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A discussion about all things brown, aka desi or South Asian.

Razib Khan


    • Feb 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 12m AVG DURATION
    • 249 EPISODES

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    A Brown Pundit visits the Mahakumbh

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 50:15


    KJ took a dip at the Triveni Sangam, here he is in  conversation with Dr Omar Ali and Maneesh on what was the experience like. His travels across Lucknow and Varanasi make an appearance too. We conclude the episode with a hat tip to the greatest Indian Dessert. 

    Conversation with Vishal Ganesan on Dharma in the Diaspora

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 69:47


    This Brown Pundits podcast episode features hosts Amey and Dr. Omar Ali in conversation with Vishal Ganesan, a lawyer and thinker, about his essay "Frontier Dharma" and the meaning of being Hindu in the diaspora. Vishal discusses how his observations of mainstream media and academic discourse led him to research the historical representation of Hindus, which he found to be distorted by a lens stemming from 18th and 19th-century missionary narratives. Vishal's essay - https://frontierdharma.substack.com/p/the-hindu-case-against-hinduism-a

    Hussein Ibish on Middle east

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 78:24


    Hussein Ibish talks about the middle east with Brownpundits

    Maha Saffron Landslide

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 69:30


    In this episode, KJ and Gaurav talk about the assembly election results in Maharashtra with Indian Mango (a Maratha from Marathwada) and a Kannadiga from the coast.

    BP analysis US Election results

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 67:55


    In this chat our 2 Resident US citizens and 2 Indians analyse US elections and its implications

    Maharashtra elections and its politics with IndianMango

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 60:03


    In this episode KJ and Gaurav talk to a Marathi commentator from Marathwada-Vidarbha region about upcoming MH elections and the role of Maratha politics in it.

    Kushal Mehra on the Canadian Khalistani kerfuffle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 67:12


    In this episode of Browncast we have Kushal Mehra talk with Amey and Omar on the recent attacks on Canadian Hindu temples by Khalistanis during Diwali. We also touch upon the diaspora politics in Canada, the Khalistani influence on the Canadian state apparatus and lastly how Trudeau's radical immigration changes have contributed to the problem. Please follow Kushal on Twitter as well as his popular Youtube podcast "The Carvaka Podcast" Twitter - https://x.com/kushal_mehra Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPxuul6zSLAfKSsm123Vww Additional Links ---------------- Terry Milewski's 2007 documentary "Sikh Politics in Canada" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52zMm9JeMyE&ab_channel=PuneetSahani  

    Hussein Ibish on the MIddle East in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 71:17


    Omar Ali talks to Hussein Ibish about the current events in the Middle East.

    Dr. Edward Luttwak on Israel, Iran and the Grand Strategy in the Middle East

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 91:28


    In this edition of the browncast, Amey and Dr. Omar Ali talk to Dr. Edward Luttwak on the current escalating situation between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, the unique individualistic culture of the IDF and arc of 2000 years of Jewish and Persian history that informs both their strategic cultures.

    Brocast: Fitness and weight in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 64:39


    Amit, Amey and Razib revisit their health trajectory since 2020, and the optimum mix of dieting and working out to be fit in the 21st century.

    Bangladesh's New Order and the end of the Shiek Hasina regime

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 88:43


    Omar Ali, Jyoti Rahman, Shafiqur Rahman, Karol Karpinski and Razib Khan discuss the end of the Sheikh Hasina regime.

    Color revolution in Bangladesh?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 94:34


    Amey, Karol, Paulasta and Omari Ali react to the overthrow of Sheik Hasina as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

    A Conversation on World Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 65:15


    KJ and Bansi dive into the captivating world of non-English, non-Indian cinema, exploring hidden gems and diverse stories from across the globe.  

    A Catch-up with Major Amin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 46:40


    It's 2024 and Major Amin shares his thoughts on what's happening with Dr Omar Ali. 

    Ashvamedha Interrupted

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 120:38


    In this podcast we gathered together a band of brownpundits (Mukunda Raghavan, Srikanth Krishnamachary, Maneesh Taneja, Gaurav Lele, KJ and myself) and talked about the Indian elections in details. As expected the BJP's setbacks get a lot of play, but we discuss much more than that and hope to follow up with more focused episodes on some issues (such as the future of Hindu Nationalism). How many fires are there, how many suns? How many dawns? How many waters?  I ask this, O fathers, not to challenge. O Sages, I ask it to know (RigVeda Book 10, hymn 88)

    The origin of Indo-Europeans and Indians

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 65:57


    Amey and Razib talk about a new paper, The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans, and its relevance to the origins of Indians.

    Brown Pundits Talk to Indic Explorer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 80:36


    Mukunda and Omar talk to Vineet on Indic Modernity.

    Brown Pundits on 2024 Elections in India.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 68:36


    Omar, Mukunda, Maneesh, Gaurav and KJ have a freewheeling chat on the upcoming elections in India.

    A Conversation on Politics in Tamil Nadu

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 57:44


    Omar and Maneesh talk to K Jayaraman on political movements and the political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

    Dr Omar Ali on the latest in Pakistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 51:34


    It's election time in and Maneesh speaks to Dr Omar Ali on the latest in Pakistan

    Bangladesh 2023 status update

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 83:25


    On this episode of the Browncast Amey and Razib talk about Bangladesh with Karol, our Polish economist South Asia expert who lived in Bangladesh for two years and is fluent in Bengali. Karol discusses the upcoming elections, the role of party politics in Bangladeshi life, and Bangladesh's role in the geopolitics of the region.

    Conversation with Christine Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023 93:09


    Omar and Mukunda talk to Prof. Christine Fair on state of affairs in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan and her upcoming book. 

    Israel and India: a new love affair?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 56:08


    Amey and Razib talk about the philoSemitism of Indians, and the pivot to Israel of the BJP. Amey discusses the longstanding role of Jews on the Konkan coast, the pro-Palestinian stance inherited from Nehru, but eventually pivoted away by the BJP do to Indo-Israeli cooperation and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

    Discussion with Vamsee Juluri

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 83:58


    In this podcast, Omar and Mukunda talk to popular author, columnist and intellectual Vamsee Juluri.

    A Maratha on Sri Lankan Genetics, Casteism, Immigrating to America and Dalrymple

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 75:46


    Amey returns to the Browncast to do a "bro caste" on genetics in Sri Lanka, casteism in America and India and the new legislation in California, talk about his immigration odyssey and how it's stacked against Indians, and finally, how William Dalrymple gives Marathas short shrift.

    Castes of the American Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 63:43


    BPers Razib Khan and Mukunda Raghavan chat with Pushpita Prasad and Sudha Jagannathan of the Coalition of the Hindus of North America discuss the newfound relevance of caste in the USA, and how a toxic brew up self-interest, identity politics and social justice have caught Indian Americans in a vortex of anti-discrimination legislation.

    Frank talks to Akshar and Omar about modern India, the Nehruvian elite and the evolution of the Hindutva phase in Indian politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 62:30


    History and Evolution of Malayalam Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 98:11


    Arun speaks to Maneesh on the history and evolution of Malayalam Cinema. 

    Major Amin on the Current Situation in Pakistan: May 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 37:40


    Status update, May 2023.

    Pakistan Crisis: The Arrest of Imran Khan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 36:36


    Maneesh speaks to Dr Omar Ali in the aftermath of Imran Khan's arrest. 

    Episode 22 - The British East India Company

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 120:52


    In this episode, Shrikant, Gaurav and Omar talk to Maneesh about the beginning and consolidation of British East India rule in India. We end the episode on the 1857 revolt.

    Major Amin on the Current Crisis in Pakistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 34:02


    Dr Omar Ali speaks to Major Amin on the current crisis in Pakistan.

    A Conversation on Caste with Dr. Prakash Shah

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 76:19


      Dr Prakash Shah, Reader in Culture and Law at School of Law Queen Mary University of London, talks to Dr Ali on the framework of studying caste in India and it's colonial antecedents. 

    Conversation with Chitra Iyer: Founder- Space2Grow A Social Impact Firm

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 54:22


    Chitra Iyer, Co-founder and CEO of Space2Grow, talks to Maneesh about Anti Child Trafficking, Digital Safety and making  Indians employable. 

    Episode 21: South India Post Vijayanagar Empire till 1857

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 80:49


    Shrikanth talks to Maneesh about the History of South India post Vijayanagar kingdom till the year 1857. 

    Conversation with Pooja Sharma: Founder The Sarvodya Collective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 38:27


    Maneesh is in a freewheeling conversation with Pooja Sharma, founder of The Sarvodya Collective. A NPO working to build awareness and allyship for Neurodiversity as a cause.

    Episode 20: Europeans in India

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 80:05


      Prathamesh and Omar talk to Maneesh about Europeans in India.  This a precursor to a dedicated episode on the history of British in India.

    Conversation with Prof. Aseem Shrivastava

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 92:22


    Omar and Maneesh talk to Aseem on Ecospohy and the challenges posed by Modernity.

    Episode 19 - The Rajputs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 105:30


    In this episode, we discuss the Rajputs - their origins, wars and alliances in the medieval time. The speakers are Jay Vardhan Singh, Gaurav Lele and Maneesh Taneja.

    Mr. Tilak Devasher on his book The Pashtuns- A Contested History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 88:37


    Author of multiple books on Pakistan Mr. Tilak Devasher joins Maneesh, Somnath and Dr. Omar Ali to talk about his new book The Pashtuns-A Contested History. 

    Sunny Narang in Conversation with Dr. Omar Ali

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 79:33


      Sunny Narang, a punjabi born and brought up in Delhi with ancestral roots in Pakistan, speaks for Dr. Ali on punjabis; they also talk about culture and people who have and continue to shape history of the sub-continent. 

    Episode 18- The Marathas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 120:37


    In this episode, Prathamesh Godbole and Amit Paranjpe discuss the Maratha empire - spanning from its humble origins as a Jagir of Adilshahi to the largest power in the subcontinent before the British conquest. We discuss the great maratha rulers Shivaji Raje, Sambhaji Raje and the Peshwas. 

    Episode 17: Mughals-the socio-cultural milieu and their decline

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 87:38


    Maneesh talks to Jay and Omar on the socio-culutral milieu of the Mughals and their decline. 

    Episode 16: The Rise of the Mughals

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 99:22


    In this episode, Omar and Jay discuss the rise of the "Great" Mughals. We start from the rise of Babur and follow through the empire his descendants. We do not cover the challengers to the Mughal hegemony (Maharana Pratap, Chattrapati Shivaji and Lachit Borphukan) OR the fall of the Mughal empire or other softer aspects in this episode. All that will be covered in the coming episodes.

    Discussion with J Sai Deepak

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 109:29


    In this episode, Gaurav talks with J Sai Deepak - the prolific author about Bharat, Hindu civilization, politics and his books.

    Pakistan 2022: Things Fall Apart ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 58:00


    Omar is in conversation with Ambassador Kamran Shafi and Dr. Mohammad Taqi on the ongoing political upheaval in Pakistan. 

    Episode 15: The Vijayanagara Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 94:34


    Shrikanth and Gaurav talk to Maneesh about all things Vijayanagara Empire. An empire that lasted longer than Mughal empire and whose legancy thirves to this day.

    Episode 14: The Delhi Sultanate

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 118:03


    In this episode of the history podcast, Omar and Jay discuss the period of Delhi Sultanate with Jay and Gaurav. We go over all the major dynasties and also discuss the religious, economic aspects of this time.  As Omar Ali puts it, the legacy of Delhi Sultanate is the legacy of Islam in the subcontinent. 

    Episode 13: South India from 1100-1400 CE

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 126:39


    13th Episode of the History Podcast.  Shrikanth, Mukunda and Gaurav speak to Maneesh on all things South India from 1100-1400 AD.   

    All Things Tamil Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 152:57


    Maneesh talks to Sai and Arun on all things Tamil Cinema- its history, its unique relationship with the political milieu of Tamil Nadu, its evolution over the years and the cults of personalities that it has spawned.  

    A conversation on Hinduphobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 65:04


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