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  • What’s going on in Bangladesh today? | Ahnaf Kalam

    What’s going on in Bangladesh today? | Ahnaf Kalam
    Jul 3 2025
    In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Ahnaf Kalam, from the Middle East Forum. They talk about so-called Red Green Alliance between Islamists and Progressives, how Woke Right figures have started to side with Pakistan over India and Islamists groups in Bangladesh, how Mohammed Yunus is handling extremism in Bangladesh, how the Bangladeshi diaspora in the US view the situation there, and more.

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    57 min
  • International Yoga Day Special: Swami Sarvapriyanda on the four paths of yoga

    International Yoga Day Special: Swami Sarvapriyanda on the four paths of yoga
    Jun 20 2025
    In this episode, Sheetal Shah has a wide ranging conversation with Swami Sarvapriyananda, from the Vedanta Society of New York, about the four traditional limbs of yoga (Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Jnana Yoga), how these work together in spiritual seeking, the benefits of Hatha Yoga and asana practice for physical health and how that is key factor in spiritual life, and much more.

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    1 h et 2 min
  • All about the 1985 Air India bombing, one of the biggest intelligence failures of the 20th century | Sanjay Lazar

    All about the 1985 Air India bombing, one of the biggest intelligence failures of the 20th century | Sanjay Lazar
    Jun 19 2025
    On the 40th anniversary of the worst act of air terrorism until the 9/11 attacks, the bombing of Air India flight 182 on June 23rd, 1985, Samir Kalra speaks with Sanjay Lazar, who lost his entire family in the bombing. They have a wide ranging conversation about the intelligence failures that allowed the bombing to happen, the struggle to this for bringing the Khalistani terrorist to justice, how the Khalistan movement is not supported by the majority of the Sikh community, and allegations of transnational repression leveled at India.

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    57 min
  • Hindu at Heart: Vindhya Adapa - Attorney & Musician

    Hindu at Heart: Vindhya Adapa - Attorney & Musician
    Jun 5 2025

    In this episode, part of Indu Viswanathan’s Hindu at Heart series, she talks with Vindhya Adapa, an attorney at the US Treasury Department who is also a professional singer and producer, who merges her identities to create impactful music. Vindhya earned her JD at the University of Pennsylvania, and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Maryland.


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    1 h et 13 min
  • All About the Hindu Calendar(s)

    All About the Hindu Calendar(s)
    May 22 2025

    In this special episode HAF Education Research Assistant Devala Rees explains the various ways Hindus have traditional kept track of the years, the months that make up those years, how the timing of different Hindu festivals and holidays are determined, and how to actually make sense of all the different puja timings displayed by one of the leading online Hindu calendar sites, Drik Panchang.


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    41 min
  • Hindu at Heart: Psychologist & HAF Board Member Dr. Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria

    Hindu at Heart: Psychologist & HAF Board Member Dr. Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria
    May 8 2025
    In this episode, part of Indu Viswanathan’s Hindu at Heart series, she talks with psychologist and HAF Board Member Dr. Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria. They discuss Kavita’s life growing up Hindu in Texas in the 1980s and 90s, her path into psychotherapy, some of the issues related to this specific to the Hindu American community, as well as some of the challenges she’s seen as the oppressor versus oppressed worldview now dominates the field and professional associations of psychology.

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    1 h et 11 min
  • Pakistan’s support for terrorism won’t stop until they are held accountable | Michael Rubin

    Pakistan’s support for terrorism won’t stop until they are held accountable | Michael Rubin
    May 3 2025
    In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Michael Rubin about the parallels between Hamas’ attack on Israel on 10/7/23 and the most recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir; how Pakistan’s ISI and support for terror groups is an issue for Americans as well as Indians; what the US can do in support of India in their fight against terrorist groups, including why President Trump needs to make a visit to Kashmir to show the strength of US support for India; why it might be time for the international community to show some “tough love” to Pakistan; and how both China and Pakistan are trying to promote separatism within India.

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    32 min
  • It’s not about caste, most Hindus aren’t vegetarian, and other misconceptions about the politics of dietary choices

    It’s not about caste, most Hindus aren’t vegetarian, and other misconceptions about the politics of dietary choices
    Apr 24 2025

    In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with Vijay Satnarine about how different parts of the Hindu Dharma Traditions approach vegetarian diets, how vegetarianism has gotten politicized in both India and the United States, debunk misconceptions and stereotypes about Hindu approaches to diet, and more


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    24 min