Podcasts about vidya dehejia

In this episode, Sandip talks to Vidya Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, about her latest book, India: A Story through 100 Objects.

From the terracotta toys of the Harappans to Shiva as Nataraj, from the pages of the Gwalior Quran to Jain scrolls and the divine body of the Buddha, Vidya Dehejia, author of India; A Story Through 100 Objects talks to @utterflea about the things that have created the multicultural medley that is India.

Our co-host Priya Kapoor gets on a call with master historian and storyteller Vidya Dehejia to talk about her career and her new book titled India: A Story in 100 Objects. The richly illustrated book tells India's richly layered historical story through objects that have come to define its people, culture and society. Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India, she is one of the most prolific figures in South Asian art history. Hosts and Executive Producers: Priya Kapoor and Chirag Thakkar. Show Producer: Aria Nanji. Produced by Roli Pulse, a digital initiative by Roli Books. Follow Roli Books @rolibooks on twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Read more about Vidya Dehejia here. You can find a copy of Vidya's new book India: A Story in 100 Objects here (India) and here (US). Check out books published by Roli and other leading international art, design and illustrated publishers at CMYK Bookstore. Use code BTL20 at checkout on cmykbookstore.com to get a 20 percent discount on your purchase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Among the most spectacular works of Indian sculptural art are the Chola Age temple bronzes. In conversation with fellow historian William Dalrymple, Vidya Dehejia reveals why this period fuelled creativity with Hindu devotees believing their deities had public personas not too dissimilar to those of human monarchs. Tune into #JLFBraveNewWorld.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vidya Dehejia, Columbia University

Vidya Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, delivers the Doris Wiener Memorial Lecture on the tradition of bronze sculpture in the Tamil-speaking region of South India. Introduced by Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu. (46 min.)

Vidya Dehejia, Columbia University

Vidya Dehejia, Columbia University