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That's So Hindu episodes

February 14, 2025 How the US-India relationship will fare under Trump 2.0 | Akhil Ramesh
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Akhil Ramesh of the Pacific Forum. They discuss a number of ways the US-India relationship may change under the new Trump administration, on immigration, trade, national security, how China figures into this, the essential unpredictability of the Trump administration, and more.
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48 min
February 13, 2025 What the modern world can learn from the Dharmic capitalism of South India’s great kingdoms | Sriram Balasubramanian
In this episode we speak with economist Sriram Balasubramanian about his latest book Dharmanomics: An Indigenous and Sustainable Economic Model. We discuss what makes dharmic capitalism different from other regional varieties of capitalism, how this economic outlook extends back millennia to the kingdoms and empires of southern India and southeast asia, the role of temples in economic activity, the economic effects of the kumbh mela, and more.
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38 min
November 07, 2024 When will Kashmiri Pandits be able to really return home? | Vijay Sazawal
In this episode Samir Kalra and Rajiv Pandit speak with author Vijay Sazawal about his new book The Kashmir Chronicles, discussing the history of the region, the ethnic cleansing of the Hindu community more than 30 years ago, the corruption in government in the state, the abrogation of the Article 370 and Delhi taking a direct role in governing the region, the largely positive aftermath of that and the changes that have occurred in Kashmir, and when might Kashmiri Pandits be able to return en masse.

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1 hr 33 min
October 17, 2024 Hindu At Heart: Practicing restorative justice in New York City public schools | Hemanth Venkataraman
In this episode, part of Indu Viswanathan’s Hindu at Heart series, she speaks with Hemanth Venkataraman, a New York City-based educator and restorative justice practitioner about his life growing up Hindu in New Jersey in the 1980s and 90s, his time teaching in the NYC public school system and co-founding the Unity Preparatory Charter School in Brooklyn, and how he moved on to consult with schools on implementing restorative justice with School Culture Solutions.

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1 hr 36 min
September 26, 2024 Equating Hindutva with any kind of Hindu supremacy is just nonsense | Vikram Sampath
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with historian Vikram Sampath (author of the two volume definitive biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) about the origins of Hindutva and misunderstandings about, its relevance for Hindus living outside of India, and more.
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41 min
September 05, 2024 A conversation about Hindu parenting with psychologist Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria and Suhag Shukla
In this episode HAF Board Member psychologist Dr Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria and HAF Executive Director Suhag Shukla have a wide ranging discussion about parenting as Hindus, the book Bad Therapy, how we can raise resilient children, the differences in parenting across the generations, and more.
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47 min
August 15, 2024 How Akṣarā is using the visual arts and design to pass on Indian culture | Jayanthi Moorthy
In this episode we're speaking with Jayanthi Moorthy, founder of the arts education organization AkṣarāWe talk about the importance of the arts in transmitting Indian culture, the role museums have in this and the limitations they have, issues of cultural appropriation in events such as Color Runs, and how drawing the traditional South Indian art form of kolam has both mental and physical benefits.
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44 min
July 25, 2024 Hindutva doesn’t start with Savarkar. It starts with the Bengali Renaissance. | Hindol Sengupta
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with author Hindol Sengupta about the origins of Hindutva as a philosophical concept, its relationship to Hindu nationalism, the inclusiveness of Hindu thought, the future of the BJP, and the US-India relationship.
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36 min
July 04, 2024 How the history of Hindutva and the RSS has been so misunderstood in the West | Walter Andersen
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with author and analyst Walter K Andersen about misunderstandings about the history of Hindutva, the goals of the RSS, the role of Hindutva in the Indian diaspora, and what the recent Indian elections mean for the direction of the BJP.
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39 min
June 20, 2024 All about the Third Nature: An expansive millennia-old Hindu framework for discussing gender and sexuality
In this episode HAF’s Raj Rao, Suhag Shukla, Vijay Satnarine, and Mat McDermott delve into how Hindu dharma traditions, for millennia, have recognized a Third Nature in gender and sexuality, how this framework both overlaps with contemporary LGBTQ categories and how it is distinct, as well as some guidance on how Third Nature individuals and their families can act compassionately rooted in dharma when addressing these issues.

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50 min

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