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Back to SearchAtmadarshan Laura Santoro, "Song of Your Soul," a New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
Episode 16
Raj Balkaran interviews Atmadarshan Laura Santoro co-owner of Dharma Kshetra Yoga and author of forthcoming book The Song of Your Soul (an original n…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ruth Gamble, "The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahamudra" (Shambala, 2020)
Episode 82
A scholarly yet accessible biography of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, one of the great historical figures of Tibetan Buddhism.
Known for his mast…
4 years, 11 months ago
Sanskrit Tools on the Web: An Discussion with Martin Gluckman (Part 2)
Episode 149
This interview continues the conversation with Martin Gluckman, Researcher at University of Capetown and Director at Sanskrit Research Institute. We …
4 years, 11 months ago
Clara A. B. Joseph, "Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 151
By studying the history and sources of the Thomas Christians of India, a community of pre-colonial Christian heritage, this book revisits the assumpt…
4 years, 11 months ago
Suchitra Samanta, "Kali in Bengali Lives: Narratives of Religious Experience" (Lexington Books, 2021)
Episode 152
In Kali in Bengali Lives: Narratives of Religious Experience (Lexington Books, 2021), Suchitra Samanta examines Bengalis' personal narratives of Kali…
4 years, 11 months ago
Sanskrit Tools on the Web: An Discussion with Martin Gluckman (Part 1)
Episode 57
This interview features amazing open-access digital Sanskrit projects spearheaded by Martin Gluckman, Researcher at University of Capetown and Direct…
4 years, 11 months ago
Tony Nader, "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness: Simple Answers to the Big Questions of Life" (Penguin Random House, 2021)
Episode 36
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in neuroscience) and globally reco…
4 years, 11 months ago
Manu S. Pillai, "False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma" (Juggernauth, 2021)
Episode 147
India’s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Bejewelled parasites, they cared more, we are told, fo…
5 years ago
Clemens Cavallin et al., "The Future of Religious Studies in India" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 161
Clemens Cavallin, Sudha Sitharaman and Åke Sander's The Future of Religious Studies in India (Routledge, 2020) looks at how religious studies is fram…
5 years ago
Koral Dasgupta, "Kunti: The Sati Series II" (Pan Macmillan India, 2021)
Episode 145
Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgettable position in the Indian literary imagination. Y…
5 years ago