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That's So Hindu episodes

September 28, 2023 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 India’s history and contemporary society through this very narrow lens.

Read the article that we're talking about here.

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42 min
September 07, 2023 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.

Buy the books we discuss: People Trees, Loving Stones
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34 min
August 17, 2023 There are definite parallels between growing antisemitism and rising Hinduphobia | Sarah Stern
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Sarah Stern, the founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth, a think tank and policy institute based in Washington DC. They speak about the parallels between growing antisemitism and rising Hinduphobia, the US-Israel relationship, and efforts to strengthen the Israel-India relationship.
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58 min
August 10, 2023 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.

Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/1893yoty/
Donate to the film here.
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58 min
July 27, 2023 Here's why it's adharmic to lose money | Easan Katir
In this episode we're again speaking with HAF's own Easan Katir on the topic of dharmic investing, with a focus this time on why it's adharmic to lose money.
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26 min
July 26, 2023 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 discrimination at the BAPS temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, and how the connect to the similar allegations as Cisco Systems in California.

Please note: The audio quality on this one isn't quite up to our usual standards as the That's So Hindu recording studio is in the midst of being moved to another location. But we felt like this one couldn't wait so proceeded anyway.
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1 hr 3 min
July 13, 2023 The US-India relationship has been a success in so many ways | David Santoro, The Pacific Forum
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with David Santoro, President and CEO of the Pacific Forum, a non-profit foreign policy research institute based in Hawaii. They discuss the state of the India-US relationship, the positive changes he's seen in India in recent years, and much more. Learn more at: https://pacforum.org and follow David Santoro on Twitter here: @DavidSantoro1.
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36 min
May 25, 2023 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 in Tamil Nadu.

Learn more: www.behindeverytemple.org
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27 min
May 04, 2023 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 sometimes need to present Hinduism as one thing to the non-Hindu world.

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27 min
April 13, 2023 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 Review of Modern Sociology is titled “Global Hinduphobia: Construed, Constructed, and Unleashed from the West” and that’s what we’re going to talk: Hinduphobia, the fallacy of Aryan Invasion Theory, and how to revamp the study of Hinduism so that a more accurate picture of Hinduisms past and present can glimpsed.

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25 min

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