February 2022
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History of India Series: Episode 5 – The Magadh Era: From Bimbisara to Ashoka
History of India series, episode 5: Mukunda Raghavan and Gaurav Lele on the Magadha era, from Bimbisara to Ashoka, with Alexander and Chanakya.
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits – 2/26/2022
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Browncast: Major Amin on the Ukraine Crisis
On the day Russia launched its military operation against Ukraine, Omar Ali talks with Major Amin, who has long ties to Afghanistan and Russia, about the geopolitical rivalry between the…
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Browncast: Major Amin on the Ukraine Crisis
On the day Russia launched its operation, Omar talks to military historian Major Amin, whose frank, pro-Russian framing the host says probably reflects Putin’s or Russian nationalists’ own thinking. Listeners…
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Browncast: Salman Rashid, Travel and History Writer
Omar Ali and Maneesh Taneja talk with Pakistani travel writer and history enthusiast Salman Rashid, who runs a popular YouTube channel, about Partition, Pakistan, history and whatever else comes up…
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Browncast: Indic explorer on Hinduism, Dharma, etc
Mukunda and Omar talk with the anonymous Twitter account Indic Explorer about all things Indic, including how to define Hinduism, why it does not get the respect it deserves, and…
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Amana Begam Ansari on Muslims and Women in India
Maneesh Taneja talks to Amana Begam Ansari about being a Muslim woman in India, covering the state of affairs, challenges facing the Muslim community and the country, caste dynamics, and…
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Brownpundits is on YOUTUBE
Nachiketa announces that Brown Pundits is now on YouTube, with only the History series podcasts uploaded so far and vodcasts and popular podcasts to follow.
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Browncast : Karnataka hijab issue
Nachiketa introduces a podcast on Karnataka’s hijab issue as worth having despite digressions. He argues that India’s portrayal in global media must be confronted, blaming Indian-origin interlocutors more than foreign…
