In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and postcolonial reforms in ayurvedic education, the development of the ayurvedic colle…
4 years, 6 months ago
On Sikhism
Episode 74
This episode introduces Sikhism, including an overview of the basic beliefs, practices, important people, and specific goals of the Sikh religion, pr…
4 years, 6 months ago
Perry Myers, "Spiritual Empires in Europe and India: Cosmopolitan Religious Movements from 1875 to the Interwar Era" (Palgrave, 2021)
Episode 182
Spiritual Empires in Europe and India: Cosmopolitan Religious Movements from 1875 to the Interwar Era (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) provides a comparati…
4 years, 6 months ago
On Sita's Ramayana
Episode 65
Samhita Arni is the author of the NYT Bestselling graphic novel, Sita's Ramayana, (collaboration with Patua artist Moyna Chitrakar) available from Ta…
4 years, 6 months ago
Patrick Olivelle, "Grhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 180
Today I talked to Patrick Olivelle about his book Grhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture (Oxford UP, 2019).
For scholars of anc…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions
Episode 184
What is the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions all about? Who is it for? What is it’s past, present, and future? Find out as Raj Balkaran speaks …
4 years, 6 months ago