Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchS. Newcombe and K. O'Brien-Kop, "Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 80
The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies (Routledge, 2020) is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextua…
5 years, 11 months ago
Jason Keith Fernandes, "Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa" (Orient BlackSwan, 2020)
Episode 109
In the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official lan…
5 years, 11 months ago
Ithamar Theodor, "The Bhagavad-Gītā: A Critical Introduction" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 79
Ithamar Theodor's The Bhagavad-Gītā: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020) is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to one of the most read…
5 years, 11 months ago
Suraj Yengde, "Caste Matters" (India Viking, 2019)
Episode 109
“India is not yet a nation. It is still in an improvisational mode like a jazz band that needs to perform repeatedly together in order to uplift ever…
5 years, 11 months ago
Andrea Jain, "Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 150
In Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality (Oxford University Press, 2020), Andrea Jain examines the interconnectedness between global s…
5 years, 11 months ago
Marco Ferrante, "Indian Perspectives on Consciousness, Language and Self" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 89
For many Indian philosophers, language is inextricably tied up with conceptualization. In Indian Perspectives on Consciousness, Language and Self (Ro…
5 years, 11 months ago
E. Goldberg et al, "Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Episode 78
Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India (Bloomsbury, 2020) is a multi-faceted and wide-ranging collection that examines ci…
5 years, 11 months ago
Uma Majmudar, “Gandhi and Rajchandra: The Making of the Mahatma” (Lexington Books, 2020)
Episode 77
This book traces the little-known yet unparalleled influence of Shrimad Rajchandra, Jain zaveri (jeweller)-cum-spiritual seeker, on Mahatma Gandhi. I…
5 years, 11 months ago
Annapurna Garimella, “The Contemporary Hindu Temple: Fragments for a History” (Marg Foundation, 2019)
Episode 76
Contemporary Hindu temples raise aesthetic, economic, political and philosophical questions about the role of architecture in making a place for the …
5 years, 11 months ago
Anway Mukhopadhyay, “The Authority of Female Speech in Indian Goddess Traditions” (Palgrave, 2020)
Episode 75
Contemporary debates on “mansplaining” foreground the authority enjoyed by male speech, and highlight the way it projects listening as the responsibi…
6 years ago