South Asia Chat podcast series will feature conversations with analysts, academics and thought leaders on topical issues impacting South Asia.
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In this series, IFC showcases the stories and voices of female role models in primarily male-dominated climate-smart sectors to inspire and encourage other women in these industries. It underscores the role that South Asian women can play in the fight against climate change.
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Maldives ex president to be sentenced for money laundering
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This podcast goes over some of the delicious cuisines from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan Cover art photo provided by Cel Lisboa on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@cellisboa
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Areas you may consider visiting in South Asia Cover art photo provided by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@mili_vigerova
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Centre for Gender And Politics (CGAP) is a think tank based in India that contributes to a high-quality scholarship on the intersection of gender, politics and South Asia. We are a platform for researchers, policymakers and the public to engage in a positive discourse on furthering gender diversity in politics with contextual nuances of South Asia as a focus. Worth Asking podcast tackles gender equality with a focus on women in politics. We'll mix insightful interviews and thought-provoking ...
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Breaking news, analysis and opinion from the SCMP's Asia edition.
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Interviews with Scholars of South Asia about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies
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This multi-award-winning South Asian feminist podcast is all about cultural taboos. Everything from sex, sexuality, periods, menopause, porn, mental health, shame, sexual harassment & more. Considered the biggest South Asian feminist podcast representing the voices & views of South Asian women, exploring intersectional feminism from a South Asian lens, Masala Podcast features some of the world's most inspiring South Asian women. Masala Podcast is the winner of multiple British Podcast Awards ...
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The podcast is inspired by the many Men’s groups I have attended, especially the 'MenSpeak Men’s Groups'. This podcast was created to build an open space for South Asian Men to open up and connect with each other and discuss topics, thoughts, and emotions with no judgment. Furthermore, the podcast is a space for men to be heard and seen, open men’s minds, and open a healthy conversatio ...
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SASS creates safe spaces for South Asian women in the UK to share their experiences. Our podcasts explore issues affecting the women in our community by discussing them with other trailblazing South Asian women.
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On Trailblazers, we dive deep into the journeys of trailblazing South Asians. To date, Simi Shah, our founder and host, has welcomed ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal, 49ers President Paraag Marathe, and other world-renowned South Asian trailblazers. Learn more at southasiantrailblazers.com.
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The South Asian Mind Podcast is meant to be a safe space for ALL South Asian women through open discussions and culturally appropriate talks that will nurture their mental health. The podcast will include conversations with experienced therapists and psychologists who have a deep understanding of the South Asian culture. Through these conversations we will provide tips and general advice related to relationships, family and individual identity to people who identify as South Asian women.
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A solid hour of Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi music, contemporary and classic tracks, blended to give listeners with and without South Asian languages for a mother tongue a compelling listening experience. Local news and a relevant, local events calendar rounds out the program.
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Four podcast episodes focusing on ideas around archiving practices used by South Asians to collect, preserve and reconstruct family and community histories. Join host Alisha Sawhney on a journalistic inquiry into the South Asian diaspora, featuring interviews and stories from a range of brown female voices.
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Join us on a journey of empowerment! Here we discuss topics not often talked about due to fear of judgement and shame. Listen to South Asians share their powerful stories of overcoming challenges, rising above societal stigma and building resilience. Gain insights into mindset shifts and discover practical tips to navigate through difficult times. It's time we stop suffering in silence, this podcast hopes to encourage more openness and vulnerability within the South Asian community. Hosted b ...
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In this series students invite the public along with them on an inquiry to introduce and contest the frameworks of major themes in South Asian and African(a) philosophies which for all their depth and breadth and world-transforming thought have largely been excluded or undervalued in our philosophy curricula. Join us for insights into different conceptions of reality and ways of thinking about community - to map how theories of language and logic affect our daily experience and ethical choic ...
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As Sri Lanka emerges from a severe financial crisis, there is growing emphasis on recovery efforts that are environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. The financial sector plays a pivotal role in this transformation, driving green financing initiatives and advancing gender equity through tailored financial solutions for women entrepreneurs…
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Episode 266: Diplomatic Reboot in India-Maldives Relations
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In this episode, Mriganika Singh Tanwar, Research Analyst at ISAS-NUS, speaks with Dr Athaulla Rasheed, former diplomat and foreign service officer with the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They discuss the key dynamics of India-Maldives relations, focusing on President Muizzu's official visit to India (6-10 October 2024) aimed at mending bila…
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China’s declining demand for fossil fuels and increased clean-energy capacity could usher in a new shift in global wealth distribution.द्वारा Andy Xie
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Kanupriya Dhingra, "Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar (Cambridge UP, 2024) looks at Old Delhi's Daryaganj Sunday Book Market, popularly known as Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazaar, as a parallel location for books and a site of resilience and possibilities. The first section studies the bazaar's spatiality - its location, relocation, and spatialization. Three actors p…
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Rohit Manchanda, "The Enclave: A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India" (Fourth Estate, 2024)
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Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda’s novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She’s newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can’t summon the energy to do so. She juggles s…
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How have Bureaucratic Politics Undermined Pakistan’s Prospects for Democracy?
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For many years, explanations of Pakistan’s politics and its failed democratic transition have focused on the role of the military and politicians. But how have the country’s bureaucrats contributed to the failed democratic transition? And why do their interactions with politicians continue to perpetuate the country’s political instability? Listen a…
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Michael Tilton Williams, "Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta: Vyāsatīrtha's Defence of Realism in the Nyāyāmṛta" (de Gruyter, 2024)
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Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta: Vyāsatīrtha's Defence of Realism in the Nyāyāmṛta (de Gruyter, 2024) focuses on discussions of metaphysics and epistemology in early modern India found in the works of the South Indian philosopher Vyāsatīrtha (1460-1539). Vyāsatīrtha was pivotal to the ascendancy of the Mādhva tradition to intellectual …
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Feminism & Resting: South Asian women, let's reclaim rest
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"Why does resting make me feel guilty?" - Rest feels radical for women, particularly South Asian women. Because we're brought up to work, to serve, to always say yes. We've seen our mothers and grandmothers exhaust themselves endlessly looking after everyone else. And so we normalise being tired, overworked and overwhelmed. On this episode of Masal…
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Episode 265: The Power Sector in Pakistan
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The power sector in Pakistan has remained a priority for each successive government and yet it remains in a state of crisis. It continues to be plagued by issues such as frequent power outages, transmission and distribution losses, high subsidies and limited infrastructure. In this episode Saeeduddin Faridi, Research Analyst, ISAS-NUS, is in conver…
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Shweta Kishore and Kunal Ray, "Resistance in Indian Documentary Film: Aesthetics, Culture and Practice" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
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Dr. Shweta Kishore and Dr Kunal Ray’s Resistance in Indian Documentary Film: Aesthetics, Culture and Practice (Edinburgh UP, 2024) is a unique collection of essays on documentary cinema and practice that brings together multiple modes of scholarly, reflective and autoethnographic writing on documentary by scholars and creative practitioners. It tak…
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AI Startups, Spirituality with Sadhguru, and Navigating South Asian Cultural Norms
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Abhishek Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/cosmic_abhishek_/ #southasianmenpodcast #mensgroups #podcast The podcast is inspired by the many Men’s groups I have attended, especially the 'MenSpeak Men’s Groups'. This podcast was created to build an open space for South Asian Men to open up and connect with each other and discuss topics, thoughts, …
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Faisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)
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Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival…
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Episode 264: Haryana Assembly Elections Outlook
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Haryana's assembly polls are scheduled for 5 October 2024, marking the first direct political battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, since the Lok Sabha election earlier this year. In this episode of South Asia Chat, ISAS Research Analyst Raghaw Khattri is in conversation with Dr Satendra Kumar, Senior Researcher at the I…
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Deepa Das Acevedo, "The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India (Oxford UP, 2024) tells the story of one of contemporary India’s most contentious disputes: a long-running struggle over women’s access to the Hindu temple at Sabarimala. In 2018, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that the temple, which had traditionally been forbidden to women…
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Shalva Weil, "The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity" (Routledge, 2021)
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Speaking with Professor Shalva Weil, one receives a glimpse into the wider world. Through her family ties, her personal journeys, and her research, she has gained, and shares, an understanding of the unique nature and histories of different groups. In this interview she shared the significance of a Jewish community that lasted less than 200 years b…
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Episode 263: Protest, Politics and Popular Culture in Bangladesh
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In this episode of South Asia Chat, Dr Imran Ahmed, Research Fellow at ISAS, talks to Nusrat Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College, to unpack the July uprising in Bangladesh. They explore the student-led protest movement, its role in reshaping popular culture, and how national memory is evolving in the wake of Sheikh Hasin…
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Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav, "Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood" (India Viking, 2024)
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Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav’s book Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood (Penguin Random House India, 2024) undertakes a systematic intellectual study of Lala Lajpat Rai’s nationalist thought through four decades of his active political life, lived between 1888 and 1928. It contests the dominant scholarly interpretation of Lajp…
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Michael C. Baltutis, "What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction" (Routledge, 2024)
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Michael C. Baltutis' book What is Hinduism?: A Student's Introduction (Routledge, 2024) is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical cat…
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South Asian Motherhood: it's not for all women
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"Where are your kids?" - South Asian women are expected to be mothers, they're told that is the very purpose of being a woman. In fact, society expects all women in all cultures to be mothers. On this episode of Masala Podcast Unfiltered, I talk about a very personal episode in my life where a stranger stopped me on the street, demanding to know wh…
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Episode 262: Sri Lanka's 2024 Presidential Elections: Campaign Politics and Challenges Ahead
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Sri Lanka’s presidential election was held on Saturday the 21 September 2024. The presidential campaign was dominated by three main candidates, the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe running on an independent platform, the main opposition party’s (Samagi Jana Balawegaya) leader Sajith Premadasa, and the National People’s Power candidate, Anur…
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Ep17- From Stuttering to Speaking on Tedx with Ruban Pillai
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1) Rubans Tedx Talk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLaIVnI-N6Q&ab_channel=TEDxTalks 2) Ruban’s Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/rubanpillai/ 3) Rubans’ Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@Ruban_/videos 4) Stop Holding Back Charity- https://www.stopholdingback.org/ 5) Insta- https://www.instagram.com/stopholdingback.uk/ #southasianmenpodcast #men…
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Tone Bleie, "A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence" (Solum Bokvennen, 2023)
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In this episode, we are joined by the anthropologist Tone Bleie for a discussion of her book A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence (Solum Bokvennen, 2023), a pioneering piece of scholarship that innovatively rethinks the economic, legal, and social history of the power-laden…
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Episode 261: India-China : The Future of Foreign Policy
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India and China have long been locked in border disputes along the Himalayas, with tensions particularly high following a deadly clash in 2020. However, recent negotiations after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election have sparked cautious optimism for resolution. In this episode of South Asia Chat, Kanika Kaur, Research Analyst at ISAS, is joi…
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Hari Dutt Sharma, "Gulmini: An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals" (Rākā Prakāśana, 2023)
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Today I talked to Hari Dutt Sharma about Gulmini: An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals (Rākā Prakāśana, 2023). The book presents 51 lyrical poems in rythmic and melodious Sanskrit in free metre, The poems examine various sentiments and emotions (rasa and bhāva) on various subjects, from depictions of beautiful seasonal nature to reflections o…
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Jonathan Kaplan criticised China’s aggressive South China Sea actions, while highlighting US-Singapore ties at a conference in the city state.द्वारा Jean Iau
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Recently announced increases to China’s retirement age have received global attention – but what have other countries done?द्वारा Mia Nulimaimaiti
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Pacific Islands nations show how cooperation can transcend national boundaries to address common challenges effectively. They need support.द्वारा Jalil Rasheed
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Taking up an offer from the US to escort its resupply missions is one of the Philippines’ potential ‘contingency plans’, analysts say.द्वारा Jeoffrey Maitem
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The island is prioritising quality tourism, welcoming visitors who respect local customs and traditions, and deporting violators.द्वारा SCMP’s Asia desk
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To Lam’s trip to the United States has not been formally announced, but officials said he would travel there on Saturday to speak at the UN.द्वारा Reuters
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North Korea’s uranium production already surpasses what it needs for its own security and could fuel illicit arms programmes worldwide.द्वारा Bloomberg
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As Senate investigations intensify, the identity of the implicated police chief remains shrouded in mystery, heightening public scrutiny.द्वारा SCMP’s Asia desk
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Korean intelligence agencies discovered the Chinese origins of more than 1,300 cameras during a routine inspection, forcing their removal.द्वारा Business Insider
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But analysts say India needs to do more, such as visa reforms and joint ventures, to woo Chinese investment and ‘encourage FDI spillovers’.द्वारा Junaid Kathju
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Despite billions in subsidies, the US and its allies face an uphill battle to break China’s dominance in the rare earth minerals market.द्वारा Bloomberg
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The move to secure Australia’s strategic interests is likely to earn China’s ire and increase the potential for sanctions, analysts say.द्वारा Jeoffrey Maitem
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