About Sanjukta Poddar

Sanjukta Poddar (she/her/hers) is Assistant Professor in Modern South Asian Studies at Leiden University.

NBN Episodes hosted by Sanjukta:

K. N. Sunandan, "Caste, Knowledge, and Power: Ways of Knowing in Twentieth Century Malabar" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

April 30, 2023

Caste, Knowledge, and Power

K. N. Sunandan
Hosted by Sanjukta Poddar

Caste, Knowledge, and Power: Ways of Knowing in Twentieth-Century Malabar (Cambridge UP, 2023) investigates the transformations of caste practices in …

Divya Cherian, "Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia" (U California Press, 2023)

March 24, 2023

Merchants of Virtue

Divya Cherian
Hosted by Sanjukta Poddar

Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia (U California Press, 2023) explores the question of what it me…

R. B. More and Satyendra More, "Memoirs of a Dalit Communist: The Many Worlds of R.B. More" (Leftword Books, 2020)

September 12, 2022

Memoirs of a Dalit Communist

R. B. More and Satyendra More
Hosted by Sanjukta Poddar

R.B. More (1903–1972) was a leader in Babasaheb Ambedkar’s movement, a trade unionist and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). More’s l…