India On My Mind

This was the pivotal formative event in the history of Indian people and possibly of the Persians. We explore the tribes of the Aryans, the events that lead to the conflict, and describe the battle itself.

We review the repercussions of the assassination. How it impacted India, Indian identity, and Indian politics.

We will try to get answers to a few questions about the assassination: How many bullets, where did they hit, were they fatal immediately, did he get medical help, was an autopsy performed, how was the assassin apprehended, and what happened later that...

News headlines repeatedly hype up religion-related disputes in India; but they make no effort to explain the complex Indian secular framework. In this podcast, we try to understand the unique model of India's secularism so the headlines and the hype...

We will explore the untold story of meeting between Gandhi and Sardar Patel minutes before Gandhi was shot by Godse. We track the movements of Godse and Apte before Godse showed up at the prayer meeting to kill Mahatma Gandhi.

Rituals are felt by some to be meaningless and boring. And yet, we see that they are an inescapable facet of human interactions. In this podcast, we will explore the origin and purpose of rituals.

We will explore the nature of the dispute over the 55 crores, the positions of the RBI and the two governments, and how Mahatma Gandhi gets involved in this matter.

Part II  - MotivesWhat led Godse and his co-conspirators to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.

A study of the motives behind the conspiracy to assassinate Gandhi. We will follow the sequence of events that ultimately led to the fatal shots being fired. We will look at the impact of the assassination and review the trial and conviction. Part I,...

How did Gandhi get the title Mahatma? When and where did this title get accepted in common use. What were the implications of Mahatma-ship.