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Indian Religions February 25, 2021

The Mahabharata

Bibek Debroy

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Dispute over land and kingdom may lie at the heart of this story of war between cousins the Pandavas and the Kouravas but the Mahabharata is about conflicts of dharma …

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Indian Religions February 24, 2021

Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab

Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947

Michale P. Brunner

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Michael P. Brunner's Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab: Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947 (Palgrave, 2020) explores the localisation of modernity in late colonial India.  As a …
Indian Religions February 17, 2021

Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence

Christopher T. Fleming

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (Oxford UP, 2021) provides an account of various theories of ownership (svatva) and inheritance (dāya) in Sanskrit jurisprudential literature (Dharmaśāstra). It examines the evolution of different …
Indian Religions February 9, 2021

Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions

Knut A. Jacobsen

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions (Routledge, 2020) presents critical research, overviews and case studies on religion in historical South Asia and in the seven nation states of contemporary South …
Anthropology January 26, 2021

The Cow in the Elevator

An Anthropology of Wonder

Tulasi Srinivas

Hosted by Lakshita Malik
In The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder (Duke UP, 2018), Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present …
Indian Religions January 26, 2021

Digital Hinduism

Xenia Zeiler

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. Xenia Zeiler's book …
Indian Religions January 20, 2021

Anti-Christian Violence in India

Chad M. Bauman

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict any more than other social identities? Through an extended history of Christian-Hindu relations, and …
Indian Religions January 12, 2021

Tracing the Path of Yoga

The History and Philosophy of Indian Mind-Body Discipline

Stuart Ray Sarbacker

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Clear, accessible, and meticulously annotated, Tracing the Path of Yoga: The History and Philosophy of Indian Mind-Body Discipline (SUNY Press, 2021) offers a comprehensive survey of the history and philosophy of …
Indian Religions January 8, 2021

Maya in the Bhagavata Purana

Human Suffering and Divine Play

Gopal K. Gupta

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The idea of Maya pervades Indian philosophy. It is enigmatic, multivalent, and foundational, with its oldest referents found in the Rig Veda. Maya in the Bhagavata Purana: Human Suffering and …
Indian Religions December 29, 2020

Post-lineage Yoga

From Guru to #metoo

Theodora Wildcroft

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Theodora Wildcroft's Post-lineage Yoga: From Guru to #metoo (Equinox Publishing, 2020) presents a ground-breaking model for scholars to understand the contemporary teaching and practice of yoga, one where peer networks …
Indian Religions December 18, 2020

Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World

Leah Elizabeth Comeau

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) contributes new methods for the study and interpretation of material religion found within literary landscapes. The poets of Hindu devotion …
Indian Religions December 14, 2020

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Vedanta

Ayon Maharaj

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ayon Maharaj's The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Vedanta (Bloomsbury, 2020) brings together a distinguished team of scholars from philosophy, theology, and religious studies to provide the first in-depth discussion of …
Indian Religions December 11, 2020

White Utopias

The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals

Amanda J. Lucia

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In White Utopias: The …
Indian Religions December 9, 2020

The Audacious Raconteur

Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India

Leela Prasad

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Can a subject be sovereign in a hegemony? Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire? The Audacious Raconteur: Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India (Cornell UP, 2020) argues …
Indian Religions December 7, 2020

In Dialogue with the Mahābhārata

Brian Black

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
This book offers the first extensive study of the dialogue form in the Mahābhārata. Despite its importance, the variety of uses and implications of dialogue in the Mahābhārata remain relatively …
Indian Religions December 3, 2020

The Indian Diaspora

Hindus and Sikhs in Australia

Jayant B. Bapat, Purushottama Bilimoria and Philip Hughes

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Since the late 1990s, the Indian community in Australia has grown faster than any other immigrant community. The Indian Diaspora has made substantial contributions to the multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversity …
Indian Religions December 2, 2020

The Truth of Yoga

A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga's History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices

Daniel Simpson

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Succinct answers to nearly any question about yoga's origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices. Much of what is said about yoga is misleading. To take two examples, it is …
Indian Religions November 30, 2020

Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies

Suzanne Newcombe and Karen O'Brien-Kop

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies (Routledge, 2020) is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextualises the rapidly expanding fields that explore yoga and meditative techniques. The book …
Indian Religions November 27, 2020

The Bhagavad-Gītā

A Critical Introduction

Ithamar Theodor

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ithamar Theodor's The Bhagavad-Gītā: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020) is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to one of the most read texts in South Asia. The Bhagavad-gītā is at its …
South Asian Studies November 27, 2020

Citizenship in a Caste Polity

Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa

Jason Keith Fernandes

Hosted by Ali Mohsin
In the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official language of the Goan territory. However, Konkani was recognised only in …