New Books in Indian Religions
Interviews with Scholars of Indian Religions with their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 572
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Sabrina D. MisirHiralall, "Devotional Hindu Dance: A Return to the Sacred" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)
Devotional Hindu Dance: A Return to the Sacred (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) sheds light on the purpose of Hindu dance as devotional. Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall explains the history of Hindu dance and…
00:36:11 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Jyotirmaya Sharma, "Elusive Nonviolence: The Making and Unmaking of Gandhi’s Religion of Ahimsa" (Westland, 2021)
In Elusive Nonviolence: The Making and Unmaking of Gandhi’s Religion of Ahimsa (Westland, 2021), Jyotirmaya Sharma argues that Gandhi acknowledged the absence of any serious tradition of non-violence…
00:41:33 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Nishant Shahani, "Pink Revolutions: Globalization, Hindutva, and Queer Triangles in Contemporary India" (Northwestern UP, 2021)
Pink Revolutions: Globalization, Hindutva, and Queer Triangles in Contemporary India (Northwestern UP, 2021) describes how queer politics in India occupies an uneasy position between the forces of ne…
00:42:07 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Atmadarshan Laura Santoro, "Song of Your Soul," a New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
Raj Balkaran interviews Atmadarshan Laura Santoro co-owner of Dharma Kshetra Yoga and author of forthcoming book The Song of Your Soul (an original new translation of the Bhagavad Gita) on the role o…
00:53:47 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Sanskrit Tools on the Web: An Discussion with Martin Gluckman (Part 2)
This interview continues the conversation with Martin Gluckman, Researcher at University of Capetown and Director at Sanskrit Research Institute. We discuss his Panini Research Tool, Sanskrit Writer,…
00:53:08 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
Ruth Gamble, "The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahamudra" (Shambala, 2020)
A scholarly yet accessible biography of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, one of the great historical figures of Tibetan Buddhism.
Known for his mastery of teachings across sectarian lines, his trea…
00:56:15 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
Clara A. B. Joseph, "Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn" (Routledge, 2020)
By studying the history and sources of the Thomas Christians of India, a community of pre-colonial Christian heritage, this book revisits the assumption that Christianity is Western and colonial and …
00:36:49 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Suchitra Samanta, "Kali in Bengali Lives: Narratives of Religious Experience" (Lexington Books, 2021)
In Kali in Bengali Lives: Narratives of Religious Experience (Lexington Books, 2021), Suchitra Samanta examines Bengalis' personal narratives of Kali devotion in the Bhakti tradition. These personal …
00:44:11 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Sanskrit Tools on the Web: An Discussion with Martin Gluckman (Part 1)
This interview features amazing open-access digital Sanskrit projects spearheaded by Martin Gluckman, Researcher at University of Capetown and Director at Sanskrit Research Institute. We discuss Mart…
00:41:33 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Tony Nader, "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness: Simple Answers to the Big Questions of Life" (Penguin Random House, 2021)
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in neuroscience) and globally recognized expert in the science of consciousness and …
01:47:33 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Manu S. Pillai, "False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma" (Juggernauth, 2021)
India’s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Bejewelled parasites, they cared more, we are told, for elephants and palaces than for schools and publi…
00:39:33 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
Clemens Cavallin et al., "The Future of Religious Studies in India" (Routledge, 2020)
Clemens Cavallin, Sudha Sitharaman and Åke Sander's The Future of Religious Studies in India (Routledge, 2020) looks at how religious studies is framed and taught in India. It addresses the contradic…
00:46:29 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
Koral Dasgupta, "Kunti: The Sati Series II" (Pan Macmillan India, 2021)
Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgettable position in the Indian literary imagination. Yet, little is known about the fateful events that …
00:52:46 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Katherine Young, "Turbulent Transformations: Non-Brahmin Śrīvaiṣṇavas on Religion, Caste and Politics in Tamil Nadu" (Orient Blackswan, 2021)
Katherine Young, Turbulent Transformations: Non-Brahmin Śrīvaiṣṇavas on Religion, Caste and Politics in Tamil Nadu (Orient Blackswan, 2021) studies the interlinking of religious, social and political…
00:44:23 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
Antonia M. Ruppel, "An Introductory Sanskrit Reader: Improving Reading Fluency" (Brill, 2021)
An Introductory Sanskrit Reader: Improving Reading Fluency (Brill, 2021) aims to help students start reading original Sanskrit literature. When we study ancient languages, there often is quite a gap …
01:07:50 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
Eleanor Nesbitt, “Exploring the Sikh Tradition” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Exploring the Sikh Tradition is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Eleanor Nesbitt who is Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick and a poet. …
02:10:49 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Mans Broo, "The Rādhā Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation" (Routledge, 2019)
The Rādhā Tantra is an anonymous 17th-century tantric text from Bengal. Mans Broo's The Rādhā Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation (Routledge, 2019) offers a lively picture of the mee…
00:48:51 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Pankaj Mirshra, “Turning the Mirror: A View From the East” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Turning the Mirror: A View From the East is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning writer Pankaj Mishra. The conversation provides behind-the-scenes insights…
01:24:37 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Wendy Doniger, "Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History" (U Virginia Press, 2021)
Raj Balkaran speaks with Wendy Doniger about her new book Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History (University of Virginia Press, 2021), along with her translation of the …
01:06:27 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
John Nemec, "The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Philosophical Interlocutors" (Oxford UP, 2021)
The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Philosophical Interlocutors (Oxford UP, 2021) is a sequel to a volume published in 2011 by OUP under the title The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Siva…
00:39:18 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
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