Podcasts about Bengal

Ni un grand militaire, ni un homme d'État, ni un artiste remarquable, Sake Dean Mahomed était pourtant, à son époque, une célébrité. Né fils de soldat en Inde, il a réussi à s'élever dans les rangs de l'armée du Bengal. À noter: à 14 minutes on parle de pamphlet, il aurait fallu dire dépliant! Rien de pamphlétaire là-dedans. Adhérez à cette chaîne pour obtenir des avantages : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4TCCaX-gqBNkrUqXdgGRA/join Avec la participation de Catherine Tourangeau, merci Catherine https://www.facebook.com/LaPetiteHistorienne/ Script Catherine Tourangeau Pour soutenir la chaîne, au choix: 1. Cliquez sur le bouton « Adhérer » sous la vidéo. 2. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hndl Musique issue du site : epidemicsound.com Images provenant de https://www.storyblocks.com Abonnez-vous à la chaine: https://www.youtube.com/c/LHistoirenousledira Les vidéos sont utilisées à des fins éducatives selon l'article 107 du Copyright Act de 1976 sur le Fair-Use. Sources et pour aller plus loin: Bayly, C. A. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Fisher, Michael, The First Indian Author in English: Dean Mahomed (1759-1851) in India, Ireland, and England. Oxford University Press, 1996. Teltscher, Kate, « The Shampooing Surgeon and the Persian Prince: Two Indians in Early Nineteenth-century Britain ». Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 2 (3): 2000, 409–23. Ansari, Humayun. The Infidel Within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2004. Das, Alok, « Life and Legacy of Sake Dean Mahomet: A Forgotten Enigma ». Communication Studies and Language Pedagogy. 2(1–2): 2016, 199–211. Clarke, Sir Arthur. An Essay on Warm, Cold, and Vapour Bathing, with Practical Observations on Sea Bathing, Diseases of the Skin, Bilious, Liver Complaints, and Dropsy. London: Henry Colburn, 1813. Cochrane, Basil. An Improvement on the Mode of Administering the Vapour Bath, and the Apparatus Connected with It. London: John Booth, 1809. Cotton, Sir Evan. “`Sake Deen Mahomed' of Brighton.” Sussex County Magazine 13 (1939): 746–50. Feltham, John. Guide to All the Watering and Sea Bathing Places. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1806–15. Mahomet, Dean. The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997. Mahomed, S. D. Cases Cured by Sake Deen Mahomed, Shampooing Surgeon, And Inventor of the Indian Medicated Vapour and Sea-Water Baths, Written by the Patients Themselves. Brighton: The Author, 1820. ——————. Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath: as introduced into this country by S. D. Mahomed…containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing. Brighton: The Author, 1822, 1826, 1838. Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation. London: Routledge, 1992. History of champissage de London Centre of Indian Champissage™ https://champissageinternational.com/history-of-champissage/ The Shampooing Surgeon of Brightonm March/April 2018 by Gerald Zarr https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/March-2018/The-Shampooing-Surgeon-of-Brighton Autres références disponibles sur demande. #histoire #documentaire #deanmohamed #champissage

"Maestro" Rob Kellum welcomes "All Day" Kenny Bengal. Live, Thursday nights at 7:30PM ET on vocnation.com, it's WCW Retro! Join us as "Maestro" Rob Kellum is back, full time, in his capacity as host of WCW Retro! Rob talks about all things professional wrestling, including WWE, NXT, AEW, and … WCW! Plus, he takes your calls! Call into any live VOC Nation program by visiting callvoc.com. VOC Nation takes you behind the scenes of your favorite moments in pro wrestling history. Notable show hosts include legendary pro wrestling journalist Bill Apter, former WWE/TNA star Shelly Martinez, former WWE and AWA broadcaster Ken Resnick, former WCW performer The Maestro, former TNA Impact talent Wes Brisco, Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Brady Hicks, independent pro wrestling and Fireball Run star Sassy Stephie, and more! Since 2010, VOC Nation has brought listeners into the minds of the biggest stars in pro wrestling and entertainment. Subscribe to the podcasts for free on most major directories, and visit vocnation.com for live programming. Subscribe to premium - only $3/mo - for commercial full commercial free audio and video episodes. Exclusive access to 50 years of Bill Apter's interview archives is available for a nominal charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This echoes of war podcast, hosted by Craig Watson and Gaurav explores the Third Carnatic War (1756–1763) as the Indian theater of the Seven Years' War. It details the decline of the Mughal Empire after Aurangzeb's death in 1707, leading to fragmented provinces like Bengal and the rise of the Maratha Empire as a dominant power. European influences are highlighted: the British East India Company with bases in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, and the French with strongholds like Pondicherry. The narrative focuses on key events starting with the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756, where Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah imprisoned British captives in horrific conditions, prompting retaliation. Robert Clive's victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, aided by betrayal from Mir Jafar, secured British control over wealthy Bengal (20-25% of India's GDP). The episode covers the Siege of Madras (1758–1759), where French forces under Comte de Lally failed due to supply issues and British reinforcements. The decisive Battle of Wandiwash in 1760 saw British General Eyre Coote defeat the French, leading to the Siege of Pondicherry (1760–1761), which ended French influence. Britain's naval superiority, alliances, and strategies established dominance, marking 1759 as the "Annus Mirabilis." The podcast emphasizes colonial expansion parallels with North America, using maps and portraits for a documentary feel. It concludes with the Treaty of Paris, where France regained possessions but without fortifications, ensuring British ascendancy in India. Don't forget I have a Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbp8JMZizR4zak9wpM3Fvrw/ join or my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pacificwarchannel where you can get exclusive content like "What if Japan invaded the USSR during WW2?"

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) explores the development and nature of comparative religion in nineteenth-century India. It focuses on the ideas and intellectual currents behind a range of thinkers who explored comparative religion in India, drawing on a variety of inspirations from Indian religions. Rather than emanate out of a European Christian set of politics as in the Western world, comparative religion emerged out of religious reform movements, including the Brāhmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in the Punjab. With chapters on Rammohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshab Chandra Sen, and Swami Vivekananda, the book includes a re-evaluation of familiar figures alongside lesser-known thinkers within an intellectual history of modern Indian comparative religion. Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria.

 Oliver Foran is attempting the impossible: breaking the world record for the fastest human-powered journey from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest in just 60 days.Starting at the Bay of Bengal in India, Ollie will cycle 1,150 kilometers through West Bengal, then trek through the Makalu National Park before summiting the world's tallest mountain. The current record? 67 days. Ollie's aiming for 60.But this isn't just about breaking records.After losing his mother to cancer at 16, Ollie struggled with mental health for years before finding his path through adventure and community. Now he's raising funds to build youth mental health gyms across Australia - safe spaces where young people can access help before they reach crisis point. Check out Oliver and stay updated on his journey:

Writer Radhakrishan wrote this story in the midst of WW II. The war may have been fought in a far off land, but we bore the repercussions too. Everything from food grains to cloth to kerosene was rationed, making it hard for the common person to live a normal life. In some places like Bengal, it caused famine. If the situation wasn't bad enough, traders started hoarding goods, hoodlums took charge and added to the chaos in the midst of desperation. Writing in Ranchi, Radhakrishan helps smile through the pain, with his satirical humorous take on Laila Majnu's story. What if the parents did agree to the marriage of the two? Would they even be able to afford it? लेखक राधाकृष्ण ने द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के दौरान यह कहानी लिखी थी। युद्ध भले ही दूर देश में लड़ा गया हो, लेकिन इसके दुष्परिणाम हम पर भी पड़े। अनाज से लेकर कपड़े और केरोसिन तक, हर चीज़ राशन पर मिल रही थी, जिससे आम आदमी के लिए सामान्य जीवन जीना मुश्किल हो गया था। बंगाल जैसे कुछ इलाकों में तो अकाल भी पड़ गया था। हालात इतने खराब थे कि व्यापारियों ने सामान की कालाबाज़ारी करना शुरू कर दिया, गुंडों ने अपना दबदबा कायम कर लिया और हताशा के माहौल में अराजकता बढ़ती चली गई। रांची स्थित लेखक राधाकृष्ण लैला मजनू की कहानी पर अपने व्यंग्यात्मक हास्य के माध्यम से दर्द में भी मुस्कुराहट जगाने में मदद करते हैं। अगर माता-पिता दोनों की शादी के लिए राज़ी हो भी जाते, तो क्या वे शादी का खर्च उठा पाते? ---------------- Listen to Hindi kahaniyan and Urdu Kahaniyan by famous as well as lesser known writers. You will find here stories from everyone from Premchand to Ismat Chughtai ; Suryabala to Mohan Rakesh, Kaleshwar and Mannu Bhandari.

First, we start with West Bengal, where the formation of a new political front is threatening the TMC's voter base and reshaping the Assembly poll dynamics. Ravik Bhattacharya, the Chief of Bureau at The Indian Express, Kolkata newsroom, explains how Mamata Banerjee's party is responding to pressure from the BJP, central agencies, and emerging minority-led parties. Next, we speak to The Indian Express' Raakhi Jagga about why Indian farmer unions are protesting the India-US interim trade deal. From fears about the dairy sector to worries over tariffs and American agribusiness, we break down what's at stake. (12:40)And finally, we look at Rahul Gandhi's sharp critique of the India-US deal in Parliament, where he accused the Modi government of signing an agreement that undermines national interest. (22:20)Hosted by Ichha SharmaProduced by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha SharmaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

The 2025–26 Ranji Trophy quarterfinals concluded with historic upsets and dominant performances, setting the stage for the semifinals starting February 15.Jammu & Kashmir made history by reaching its first-ever semifinal, defeating Madhya Pradesh by 56 runs. Pacer Auqib Nabi was the hero, taking a remarkable 12 wickets in the match.Bengal crushed Andhra by an innings and 90 runs, fueled by Sudip Kumar Gharami's mammoth 299.Karnataka knocked out 42-time champion Mumbai in a thriller, winning by four wickets, thanks to a clutch century from KL Rahul.Uttarakhand advanced with a clinical innings-and-six-run victory over Jharkhand.Semifinal Matchups:Bengal vs. Jammu & KashmirKarnataka vs. Uttarakhand

Guest: Saarang Narayan (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali) Host and Producer: Maria Bach (University of Lausanne) A political poster issued by the Bharatiya Janta Party in recent years, promoting the Swadeshist message as part of their “Ghar Ghar Swadeshi” (Swadeshi in Every Household) campaign. A list of key terms with short explanations discussed in the episode Swadeshi is a Hindi/Hindustani word that literally means ‘of one's own country' (swa=one's own/self; desh=country). The slogan gained popularity in the early twentieth century, especially in the popular movement against the partition of Bengal in 1905, and went on to inspire the founding of domestic institutions and the production and consumption of goods as modes of anti-colonial politics. Although it remained part of the discourse around developmentalism and economic planning in the mid-twentieth century, it regained popularity in the context of the public debates about globalisation and neoliberalism in the 1980s and 1990s. While it is comparable to slogans like ‘Buy British' or ‘Buy American', there is a characteristic ethical and socio-cultural dimension that separates Swadeshist principles from simple autarky or protectionism. This ethical and socio-cultural dimension concerns the definition of the Swadeshist ‘self' along religious and cultural lines, often limiting it to Hinduism. Hindu Nationalism is a broad term used here to encapsulate those visions of nationalism in India that define the Indian identity and history through the lens of Hinduism. This is to say that Hindu Nationalists often link the modern nation-state to a primordial Hindu past, where the religious and cultural practices of the supposed ancient Hindu peoples defined their identities. While India's contemporary Hindu far-right has spearheaded this form of nationalism, there have been other actors who subscribe to such a vision of the Indian nation. What makes the Hindu far-right different from other such actors is the former's palingenetic, Islamophobic, and xenophobic interpretations of Hindu Nationalism. The Hindu far-right describes its mode of Hindu Nationalism as ‘Hindutva' or Hindu-ness, as outlined in the works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (National Volunteers' Union) was founded in 1925. It is the apex body of the Hindu far-right with the goal of (re-)establishing India as a Hindu Nation. The RSS was founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar as a para-militaristic body of Hindu men to arm Hindu society against its cultural enemies. The second supreme-leader of the RSS, Madhavrao Sadashiv Golwalkar, identified these enemies in order of the threat that they posed to Hindus as follows: Muslims, Christians, and Communists. The RSS primarily functions through local chapters (shakhas or branches) and is comprised of volunteers (swayamsevaks) and led by preachers (pracharaks). Although Swadeshist ideas were primarily popularised by political actors who were summarily opposed to the politics of the RSS, the RSS adopted Swadeshi in the 1950s, and it has remained at the core of its economic thought ever since. Throughout its century-long existence, the RSS has faced three major bans and, despite its majoritarian, fascistic goals, has adapted strategies of dynamism and flexibility in its tactics, ideas, and political language to meet these challenges. The first two decades of independent India were the lowest point in the RSS's public and political presence, and it gained increasing popularity and political ground in the mainstream from the mid-1970s onwards. Part of its strategy of expansion has been the creation of smaller affiliate organisations, geared towards specialised tasks. This conglomerate of far-right organisations headed by the RSS has come to be known as the Sangh Parivar (Family). The current ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the electoral wing of the RSS, and many of its members (including Prime Minister Narendra Modi) started out as swayamsevaks in the RSS before joining the BJP.

Congress has passed — and President Donald Trump has signed — the annual spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. But it's unclear whether the administration will spend the money as Congress directed.In 2025, billions of dollars were stalled, disrupting patient care and scientific research, until federal judges ordered funding resumed. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News' Renuka Rayasam about a new reporting project, “Priced Out.”Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: Politico's “DeSantis' Canadian Drug Import Plan in Florida Goes From Campaign Trail to Tough Realities,” by Arek Sarkissian.  Sandhya Raman: The Washington Post's “Free HIV Drugs Save Lives. Why One State Is Restricting Access for Thousands,” by David Ovalle.  Anna Edney: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Associated Press's “Forever Stained: Inside America's Carpet Capital: An Empire and its Toxic Legacy,” by Dylan Jackson, Jason Dearan, and Justin Price.  Joanne Kenen: Inside Climate News' “‘Toxic Colonialism' on the Bay of Bengal,” by Johnny Sturgeon. 

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: A Chance Encounter: Merging Lenses and Conservation Science Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2026-02-05-08-38-20-hi Story Transcript:Hi: जब सूरज की पहली किरणों ने सुंदरबन के घने जंगलों को सुनहरे रंग से नहलाया, तो हवा में एक नई शुरुआत की खुशबू भर गई।En: When the first rays of the sun bathed the dense forests of the Sundarbans in a golden hue, the air was filled with the scent of a new beginning.Hi: ठंडी सर्दियों की सुबह में, छोटे-छोटे जलमार्गों पर धुंधली देखी जा सकती थी, और पक्षियों की चहचहाहट ने वहां के वातावरण को जीवंत कर दिया।En: On the chilly winter morning, a mist could be seen over the small waterways, and the chirping of birds enlivened the atmosphere.Hi: यहीं पर, जंगल के बीचों-बीच अरविन्द यानी आरोव अपनी कैमरा लिए, बाघ के जीवन को अपने लेंस में कैद करने की कोशिश में था।En: Right there, amidst the heart of the forest, Aravind or as he was known, Aarav, was trying to capture the life of a tiger through his lens with his camera.Hi: यह जंगल उसका दूसरा घर बन चुका था।En: This forest had become his second home.Hi: उसके कदमों की आवाज घिसट रही पत्तियों में खो जाती थी।En: The sound of his footsteps disappeared into the rustling leaves.Hi: वहीं कुछ दूरी पर मीरा अपने टूल्स के साथ व्यस्त थी।En: A little distance away, Meera was busy with her tools.Hi: वह एक समर्पित वैज्ञानिक थी, जो बाघ संरक्षण परियोजना के लिए काम कर रही थी।En: She was a dedicated scientist working for a tiger conservation project.Hi: देरियों पर उसके चेहरे पर चिंता की लकीरें छाया हुआ था कि उसके शोध का असर होगा या नहीं।En: Worry lines shadowed her face, pondering whether her research would have an impact or not.Hi: इसी बीच, आरोव और मीरा की मुलाकात पहली बार एक चौड़ी नहर के किनारे हुई।En: Meanwhile, Aarav and Meera met for the first time on the edge of a wide canal.Hi: "नमस्ते, मैं आरोव," उसने अपना कैमरा गर्दन से लटकाते हुए कहा।En: "Hello, I'm Aarav," he said, letting his camera hang from his neck.Hi: "नमस्ते," मीरा ने थोड़ी-सहमज से जवाब दिया।En: "Hello," Meera replied with a hint of hesitation.Hi: वे दोनों बढ़ते BASANT PANCHAMI के उत्सव के बारे में बात करने लगे, जो नई ऊर्जा और उम्मीदों का संकेत देता था।En: They started talking about the upcoming Basant Panchami festival, which signified new energy and hopes.Hi: जल्द ही, एक समस्या ने उन्हें अलग दृष्टिकोण पर पहुंचाया।En: Soon, a problem brought them to opposing viewpoints.Hi: एक दिन, आरोव की फोटोग्राफी ने मीरा के शोध में विघ्न डाला।En: One day, Aarav's photography disrupted Meera's research.Hi: मीरा को ऐसा लगा कि फोटो खींचकर संरक्षण के काम को वह गंभीरता से नहीं ले रहा।En: Meera felt that by taking photos, he wasn't taking the conservation work seriously.Hi: उनके बीच बातचीत में तनाव दिखा।En: Tension was evident in their conversation.Hi: पर, दोनों ने यह महसूस किया कि उनके उद्देश्य साझा हैं और उनका टकराव सिर्फ विचारों का मतभेद था।En: However, both realized their goals were shared and their clash was just a difference of ideas.Hi: आरोव ने तय किया कि वह मीरा के काम में सहयोग करेगा और जूनून से फोटोग्राफी को उसका सशक्त माध्यम बनाएगा।En: Aarav decided he would support Meera's work and passionately use photography as his powerful medium.Hi: मीरा ने खुद को भरोसा दिलाया कि विज्ञान और फोटोग्राफी दोनों प्रकृति संरक्षण में समान योगदान कर सकते हैं।En: Meera reassured herself that both science and photography could equally contribute to nature conservation.Hi: उनके मनमुटाव की समाप्ति के दौरान एक अविस्मरणीय घटना घटी।En: During the resolution of their discord, an unforgettable incident occurred.Hi: गाढ़ी झाड़ियों के बीच, एक विशाल सुंदर बंगाल टाइगर आलसी पगडंडियों पर आहिस्ता से निकल आया।En: Amidst the thick bushes, a magnificent Bengal tiger lazily emerged on the winding paths.Hi: आरोव और मीरा की सांसें थम गईं।En: Aarav and Meera held their breath.Hi: बाघ को देखकर, उनके दिलों में एक अद्वितीय अनुभव ने जगह बनाई और वे इस क्षण को अपने जहन में हमेशा के लिए चित्रांकित कर बैठे।En: Seeing the tiger, an unparalleled experience took place in their hearts, and they engraved this moment in their minds forever.Hi: इस घटना ने उन्हें एकजुट कर दिया।En: This event brought them closer together.Hi: उन्होंने तय किया कि अब वे मिलकर काम करेंगे।En: They decided to work collaboratively from now on.Hi: फोटो के साथ विज्ञान का मेल उन्हें एक नई दिशा देगा।En: The combination of photography and science would lead them in a new direction.Hi: यह उनके बीच सम्मान और समझ का एक नया अध्याय था।En: It was a new chapter of respect and understanding between them.Hi: सुंदरबन से लौटते हुए, दोनों के चेहरे पर मुस्कान थी; उनके मन में उम्मीदों की नयी कहानी थी।En: As they returned from the Sundarbans, smiles adorned their faces; a new story of hope was in their hearts.Hi: आरोव ने यहां अपना मकसद पाया और मीरा को अपने काम पर नई प्रेरणा मिली।En: Aarav found his purpose here, and Meera found new inspiration in her work.Hi: और बस ऐसे ही, उनके जीवन की सर्दियों में बसंत का आगमन हुआ।En: And just like that, the spring arrived in the winter of their lives.Hi: सुंदरबन ने उन्हें सिखाया कि सहयोग में ही असली शक्तियां छिपी होती हैं।En: The Sundarbans taught them that true power lies in collaboration.Hi: उनका सफर यहीं खत्म नहीं हुआ; बल्कि ये बस शुरुआत थी।En: Their journey didn't end here; rather, it was just the beginning. Vocabulary Words:bathed: नहलायाdense: घनेhue: रंगenlivened: जीवंतchilly: ठंडीmist: धुंधलीamazing: अद्वितीयcapture: कैदrustling: घिसट रहीdedicated: समर्पितconservation: संरक्षणpondering: लकीरेंtension: तनावviewpoints: दृष्टिकोणdisrupted: विघ्नevident: दिखाresolution: समाप्तिunforgettable: अविस्मरणीयmagnificent: विशालengraved: चित्रांकितcollaboratively: मिलकरcombination: मेलinspiration: प्रेरणाjourney: सफरbeginning: शुरुआतsprout: अंकुरpower: शक्तिgolden: सुनहरेshadowed: छायाrealized: महसूस

Rumi is perhaps the most famous Sufi of all time. For centuries after he died in 1273, his Persian poems were read and recited from the Balkans to Bengal. But his teachings were also passed down through the Mevlevi order that was established after his death in Konya (in present-day Turkey). From their headquarters around Rumi's shrine in Konya, then subsequently from the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, the Mevlevis became one of the most influential Sufi orders in the eastern Mediterranean. Wrapping Rumi's poetry into a larger package of ritual, music, meditation, and dance, the Mevlevis explored the many layers of meaning in Rumi's masterpiece the Masnavi, on which several Mevlevi leaders penned commentaries. In this episode, we trace the development and teachings of the Mevlevi order, with a focus on the distinct emotional style that characterized its spirituality. Nile Green talks to Jamal J. Elias, author of After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World (Harvard University Press, 2025).

VOV1 - Dịch bệnh Nipah xuất hiện tại Ấn Độ đang khiến nhiều quốc gia Châu Á lo ngại. Bắt đầu từ hôm qua, Australia đã chính thức theo dõi dịch bệnh này. Hôm qua, Cơ quan Kiểm soát dịch bệnh Australia ra thông báo về sự xuất hiện của dịch Nipah tại Ấn Độ trong đó cho biết đã có 2 trường hợp nhiễm virus Nipah ở phía Tây Bengal. Cơ quan này cũng khẳng định hiện nay chưa phát hiện trường hợp nào nhiễm virus Nipah tại Australia song sẽ phối hợp với các cơ quan chức năng trong nước và Tổ chức Y tế thế giới để theo dõi tình hình.Thông tin từ Cơ quan Kiểm soát dịch bệnh Australia cho biết, hiện virus này đã xuất hiện ở Bangladesh, Ấn Độ, Malaysia, Philippines và Singapore.Khi nhiễm virus, trong từ 4 ngày đến 3 tuần, người bệnh sẽ có triệu chứng giống cảm cúm như sốt, đau đầu, đau cơ, nôn, ho, đau họng…Với những người bị ảnh hưởng nặng thì sẽ xuất hiện các triệu chứng khác như ngủ gà gật, nhạy cảm với ánh sáng, cứng cổ và bị lẫn.Virus gây ra căn bệnh này được lây lan sang người thông qua việc tiếp xúc với động vật bị nhiễm bệnh là con dơi hoặc lợn hoặc dịch thoát ra từ những con vật này hoặc ăn hoa quả có dính dịch của các con vật này.Trong bối cảnh này, Cơ quan Kiểm soát dịch bệnh Australia đề nghị người dân đi đến gần những nơi có người nhiễm virus Nipah phải thực hiện các biện pháp  bảo vệ bản thân bằng việc tránh tiếp xúc với động vật, đặc biệt con con dơi và lợn; không ăn các loại quả bị nghi ngờ đã bị các con vật tiếp xúc; đồng thời thực hiện các biện pháp vệ sinh cá nhân thường xuyên và tránh gặp những người đang bị ốm./.Việt Nga/VOV AustraliaMáy đo thân nhiệt tự động đã được lắp đặt ở nhiều sân bay Châu Á để sớm phát hiện những người nhiễm virus Nipah. Nguồn7News

VOV1 - Theo thông tin từ Cục Phòng bệnh - Bộ Y tế, từ ngày 27/12/2025 đến ngày 26/01/2026, Ấn Độ ghi nhận 05 trường hợp nghi ngờ mắc bệnh do vi rút Nipah trong đó có 02 trường hợp có xét nghiệm khẳng định tại một bệnh viện ở Tây Bengal.Tại Việt Nam, đây là bệnh truyền nhiễm nhóm A theo Luật phòng, chống bệnh truyền nhiễm và cho đến nay chưa ghi nhận trường hợp mắc bệnh do vi rút Nipah. Tuy nhiên, trước mức độ nguy hiểm của dịch bệnh, chúng ta cần làm gì để kiểm soát, phòng ngừa dịch bệnh xâm nhập?Tăng cường giám sát tại sân bay quốc tế Nội Bài, đặc biệt người đến hoặc trở về vùng dịch nhằm ngăn chặn virus Nipah xâm nhập.

VOV1 - Tối 27/1, Bộ Y tế và Phúc lợi Gia đình Ấn Độ ra thông báo, chính thức khẳng định, chỉ có hai trường hợp nhiễm virus Nipah được xác nhận ở bang Tây Bengal, miền Đông nước này từ tháng 12 năm ngoái đến nay.Trong bối cảnh đó, cơ quan chức năng Ấn Độ đang tăng cường các hoạt động giám sát, xét nghiệm, điều tra thực địa để đảm bảo ngăn chặn kịp thời các trường hợp mắc bệnh.Trong thông cáo, Bộ Y tế và Phúc lợi Gia đình Ấn Độ cũng cho biết, đã có những thông tin sai lệch và không chính xác về số ca mắc bệnh virus Nipah (NiVD) được lan truyền trên một số phương tiện truyền thông. Vì vậy, cơ quan này khuyến cáo công chúng và giới truyền thông chỉ nên dựa vào thông tin đã được xác minh do các nguồn chính thức công bố và tránh lan truyền các báo cáo chưa được xác minh hoặc mang tính suy đoán.Các bác sĩ kiểm dịch theo dõi hoạt động quét thân nhiệt đối với hành khách đến từ bang Tây Bengal (Ấn Độ) tại Sân bay Quốc tế Suvarnabhumi, tỉnh Samut Prakan, Thái Lan ngày 25/1/2026. Ảnh: AP

- Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm thăm, chúc tết công nhân Ngành than tại Quảng Ninh.- Chủ tịch nước Lương Cường yêu cầu chuẩn bị tốt các điều kiện phục vụ nhân dân vui xuấn, đón Tết Bính Ngọ.- Hà Nội bổ sung 30 nghìn tỷ đồng vào tổng mức vốn Kế hoạch đầu tư công năm 2026.- Chỉ số hạnh phúc - Thước đo nâng cao toàn diện đời sống người dân Lào Cai.- Việt Nam chưa ghi nhận ca nhiễm virus Nipah, Bộ Y tế tăng cường giám sát và phòng dịch từ sớm.- Trong khi đó, Ấn Độ bác thông tin về 5 ca nhiễm virus Nipah ở bang Tây Bengal. Dịch bệnh vẫn đang được nhà chức trách của nước này giám sát chặt chẽ.-  Sau gần hai thập kỷ đàm phán kéo dài, Liên minh châu Âu (EU) và Ấn Độ hoàn tất các vòng đám phán về Hiệp định Thương mại Tự do (FTA) mang tính lịch sử.- Bão tuyết khiến hàng chục người thiệt mạng, Mỹ tiếp tục đối mặt thời tiết khắc nghiệt đến đầu tháng Hai.

13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/political-messaging-in-padma-awards-poll-bound-kerala-bengal-figure-high-in-cross-party-outreach/2836514/

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In this episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Divya Banerjee, founder of Uttarayan Wildlife, for a deeply grounded conversation on elephants, people, and landscapes in eastern India. Drawing on years of frontline conservation experience, Divya shares how elephant conservation in human-dominated regions is inseparable from social justice, livelihoods, and long-term ecosystem recovery.The episode focuses on Asiatic elephants and the rapidly disappearing elephant corridors of southern West Bengal. These corridors once enabled seasonal movement between forests across Jharkhand, Odisha, and Bengal, but today they are heavily fragmented by deforestation, monocropping, and infrastructure expansion. As these wildlife corridors collapse, conflict escalates, placing immense pressure on both elephants and marginal farming communities. Divya explains why elephant corridor conservation is not simply about protecting space, but about restoring ecological functionality across entire landscapes.A major theme of the conversation is ecosystem degradation and its cascading effects. Loss of forest cover, depletion of topsoil, water scarcity, and chemical-intensive agriculture have transformed once-diverse habitats into arid, unproductive land. Divya outlines how ecosystem restoration begins from the ground up, starting with soil regeneration, water retention, and the reintroduction of native plant species. These efforts are critical not only for Asiatic Elephant conservation but also for rebuilding biodiversity and ecological resilience.The episode offers a rare, practical look at community-based conservation in action. Divya describes how local farmers are central to every stage of the work, from nursery management and plantation maintenance to alternative livelihoods such as vermicomposting and beekeeping. These initiatives strengthen local economies while supporting biodiversity conservation and biodiversity management, demonstrating that wildlife conservation is most effective when communities are genuine partners rather than passive stakeholders.This conversation highlights the realities of conserving elephants outside protected areas, the challenges of restoring wildlife corridors in working landscapes, and the long-term commitment required to reverse ecosystem degradation. It is essential listening for anyone interested in elephant conservation, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, and people-centred approaches to conservation in India.#elephants #elephantcorridor #elephantcorridorconservation #elephantconservation #Asiaticelephants #asiaticelephantconservation #wildlifecorridor #wildlifeconservation #biodiversityconservation #biodiversitymanagement #biodiversity #ecosystemdegradation #ecosystemrestoration #communitybasedconservation Get full access to The Think Wildlife Podcast at anishbanerjee.substack.com/subscribe

#bengal #thief #camelIn part two of this story, we learn about how the son of the older thief becomes the best thief in town.Source: ⁠Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day⁠Narrator: Dustin SteichmannMusic: ⁠Guru Na Bhoji Mui গুরু না ভজি মুই by- Milan Mondal⁠Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin SteichmannPodcast Shoutout: Reddit on WikiListener Shoutout: Kumasi Ghana

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Majority of Bengal Congress's office-bearers are opposed to tie-up with TMC & in favour of discontinuing decade-old electoral alliance with Left Front, it is learnt.

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

“There's nothing dead about the Indian classics. It's not a revival of anything. It's not a museum piece. I think our classical tradition is alive through the stories our parents and grandparents told us…[and through popular culture]…..but with few exceptions, we don't know about the classics from our neighboring state, right? I always hope that the girl in Chandigarh can read a Mangal Kavya from Bengal, a boy in Patna can read a Telugu classic. Someone sitting in your old hometown, Pune can read Bulleh Shah.”

It's that time of the year againSupport the podcast through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/duhabpor Ko-fi - https://ko-fi.com/duhabpDiscord server - https://discord.gg/X94h4XWKMQTimestamps00:00:00 Intro00:1:20 DUHABP 2025 statistics00:07:00 Apurbo's gaming recap00:12:00 Ishmum's gaming recap00:30:30 Apurbo's gaming recap again00:40:20 Ishmum's thoughts on Inazuma Eleven Victory Road00:52:50 Ishmum's anime and TV series recap00:58:00 Apurbo's cartoon recap01:07:00 Apurbo's TV series recap01:16:40 Apurbo's movie recap01:26:30 Ishmum's movie recap01:31:50 OutroThings MentionedBangla Anime Podcast - https://youtube.com/@bangladeshanimepodcastInazuma Eleven Victory Road (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inazuma_Eleven:_Victory_RoadApurbo's last video on his personal channel - https://youtu.be/zdoYp0Z_QWwDUH Boys A Way Out playthrough - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3Qp8MFFIMYO156L-7oTjwJH9ukpKhwjDUH Boys MiSide playthrough - https://youtu.be/8N59w-mDjVEDUH Boys Evoland playthrough - https://youtu.be/WqqDd1rkCl4DUHABP best episode of 2025 (according to you guys) - https://youtu.be/TkBHgoEvPu8Listening to the show on iTunes/Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube really helps the podcast gain exposure Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/duh-a-bangladeshi-podcast/id1476834459Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5PlMG5LYu2qGAfqAD25jSX?si=4ST-xWydSW6jS3JT2gENfA Saavn - https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/duha-bangladeshi-podcast/1/rqXuuMO4G6g_YouTube - https://youtube.com/@duhabp 2nd channel - https://youtube.com/@duhboys DUH on social medias: Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/share/1dw9ZYaiHC/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/duhabp?igsh=MWVvbzJ3a2thcW82aQ== Twitter - https://x.com/DUH3ABP?t=IGVu-HTV9G53hZAK9zHPiw&s=09 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@duhabp?_t=ZS-8tD6xWgObFo&_r=1 ApurboYouTube - https://youtube.com/@apurbothea1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apurbothea1?igsh=eHljMGo2dDJ3dHVj Twitter - https://x.com/ApurboTheA1?t=YN8TEn6gufngb_gSnygyag&s=09 MyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/ApurboTheA1Grouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/105735-ApurboTheA1/Backloggd - https://backloggd.com/u/ApurboTheA1/RishatYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwHfBWsOZEW3cKFh_BWZawYouTube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCJ2S-k0MBh3Pn5Jhdq_s1OAIshmumYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCssbWLyz9JYIbGGGxxknnOgInstagram - https://instagram.com/kuddus.mia.42069?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Twitter - https://twitter.com/Beeg_NontuMyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/BeegNontuGrouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/123182-Dipjolfan42069/Backloggd - https://backloggd.com/u/BeegNontu/Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi podcasts, Podcasts in Bangladesh, Bangla podcast, Bengali podcast, Podcast Bangla, Podcast, Bengal podcast, What is podcast Bangla, DUHABP, Ashrafuzzaman Apurbo, eatabrick, Some retard, duhabp, duh3abp#DUHABP #BengaliPodcast #BangladeshiPodcast #BanglaPodcast

Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala. Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean (University of Texas Press, 2026) brings together many of those voices for the first time in English. From medieval travellers marvelling at Adam's Peak to modern novelists and newspaper editors wrestling with reform, nationalism, and civil conflict. Dr. Nile Green holds the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the celebrated author of ten monographs and the editor of seven books and several journal issues, with a particular focus on Islam and the Indian Ocean world. He also hosts the excellent podcast Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam. Dr. Ahmed AlMaazmi is Assistant Professor of History at the United Arab Emirates University. His research explores the intersections of empire, occult sciences, slavery, law, environmental infrastructures, and material culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala. Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean (University of Texas Press, 2026) brings together many of those voices for the first time in English. From medieval travellers marvelling at Adam's Peak to modern novelists and newspaper editors wrestling with reform, nationalism, and civil conflict. Dr. Nile Green holds the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the celebrated author of ten monographs and the editor of seven books and several journal issues, with a particular focus on Islam and the Indian Ocean world. He also hosts the excellent podcast Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam. Dr. Ahmed AlMaazmi is Assistant Professor of History at the United Arab Emirates University. His research explores the intersections of empire, occult sciences, slavery, law, environmental infrastructures, and material culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala. Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean (University of Texas Press, 2026) brings together many of those voices for the first time in English. From medieval travellers marvelling at Adam's Peak to modern novelists and newspaper editors wrestling with reform, nationalism, and civil conflict. Dr. Nile Green holds the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the celebrated author of ten monographs and the editor of seven books and several journal issues, with a particular focus on Islam and the Indian Ocean world. He also hosts the excellent podcast Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam. Dr. Ahmed AlMaazmi is Assistant Professor of History at the United Arab Emirates University. His research explores the intersections of empire, occult sciences, slavery, law, environmental infrastructures, and material culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala. Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean (University of Texas Press, 2026) brings together many of those voices for the first time in English. From medieval travellers marvelling at Adam's Peak to modern novelists and newspaper editors wrestling with reform, nationalism, and civil conflict. Dr. Nile Green holds the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the celebrated author of ten monographs and the editor of seven books and several journal issues, with a particular focus on Islam and the Indian Ocean world. He also hosts the excellent podcast Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam. Dr. Ahmed AlMaazmi is Assistant Professor of History at the United Arab Emirates University. His research explores the intersections of empire, occult sciences, slavery, law, environmental infrastructures, and material culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies

Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala. Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean (University of Texas Press, 2026) brings together many of those voices for the first time in English. From medieval travellers marvelling at Adam's Peak to modern novelists and newspaper editors wrestling with reform, nationalism, and civil conflict. Dr. Nile Green holds the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the celebrated author of ten monographs and the editor of seven books and several journal issues, with a particular focus on Islam and the Indian Ocean world. He also hosts the excellent podcast Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam. Dr. Ahmed AlMaazmi is Assistant Professor of History at the United Arab Emirates University. His research explores the intersections of empire, occult sciences, slavery, law, environmental infrastructures, and material culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

The Browns have fired Kevin Stefanski after six seasons. We think it's a terrible decision by the Steelers and that Stefanski is a good coach. Bo Nix has won 24 games in his first two seasons. Joe Burrow wants the Bengals to make changes, but the Bengals are not making any coaching changes.

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey: Nick thinks the Texans defense is the best unit in the NFL. He gives the Steelers their best chance in a playoff game in years. The Texans don't have a great offense. Nick thinks the Texans' offensive line is putrid. He is worried about Jalen Ramsey and Kyle Dugger. Joe predicts the Steelers to win by 12! The Browns have fired Kevin Stefanski after six seasons. Joe Burrow wants the Bengals to make changes

In this episode of The Your Level Fitness Podcast I am catching up with my friend Chad Williams from Doing Hard Things My Way. We start with some football talk and Bengal and Dolphin emotions, then move right into what it looks like for Chad to keep running through a cold northeast winter while managing cerebral palsy, back pain, tight muscles, and the mental side of wondering if each new injury is the big one. Chad shares how he is trying to find a better balance between running, the gym, recovery, and assisted stretching so he can keep moving without ending up back in the dark place he was a few years ago.We talk about what it really means to have a home base gym when you have CP or any visible difference, why environment and support matter, and how easy it is to slip from a little back pain into full shutdown when you stop reaching out. Chad walks through the story behind Doing Hard Things My Way, how a Spartan race invitation showed up right when he needed it, and how that personal motto has grown into races, community, and real impact for other people with CP.We also dig into Chad's plans for future races, including pushing an athlete in a wheelchair, his involvement in adaptive running events, the launch of the Doing Hard Things My Way adaptive athlete scholarship, and his ongoing work on a memoir that aims to give younger athletes with cerebral palsy a powerful sense of possibility.If you are someone navigating chronic limitations, long term injuries, or the mental weight of staying active into your thirties and forties, this is a real and honest conversation about balance, fear, support systems, and refusing to let circumstances decide your story.Links for Chad:Follow Chad on Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/chadwillia1/Learn more about Doing Hard Things My Way.https://doinghardthingsmyway.com/Support the Doing Hard Things My Way Adaptive Athlete Scholarship Fund.https://bold.org/funds/doing-hard-things-my-way-adaptive-athlete-scholarship-fund/Komuso affiliate link shared by Chad.https://affiliate.komusodesign.com/CW1Links for Daryl:Visit Your Level Fitness.https://yourlevelfitness.comListen to The Your Level Fitness Podcast and other shows.https://yourlevelfitness.com/podcastFor questions comments or collaboration ideas email.daryl@yourlevelfitness.com

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RAF Liberator bombing operations in India, Burma, and Thailand remain one of the least explored air campaigns of the Second World War. Flying long-range missions from Bengal, RAF crews attacked Japanese targets across Southeast Asia, including the infamous Thailand-Burma Railway, under demanding and often dangerous conditions. In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, I am talking to historian Matt Poole, author of Far East RAF Liberators: Roy Andrews and 215 Squadron. Together, we explore this campaign through the experiences of Roy Andrews, a Royal Australian Air Force wireless operator and air gunner who flew with RAF 215 Squadron on B-24 Liberator bombers during the final months of the war. Between October 1944 and April 1945, Roy Andrews flew bombing, strafing, and air-sea rescue missions over Burma and Thailand. By viewing the wider RAF air war through the lens of one airman, this episode examines long-range Liberator operations, low-level attacks, and daily life on a forward airfield in India, offering a personal perspective on an often overlooked chapter of the Second World War.   patreon.com/ww2podcast  

In this music-filled re-release, Raghu Markus is joined by spiritual musician Jai Uttal to chat about opening our hearts through the magnitude of melodies.Get your copy of All In This Together, the latest book from Jack Kornfield! Let this new book be your guide, as Jack reveals how to navigate our human experience with wisdom and care. Inside you'll find a beautiful collection of stories, inspiration for conflict resolution, and powerful teachings on healing, justice, and human kindness—anchored in the teachings of the Buddha and poetry from luminary voices like Mary Oliver. Click here to learn more!In this episode, Raghu and Jai Uttal discuss:The formation of melodic structures and how music is as boundless as an oceanLetting go of the idea that we must master an instrument in order to create musicGetting into the flow of devotional music and honoring God through our presence rather than perfectionThe friendship between Jai Uttal and Ram Dass and Jai's journey to IndiaThe Baul's of Bengal and mystical, spontaneous verseJai's single, Holy Mad Men, inspired by Bengali-style musicMore Bengali-influenced music by The BandThe dotara, an Indian folk instrument Jai frequently usesMusical creation as the legacy of satsang and a path to continued connectionCheck out Ali Akbar Khan to hear some classical Indian Ragas and the sarod instrument that Raghu and Jai discuss.About Jai Uttal:Jai Uttal is a Grammy-nominated sacred music composer, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and ecstatic vocalist. Having traveled extensively in India, he met many great saints and singers and Bhakti Yoga became his personal path. Jai has been leading, teaching, and performing kirtan around the world for nearly 50 years. He creates a safe environment for people to open their hearts and voices.“Music is way more vast than any one human person can understand.” –Jai UttalSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The greatest show on Earth is heating up once again! This time it's all happening in the AFC. Lots to discuss this week around the National Football League! Go hit that subscribe button and throw a comment down below to start the debates!The B Team Podcast is here once again with Mike and Muller to break down the events that unfolded across the NFL this week. Plenty of action and sadly plenty of big time injuries. We lost Green Bay Packers defensive beast, Micah Parsons and Kansas City Chiefs QB, Patrick Mahomes, to season ending ACL Injuries. But what does this mean for both organizations? Muller thinks this is the best thing that could have happened to Mahomes...Some more drama out of the AFC North, this time, off the field, as Joe Burrow continues to send cryptic messages to the media. Will the Cincinnati Bengals QB still be a Bengal next season? We break down all the Joe Burrow scenarios. Last thing we dive into this week was Mike's Rankings of the Top 10 NFL QB's after 15 weeks of football. Did he get it right? Who is the best Quarterback in the NFL?Mortal Locks and Best Bets + Parlays are at the back end of the show as always! Comment your favorite Week 16 pick or parlay down below! We gotta pay for some Christmas presents!NFL Topics on Today's Show:(00:03:25) Top 10 NFL QB's(00:37:15) Joe Burrow Situation(00:45:45) Mahomes ACL Injury(00:50:15) Week 16 Best Bets

Get Up resumes with an NFC North skirmish. Is this game more critical for the Bears or Packers? Meanwhile - What's next for Joe Burrow? Will he be a Bengal next season? Then - The Rams and Seahawks meet in a Thursday night battle that could decide the NFC's one seed. The crew breaks down some keys to this battle that is sure to thrill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ben Maller talks about Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase blaming the media for making it seem like Joe Burrow is not happy with the Bengals, Philip Rivers having a 70 overall rating in the updated Madden rosters, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bengals season is officially over — and Joe Burrow's press conference today raised more concerns than confidence. After a brutal 39–34 loss to the Bills, a tale of two halves, two late Burrow interceptions, TE coverage breakdowns, and defensive collapses… the Bengals now shift fully into spoiler mode with Baltimore coming back to Cincinnati.In Episode #155 of the Cincy Sports Scene Podcast, Dave breaks down everything from the week in Cincinnati sports, including UC basketball, Xavier's tough rivalry loss, plus the latest Reds Winter Meeting news — or lack of it — as Cincinnati once again refuses to spend big, missing out on Schwarber by $25 million.We also dive deep into this week's Topic of the Week:

Message us ANONYMOUSLYGuest co-host Rachael Fosket ("The Librarians," "Midway" - 2019 ) joins Paul for a little trip to "The Shop Around the Corner" (d. Lubitsch 1940). Starring: Margaret Sullivan, and Jimmy Stewart. Budapest, 3 o'clock in the morning, and were looking for a thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck ("Twins") pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's Paul, Rachael, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. Rachael managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shop owner and his son... that's a different story altogether...nasty business, really. But, sure enough, we got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show. It's really just a nice holiday movie though. 12/9!****A member of the “Review Review,” family is in the fight of her life, you can help! - TAP/CLICK HEREMore with Rachael: Season 3 - Friday the 13thMore holidays:Season 2 - GremlinsSupport the show**All episodes contain explicit language**Artwork - Ben McFaddenReview Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul RootLead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFaddenProduced by - Ben McFadden & Paul RootConcept - Paul Root

This week we talk about floods, wildfires, and reinsurance companies.We also discuss the COP meetings, government capture, and air pollution.Recommended Book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares TranscriptThe urban area that contains India's capital city, New Delhi, called the National Capital Territory of Delhi, has a population of around 34.7 million people. That makes it the most populous city in the country, and one of the most populous cities in the world.Despite the many leaps India has made over the past few decades, in terms of economic growth and overall quality of life for residents, New Delhi continues to have absolutely abysmal air quality—experts at India's top research hospital have called New Delhi's air “severe and life-threatening,” and the level of toxic pollutants in the air, from cars and factories and from the crop-waste burning conducted by nearby farmers, can reach 20-times the recommended level for safe breathing.In mid-November 2025, the problem became so bad that the government told half its workers to work from home, because of the dangers represented by the air, and in the hope that doing so would remove some of the cars on the road and, thus, some of the pollution being generated in the area.Trucks spraying mist, using what are called anti-smog guns, along busy roads and pedestrian centers help—the mist keeping some of the pollution from cars from billowing into the air and becoming part of the regional problem, rather than an ultra-localized one, and pushing the pollutants that would otherwise get into people's lungs down to the ground—though the use of these mist-sprayers has been controversial, as there are accusations that they're primarily deployed near air-quality monitoring stations, and that those in charge put them there to make it seem like the overall air-quality is lower than it is, manipulating the stats so that their failure to improve practical air-quality isn't as evident.And in other regional news, just southeast across the Bay of Bengal, the Indonesian government, as of the day I'm recording this, is searching for the hundreds of people who are still missing following a period of unusually heavy rains. These rains have sparked floods and triggered mudslides that have blocked roads, damaged bridges, and forced the evacuation of entire villages. More than 300,000 people have been evacuated as of last weekend, and more rain is forecast for the coming days.The death toll of this round of heavy rainfall—the heaviest in the region in years—has already surpassed 440 people in Indonesia, with another 160 and 90 in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively, being reported by those countries' governments, from the same weather system.In Thailand, more than two million people were displaced by flooding, and the government had to deploy military assets, including helicopters launched from an aircraft carrier, to help rescue people from the roofs of buildings across nine provinces.In neighboring Malaysia, tens of thousands of people were forced into shelters as the same storm system barreled through, and Sri Lanka was hit with a cyclone that left at least 193 dead and more than 200 missing, marking one of the country's worst weather disasters in recent years.What I'd like to talk about today is the climatic moment we're at, as weather patterns change and in many cases, amplify, and how these sorts of extreme disasters are also causing untold, less reported upon but perhaps even more vital, for future policy shifts, at least, economic impacts.—The UN Conference of the Parties, or COP meetings, are high-level climate change conferences that have typically been attended by representatives from most governments each year, and where these representatives angle for various climate-related rules and policies, while also bragging about individual nations' climate-related accomplishments.In recent years, such policies have been less ambitious than in previous ones, in part because the initial surge of interest in preventing a 1.5 degrees C increase in average global temperatures is almost certainly no longer an option; climate models were somewhat accurate, but as with many things climate-related, seem to have actually been a little too optimistic—things got worse faster than anticipated, and now the general consensus is that we'll continue to shoot past 1.5 degrees C over the baseline level semi-regularly, and within a few years or a decade, that'll become our new normal.The ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement is thus no longer an option. We don't yet have a new, generally acceptable—by all those governments and their respective interests—rallying cry, and one of the world's biggest emitters, the United States, is more or less absent at new climate-related meetings, except to periodically show up and lobby for lower renewables goals and an increase in subsidies for and policies that favor the fossil fuel industry.The increase in both number and potency of climate-influenced natural disasters is partly the result of this failure to act, and act forcefully and rapidly enough, by governments and by all the emitting industries they're meant to regulate.The cost of such disasters is skyrocketing—there are expected to be around $145 billion in insured losses, alone, in 2025, which is 6% higher than in 2024—and their human impact is booming as well, including deaths and injuries, but also the number of people being displaced, in some cases permanently, by these disasters.But none of that seems to move the needle much in some areas, in the face of entrenched interests, like the aforementioned fossil fuel industry, and the seeming inability of politicians in some nations to think and act beyond the needs of their next election cycle.That said, progress is still being made on many of these issues; it's just slower than it needs to be to reach previously set goals, like that now-defunct 1.5 degrees C ceiling.Most nations, beyond petro-states like Russia and those with fossil fuel industry-captured governments like the current US administration, have been deploying renewables, especially solar panels, at extraordinary rates. This is primarily the result of China's breakneck deployment of solar, which has offset a lot of energy growth that would have otherwise come from dirty sources like coal in the country, and which has led to a booming overproduction of panels that's allowed them to sell said panels cheap, overseas.Consequently, many nations, like Pakistan and a growing number of countries across Sub-Saharan African, have been buying as many cheap panels as they can afford and bypassing otherwise dirty and unreliable energy grids, creating arrays of microgrids, instead.Despite those notable absences, then, solar energy infrastructure installations have been increasing at staggering rates, and the first half of 2025 has seen the highest rate of capacity additions, yet—though China is still installing twice as much solar as the rest of the world, combined, at this point. Which is still valuable, as they still have a lot of dirty energy generation to offset as their energy needs increase, but more widely disseminated growth is generally seen to be better in the long-term—so the expansion into other parts of the world is arguably the bigger win, here.The economics of renewables may, at some point, convince even the skeptics and those who are politically opposed to the concept of renewables, rather than practically opposed to them, that it's time to change teams. Already, conservative parts of the US, like Texas, are becoming renewables boom-towns, quietly deploying wind and solar because they're often the best, cheapest, most resilient options, even as their politicians rail against them in public and vote for more fossil fuel subsidies.And it may be economics that eventually serve as the next nudge, or forceful shove on this movement toward renewables, as we're reaching a point at which real estate and the global construction industry, not to mention the larger financial system that underpins them and pretty much all other large-scale economic activities, are being not just impacted, but rattled at their roots, by climate change.In early November 2025, real estate listing company Zillow, the biggest such company in the US, stopped showing extreme weather risks for more than a million home sale listings on its site.It started showing these risk ratings in 2024, using data from a risk-modeling company called First Street, and the idea was to give potential buyers a sense of how at-risk a property they were considering buying might be when it comes to wildfires, floods, poor air quality, and other climate and pollution-related issues.Real estate agents hated these ratings, though, in part because there was no way to protest and change them, but also because, well, they might have an expensive coastal property listed that now showed potential buyers it was flood prone, if not today, in a couple of years. It might also show a beautiful mountain property that's uninsurable because of the risk of wildfire damage.A good heuristic for understanding the impact of global climate change is not to think in terms of warming, though that's often part of it, but rather thinking in terms of more radical temperature and weather swings.That means areas that were previously at little or no risk of flooding might suddenly be very at risk of absolutely devastating floods. And the same is true of storms, wildfires, and heat so intense people die just from being outside for an hour, and in which components of one's house might fry or melt.This move by Zillow, the appearance and removal of these risk scores, happened at the same time global insurers are warning that they may have to pull out of more areas, because it's simply no longer possible for them to do business in places where these sorts devastating weather events are happening so regularly, but often unpredictably, and with such intensity—and where the landscapes, ecologies, and homes are not made to withstand such things; all that stuff came of age or was built in another climate reality, so many such assets are simply not made for what's happening now, and what's coming.This is of course an issue for those who already own such assets—homes in newly flood-prone areas, for instance—because it means if there's a flood and a home owner loses their home, they may not be able to rebuild or get a payout that allows them to buy another home elsewhere. That leaves some of these assets stranded, and it leaves a lot of people with a huge chunk of their total resources permanently at risk, unable to move them, or unable to recoup most of their investment, shifting that money elsewhere. It also means entires industries could be at risk, especially banks and other financial institutions that provide loans for those who have purchased homes and other assets in such regions.An inability to get private insurance also means governments will be increasingly on the hook for issuing insurance of last resort to customers, which often costs more, but also, as we've seen with flood insurance in the US, means the government tends to lose a lot of money when increasingly common, major disasters occur on their soil.This isn't just a US thing, though; far from it. Global reinsurers, companies that provide insurance for insurance companies, and whose presence and participation in the market allow the insurance world to function, Swiss Re and Munich Re, recently said that uninsurable areas are growing around the world right now, and lacking some kind of fundamental change to address the climate paradigm shift, we could see a period of devastation in which rebuilding is unlikely or impossible, and a resultant period in which there's little or no new construction because no one wants to own a home or factory or other asset that cannot be insured—it's just not a smart investment.This isn't just a threat to individual home owners, then, it's potentially a threat to the whole of the global financial system, and every person and business attached to it, which in turn is a threat to global governance and the way property and economics work.There's a chance the worst-possible outcomes here can still be avoided, but with each new increase in global average temperature, the impacts become worse and less predictable, and the economics of simply making, protecting, and owning things become less and less favorable.Show Noteshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/world/asia/india-delhi-pollution.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/world/asia/flooding-indonesia-thailand-southeast-asia.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9ejley9dohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/22/cop30-deal-inches-closer-to-end-of-fossil-fuel-era-after-bitter-standoffhttps://theconversation.com/the-world-lost-the-climate-gamble-now-it-faces-a-dangerous-new-reality-270392https://theconversation.com/earth-is-already-shooting-through-the-1-5-c-global-warming-limit-two-major-studies-show-249133https://www.404media.co/americas-polarization-has-become-the-worlds-side-hustle/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/climate-insurers-are-worried-the-world-could-soon-become-uninsurable-.htmlhttps://www.imd.org/ibyimd/sustainability/climate-change-the-emergence-of-uninsurable-areas-businesses-must-act-now-or-pay-later/https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2024/12/climate-risks-present-a-significant-threat-to-the-u-s-insurance-and-housing-marketshttps://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/financial-system-warning-climate-nature-stories-this-week/https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/costs-climate-disasters-145-billion-nature-climate-news/https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/global-solar-installations-surge-64-in-first-half-of-2025/ This is a public episode. 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