Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAdheesh Sathaye, “Crossing the Lines of Caste" (Oxford UP, 2015)
Episode 55
What does it mean to be a Brahmin, and what could it mean to become one?
The ancient Indian mythological figure Viśvāmitra accomplishes just this, tra…
6 years, 4 months ago
Raj Balkaran, "The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 54
Why are the myths of the Indian Great Goddess, Durgā, found in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa framed by myths glorifying the Sun, Sūrya? And why do these glor…
6 years, 4 months ago
Ehud Halperin, “The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 53
Hadimba is a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of Go…
6 years, 4 months ago
Anya P. Foxen, "Inhaling Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 52
In her new book Inhaling Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga (Oxford University Press, 2020), Anya Foxen traces s…
6 years, 4 months ago
Ionut Moise, "Salvation in Indian Philosophy: Perfection and Simplicity for Vaiśeṣika" (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 51
In Salvation in Indian Philosophy: Perfection and Simplicity for Vaiśeṣika (Routledge, 2019), Ionut Moise offers a comprehensive description of the ‘…
6 years, 4 months ago
Hamsa Stainton, "Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 50
In Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir (Oxford University Press, 2019), Hamsa Stainton explores the relationship between 'poetry’ and ‘…
6 years, 4 months ago
Deepra Dandekar, “The Subhedar's Son” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 49
This book is a translation and study of The Subhedar's Son (Oxford University Press, 2019), an award-winning Marathi biographical novel written in 18…
6 years, 4 months ago
John Stratton Hawley, “Krishna's Playground: Vrindavan in the 21st Century” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 48
John Stratton Hawley's new book Krishna's Playground: Vrindavan in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2020) is about a deeply beloved place-m…
6 years, 4 months ago
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
Episode 20
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for …
6 years, 4 months ago
A. M. Ruppel, "Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Episode 47
In this podcast, we interview Dr. Antonia Ruppel about Sanskrit Studies. Dr. Ruppel is the author the Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit (Cambridge U…
6 years, 5 months ago