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Welcome to another immersive episode of Dariyaa, your go-to podcast for deep dives into the captivating world of politics, culture, society, and policy.
In this episode, Srushti and Omer, Hosts of Dariyaa are in conversation with, Dr. SherAli Tareen, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, discussing his groundbreaking new book on the complex intra-Muslim debates surrounding Hindu-Muslim friendship and political theology in South Asia during the 18th to 20th centuries.
Dr. Tareen argues that the loss of Muslim political sovereignty under colonialism led to a heightened emphasis on embodied practices and "markers of distinction" as a means of asserting Muslim identity and supremacy. He explores how Muslim scholars of diverse ideological persuasions engaged with the Islamic legal tradition and colonial modernity to articulate competing visions of Islam and inter-religious relations.
Through a close reading of fascinating historical figures and texts, Dr. Tareen reveals the nuanced logics and internal contestations that shaped Muslim thought during this transformative period. He challenges simplistic binaries of "good" and "bad" Muslims, calling for a deeper, more empathetic engagement with voices that defy modern liberal categories.
At a time of rising Islamophobia and Hindu nationalism in South Asia, Dr. Tareen shows how these historical debates over the boundaries of friendship and cultural exchange continue to resonate powerfully with contemporary controversies, from cow vigilantism to the Citizenship Amendment Act.
For anyone seeking a more nuanced understanding of the role of Islam in South Asian history and politics, this podcast offers a wealth of insights and provocations. Join us for a stimulating exploration of sovereignty, translation, tradition, and the unexpected afterlives of colonial-era Muslim thought.
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In this episode with Dr. Hadia Mubarak, we discuss her book, 'Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Quranic Commentaries'. In this book, she examines how colonialism, nationalism, and modernization catalyzed new perspectives on women in the Qur'an. Dr. Mubarak focuses on Tafsīr al-Manār, Fī Zilāl al-Qur'an, and al-Tahrīr wa'l-Tanwīr, placing them in dialogue with medieval commentaries spanning from the ninth to the fourteenth centuries. This comparative analysis encompasses verses addressing neglectful husbands (4:128), rebellious wives (4:34), polygyny (4:3), and divorce (2:228).
Contrary to viewing the exegetical tradition as uniformly patriarchal, Dr. Mubarak's work reveals a nuanced and evolving tradition with diverse interpretations of women and gender in the Qur'an. Rather than dichotomizing the Qur'an as egalitarian and the exegetical tradition as patriarchal, she advocates for a critical engagement with tafsīr studies in understanding women and gender in Islam.
Dr. Hadia Mubarak is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queens University of Charlotte, where she teaches courses on Islam, comparative scriptures, women and gender in the Muslim world, the history of Islam in America, and religious representation in popular culture. Some of her other publications include, “Gender and Qurʾanic Exegesis” in The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender, ed. Justine Howe (Brill, 2020); “Change Through Continuity: A Case Study of Q. 4:34 in Ibn ʿĀshūr’s Al-Taḥrīr wa-l-Tanwīr” (Journal of Qurʾanic Studies 20.1 February 2018); and “Breaking the Interpretive Monopoly: A Re-Examination of Verse 4:34” (Hawwa 2.3).
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The anthropologist Samuli Schielke suggests that scholarship on the anthropology of Islam has put too much emphasis on Islam itself. He warns against the risk of essentialism, where one aspect of a Muslim's life, such as moments of piety, are portrayed as representative of their entire experience. Schielke argues that for most individuals, moral subjectivities are marked by ambiguity and a range of reference points rather than being neatly coherent.
He argues that while the ‘piety turn’ has guided numerous innovative studies, it seems to overlook crucial inquiries concerning everyday religious and moral practices, particularly the ambiguity, inconsistencies, and fluidity inherent in people's lives that do not neatly fit into a single tradition.
In this conversation, we speak to Dr. Sertac Sehlikoglu to understand as to where her scholarship is situated within this debate and the contribution it makes to the existing arguments. Dr. Sehlikoglu is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London. She is a social anthropologist specialising in subjectivity, gender, and sexuality in the Middle East. Her work often focuses on the intangible aspects of human subjectivity that enable humans to change and transform social life.
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A war is never a mere conflict or struggle between two or more people or communities. It is larger than that. It starts way before it has actually began and ends way after its designated termination.
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world's most enduring conflicts, with the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching 54 years of conflict. While a lot of scholars also deem that the conflict has a history of more than 100 years.
Rashid Khalidi's 100 Years' War on Palestine is one such account that elaborates the history of the region not from the observers standpoint but from the first person's experiences. Khalidi explains how the conflict in Palestine is a waged war and why Palestinians continue to pose a stiff challenge to Israel’s growing ambitions.
To dive further into the other perspective of the conflict our host @chauhanritika_ conversates with Dr Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.
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In This Episode Of Unslant We Talk To Elizabeth Becker to discuss her book "You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War". She was a war correspondent for The Washington Post in Cambodia and a correspondent for The New York Times. She has also served as NPR’s senior editor for the foreign desk and has authored various other books covering aspects of war in Vietnam and Cambodia.
This book features the stories of three female war correspondents: all in the backdrop of the Vietnam War and how the kind of stories they covered broke the official and cultural barriers to women covering war.
In this episode with Elizabeth Becker, our aim was to basically explore how mainstream narratives or public perceptions around wars and conflicts are shaped by who tells the story, what is being told in those stories and how we receive them.
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In today’s episode of Masala Trails, we explore the fusion based music platform Coke Studio- its inception, significance, and reception. Coke Studio has brought a social movement in the realm of music industry by fusing the global and the local. It also appeals deeply to the emotional sensibilities of the South Asian populace.
Ms. Makhfi has explored various aspects of Coke Studio Pakistan in her article “Coke Studio Pakistan: An Ode to Eastern Music with a Western Touch.” The political pretext underlying the foundation of Coke Studio is discussed in her article and we deal with it in detail in this episode.
Shahwar Kibria Makhfi is a PHD scholar at UCLA Herp Albert School of Music. She is also an ethnographer and qualitative researcher working with Muslim hereditary practitioners of Islamic liturgical and non-liturgical music in Uttar Pradesh.
In this episode, she focuses on the continuities and changes between the compositions of Coke Studio and earlier Islamic musical traditions.
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Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia.We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform.
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Originally Published for Masala Trails on 27/08/23
In this episode, Dr. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst delves into how Indian Muslims were portrayed, perceived, and essentialised after the Revolt of 1857. She argues that it is not enough to merely view the Great Rebellion through the lens of political or military history, as both its origins and impacts have been commonly explained in terms of religion. Dr. Morgenstein Fuerst explains how the Rebellion has been discursively constructed as a series of actions associated with or influenced by religion, particularly Islam, and specifically connected to the concept of jihad. She argues that this pivotal moment in Indian history continues to have an enduring influence, and despite its prominent position in historical accounts, the role of the Rebellion in facilitating the development of a categorical, racialized, and minoritized definition of Muslims, has not been adequately explored. Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia. We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com . Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us. Email: ergostudiosin@gmail.com Website : www.ergostudios.net Insta : @ergo_studios Twitter: @ergo_studios Support Masala Trails: If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us, you can buy us a virtual coffee through our 'Buy Me a Coffee' page. Your contribution directly fuels the production and growth of Ergo Studios, Join us on this intellectual journey by visiting https://bmc.link/MasalaTrails and show your support today! Produced By Ergo Studios Hosted By Saniya Ahmad Production and Edited by Abhay
Originally published for Masala Trails on 06/08/2023
In this episode, we talk to Dr Uther Charlton-Stevens to discuss the themes of his book ‘Anglo India and the End of Empire’. Drawing from Uther’s expertise, the episode explores the complex identities of Anglo-Indians in colonial India, the impact of the political decisions of the British on their lives, their interaction with different phases of the nationalist movements and the social complexities of the Indian and European societies that contributed to shaping the Anglo-Indian community. Uther Charlton-Stevens is a lecturer at the Department of History, University of Hong Kong, teaching courses on the British Empire and the Second World War. His latest book – Anglo-India and the End of Empire – is available directly from Hurst Publishers, UK, and Oxford University Press, USA, and from Amazon. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Charlton-Stevens’ first book - Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia - was published as part of the Royal Asiatic Society Books series by Routledge, UK, and is now available in paperback. Charlton-Stevens earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he read Modern History as an undergraduate. Having begun his research on military technology transfers between Europe and Asia during his Master’s in Global History at the London School of Economics, his historical writing has since focused on his father's community of ‘mixed-race’ Anglo-Indians in colonial India and Burma (modern Myanmar), and similar groups of Eurasians in other former British colonies in Asia, including Singapore and his own hometown of Hong Kong. Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia. We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com . Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us. Email: ergostudiosin@gmail.com Website : www.ergostudios.net Insta : @ergo_studios Twitter: @ergo_studios Support Masala Trails: If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us, you can buy us a virtual coffee through our 'Buy Me a Coffee' page. Your contribution directly fuels the production and growth of Ergo Studios, Join us on this intellectual journey by visiting https://bmc.link/MasalaTrails and show your support today! Produced By Ergo Studios Hosted By Ritika Chauhan Production and edited by Abhay
Originally Published for Masala Trails on 18/07/2023
n this episode, we delve into the fascinating research of Dr. Divya, whose focus lies on the 18th-century Western Rajasthan. Join us as we explore the history of caste, its implications, and its significance in today's South Asia. Dr. Divya's research takes us on a journey through time, exploring the reconstitution of Hindu identity in relation to caste terms and practices of untouchability. Her study reveals the significant role played by merchants in reshaping Hindu identity and imposing caste ideals as universal markers. We delve into the segregation of spaces, such as access to water and temple spaces, which further solidified caste divisions. Dr. Divya's research also sheds light on the inclusion of Muslims and untouchables in historical records, offering valuable insights into the complexities of caste dynamics. Beyond its historical significance, caste continues to be a central force that shapes society and creates divisions in present-day India. Dr. Divya's research holds contemporary relevance, helping us understand the ongoing issues surrounding caste and its impact on society. You can find Dr Cherian here : https://history.princeton.edu/people/divya-cherian and her book here : https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520390058/merchants-of-virtue Recommended Readings :
Originally Published for Masala Trails on 28/6/2023
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Amira Mittermaier whose book, ‘Giving to God: Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times’ is set against the backdrop of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi’s rise to power. The book draws upon Dr. Mittermaier’s ethnographic fieldwork in Egypt’s Cairo that oscillates between seemingly apolitical spaces of charity and highly politicized spaces of protest. Mittermaier comes to recognize that despite their apparent disparity, these two fields share a dedication to justice and communal engagement, both of which hold ethical and political importance. Therefore, her exploration of Islamic acts of generosity navigates between these two realms, each carrying distinct concepts of justice and the definition of an ideal society.
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In this conversation, Dr. Mittermaier talks about how her interlocutors provide and accept assistance, how these actions align with Islamic ideas of divine fairness in the world, and how charity influenced people's perceptions of the Tahrir Square uprisings. Mittermaier's anthropological method enables us to comprehend the intricacies of charity as a multifaceted practice among Muslims. By exploring the relationship between donors, recipients, and God,, Dr. MIttermaier offers an alternative framework to conceptualize an Islamic ethics of giving.We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us.
Originally published for Haqq on 10/09/2023
In this episode, Dr. Nadia Guessous invites us to think about feminism in non-teleological ways by drawing upon her genealogical and ethnographic research with a particular generation of Leftist feminists in Morocco, often known as bnat al yassar (daughters of the Left). She dissects what requires her interlocutors to reject a traditional way of life that, paradoxically, is also acknowledged by them as the source of inspiration for their leftist feminist politics. She then probes how this first conundrum is connected to the challenge faced by leftist feminists in welcoming a new generation of young hijabi women into their organizations, despite their professed dedication to creating an all-encompassing women's movement. She refers to the leftist feminist issues surrounding tradition and the hijab as conundrums to question the notion of their inherent "naturalness." Although paradoxes and conundrums are commonly assumed to be self-evident descriptions, Dr. Guessous proposes that we view them as contextually specific, arising from distinct historical circumstances, and influenced by individual perspectives and subjectivity. Thus, through an examination of the dilemmas and contradictions informing the landscape of Moroccan leftist feminist politics, her research aims to engage in a nuanced exploration of modernity and feminism, avoiding linear and deterministic perspectives. Furthermore, it seeks to make a valuable contribution to the field of anthropology by shedding light on the dynamics of power within modern society and the formation of progressive political subjectivity.
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Episode originally published on Haqq 02/07/2023
In this conversation on her book, ‘The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran’ , Dr. Arzoo Osanloo delves into the politicization of 'rights talk' and women’s subjectivities in post-revolutionary Iran. She talks about how following the 1979 revolution, Iran underwent a transformation into an Islamic republic, during which the country's leaders employed a renewed discourse on women's rights to signify a departure from Western liberalism's perceived excesses. Dr. Osanloo's research reveals that the post-revolutionary republic combined elements of a liberal republic with principles of equality derived from Islam. Through ethnographic study, she illustrates how women's assertions of rights arise from a blend of ideas that draw from both liberal individualism and Islamic ideals. In this episode, she walks us through various settings where rights are being shaped, such as Qur'anic reading groups, Tehran's family court, and law offices. In these contexts, she highlights the fluid and constructed nature of women's understandings of their rights. By doing so, Dr. Osanloo dismantles oversimplified dichotomies between so-called liberal, universal rights and the perceived insularity of local culture. She sheds light on a contemporary non-Western perspective on the essence of liberal rights and prompts questions about the often misunderstood relationship between modernity and Islam.
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The episode was originally published on 26/07/2023
In this episode with Dr. Anand Vivek Taneja, we dissect how Indian Muslims are bringing their religious tradition in conversation with the everyday lived realities of marginalization. The episode deals with Islam as a 'discursive tradition' as argued by the anthropologist, Talal Asad to understand how the ethical lives of Indian Muslims have transformed in response to the political reality of contemporary India.We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us.
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The episode was originally published on Haqq on 04/06/2023
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Dr Emily Greble show that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been central to the continent's political development and the evolution of its traditions of equality and law. From 1878 into the period following World War II, over a million Ottoman Muslims became citizens of new European states. Greble uncovers Muslims' negotiations with state authorities--over the boundaries of Islamic law, the nature of religious freedom, and the meaning of minority rights. Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe offers a striking new account of the history of citizenship and nation-building, the emergence of minority rights, and the character of secularism.
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Ep Originally Published for Haqq on 24/04/22
The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after the prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as the fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad's political successor-and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas through his book The Prophet`s Heir provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. While Ali's teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali's legacy and message stand against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban.
To deliberate on all this and more catch our conversation with Dr Hassan Abbas
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This Episode was originally published for India Colonised on 17/04/2022
Nile Green's Islam and the Army in Colonial India is one of those rare works that inspires both admiration and envy. It is a study that cannot fail to impress its readers with its erudition and innovation, especially when reconciling seemingly incompatible official accounts preserved in the colonial archive with subaltern memories preserved in oral traditions. This book is a study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India, set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Islam and the Army in Colonial India contests the widely held belief that Islam was incompatible with the goals and operations of the colonial army, which was a dangerous and ultimately subversive force that sapped the morale and discipline of the Raj's armies. This Orientalist stereotype of Islam as being anti-military discipline persists, as evidenced by the numerous newspaper articles and editorials covering any aspect of Muslim life. Tune into the episode with Dr Nile Green, exploring the extraordinary lives of Muslims sepoys and the ways in which the colonial army helped promote the sepoy religion while at the same time attempting to control and suppress certain aspects of it.
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This Episode was originally published for India Colonised on 03/04/2022
In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Jessica Namakkal, author of the book, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India"
In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Jessica Namakkal, author of the book, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India"
Dr Jessica Namakkal is an assistant professor of the practice in international comparative studies; gender, sexuality, and feminist studies; and history at Duke University.
Jessica Namakkal's Unsettling Utopia gives a new version of twentieth-century French India's history. It demonstrates how colonial developments persisted even after official decolonization kicked in. The book analyses the colonial histories of the Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville, demonstrating how state-sponsored decolonization is rarely associated with local demands. She suggests that their ongoing growth reveals how decolonization, unfortunately, resulted in new settling spaces which preserve colonial control.
This book puts into question the long-held scholarly argument on the time and place of decolonization. Unsettling Utopia puts the spotlight on colonialism's legacies and provides striking thoughts on what decolonization might yet involve.
This interview explores and examines such provided stances in the book along with other broader perspectives on decolonisation.
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This Episode was originally published for India Colonised on 19/12/2021
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This Episode was orignainally published on India Colonised on 12/12/2021
In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Arvind Sharma, author of the book, "The Ruler's Gaze: A Study of British Rule Over India from a Saidian Perspective" Dr Arvind Sharma, longstanding professor of comparative religion at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, now takes up the Palestinian academic's groundbreaking ideas - originally put forth predominantly in a Middle Eastern context - and tests them against Indian material. He explores in an Indian context Said's contention that the relationship between knowledge and power is central to the way the West depicts the non-West. Scholarly and accessible, The Ruler's Gaze throws fresh light on Indian colonial history through a Saidian lens. According to Said, Orientalism is inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much orientalist work inherently political and servile to power. This book is a heroic attempt to translate Said’s theories on Orientalism to British scholarship on India and Hinduism and how it faithfully followed the ups and downs of British political power in India. In a quite convincing way, the book impresses on the readers that the relationship between knowledge and power is central to the way the West depicts the non-West. Arvind Sharma served in the distinguished Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has authored many books and was instrumental in facilitating the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the world’s religions. There is a series of such amazingly curated interactions with authors and scholars on the history of the subcontinent. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform.
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In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Ghee Bowman, author of the book, "The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk". Dr Ghee Bowman is a historian, teacher and storyteller based in Exeter, England. He has also worked in the theatre, for NGOs and in education in the UK and around the world. This book, his very first, sprang from research he undertook to explore Exeter’s multi-cultural history which landed him onto three photos of Indian soldiers wearing pagris in Devon. This furthered him to The National Archives, an MA at Exeter University and then a PhD. His five-year-long study of the Second World War’s Indian contingent took him across five countries. As the title suggests, the book brings to light an omitted chapter of the historic Battle of Dunkirk that is the crucial role played by Indian soldiers in the evacuation of the Allies from a precarious battlefield. The Indian Contingent, through rigorous research and engrossing narration, traces the journey of Force K6 of the 25th Animal Transport Company of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps from their arrival in France on 26 December 1939, their captivity under the Germans to their return to India on the verge of partitio Interestingly, 2020 marked the 80th anniversary of the dramatic evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk in May 1940, as the German army closed in. This wartime legend is also the subject of the award-winning 2017 film Dunkirk but, as is only too evident from the film and other accounts of the Second World War, the presence of Indian soldiers is neither known nor remembered, at least in the western world. Bowman’s narrative of individual soldiers’ lives in rural and urban Punjab, interwoven with his descriptions of the war, draws on his painstaking research that includes rare archives, diaries, photographs and, indeed, memories passed on to descendants. The book leads up to the aftermath of the war and the new realities. This interview explores and examines the provided stances in the book along with other broader perspectives of the event. Indian Army Special Newsreel (1940): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6E1luxLQQ There is a series of such amazingly curated interactions with authors and scholars on the history of the subcontinent. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform.
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This episode was originally published on India Colonised on 31/10/2021
