Podcasts about Indian literature

The annual U.R. Ananthamurthy Memorial Lecture, 2024, hosted by Bahuvachana, Rujuvathu, and BIC, features Prof. Harish Trivedi delivering a talk titled How (Not) to Write the History of Indian Literature. The talk will explore the challenges that complicate any effort to write a history of Indian literature. It will self-reflexively examine several such histories, including a recent volume, Indian Literary Historiography (published by the Sahitya Akademi, 2024). Prof. Trivedi will propose some radical ideas for writing a popular history of Indian literature in about 250 pages. The lecture will also discuss a short history authored by the speaker, which deliberately sets aside pedantic conventions. In this episode of BIC Talks, Harish Trivedi delivers a talk. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in December 2024. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favorite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.

Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature. In this episode, we discuss Mani's 2022 publication, The Idea of Indian Literature: Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, which won the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies, received the ACLA René Wellek Prize Honourable Mention for best overall book in comparative literature, and was shortlisted for the MSA First Book Prize. In The Idea of Indian Literature : Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, Mani examines the paradox that a single canon, here being Indian literature, could be written in multiple languages. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. The homogenising term ‘Indian Literature' is re-visited via an in-depth historical and literary investigation of multilingualism in pre- and post-Independent India. Dr. Preetha Mani is an Associate Professor of South Asian Literatures at Rutgers University, where she specialises in modern Hindi, Tamil, and Indian literatures. Her research interests include translation studies, feminist and postcolonial theory, and world literature. At Rutgers, Preetha is an active member of the South Asian Studies Program and Critical Translation Studies Initiative, and serves on the executive committees of the Centre for Cultural Analysis and the Institute for Research on Women. This interview was hosted by Zana Mody, an English DPhil student at the University of Oxford, who works on postcolonial Indian literature and art. X: @mody_zana 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

Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature. In this episode, we discuss Mani's 2022 publication, The Idea of Indian Literature: Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, which won the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies, received the ACLA René Wellek Prize Honourable Mention for best overall book in comparative literature, and was shortlisted for the MSA First Book Prize. In The Idea of Indian Literature : Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, Mani examines the paradox that a single canon, here being Indian literature, could be written in multiple languages. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. The homogenising term ‘Indian Literature' is re-visited via an in-depth historical and literary investigation of multilingualism in pre- and post-Independent India. Dr. Preetha Mani is an Associate Professor of South Asian Literatures at Rutgers University, where she specialises in modern Hindi, Tamil, and Indian literatures. Her research interests include translation studies, feminist and postcolonial theory, and world literature. At Rutgers, Preetha is an active member of the South Asian Studies Program and Critical Translation Studies Initiative, and serves on the executive committees of the Centre for Cultural Analysis and the Institute for Research on Women. This interview was hosted by Zana Mody, an English DPhil student at the University of Oxford, who works on postcolonial Indian literature and art. X: @mody_zana Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature. In this episode, we discuss Mani's 2022 publication, The Idea of Indian Literature: Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, which won the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies, received the ACLA René Wellek Prize Honourable Mention for best overall book in comparative literature, and was shortlisted for the MSA First Book Prize. In The Idea of Indian Literature : Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method, Mani examines the paradox that a single canon, here being Indian literature, could be written in multiple languages. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. The homogenising term ‘Indian Literature' is re-visited via an in-depth historical and literary investigation of multilingualism in pre- and post-Independent India. Dr. Preetha Mani is an Associate Professor of South Asian Literatures at Rutgers University, where she specialises in modern Hindi, Tamil, and Indian literatures. Her research interests include translation studies, feminist and postcolonial theory, and world literature. At Rutgers, Preetha is an active member of the South Asian Studies Program and Critical Translation Studies Initiative, and serves on the executive committees of the Centre for Cultural Analysis and the Institute for Research on Women. This interview was hosted by Zana Mody, an English DPhil student at the University of Oxford, who works on postcolonial Indian literature and art. X: @mody_zana 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

Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry [Penguin India, 2024], edited by poet and seeker Arundhathi Subramaniam, is a new anthology of compelling women mystics in Indian literature. These poems are the cries of women who refused, quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, to be bullied into submission. Women who surrendered not to the authority of the world, but to the authority of the spirit. Women whose voices have far too often been sanitized by the grand narratives of religion and sidelined by rationalist versions of history. The names of Mirabai, Akka Mahadevi, and Andal, are known to many. But there are innumerable others. And little is known of the urgency of their words, of their feral sensuality, of their relentless questioning of the custodians of gender and faith. It is time to re-fang them, to tune into their brazenness and heartbreaking longing. Not just for their sake, but for ours. In this episode of BIC Talks, Author Arundhathi Subramaniam is in conversation with Poet & Translator, Mani Rao, with readings of translations by Mani Rao, Vanamala Viswanatha and Ahalya Ballal. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in June 2024. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favorite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.

I keep thinking of all the other writers who also have these sorts of protagonists. The cops of Karen Slaughter, Ian Rankin and Peter James are not exactly happy guys who are at peace with the world; their relationships are in shambles; they are eccentric. It's probably like taking the mad genius idea and remoulding it to fit the flawed cop. I know this character, Borei Gowda, so well; I know what he can do and what he can't do. His own flaws allow him to see the world with a certain cynicism. But then every cynic is maybe also a naive idealist. In many ways, Bangalore and Gowda are synonymous with each other" - Anita Nair, author, Hot Stage, talks to Manjula Narayan about writing a police procedural series, how personal agendas often drive even political crimes, and creating believable characters with familiar tics and hypocrisies

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. 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

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. 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

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Mukti Lakhi Mangharam's book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2023) argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mukti Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

UR Ananthamurthy (1932–2014), writer, teacher, literary critic, and public intellectual, was born in Shivamogga district in Karnataka. In 1965, his debut novel, Samskara, took the literary world by storm with its unflinching portrayal of the rigid orthodoxy in Brahmin society. Since then, it has become a landmark novel of the modernist, or Navya, movement of the 1950s and 1960s in Kannada literature. He received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, in 1994, and was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. The Essential UR Ananthamurthy is a five-part compendium of select fictional and non-fictional works, poetry, and autobiographical writings from one of India's most illustrious and outspoken writers. The section ‘Novels' portrays characters in conflict with tradition, idealism, and modernity in a rapidly changing independent India through excerpts from powerful novels such as Samskara, Bharathipura, Avasthe, and Bhava. ‘Poetry' presents five evocative poems on the themes of power and politics. ‘Short Stories' highlights the chief themes that preoccupied Ananthamurthy—the constraints of the traditional order, the cultural dominance of the West, the sinister workings of power, and the creativity of political dissent. ‘Essays and Speeches' captures the range and depth of Ananthamurthy's democratic imagination through his writings on cultural identity and literature, community and creativity, linguistic and nationalist politics, and on figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Ram Manohar Lohia. And, the final section, ‘Memoirs', gathers Ananthamurthy's memories of family, friendships, work, and travel from the different phases of his life. The Essential UR Ananthamurthy offers a rich glimpse into the mind of one of modern India's most profound writers and thinkers and demonstrates why Ananthamurthy's works will endure for generations to come. The book has been edited by Manu Chakravarthy and Chandan Gowda. This episode of BIC Talks features NS Gundur, Anjum Hasan, HS Raghavendra Rao, Nithyananda Shetty and the editors of the book. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast and Stitcher.

After Dean Mahomed sailed to Cork in January of 1784, he continued to work for Godfrey Evan Baker. But after Baker's death, Mahomed became an entrepreneur. Research: Bartlett, James. “Dean Mahomet: travel writer, curry entrepreneur and shampooer to the king.” History Ireland. Issue 5. September/October 2007. https://www.historyireland.com/dean-mahomet-travel-writer-curry-entrepreneur-and-shampooer-to-the-king/ Carpenter, Gerald. “The Travels of Dean Mahomet, The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a Native of Patna in Bengal, through Several Parts of India, while in the Service of the Honourable The East India Company. Written by Himself, in a Series of Letters to a Friend.” The Literature of Autobiographical Vol. 2. Diaries and Letters. Dharwadker, Vinay. “English in India and Indian Literature in English: The Early History, 1579-1834.” Comparative Literature Studies , 2002, Vol. 39, No. 2 (2002). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40247335 Fisher, Michael H. "Mahomed, Deen [formerly Deen Mahomet] (1759–1851), shampooing surgeon and restaurateur." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. September 01, 2017. Oxford University Press. Date of access 22 Aug. 2023, https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-53351 Fisher, Michael H. “From India to England and Back: Early Indian Travel Narratives for Indian Readers.” Huntington Library Quarterly , Vol. 70, No. 1 (March 2007). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/hlq.2007.70.1.153 Fisher, Michael H. “Representations of India, the English East India Company, and Self by an Eighteenth-Century Indian Emigrant to Britain.” Modern Asian Studies , Oct., 1998, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct., 1998). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/313054 Mahomet, Dean. “The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India.” Edited with an introduction and biographical essay by Michael H. Fisher. Berkeley: University of California Press,  http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4h4nb20n/ Mahomet, Sake Deen. “Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing.” Brighton, Casey & Baker. 1826. https://archive.org/details/b22374632/ Mixed Museum. “Sake Dean Mahomed and Jane Daly.” https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/amri-exhibition/sake-dean-mahomed-and-jane-daly/ Narain, Mona. “Dean Mahomet's Travels , Border Crossings, and the Narrative of Alterity.” SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Volume 49, Number 3, Summer 2009. https://doi.org/10.1353/sel.0.0070 O'Connell, Ronan. “Sake Dean Mahomed: the Muslim trailblazer who opened London's first curry house.” National News. 2/6/2022. https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/destinations/2022/02/06/sake-dean-mahomet-the-muslim-trailblazer-who-opened-londons-first-curry-house/ Panigrahi, Tanutrushna. “Revisiting the Narrative Powers of the Global South through The Travels of Dean Mahomet.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v12n3.25 Satapathy, Amrita. “The Idea of England in Eighteenth-Century Indian Travel Writing.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. Purdue University. Vol. 14, Issue 2, June 2012. Singh, Amardeep. “A Closer Look at Dean Mahomet (1759-1850).” Lehigh University. 9/6/2006. https://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2006/09/closer-look-at-dean-mahomet-1759-1850.html Wills, Matthew. “Dean Mahomet: Travel Writer, Border Crosser.” JSTOR Daily. 5/16/2020. https://daily.jstor.org/dean-mahomet-travel-writer-border-crosser/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Dean Mahomed sailed to Cork in January of 1784, he continued to work for Godfrey Evan Baker. But after Baker's death, Mahomed became an entrepreneur. Research: Bartlett, James. “Dean Mahomet: travel writer, curry entrepreneur and shampooer to the king.” History Ireland. Issue 5. September/October 2007. https://www.historyireland.com/dean-mahomet-travel-writer-curry-entrepreneur-and-shampooer-to-the-king/ Carpenter, Gerald. “The Travels of Dean Mahomet, The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a Native of Patna in Bengal, through Several Parts of India, while in the Service of the Honourable The East India Company. Written by Himself, in a Series of Letters to a Friend.” The Literature of Autobiographical Vol. 2. Diaries and Letters. Dharwadker, Vinay. “English in India and Indian Literature in English: The Early History, 1579-1834.” Comparative Literature Studies , 2002, Vol. 39, No. 2 (2002). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40247335 Fisher, Michael H. "Mahomed, Deen [formerly Deen Mahomet] (1759–1851), shampooing surgeon and restaurateur." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. September 01, 2017. Oxford University Press. Date of access 22 Aug. 2023, https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-53351 Fisher, Michael H. “From India to England and Back: Early Indian Travel Narratives for Indian Readers.” Huntington Library Quarterly , Vol. 70, No. 1 (March 2007). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/hlq.2007.70.1.153 Fisher, Michael H. “Representations of India, the English East India Company, and Self by an Eighteenth-Century Indian Emigrant to Britain.” Modern Asian Studies , Oct., 1998, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct., 1998). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/313054 Mahomet, Dean. “The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India.” Edited with an introduction and biographical essay by Michael H. Fisher. Berkeley: University of California Press,  http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4h4nb20n/ Mahomet, Sake Deen. “Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing.” Brighton, Casey & Baker. 1826. https://archive.org/details/b22374632/ Mixed Museum. “Sake Dean Mahomed and Jane Daly.” https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/amri-exhibition/sake-dean-mahomed-and-jane-daly/ Narain, Mona. “Dean Mahomet's Travels , Border Crossings, and the Narrative of Alterity.” SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Volume 49, Number 3, Summer 2009. https://doi.org/10.1353/sel.0.0070 O'Connell, Ronan. “Sake Dean Mahomed: the Muslim trailblazer who opened London's first curry house.” National News. 2/6/2022. https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/destinations/2022/02/06/sake-dean-mahomet-the-muslim-trailblazer-who-opened-londons-first-curry-house/ Panigrahi, Tanutrushna. “Revisiting the Narrative Powers of the Global South through The Travels of Dean Mahomet.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v12n3.25 Satapathy, Amrita. “The Idea of England in Eighteenth-Century Indian Travel Writing.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. Purdue University. Vol. 14, Issue 2, June 2012. Singh, Amardeep. “A Closer Look at Dean Mahomet (1759-1850).” Lehigh University. 9/6/2006. https://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2006/09/closer-look-at-dean-mahomet-1759-1850.html Wills, Matthew. “Dean Mahomet: Travel Writer, Border Crosser.” JSTOR Daily. 5/16/2020. https://daily.jstor.org/dean-mahomet-travel-writer-border-crosser/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a most unsettling dice gambling game that is to determine the fate of its two players, a man loses his brothers, himself, his wife, and his kingdom to the servitude of the monster incarnate, thus meeting the threshold of an ominous age where the good and the just fight the battle against the evil and unjust. Thank you for tuning in to the Global Novel. I'm Claire Hennessy. The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, and is often compared by Western scholars as important to world civilization as that of the Bible, the Quran, the works of Homer, Greek drama, or even the works of William Shakespeare. With me today are Dr. Nikhil Govind and Dr. Brian Black.Dr. Govind has published in the areas of Indian aesthetic and political modernism . He is the author of Inlays of Subjectivity: Affect and Action in Modern Indian Literature (2019) and Between Love and Freedom: The Revolutionary in the Hindi Novel (2014).Dr. Black is a lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University. His research interests include Indian religion and philosophy, comparative philosophy, the use of dialogue in Indian religious and philosophical texts, and Hindu and Buddhist ethics. He is the author of the book The Character of the Self in Ancient India: Priests, Kings, and Women in the Early Upaniṣads.Recommended Reading:The MahābhārataThis podcast is sponsored by Riverside, the most efficient platform for video recording and editing for podcasters.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

In this episode, historian Dr. Anshu Malhotra discusses reformist bazaar literature, the attack against the native 'dai' and the writings of the Sufi poetess Piro, in colonial Punjab.‘In Perspective' is The Swaddle's podcast series where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Notes: 00:00:40:00- How did the rise of print media lead to new forms of ‘bazaar' literature in colonial Punjab, and how did this become a common yet complex site for social reform?00:01:49:00- Who was ‘Piro,' and what made her writing in life an act of resistance against the arbitrary hierarchy of gender, caste and religion?00:05:50:00- Why was there a Colonial attack on ‘dais' in nineteenth century Punjab? How did ‘scientific' midwifery become a marker of middle-class status?00:07:23:12-  How did Lala Lajpat Rai's writings discuss the fundamental reasons for women's oppression? Did his writings impact the notions of womanhood in India?00:26:07:00- How did Sikh reformers try to shape the idea of the 'new woman'? Did this differ from popular notions of womanhood supported by Hindu reformers?

With the world becoming increasingly globalized, it is not just the businesses that are impacting the world at large. Literature, as a body of work, has always impacted societal standards and perspectives of the world. With translation services and increasing avenues to publish work for a larger audience, literature from across the world is being open to everyone. In today's episode, we learn about a concept called book diplomacy. Tune in now to learn more about it. [00:32] - About Kumar Vikram Kumar is a publishing editor and author.  He is the author of “Men's Lib and Other Literary, Cultural, and Personal Essays.”  He is also the co-author of a book on Selected Poems of TS Eliot.  He is a senior editor with the National Book Trust of India. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

In this episode, cultural studies scholar Dr. Swati Moitra talks to us about reading cultures, women's travel in the 19th century, and the subversive potential of femslash fanfiction.‘In Perspective' is The Swaddle's podcast series where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Notes: 00:01:03:11- In 19th century Bengal, what were the anxieties around ‘modern' women travelers? And how did these anxieties make their way into popular writings and art at the time? 00:11:15:04- How did the travel writing of Kailashbashini Debi enable her to claim a voice in public space and advocate for the restructuring of domestic life?00:19:15:18- How did communitarian reading groups in colonial Bengal assert the importance of reading as a leisurely practice for Bengali women? And how did this shape the ideal of the Bengali bhadra mahila (the ideal, chaste woman)?00:29:00:20- How has print culture been impacted by the changes in contemporary reading cultures? 00:34:43:19- What do instances of enforcement of morality tell us about society's discomfort with women being in public?00:39:35:22- What is femslash fiction? How can we understand it in the context of Indian popular culture? Can subcultures like femslash contribute to queer visibility in India? 

In this episode, feminist historian and social critic Dr. Jayakumari Devika speaks with us  about the Channar rebellion in the 19th century, women's writing, and changing gender relations in Kerala.‘In Perspective' is The Swaddle's podcast series where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Notes: 00:00:56:06- What led to Malayali women gaining access to public life in the late 19th and early 20th century in Kerala? What effect did this have on women's liberation? 00:17:20:11- In what ways was the work of women writing in 20th century Kerala oppositional? And how was it received in literary circles at the time, and by the general public?00:29:53:10- Where did Nadar women's impetus to resist and fight for their right to wear an upper garment come from? What was the significance of it? 00:51:56:05- The targets of family planning in Kerala have invariably been women. Did a lot of the women understand what was happening? Did they resist this?00:57:15:13- What impact did liberalization and the opening up of the global labor market have on gender relations and the nature of the nuclear family in Kerala? 01:07:33:23- Can you contextualize the opposition from neo-savarna and sangh-parivar organizations and campaigns after the 2018 verdict on women's entry in the Sabarimala temple? How does discourse from campaigns like the ‘Ready to Wait' campaign complicate the idea of women's agency? 01:13:36:00- Did we anticipate the kind of public discourse that arose around the issue of women's entry to the Sabarimala temple in 2018?  Have there been precedents to this?

In this episode, anthropologist Dr. Sarah Pinto talks to us about the links between women's societal position and the diagnosis and treatment of their mental illnesses, and the powerful counter-narratives of women's trauma in South Asian literature.‘In Perspective' is The Swaddle's podcast series where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Notes: 00:01:11:00- How does geopolitical positioning impact the diagnosis, treatment and perception of mental illness? What sort of patterns and differences can be seen in the global north and global south? 00:06:11:20- What does the history of hysteria in India tell us about societal perceptions of women and their emotions here? How does the Indian perception of hysteria differ from the historical notions of hysteria in the Western context?  00:11:53:13- How is the Indian society's perception of women's mental illness related to factors like marital relationships, kinship and policing of women's bodies? How does this play out differently in urban and rural contexts?00:18:33:08- Does sexual policing in the treatment of women's mental illnesses come from shortcomings in clinical training, or internal biases that shape the lens with which medical practitioners operate?00:21:25:06- Does the societal position of women in India impact treatment of their mental illnesses? How does this gendered lens impact the treatment they get in their homes, in psychiatric wards and in clinics?00:26:30:22- When we think of traditional healing methods used to treat mental illnesses in India, it's usually in a negative context. Is there an alternate, positive perspective with which we can look at this? 00:32:52:09- What sort of perspectives on caregiving and on living with mental illness do we see in Indian literature? What can we learn from these narratives? 

Jnanpith award winner, Nilmani Phookan has recently passed away leaving a great legacy of literature. Inspired by the symbolism movement of Europe, Nilmani has written sensational works like Surya Heno Nami Ahe Ei Nadiyedi ("The sun is said to come descending by this river"). Nilmani has not only written great poetry in Assamese but also translated world renowned poems into his mother tongue. Listen to this podcast to know more. Host: Varala Anand

M.T. Vasudevan Nair is one of the outstanding writers who has made huge impact on Indian Literature. His novels depicting the lives and emotions of common men were highly revered by the readers. Fondly known as MT, he has also proved himself as a screenplay writer and film director bagging prestigious awards on the way. Here is a brief sketch on his life. Host: Varala Anand

In this episode, gender and language studies scholar Dr. Geeta Patel discusses why Ismat Chughtai's Lihaaf was charged for obscenity, the 'homely' girl in matrimonial ads, and challenging notions of respectability in Indian society.‘In Perspective' is The Swaddle's podcast series where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Notes: 00:00:53:00- What role did modern Indian literature play in nationalist discourses in the 20th century? How does the work of Meeraji (Mohammad Sanaullah Dar) help us conceive of new modernizing nationalisms in this context? 00:09:54:04- What is ‘homeliness?' How have linkages between domesticity and a woman's identity been forged since 19th century India? Is this changing today? 00:16:16:03- Why was Ismat Chughtai's 1942 short story ‘Lihaaf' charged for being obscene? What do the narratives around that story tell us about the Indian state's perceptions of gender and sexuality at the time?00:19:52:21- What is the heteronuclear family? In what ways do we see the ideal of the heteronuclear family propagated in advertisements post independence in India? 00:24:57:15- What are the problems with how we understand sex and desire in popular discourse in India today? What does reclaiming narratives around pleasure and desire entail?

Timeless Tales in Translation is Chaitali's third work in translation. It is a collection of 12 notable Indian short stories written my famous, award winning, Indian authors. The stories bring out a meticulous picture of India in the colonial times. These contain some of the most groundbreaking, progressive, and thought-provoking writing in Indian Literature from 1855 to 1955, considered as an important period in the literary history of the subcontinent. Chaitali writes and translates fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. A reviewer and journalist, her first collection of prose poems Cross Stitched Words received the Honorable Mention award at the New England Book Festival 2021. Her books are there in our Eindhoven Library, and also catalogued in the US libraries. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcasts-4-brainport/message

This series of lectures attempts to critique the more popular and currently accepted accounts of Vachana expression. First of all, Shivaprakash's approach problematizes the relationship between Vachanas and Lingayatism. It also seeks to demonstrate that Bhakti traditions cannot be seen independently of Natha/Siddha traditions. Though Basavanna's role in the formation of Vachana focus cannot be denied, it is in fitness of things, in the light of the range and number of castes actively involved, to see the Vachana efflorescence as a collective expression of all the castes and communities of Karnataka. Whereas the available literature has emphasized the devotional and mystical elements, this approach will emphasize the contribution of Vachana poets from the artisan class who evolved their own spiritual philosophy of Kayakayoga (the Yoga of labour), which is unique in our spiritual traditions. The framework of pan-Indian Bhakti is also interrogated in these lectures. The argument is placed that Bhakti traditions cannot be seen independently of Natha-Siddha and Saman traditions which have different spiritual orientations.  Those among Vachana poets whose philosophy and poetry is coeval with Siddha and Nirguna poets from elsewhere in India will be discussed. This episode is the last of series of four lectures that were originally part of a masterclass  that took place in the BIC premises in late july and early august titled The Paths of the Hand, Heart and Void by Prof. HS Shivaprakash - poet, playwright and educator. Recommended background readings: A.K. Ramanujan, Speaking of Shiva Velcheru Narayana Rao, Shiva's Warriors Manu Devadevan, A Pre-history of Hinduism Ayyappa Panikkar: Medieval Indian Literature, 4 vols . Sisir Kumar Das: History of Indian Literature, 3 vols Manu Devadevan: God Is Dead, There Is No God (Vachanas of Allama) H. S. Shivaprakash, I Keep Vigil of Rudra H. S. Shivaprakash, The Word in the World  

Vachana expression has till now been identified with a sect of Shaivism called Virashaivism/Lingayatism. Its historical framework is considered to be 12th century, in Kalyana, the imperial capital of the Chalukyas and later, of Kalachuryas. The main progenitor of Lingayatism, say scholars, was Basavanna, Finance Minister of emperor Bijjala. The literature also further assumes that  Basavanna set-up in Kalyana Anubhava Mantapa, an assembly of saint-poets. The Vachana poets are supposed to have gathered in this assembly to debate matters spiritual, compose, read, and discuss each others' compositions. The Lingayat literary harvest is said to be contemporaneous with the active period of Basavanna's tenure with the emperor. This brief but intense poetic efflorescence was cut short by political upheavals caused by the violation of traditional caste rules. The questioning of the caste order and gender subjugation irritated the hegemony so much that it led to the unleashing of violence against the followers of the new sect. This episode of BIC talks which outlines the new approach to literary and cultural context of Vachanas was the second of the four part masterclass titled The Paths of the Hand, Heart and Void, by Prof H S Shivaprakash on the Vachana efflorescence of Karnataka examines the neglected contribution and philosophy of artisan Vachana poets, to show that it was an independent soteriological approach different from Bhakti and mysticism. Recommended background readings: A.K. Ramanujan, Speaking of Shiva Velcheru Narayana Rao, Shiva's Warriors Manu Devadevan, A Pre-history of Hinduism Ayyappa Panikkar: Medieval Indian Literature, 4 vols . Sisir Kumar Das: History of Indian Literature, 3 vols Manu Devadevan: God Is Dead, There Is No God (Vachanas of Allama) H. S. Shivaprakash, I Keep Vigil of Rudra H. S. Shivaprakash, The Word in the World  

Valentina Musmeci"Premio Ostana"https://www.premioostana.it/Sabato 25 giugno 2022 - ore 16.15Cause e conseguenze del declino della biodiversità e dell'estinzione delle lingue minoritarie:il caso dell'altopiano tibetano.Conversazione conBhuchung D. Sonam Lingua tibetana (Nepal)A cura di Valentina Musmecicon la partecipazione di Nicolas Tournadre, linguista.A seguire: Songs of the water spirits presentato dall'autore Nicolò BongiornoBhuchung D Sonam è un poeta, saggista, editore e traduttore.La sua opera di valorizzazione della lingua tibetana è tra le più importanti del panorama mondiale, la sua forza nel cercare di rendere udibile la voce censurata degli scrittori del suo paese d'origine è un gesto coraggioso di cura per la comunità di tibetani esiliati e per quelli rimasti in terra tibetana. La poesia può essere un'arma o uno scudo, nel caso di Bhuchung Sonam, la sua poesia è stimolo e fonte di riflessione per noi occidentali e per tutti i Tibetani nel mondoBhuchung D. Sonam è nato in Tibet. In esilio, ha studiato alla Tibetan Children's Village School, in una piccola città nel nord dell'India, concludendo gli studi di Economia presso la Indian University.Ha lavorato presso il Dipartimento di Informazione e Relazioni Internazionali del Governo Tibetano in Esilio con sede a Dharamsala.I suoi libri includono Yak Horns: Notes on Contemporary Tibetan Writing, Music, Film and Politics, Songs of the Arrow e Songs from Dewachan. Ha curato Muses in Exile: An Anthology of Tibetan Poetry.Le sue traduzioni includono Mindful Education: Theory and Practice, Handbook for Tibetan Journalists e Twenty Years of My Life in China's Death Camp.Ha compilato e curato un libro intitolato Auto-immolazione tibetana: notizie, opinioni e risposta globale, una documentazione definitiva sull'auto-immolazione tibetana dal 1998.Ha anche compilato e tradotto Burning the Sun's Braids: New Poetry from Tibet.Bhuchung D. Sonam è membro fondatore di TibetWrites e del suo marchio Blackneck Books, circolo tibetano di scrittori che promuove e pubblica il lavoro creativo dei tibetani.I suoi scritti sono pubblicati tra gli altri sul Journal of Indian Literature, HIMAL Southasia, Hindustan Times, Tibetan Review, Truthdig e Seminar Journal.Premio OstanaDal 24 al 26 giugno 2022, Ostanascritture in lingua madre – ecrituras en lenga maireè un appuntamento con le lingue madri del mondo che ogni anno riunisce a Ostana, paese occitano di 85 abitanti in Valle Po ai piedi del Monviso, autori di lingua madre da tutto il mondo, per un festival della biodiversità linguistica.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

A presentation looking at how early Mahayana sutras explain where they came from. This presentation argues that the authors of these texts shared a general understanding that the Buddha revealed them to advanced bodhisattvas during his lifetime and appointed them with the task of returning to the world five hundred years later to reveal and spread them. It also considers the ideas that these texts were revealed in meditation or dreams, and that they were revealed by the pratibhāṇa, or inspired speech, of śrāvakas.

A presentation looking at how early Mahayana sutras explain where they came from. This presentation argues that the authors of these texts shared a general understanding that the Buddha revealed them to advanced bodhisattvas during his lifetime and appointed them with the task of returning to the world five hundred years later to reveal and spread them. It also considers the ideas that these texts were revealed in meditation or dreams, and that they were revealed by the pratibhāṇa, or inspired speech, of śrāvakas.

There is no easy definition of spirituality.There certainly is no dictionary definition of it.So I decided to make sport of finding how different people defined spirituality. But  every explanation I found was merely another shade of grey. No one really could honestly define it.I suspect that spirituality should be seen, not as a word but rather, as something that ranges from the metaphysical to the paranormal.But my guest today, Arundhathi Subramaniam, has embarked on a more difficult mission—writing about it.As a poet and a writer of succinct prose, she offers us a window into her lasting—and perhaps growing—sense of spirituality.Her ability to write on this undefinable subject is an impressive skill. A skill that enables her to corral the many wayward strands of spirituality into something we can all understand—introspection.In this episode I also dive into something else that defies me. What's poetry?Arundhathi Subramaniam recites three of her poems in this episode.ABOUT ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAMDescribed as "one of the finest poets writing in India today" (The Hindu, 2010) Arundhathi Subramaniam is the award-winning author of thirteen books of poetry and prose. Her most recent volume of poems, Love Without a Story was described as "a breathtaking and heartwarming book" (Poetry Book Society Bulletin), "a unique poet of our times...in a league all by herself" (Indian Literature).Widely translated and anthologised, her book, When God is a Traveller, was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.She is the recipient of various awards and fellowships, including the inaugural Khushwant Singh Prize, the Raza Award for Poetry, the Zee Women's Award for Literature, the International Piero Bigongiari Prize in Italy, the Zee Indian Women Award for Literature, the Mystic Kalinga award, among others. She has written extensively on culture and spirituality, and has worked over the years as poetry editor, cultural curator and critic. As prose writer, her books include the book of essays, Women Who Wear Only Themselves, the bestselling biography of a contemporary mystic.Link to Arundhathi Subramaniam on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38LNLEtWHAT'S THAT WORD?! - PORTMANTEAUCo-host Pranati "Pea" Madhav joins Ramjee Chandran in the segment "What's That Word?", where they discuss the the word "portmanteau" and its Humpty Dumpty origins.WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW?If you have a word, expression or phrase you would like to know more about, we would love to have you join us live on the show. You can reach out to us by mail: theliterarycity@explocity.com or simply, tlc@explocity.com.Or, you can visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bangaloreliterarysociety.Or you can go to our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/explocityblr/.If your word or phrase is selected, we will call you.Join our Facebook group, Bangalore Literary Society. It does not matter if you are not in Bangalore. This group is for anyone interested in language and words.Cover pic of Arundhati Subramaniam: Meetesh Taneja

When his debut novel "Q&A" became the film sensation "Slumdog Millionaire", Vikas Swarup's day job as a diplomat became a lot busier. The author joins us to talk about the rich diversity of Indian literature, why Mumbai – a city of celluloid dreams and dramatic contrast – is the perfect literary setting and how storytelling is a gateway to true and empathetic diplomacy.

When not seen ducking into a cafe in Penang, Malaysia or Paris, France, Bryan works with and loves his students in Portland, Oregon. He cares about global inequality,  startling-fresh art and his ever-frustrating and rewarding year-round veggie garden. Have you ever wanted to take a million classes with one of your favorite teachers? That's how I felt when I took a class with Bryan over 20 years ago. I took every class available from him and we have stayed in touch for over 2 decades thanks to the power of email lists!It was such an honor to chat with him for this episode where he spills the beans about how to be a phenomenal guide for others!We get into how to innovate with your teaching techniques whether they are online or in-person.  How can you restructure your group offerings to engage and help people to think in new ways? Bryan discusses his process of course creation.  He shares that taking time to create your materials and allowing ideas to marinate creates more depth in your class offerings. We also get into pedagogy and how to be a better speaker and keep your audience captivated. I didn't want this episode to end and you won't either! Hold onto your seats and grab a pen to take notes! Bryan Hull on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do3ri77ags0 Be sure to join my monthly love letter to stay connected and get fun recipes, updates, playlists and haikus.sign up at www.aidazea.comThyme in the Studio links:https://www.patreon.com/thymeinthestudiohttps://www.instagram.com/thymeinthestudiopodcast/https://www.aidazea.com Contact me: sara@aidazea.com  

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature." I also talk a bit about the pillars of Ashoka, Master Dogen, Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," as well as continuing the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," as well as continuing the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," as well as continuing the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," as well as continuing the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," as well as continuing the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature," and we will begin reading the commentary on "Sasanavamsa," a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861.

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature."

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature."

In today's episode, we'll be continuing Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature."

In today's episode, we'll begin reading Volume VII of "A History of Indian Literature" by K.R. Norman and Jan Gonda, entitled, "Pāli Literature."

I have been researching Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and its presence throughout the world. Over the last nine years, I have been able to find the presence of Sanatana Dharma in all world cultures and Religions. The basis for the findings are, Archeological remains, Etymology of the local ancient language/dialect of the region, References in Regional literature of the Area,Legends, Sociological practices, Tribal links to Vedic tribes, References in foreign literature, References in Indian Literature ,Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata in Sanskrit and references in Tamil,an ancient language of India, Epigraphs, The methodology used are, Astrodating, Carbon dating, Infrared studies, Plate tectonics, Geological characters, Thermal imaging, Ocean floor mapping, Sea level changes. Information is available in the web on all these and they are cross checked for veracity. Then I publish. But as the subject is vast and the time frame runs into thousands of years, I could scratch only the surface of Indian history. So, as and when I come across information of interest I verify facts and write. As this is an evolving process,many times information relating to a specific subject or temple or area,may be written at different times, about different aspects So ,in this sense,the findings in this blog are not complete but are subject to updation,when new information comes through. Thus I have written on Arabia. About its, Hoary past, It's ancient tribes, How it was related to Sanatana Dharma, How Tamil culture influenced them and how they influenced Tamils, How Indian God's and Goddesses formed a part of Pre Islamic Arabia, How Sapthapathi was practiced there(Sapthapathi is a Hindu Marriage ritual), How Prophet's Grandfather dug a well for Ganges, How Prophet's uncle wrote a Poem on Shiva,Shiva Sruthi, How Mecca is a Hindu shrine, Shiva is worshipped in Kaaba, 786 is Flipped OM,the most sacred Mantra of Hinduism…. Now more evidence has come to light about the construction of Kaaba in Mecca. Prophet ordered the demolition of 360 Idols in Mecca. Most of them were Idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Fearing one Idol might have been spirited away to Somnath,Ghazni Muhammad Destroyed the Somnath Temple in India. I will be writing details of Idols destroyed in Kaaba. Though the present evidence suggests that the Black Stone worshipped in Kaaba is a Shiva Kings,new evidence suggests that there could have been a huge Temple Complex,where now stands a truncated Kaaba. This temple housed 360 Deities. Lord Vishnu seems to have been another Primary Deity along with Shiva. More in the next podcast.https://ramanisblog.in/2018/05/04/kaaba-ground-floor-plan-vedic-evidence-of-vishnu-temple-complex/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Éadaoin Agnew, where we discuss her research into Victorian writers of colour (particularly within India, featuring writers who published in English). We discuss the need for decolonising the curriculum in all areas of the academy, how literary studies is still Western-centric, and how institutional barriers like educational policy problematise efforts to address colonial histories.About my guest: Éadaoin is a Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader for English Literature at Kingston University. She specialises in the Victorian period, and has a particular interest in the literature of the British empire. In both her teaching and research, she assumes a transnational and global approach to the nineteenth-century, although my research focuses largely on the Indian subcontinent. She has produced a scholarly edition of two early nineteenth-century travel texts and is currently working on transnational anti-colonial discourses in fin-de-siècle India. She is also developing a pedagogical project to decolonise the Victorians., the link to the survey is below (Victorian Diversities Research Network) For more information on Éadaoin's work, check out the links and details below:https://www.kingston.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-eacuteadaoin-agnew-580/surveymonkey.co.uk/r/8JZCK25 - survey for the Victorian Diversities Research NetworkTwitter: @EadaoinAgnewCheck out Éadaoin's suggestions:Swami Vivekananda - Raja YogaEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

12 जानेवारी हा स्वामी विवेकानंदांचा जन्मदिवस!त्यानिमित्ताने भारतभर साजऱ्या होणाऱ्या 'राष्ट्रीय युवा दिना'बद्दल बोलताहेत डॉक्टर राजीव आणि माणिक It was Swami Vivekanand's birthday on 12th January, also celebrated all over India as 'National Youth Day'. Dr. Rajiv & Manik Deshmukh tell us more about it in this episode of Marathi Khidkitun. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: IVM Podcasts - Apps on Google Play or iOS: ‎IVM Podcasts, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, I am delighted to introduce a powerful woman and one of India's leading professionals in the finance sector who is also a writer and now an entrepreneur–Shinjini Kumar Shinjini Kumar is co-founder of SALT a financial services app for women. She was previously the Country Buisness Manager for consumer bank, Citibank India for 3 years. She has also held senior positions in Paytm Payments Bank (CEO, 2016-2017) and a career that spans leadership positions in institutions such as PWC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Reserve Bank of India. She has studied English Literature from Delhi University, journalism from Times Centre for Media Studies and Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also co-founder of Indian Novels Collective, a not-for-profit initiative to promote Indian literature in translation. She writes short fiction and has been published by the Journal of Indian Literature, Out-of-print magazine, The Beacon Magazine and others.

ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿಯ ಅಕ್ಷಯ್ ಬಾಳೆಗೆರೆ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಫೋನಿನ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ವಿವಿದ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಓದುವಿಕೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂಬುದರ ಕುರಿತು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಕಳೆದ ದಶಕಗಳಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ ಹಾಗು ಓದುವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಈ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಗೆ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರುವುದು ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ.ಅಕ್ಷಯ್ ಬಾಳೆಗೆರೆ ರವರು ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಂಪಾದಕ ಮತ್ತು ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜರ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ತಲೆ-ಹರಟೆ 115ನೇ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಕ್ಷಯ್ ಮತ್ತು ಪವನ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್ ರವರು ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದ ಏರಿಕೆ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀರುವ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಹಲವಾರು ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ ಭಾರತದ ಅತಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ಬರಹವನ್ನು (ಕಥೆ, ಕವಿತೆ, ಲೇಖನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳು) ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ ಆಪ್ಪ್ ಮತ್ತು ವೆಬ್ಸೈಟ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಬಹುದು ಮತ್ತು ಓದಬಹುದು. ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹನ್ನೆರೆಡು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಓದಿ ಆನಂದಿಸಬಹುದು. ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ ಮೂಲತಃ ಸ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, 2021ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರುವರೆ ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೂ ಅಧಿಕ ಬರಹಗಾರರು ಮತ್ತು ಮೂರು ಕೋಟಿ ಬಳಕೆದಾರರು ಹನ್ನೆರೆಡು ಭಾಷೆಗಳ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಆಸ್ವಾದಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ!Pratilipi Kannada's Akshay Balegere talks about how Indian language writing and reading is changing in the era of the smartphone.Pratilipi is India's most popular literature app, that allows users to read, write and engage with stories across 12 Indian languages, including English. In 2021, more than 3 crore (30 million) people use the app every month, and over 3.5 lakh authors write stories, poems, serialised novels, reviews, and more on the platform.Disclosure - IVM Podcasts is a part of Pratilipi since October 2020.Akshay Balegere is the Author Engagement Manager for Pratilipi Kannada, and has helped the platform grow over the last several years. On Episode 115 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast, Akshay speaks to host Pavan Srinath about the writing and reading of Kannada literature and fiction over the last several decades, explores the impact of the rise of the internet, and shares the Pratilipi story. Akshay also shares how Pratilipi's top authors have now started earning from their writing, and how the app ecosystem has made that possible.Related links:Akshay Balegere's Profile on Facebook and on Pratilipi. https://kannada.pratilipi.com/ - Android App and iOS App.Pratilipi Kannada Facebook group Pratilipi Kannada on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.Recommended listening:Thale-Harate: ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಮುಂದಿನ ದಾರಿ: ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್. The Future of Kannada Publishing is Digital! With Pavaman Athani and Vasant Shetty.[English video] Co-founder Ranjeet Pratap Singh on building Pratilipi.ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. Follow the Thalé-Haraté Kannada Podcast @haratepod. Facebook: https://facebook.com/HaratePod/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaratePod/ and Instagram: https://instagram.com/haratepod/ .ಈಮೇಲ್ ಕಳಿಸಿ, send us an email at haratepod@gmail.com or send a tweet and tell us what you think of the show!The Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast is made possible thanks to the support of The Takshashila Institution and IPSMF, the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios and check out our website at https://ivmpodcasts.com/ .You can also listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Gaana, Amazon Music Podcasts, JioSaavn, Castbox, or any other podcast app. We also have some video episodes up on YouTube! ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ!

A delve into the thoughts of a great leader, inspiring visionary, a venerable soul, but ultimately just a man.'An Autobiography' by M.K. Gandhi (also known as 'My Experiments With Truth') is an overview of his life from birth in 1869 to 1921. It is split into 5 parts which reflect his time spent studying in England, working in South Africa and protesting in India. It was originally published as a series in a magazine in 166 individual chapters, so contains diverse topics such as dietetics, ethics, weaving and his reasoning behind particular decisions.I summarised the book as follows. "It's a brief glimpse into the life of an extraordinary dude. I really admire certain aspects of his personality but also dislike others. The writing in the book is of high quality but unfortunately autobiographies are not my favourite so this won't make it into my best of all time list. However, I do think it might be great for those who already love the effect that Gandhi had on the world an want to learn more about his personal life."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:40) - Synopsis(4:06) - Satya: Truth & God(6:31) - Ahisma: Nonviolence(11:07) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(15:08) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Less a podcast, more a conference call with two English Literature enthusiasts, vibing over Shakespeare, Theatre, The Beauty of Teaching, and The Essence of Keeping Learning. Krshna has done her Undergrad in English Literature from St. Xavier's, Ahemdabad. Then she went ahead to do her Masters from the University of Nottingham. From there, she started her course of “Masters in Shakspearean Studies” at Kings College, London. #teachingenglish #bookworm #storieswithrusty Krshna is a fun, insightful, and very interactive person to talk with. I honestly haven't had a conversation so deep about English Literature since a really long time. Her passion for stories, literature, and everything that it has to offer is worth experiencing. We, as fellow Book Worms, talk about plays (a lot of Shakespeare), a little bit about Russian literature, and classical literature in bits. Krishna brings her insights about her Shakespearean studies and we discuss the best of Shakespeare, be it the Bollywood adaptations or Hollywood Shakespeare Movies. As CBSE and ICSE students, we explore the academic literature in both the boards and how they are so different from each other. We also discuss how today's generation perceives literature in a very different way and form than what we did 5 years ago. We talk about the challenges that come with teaching English literature to high school students. We also chew over the fact that English teachers are remembered very fondly because they teach life while everyone teaches facts. My interest in teaching literature is slowly starting to come back and with this podcast going live. We also walk through the theatre part of learning literature and share our stories of acting and directing plays. We also have our advice on how to start reading and how reading is important to develop empathy. It was basically a really fun conversation. Consider it a conference call with two literature enthusiasts being excited about the similar interests they share. It is a very insightful yet light conversation so maybe grab a snack and dive into a conversation with us. Follow our guest here: https://www.instagram.com/krishnalavangwala/ __ In This Episode of the 'Stories with Rusty' Podcast: 0.00 // Introduction 7.06 // Why did Krshna do Double Masters? 9.10 // Shakespeare's Music in Indian Cinematic Adaption 10.34 // Shakespeare's Sonnets 11.20 // Shakespeare in School 13.20 // Vedant's Favorite Shakspeare Play 14.15 // Literature in Undergrad 19.50 // How is Teaching Different from Learning Literature 23.33 // How does one become an English Teacher? 25.07 // Why are English Teachers Remembered Fondly 27.34 // How is English different in ICSE and CBSE 30.44 // How are students Different Today? 33.00 // Challenges faced by Teachers in a Digitalized World 35.30 // Krshna's experience with Theatre 43.45 // Shakespeare's Adaptations 45.15 // Writing and Poets 47.46 // Short Stories 51.00 // Indian Literature 52.30 // Empathy in People who Read 54.15 // How to Start Reading 58.00 // About Vedant __ Check out other episodes of the Stories with Rusty Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9R60sGoAQ&list=PLpnbQzosgoG-Ks4ZInE8BRk6qfDFXDQss __ // Let's Connect If you're the Instagram type, https://instagram.com/vedant.rusty If you're the Twitter type, https://twitter.com/vedantrusty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vedant-rusty/message

Dr Ruth Vanita shares her research on hundreds of low-income, non-English-speaking same-sex couples from 1980 to the present who have got married by religious rites and/or committed joint suicide, with the hope of being united in the next life. She also discusses centuries of Indian writing and art about same-sex unions.Dr Vanita is an Indian academic, activist and author. She specialises in Indian and British literary history, with a focus on gender and sexuality studies. She is a professor at University of Montana, where she directs the program for South and South-East Asian studies. She is also an expert on Hindu Philosophy and the author of several acclaimed books.Explore More - https://www.argumentativeindians.com/Follow us on - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/92408...Twitter - https://twitter.com/ArgumenIndiansInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/argumentati...Explore More at - www.argumentativeindians.comDISCLAIMER:We invite thought leaders from across the ideological spectrum. The guests in our sessions express their independent views and opinions. Argumentative Indians does not profess to subscribe, agree or endorse the same or be in anyway responsible for the stance, words and comments of our guests.

Rahul Sarwate gives the fourth presentation on the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Anjali Nerlekar gives the first talk on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Shraddha Kumbhojkar gives the third presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Dominic Vendell gives the second presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Dominic Vendell gives the second presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Shraddha Kumbhojkar gives the third presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Rahul Sarwate gives the fourth presentation on the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Anjali Nerlekar gives the first talk on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.

Orientalism was his book, published in 1978, which outlined Said's view that imperialism and a romanticised version of Arab Culture clouded the way the East was depicted by Western scholars. In 1981 he published Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (revised in 1997). Timothy Brennan puts these books and other initiatives, such as the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim; and his advocacy for the establishment of a Palestinian state, into context in the first biography since Said's death from leukemia in 2003. Rana Mitter talks to Timothy Brennan and the writers Ahdaf Soueif, Pankaj Mishra and Marina Warner about Said's life and legacy. Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said by Timothy Brennan is out now. Dame Marina Warner - author of many books about figures including Joan of Arc, the Virgin Mary and fairy tales including the Arabian Nights. She has just published Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir which pieces together of her parents' lives from journals, photos and mementoes and looks at her own childhood in 1950s Cairo. Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian novelist and author of books including In the Eye of the Sun, The Map of Love, Cairo: My City our Revolution; and she founded the Palestine Festival of Literature. Pankaj Mishra is the author of books including Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond; A History of Indian Literature in English; Age of Anger: A History of the Present and Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire. You can find him discussing Global Anger with Elif Shafak in the Free Thinking archives https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08c32c3 You can find other programmes exploring key books and ideas in a playlist called Landmarks of Culture on the Free Thinking website. Recent episodes include Foucault, John Rawls and Hegel https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jwn44 They are all available to download as Arts&Ideas podcasts. Producer: Eliane Glaser

Welcome to this week's episode of HarpSong™️Shveta Thakrar, is a writer and lover of the harp. The heroine in her new novel, “Star Daughter”, plays the music of the stars on her harp, after all, she is half star and half human. In this, Shveta's first novel, she spins a story of magic, of stars, of a young woman's strength, her friendships and family. The world in this novel moves between New Jersey and the stars and Vedic Nakshatras, or constellations. Music is the heartbeat of this book and the harp makes a prominent role in the story.Shveta is a proponent of the We Need Diverse Books movement and is passionate about portraying positive representations of women of Indian descent. She also plays the harp and has taken lessons from my friend, Kathy DeAngelo , who runs The Somerset Folk Harp Festival which will take place online this July 22nd-25th 2021. I'm so glad that Kathy suggested I interview Shveta. I hope you enjoy our chat and get inspired. “Star Daughter”, ended up in at least nine subscription boxes in 2020. Boxes like Owl Crate are where young readers get exciting boxes filled with inspiring books and fun items that go along with them. Shveta spent a good portion of 2020 singing over 30,000 books for the subscription boxes!I got to catch up with Shveta just after she finished a draft of her next novel, “The Dream Runners”. She has certinally had a busy year. This February 17th she will be doing a reading at the KGB bar in New York City. More information can be found on their website. www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/upcoming-readers/If you are interested in learning more about Indian Literature, Folklore, and Fables here is the link to the comic books that Shveta recommended www.amarchitrakatha.comLINKSShveta's Website: www.shvetathakrar.comWe Need Diverse Books: diversebooks.orgThe Somerset Folk Harp Festival: www.somersetharpfest.com/index.shtmlOwl Crate Book Subscription Boxes: www.owlcrate.com/blogs/owlcrateKGB Bar NYC Fantasy Fiction Readings: www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/upcoming-readers/Amarchitrakatha Comics: www.amarchitrakatha.comYA Author Laini Taylor: www.lainitaylor.com

Learn about Indian Literature from its first beginnings all the way to contemporary Indian literature in this new Essential Guides episode from English Plus Podcast. Get the premium practice worksheet from Patreon by becoming a patron of English Plus podcast and support our show on https://www.patreon.com/dannyballan Subscribe to English Plus Podcast mailing list to get schedule updates and exclusive premium content. http://eepurl.com/ggT_Q1 Read the full transcript of the episode on https://englishpluspodcast.com/essential-guides-indian-literature/

After the Mahabharata War, the Yadava Clan was very nearly destroyed and a Group left Bharatavarsha,now called India . They spread throughout the world and in the words of Gene D. Matlock, “Even ancient Hindu mythology states that the forefathers of the Hindus came down in successive waves from Eastern Siberia (Uttara Kuru). Even now, the major tribes in Eastern Siberia bear virtually the same names as the three major grass-roots Indian groups: Saka, Buryat, and Yakuts. In India, they became the Saka (Scythians), Bharats, and Yakhu-Deva (Now the Yadavas). The Yadavas later became the Hebrews or the Phoenicians and Jews, fathering the civilizations of all mankind. As you've read in some E-Mails I've received, some people hate me for saying that. The Bharats were the Kashi or founding leadership caste of India. The Sakas (Scythians) became the fathers of Guatama Buddha and also the Mesheks that the Bible talks about. These Mesheks became our American Indians because the Bharats and Yadavas feared them as did our forefathers in Bibleland. As I said in a prior E-Mail, the evangelican Christians, who make much of “Last Days Prophecies,” say that the Meshecks of Russia and Turkey will take us over. However, thousands of real Mesheks (Meshika) cross over into our country every day – and even ancient Mexican myths prophesied this. By the way, DNA tests proved that these Siberian groups and the Hindus of Northern India share the same DNA. I have even more proof of these matters in my files and references.' There were inroads made already into the East and the Kingdom was called the Uttara Kuru. ‘Por-Bajin is legally treated as one of the most mysterious archaeological monuments of Russia,' says the official website for the complex, about 3,800km from Moscow. ‘Apparently it was built at the period of the Uighur Khagante nomadic empire (744-840 AD), but it's not clear what they built a fortress for in such a solitary place, far from big settlements and trade routes. ‘The architecture also produces many questions and it has reminders of a model of an ideal Chinese city-palace.' Por-Bajin, which translates as ‘clay house' in the Tuvan language, is located in the very centre of Eurasia, on the borders of Russia and Mongolia. It sits on a small island in a lake high in the mountains between the Sayan and Altai ranges, about five miles west of the isolated Kungurtuk settlement in southern Siberia… ‘Bajrapur is mentioned as Vajrapur in the Harivamsa Purana. The story of Vajrapur was revealed by the ruler of Jaiselmer in the 1790s to Lt. Col. James Tod, Political Agent of the East India Company, who was researching the Rajput tribes of India which included the Yadhu tribe, of which Sri Krishna and his son Pradyamna are the most well known. The ruins of the City of Por Bajin located in Siberia bears an uncanny resemblance to the design of Dwarka City, which was the city that Sri Krishna had built earlier. The Harivamsa Purana describes the conquest of Vajrapuram in the Vishnu Paran section. It says that an a city was built by ‘builder' Nikumba for King Vajranabha with the name Vajrapuram (later Bajra Pur). The city was an ‘Asura' city in a far off land.  In his work ‘The Goose in Indian Literature and Art' (Volume 2 of Memoirs of the Kern Institute), author Jean Philippe Vogel writes that the ancient Vajrapura was surrounded by a huge lake. Por Bajin, as it is called today, is surrounded by a lake called ‘Tere Kol. ‘Kul' (कूल) in Sanskrit means ‘lake', ‘pond' or ‘pool'. Or else, ‘Tere Kol' may be a distortion of ‘Tri-Kut' (त्रिकूट) meaning ‘Three Peaks or Ranges' which maybe a reference to the surrounding Altay, Sayan and Tochi Mountain Ranges. Please read my Post on Baikal https://ramanisblog.in/2015/02/07/krishnas-son-pradhyumnas-city-in-por-bajin-siberia/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

An online cutting edge India-Australia story mosaic has been launched today. This anthology is called Agathokakological Aussie Summer and it consists of stories by Australian as well as Indian writers.

Koyamparambath Satchidanandan is one of the pioneers of modern Indian poetry and specifically Malayalam poetry. He has contributed greatly in pivotal roles of a bilingual literary critic as a translator by translating many modern poets like Cesar Vallejo, Ferdinand Garcia Lorca, Mahmoud Darwish, Atilla Jozsef and others into Malayalam, as an editor of Indian Literature (the journal of Sahitya Akademi), as a playwright. His poems erupt with quirkiness engendered in our everyday lives as well as social commentary and satire, which provides an enjoyable and unique perspective. In this episode let us listen to a famous poem of his called Kozhi-Panka written in 1972 and which continues to strike and stimulate contemporary minds. Hear Dr. AC Raghu's un-inimitable recitation of the poem. Love & Light✨

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On the Shelf for February 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 39 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: The fiction submission window is over Send us your upcoming release notices about lesbian historical fiction Lesbian Book Bingohttps://jae-fiction.com/lesbian-book-bingo/ My Lesbian Book Bingo stories http://alpennia.com/tags/lesbian-book-bingo A new queer history podcast: History is Gay podcastEmail: historyisgaypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HistoryisGayPod Tumblr: historyisgaypodcast.tumblr.com Website: https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogArticles focused on linguistics Books on Charlotte Cushman Announcing this month's author guest, Ellen Klages New and forthcoming fictionAll Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Through the Ages ed by Saundra Mitchell The Comfortable Courtesan: Being Memoirs by Clorinda Cathcart (that has been a Lady of the Town these several years) Vol 1 by L. A. Hall  (See also the author's website https://www.clorinda.org) Tremontaine - Season 3 SHIELDMAIDEN BOOK 2: JEWEL OF FIRE by GL Roberts (Bella Books), Feb 2018 Ask Sappho: Amy Herman-Pall asks, “I believe that your area of study and expertise is mostly European in nature, but I wonder if you know of any historical accounts of lesbians in other cultures, especially in Asia, or the Indian sub-continent?”Rupp, Leila J. 2009. Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-8147-7726-8 Habib, Samar. 2009. Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality: 850-1780 A.D. Teneo Press, Youngstown. ISBN 978-1-934844-11-3 Amer, Sahar. 2008. Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures.University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-8122-4087-0 Vanita, Ruth. 2008. Same - Sex Love in India - A Literary history. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN 978-0143102069 Vanita, Ruth and Saleem Kidwai, editors. 2001. Same-Sex Love in India: Readings in Indian Literature. Palgrave, New York. ISBN 978-0312293246 A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

From comics to superheroes to dystopia: find out how he popularized speculative fiction in India.On this episode of Books and Beyond with Bound Season 2, we talk to Samit Basu, one of the foremost speculative fiction writers in India. After writing everything from fantasy to science fiction, he has recently published a bestselling dystopian novel Chosen Spirits. Michelle loves that Chosen Spirits is set only ten years into the future. Tara finds out why he calls it an “anti-dystopian” novel.Samit gives us great insights into his writing process, especially how he creates fantastical words and characters from his reality. We chat about the writing community then vs. now, and what the future of speculative fiction in India could be. What is his next project? Will he stick to the speculative fiction genre? Can we expect to see his bestselling books adapted on the screen? Samit answers these and more questions in this episode. Do not miss the rapid fire section in the end!'Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick.Samit Basu is the author, most recently, of Chosen Spirits, a near-future anti-dystopian novel. He's also known for the Gameworld trilogy of fantasy novels, the Turbulence series of superhero novels, and the Adventures of Stoob series of children’s books. He’s written bestsellers, won awards, and been published in multiple countries and languages. Basu is also the co-writer/director of a Netflix film, comics writer and columnist, and runs Duck of Dystopia, a creativity/arts newsletter.You can get your copy of his book here: https://www.amazon.in/Chosen-Spirits-Samit-Basu/dp/938679781X/Tune in every Wednesday for a new episode.Follow Bound on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @boundindiaFollow our podcast on Instagram: @boundpodcastsYou can check out our website at https://www.boundindia.com/podcast/

Jeeva, a 14-year-old teenager, lies on her death bed. A girl, who never felt the love and warmth of her dad in her entire life, is now waiting to embrace death. A girl, for whom the entire world until today was her mother, is meeting her dad “Aryan” for the first time. Aryan is a 37-year-old unsuccessful writer, who is still heedful of his ambitions to taste success in life. When Jeeva desires to know what life is, Aryan takes up the task to narrate the story of Life in an hour. Will Jeeva survive? What does she learn about Life? Read the Hour of Life to find out. Get ready to embark on a Journey of Life together. About The Author: Dhruthik Shankar is an IT professional who is a writer by passion. His first book : “Love or Hate: The Dilemma in her heart” released in 2017. He is the Creative Head of “E-Brew” a bi-monthly magazine through which he encourages people to showcase their writing and talents. He was recently awarded as “Author of the Year-2019” and “Voice of Indian Literature” by Ne8x Lit Fest for his contributions to Literary industry. He was also featured as the “Author of Month” by Poets of Bangalore. You may reach the author at writer_dhru on instagram dcdhruthik12@gmail.com via mail.

We were delighted to welcome Karthika Naïr and Marilyn Hacker back to the bookshop. During lockdown, Marilyn and Karthika began writing Renga — a collaborative form of Japanese poetry — to each other, building up a beautiful and compelling body of work that engages with both the micro and the macro of this unprecedented moment. This meeting was the first time that these close friends had been in the same room as each other for several months, and their readings ring with the sorrow of separation but also the joy of rediscovery. * Renga through a Lockdown: Shortly after France declared a full lockdown in March 2020, Marilyn Hacker invited Karthika Naïr to join her in creating a renga. Renga, literally “linked poem”, is the ancient Japanese form of collaborative poetry, which has evolved a little through the ages. Poets take turns to compose alternating tanka (5-7-5 and 7-7 syllabled-lines in the stanza) and each poet begins their opening line with word/s or idea/s from the preceding poem. Marilyn and Karthika’s renga are chronicles of their daily lives through the months of lockdown, triggered as much by immediate experiences in Paris as by echoes and concerns from friends and family in the US, Lebanon, India and elsewhere. And while both live in Paris, the distance between their homes (one in the 3rd arrondissement, the other in the 10th) - usually one of a few miles - seemed to multiply in this new world, with neighbourhoods transforming into distinct, new, terrain.  If you’d like to see a video of some of these readings, keep an eye on the social media of the Bengaluru Poetry Festival. * Marilyn Hacker is the author of fourteen poetry collections, including Blazons ( 2019) and A Stranger’s Mirror(2015) , a book of essays, Unauthorized Voices (2010),  a collaborative book, Diaspo/Renga, written with Deema K. Shehabi (2014) and  seventeen books of translations of French and Francophone poets, most recently Samira Negrouche’s The Olive Trees’ Jazz (2020). She received the 2009 American PEN Award for poetry in translation, and the international Argana Prize for Poetry from the Beit as-Sh’ir/ House of Poetry in Morocco in 2011. She lives in Paris.  Find more of Marilyn’s work here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-hacker Karthika Naïr is the author of several books, including The Honey Hunter, illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. She has helmed the scripts of several dance productions, such as the multiple-award-winning DESH (2011), Akram Khan’s dance solo. Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata, her reimagining in verse of the Mahabharata, won the 2015 Tata Literature Live! Award for Book of the Year (Fiction), and was highly commended at the 2016 Forward Prizes (UK). Naïr’s poetry has been widely published in anthologies and journals across the world, including Granta, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Magazine, Indian Literature, The Wolf, and The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets. She is a 2012 Sangam House Fellow, a 2013 Toji Foundation Fellow and was awarded a Villa Marguerite Yourcenar Fellowship in 2015. Her latest book is the collaborative Over and Under Ground in Mumbai & Paris (2018), a travelogue in verse, written with Sampurna Chattarji, and illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet and Roshni Vyam. Find more of Karthika’s work here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/150393/remaindering-habits And here: https://www.danceumbrella.co.uk/2017/08/29/six-degrees-otherness-part-2/

भारत के महाराष्ट्र में पंचगनी की खूबसूरत पहाड़ी वादियों के प्राकृतिक वातावरण में सतारा जिले का भिलार गाँव एक अनूठा उदाहरण बना है । स्ट्रॉबेरी के लिए प्रसिद्ध यह गाँव, भारत का पहला 'पुस्तक गांव’ बना है।

Medha Singh reads her poems "Another Cremation", "The Same Fire", "An Answer" - and has a conversation with host Lakshya Datta about why she writes, her influences, and where the words come from. Medha Singh is a poet, editor and translator from Delhi. She took her M.A. from JNU and Sciences Po. Her maiden book Ecdysis (2017) is out through Poetrywala, Mumbai. Her second book I Will Bring My Time: Love Letters by S.H. Raza (Raza Foundation and Vadehra Art Gallery, 2020) is available through Vadehra Art Gallery. She has been nominated for the TFA award. Her work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in 3:AM (London), Stag Hill (Surrey), Berfrois (London), Queen Mob's Teahouse (London), The Charles River Journal (Boston), Coldnoon (Delhi), The Bangalore Review (Bangalore), Indian Quarterly (Delhi), Indian Cultural Forum, Sangam, and Guftugu, Indian Literature among others. She has written for The Hindu, The Wire, Scroll, Rolling Stone and Youth Ki Awaaz among others. She has also given a TEDx talk on effective arguing. She currently works as a researcher for The Raza Foundation, while also working on her third book.

Kalki's Sivakamiyin Sabatham (Sivakami's oath) is one of the best Classics of Indian Literature in Tamil. We at ILC are presenting this Indian Literature in English. Sivakamiyin Sabatham (Sivakami's oath). Set in 7th Century AD South India, this epic historical fiction presents a conflict for power between 2 powerful kingdoms, the Pallavas and Chalukyas amidst a romance between a prince and a dancer.Books:======Vol 1: English Translation Book: https://amzn.to/2UkYuwHTamil Version Book: https://amzn.to/2UiBP3VVol 2:English Translation Book: https://amzn.to/2CIEGcETamil Version Book: https://amzn.to/2CI42XYVol 3:English Translation Book: https://amzn.to/2TLretXTamil Version Book: https://amzn.to/2Uk2EowVol 4:English Translation Book: https://amzn.to/2UibYJATamil Version Book: https://amzn.to/2uIUS9vOur Contact details: ilitclassics@gmail.com

Kalki's Sivakamiyin Sabatham (Sivakami's oath) is one of the best Classics of Indian Literature in Tamil. We at ILC are presenting this Indian Literature in English. Sivakamiyin Sabatham (Sivakami's oath). Set in 7th Century AD South India, this epic historical fiction presents a conflict for power between 2 powerful kingdoms, the Pallavas and Chalukyas amidst a romance between a prince and a dancer.Books:======English Translation: https://amzn.to/2YkSu6aTamil Version: https://amzn.to/2TXwH6fOur contact details: ilitclassics@gmail.com

Godaan is considered as Munshi Premchand's last and best work of his career. The story revolves around a poor peasant and how he deals with various hardships to meet both ends. This classic also presents a contrasting view of the rich and affluent and their challenges, inspite of their wealth.Books:English Translation: https://amzn.to/2YVmIgwHindi Version: https://amzn.to/2WTrklnGodaan Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7_jSm7yy2MOur Contact details: ilitclassics@gmail.com

Indian Literary Classics present Naalukettu by M T Vasudevan Nair. This is one of the finest example of Indian Literature in Malayalam. Naalukettu depicts one man's fight for his rights and avenge insults meted out to his mother by his elder uncle in a classic Kerala's Matriarchial social system. M T Vasudevan Nair wrote this story in 1958, when he was 23 years old and won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for this classic fiction.Books:======Malayalam Version: https://amzn.to/2Dl2xiWEnglish Translation: https://amzn.to/2PfPrrLOur contact details: ilitclassics@gmail.com

Indian Literary Classics presents one of Kuvempu's best Kannada works. This work is one of the best Classics of Indian Literature in Kannada. We at ILC are presenting this Indian Literature in English, to bring an awareness of this gem to everyone. Set in pre-independence rural India, this shows the struggle of 2 educated young men with the difference in ideologies with their elders and other village superstitions and customs. This was also made into a National award winning movie by Girish Karnad.English Translation: https://amzn.to/2WcSfbmKannada Version: https://amzn.to/2OkwbclKannada Movie by Girish Karnad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06qNCLX54sOur Contact details: ilitclassics@gmail.com

After a long Hiatus from uploading stories, Piyush Agarwal is back with a new episode where he shares a story penned by the pioneer of New Writing in Indian Literature, Mohan Rakesh. Listen to the one his selected stories, "Parmatma Ka Kutta" (God's Dog) Show Notes - http://www.piyushagarwal.com/2019/01/kja-hindi-podcast-ep5/

Finish 2018 the right way: with the story of a powerful friendship and #squadgoals. In our final episode of the year, the Squad discusses "Girls Burn Brighter" by Shobha Rao. We talk about the novel’s themes, including grief, light/dark, and hope, as well as Rao’s writing style. We get into what shapes and drives the two main characters, and of course, we discuss the harrowing (seriously, it’s really bad) journey the women endure as they try to find one another again. Plus, we’ve got listener feedback on "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Suspiria." Watch "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO for our next #othersode and read "The Power" by Naomi Alderman for our next #bookpisode! 2:18 – What meal/food would people be able to identify you by?9:49 – Summary and book intro12:44 – Themes and shit: Grief16:35 – What does “girls burn brighter” mean?23:20 – Sensory details and what they might mean32:33 – What happens with Poornima’s father?34:46 – Sexual violence 43:20 – Bodies as commodities and disability 46:15 – Fear50:30 – What about that ending, though? - NYT Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/books/review/girls-burn-brighter-shobha-rao.html1:02:29 – Ratings!1:09:07 – Listener feedback!1:30:34 – What’s on the blog? What’s up next?Next Othersode: HBO's "My Brilliant Friend," January 14th Next Bookpisode: "The Power" by Naomi Alderman, January 28th

Finish 2018 the right way: with the story of a powerful friendship and #squadgoals. In our final episode of the year, the Squad discusses "Girls Burn Brighter" by Shobha Rao. We talk about the novel’s themes, including grief, light/dark, and hope, as well as Rao’s writing style. We get into what shapes and drives the two main characters, and of course, we discuss the harrowing (seriously, it’s really bad) journey the women endure as they try to find one another again. Plus, we’ve got listener feedback on "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Suspiria." Watch "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO for our next #othersode and read "The Power" by Naomi Alderman for our next #bookpisode! 2:18 – What meal/food would people be able to identify you by?9:49 – Summary and book intro12:44 – Themes and shit: Grief16:35 – What does “girls burn brighter” mean?23:20 – Sensory details and what they might mean32:33 – What happens with Poornima’s father?34:46 – Sexual violence 43:20 – Bodies as commodities and disability 46:15 – Fear50:30 – What about that ending, though? - NYT Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/books/review/girls-burn-brighter-shobha-rao.html1:02:29 – Ratings!1:09:07 – Listener feedback!1:30:34 – What’s on the blog? What’s up next?Next Othersode: HBO's "My Brilliant Friend," January 14th Next Bookpisode: "The Power" by Naomi Alderman, January 28th

Gandhi's power, portable citizenship and Indian writing. Rana Mitter talks to Ramachandra Guha about his new biography of Gandhi, hears about "portable citizenship from Indrajit Roy and discusses Indian writing and literary tradition with Amit Chaudhuri and Sandeep Parmar. Rana also breaks off from the subcontinent briefly to explore the mysterious disappearance of China's biggest film star, Fan Bingbing with the historian, Julia Lovell. Ramachandra Guha has written Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World, 1915-1948 Amit Chaudhuri's new collection of essays is called The Origins of Dislike: A Geneaology of Writerly Discontent New Generation Thinker Sandeep Parmar is a poet and Professor of English at the University of Liverpool whose books include Reading Mina Loy's Autobiographies: Myth of the Modern Woman. Dr Indrajit Roy lectures at the University of York and is the author of Politics of the Poor in Contemporary India Julia Lovell is the author of The Opium War and will publish a global history of Maoism next year. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is the author of four books of poems, most recently The Transfiguring Places. His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) and his An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003) have helped shaped ways of looking at Indian writing. Producer: Zahid Warley

On the Shelf February 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 19a Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about The fiction submission window is over Send us your upcoming release notices about lesbian historical fiction Jae’s Lesbian Book Bingo 2018 challenge and what I’m doing for it My bingo stories A new queer history podcast: History is Gay Email: historyisgaypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HistoryisGayPod Tumblr: historyisgaypodcast.tumblr.com Website: https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com The February author guest is Ellen Klages Recent and upcoming releases in lesbian historical fiction All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Through the Ages ed by Saundra Mitchell The Comfortable Courtesan: Being Memoirs by Clorinda Cathcart (that has been a Lady of the Town these several years) Vol 1 by L. A. Hall  (See also the author’s website https://www.clorinda.org) Lace and Blade 4 edited by Deborah J. Ross Tremontaine, Season 3 Jewel of Fire by GL Roberts (Bella Books), Feb 2018 Ask Sappho: Do you know of any historical accounts of lesbians in non-European cultures, especially in Asia, or the Indian sub-continent? Rupp, Leila J. 2009.Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-8147-7726-8 Habib, Samar. 2009.Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality: 850-1780 A.D. Teneo Press, Youngstown. ISBN 978-1-934844-11-3 Amer, Sahar. 2008.Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures.University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-8122-4087-0 Vanita, Ruth. 2008. Same - Sex Love in India - A Literary history. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN 978-0143102069 Vanita, Ruth and Saleem Kidwai, editors. 2001. Same-Sex Love in India: Readings in Indian Literature. Palgrave, New York. ISBN 978-0312293246  More info and links The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp You can follow the blog on my website (http://alpennia.com/blog) or subscribe to the RSS feed (http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/) If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A transcript of this podcast is available here. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

Explore contemporary Indian literature and art with ‘Midnight's Children': Kunal Basu, Roanna Gonsalves, Vayu Naidu and Vankat Shyam in conversation with Wendy Were.

Recalling his own long-ago transition from China to India, our host previews our journey’s next stop, where we will immerse ourselves in the literature of a spectacular culture. Marked by classics like the Rig Veda (1500 – 1200 B.C.) and the Upanishads (ca. 900 B.C.), the Ramayana (ca. 550 B.C.), and the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita (400 B.C. – 400), classic Indian literature is known for its deep engagement with universal questions like how the world was created, what our understanding of God is and can be, how we should treat one another, and what it means to be human. Jacke Wilson prepares our palate for a feast of Indian literature, one of the greatest achievements in the history of civilization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter D. McDonald talks to Arvind Krishna Mehrotra about his work as a poet, critic and translator, focusing on the idea of triangulation and his interest in the intersections between languages and literary traditions.

Professor Boehmer gives a short talk on her current research on Indian Literature in English, looking at the Post-Colonial world of literature and gives an introduction to studying World Literature in the Humanities Division.