Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy is the Assistant Professor of English, Department of Language and Literature, Florida Gulf Coast University.

EPISODE LINKS:

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Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy on Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GNXDCD8AAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy's website:

https://arnabduttaroy.com/

Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkt0hsO533H7C42vgULlo6A

OUTLINE:

0:00- Introduction

1:18- Dr. Arnab's intellectual journey

5:28- Is language all there is in the world?

11:32- Universals

18:25- Universals and particulars

25:51- Biases

34:23- Freespeech and cancel culture

46:43- Rabindranath Tagore

57:22- Disagreements between Tagore and Gandhi

1:02:13- Ideas of India

1:22:23- Interpretation

1:40:58- Mythology

1:48:56- Book recommendations

1:56:33- Final Words

SOURCES MENTIONED:

Antigone by Sophocles:

https://www.amazon.in/Antigone-Sophocles/dp/1580493882

Samskara by U.R. Ananthamurthy:

https://www.amazon.in/U-R-ANANTHA-MURTHY-SAMSKARA/dp/8122909914

Universals and Mythology: An Interview with Dr. Wendy Doniger | Conducted by Arnab Dutta Roy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vJzelZMQdU&t=755s

The Hindus: An Alternative History:

https://www.amazon.in/Hindus-Alternative-History-Wendy-Doniger/dp/9385288660

Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore:

https://www.amazon.in/Nationalism-Rabindranath-Tagore/dp/8175993103

The Mahatma and the Poet: Letters and debates between Gandhi and Tagore, 1915-1941:

https://www.amazon.in/Mahatma-Poet-Letters-debates-1915-1941/dp/812372201X

Annihilation of Caste by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

https://www.amazon.in/Annihilation-Caste-Annotated-B-R-Ambedkar/dp/8189059637

All Walks of Life Podcast #25- Utkarsh Patel: Understanding Mythology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1AHrGl_30

Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia:

https://www.amazon.in/Many-Ramayanas-Diversity-Narrative-Tradition/dp/0195635183/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=60477510953&dchild=1&ext_vrnc=hi&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5uWGBhCTARIsAL70sLJmHnQ-M3Sh9BegyDvCByWf1ZVOqoQa3cSsWJzGGQAMwQO7kbHbAioaAhc1EALw_wcB&hvadid=294151019972&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9061848&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7334483506370422889&hvtargid=kwd-316905771311&hydadcr=2429_1727619&keywords=many+ramayanas&qid=1624946767&sr=8-1

Sri Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas:

https://www.amazon.in/Ramcharitmanas-Press-Tulsidas-medium-English/dp/B08RC3LH5R/ref=asc_df_B08RC3LH5R/?tag=googleshopdes-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=397007804290&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9052275572690844437&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007765&hvtargid=pla-1251466614137&psc=1&ext_vrnc=hi

Ramayana by Valmiki:

https://www.amazon.in/Valmiki-Ramayana-Set-Vols/dp/0143441140/ref=sr_1_3?adgrpid=58703103053&dchild=1&ext_vrnc=hi&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5uWGBhCTARIsAL70sLK4jwtWjSUh4Nv4SME2nD0As3N4hLWwTUf2MCHqa1HFrou_vXA2CxIaAmktEALw_wcB&hvadid=294112335003&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007765&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5368444334511651491&hvtargid=kwd-299144676866&hydadcr=23638_1725040&keywords=valmiki+ramayana&qid=1624947001&smid=AT95IG9ONZD7S&sr=8-3

Shakuntala by Kalidasa:

https://www.amazon.in/Kalidasa-Translations-Shakuntala-Other-Works/dp/939019878X/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=59227216232&dchild=1&ext_vrnc=hi&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5uWGBhCTARIsAL70sLInG10er42tND6H7DVcbi4PY7_DgTTgVNo2KNHCxNUnvWciBiMbdvMaAjzIEALw_wcB&hvadid=294122921493&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007765&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14328995370910553924&hvtargid=kwd-515865601603&hydadcr=2400_1727566&keywords=shakuntala+by+kalidasa&qid=1624947160&sr=8-1

The Mahabharata:

https://www.amazon.in/Mahabharata-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140446818/ref=asc_df_0140446818/?tag=googleshopdes-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=397082684591&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3535440805278057431&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007765&hvtargid=pla-417258928313&psc=1&ext_vrnc=hi

Paheli:

https://www.netflix.com/title/70039405

Gora by Rabindranath Tagore:

https://www.amazon.in/Gora-Rabindranath-Tagore/dp/817167755X

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen:

https://www.amazon.in/Argumentative-Indian-Writings-History-Identity/dp/0141012110

Many Mahābhāratas by Nell Shapiro Hawley:

https://www.amazon.in/-/hi/Nell-Shapiro-Hawley/dp/1438482418

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