That's So Hindu
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 139
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why Hindus should be paying attention to Hamas' funding sources. Sam Westrop explains.
In this episode of That's So Hindu, our 100th, Samir Kalra speaks with Middle East Forum's Sam Westrop about their new report detailing how Hamas raises money through charitable organizations in the …
Wrongly accused of caste discrimination by California, Sundar Iyer tells us what really happened
Sanjay Lazar, orphaned by the 1985 Air India bombing, tells his story - Part 2
In the second part of this two-part episode, Suhag Shukla speaks with Sanjay Lazar who lost his entire family in the Air India Flight 182 bombing and was literally orphaned while still a child. This …
Sanjay Lazar, orphaned by the 1985 Air India bombing, tells his story - Part 1
In the first part of this two-part episode, Suhag Shukla speaks with Sanjay Lazar who lost his entire family in the Air India Flight 182 bombing and was literally orphaned while still a child. This i…
Hindu by Heart: Coerced into Islam, Seeking Freedom - Part 2
For this special two-part episode we’ve got something a little bit different. This time, Dr indu Viswanathan, who’s been a guest on the show twice, is on the other side of the interviewing equation. …
Hindu by Heart: Coerced into Islam, Seeking Freedom - Part 1
For this special two-part episode we’ve got something a little bit different. This time, Dr indu Viswanathan, who’s been a guest on the show twice, is on the other side of the interviewing equation. …
How do Hindu Americans celebrate Navaratri?
For this episode we have something a bit different for you. It’s a special episode for Navaratri. We've interviewed several members of our extended HAF team as well as members of the Hindu American c…
What is Critical Caste Theory and why it's a "dubious discourse" | Akshar from The Emissary
In this episode we speak with Akshar from The Emissary about an article he published earlier this year about Critical Caste Theory, as well as the activists who view Hinduism, Hindu culture, and Indi…
For Hindus the natural world is more than sacred, its embodied Divinity itself | Prof. David Haberman
In this episode we speak with Prof. David Haberman from Indiana University about his extensive work documenting how Hindus bring trees, stones, and mountains into their religious worship.
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There are definite parallels between growing antisemitism and rising Hinduphobia | Sarah Stern
On bringing the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda to the cinema | Nico Oscoff
In this episode we're speaking with film director Nico Oscoff on his latest project 1893: Year of the Yogi, a documentary currently planned to be released in 2024.
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Here's why it's adharmic to lose money | Easan Katir
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How everything isn't as it seemed in the BAPS and Cisco caste discrimination allegations | Suhag Shukla & Samir Kalra
In this special episode Mat McDermott moderates a discussion between HAF Co-Founder Suhag Shukla and Managing Director Samir Kalra about the latest revelations in the case of alleged caste discrimina…
The US-India relationship has been a success in so many ways | David Santoro, The Pacific Forum
Preserving dharma by restoring one ancient temple at a time | Behind Every Temple
In this episode we speak with Ananda and Suguna Prathik, the husband and wife team behind the non-profit Behind Every Temple, who are are doing some really interesting work restoring ancient temples …
We should be very wary of people who tell us there is only one way to be Hindu | Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan
In this episode we speak with Georgetown University's Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan about the tension between the internal diversity and pluralistic outlook of Hinduism and both the trend and sometim…
How Hinduphobia has been constructed and unleashed from the West | Prof Lavanya Vemsani
In this episode we're speaking with Lavanya Vemsani, professor of history at Shawnee State University in Ohio, specializing in Indian history and religion. Her latest paper in the International Revie…
The connections between advaita vedanta and ecology are, well, deep | Prof. Jeffery D Long
In this episode we're speaking with Professor Jeffery D Long, who teaches religion and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. This his second time on the show. And today we’re discus…
TEASER: All about All About Hinduism
Do you want to know more about Hinduism? Like actually understand what karma is? Or what dharma means? Do you want to know what the sacred texts of Hinduism are? Or, maybe, you just want to know why …
How a former Pentecostal Christian preacher and missionary in India first lost his religion and then embraced Hinduism | Andrew Jasko
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with Andrew Jasko. Andrew was born into a minister’s family and became a preacher and missionary to India, after studying theology at Wheaton College and Princeton…