That's So Hindu
By Hindu American Foundation
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The podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and activists, politicians and professors, journalists, entertainers, spiritual teachers, and more on how Hinduism shapes their work and lives. All American. So Hindu. Brought to you by the Hindu American Foundation.
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Hindutva is not Hindu supremacy | Vikram Sampath
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Everything you wanted to know about sadhus*
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Here’s why Zoroastrianism is a dharma tradition
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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For Hindus the natural world is more than sacred, its embodied Divinity itself | Prof. David Haberman
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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What Hindu Americans need to know about immigration today
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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How does the HAF team celebrate Navratri?
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Setting the record straight about the craziest things people say about HAF
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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How was Indian society historically organized? Hint: It wasn't caste.
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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How many Hindu Dharma Traditions are there?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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A dharmic investing take on Bitcoin | Easan Katir
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Hindu at Heart: Naren K. Schreiner, Purohit
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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What’s going on in Bangladesh today? | Ahnaf Kalam
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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International Yoga Day Special: Swami Sarvapriyanda on the four paths of yoga
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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All about the 1985 Air India bombing, one of the biggest intelligence failures of the 20th century | Sanjay Lazar
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Hindu at Heart: Vindhya Adapa - Attorney & Musician
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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All About the Hindu Calendar(s)
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May 22, 2025 |
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Hindu at Heart: Psychologist & HAF Board Member Dr. Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria
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May 08, 2025 |
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Pakistan’s support for terrorism won’t stop until they are held accountable | Michael Rubin
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May 03, 2025 |
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It’s not about caste, most Hindus aren’t vegetarian, and other misconceptions about the politics of dietary choices
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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US harbors Khalistani terrorists and needs to do something about it | Michael Rubin
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The Asian American community needs to destroy the myth of the model minority. We need to fight. | TX State Rep. Gene Wu
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Why the way we talk about Hinduism needs to change
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Think you know all about Ambedkar? Think again. | Pankaj Jain
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How USAID gave millions to groups linked to terrorism in the Middle East and South Asia | Sam Westrop
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How the US-India relationship will fare under Trump 2.0 | Akhil Ramesh
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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What the modern world can learn from the Dharmic capitalism of South India’s great kingdoms | Sriram Balasubramanian
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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When will Kashmiri Pandits be able to really return home? | Vijay Sazawal
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Hindu At Heart: Practicing restorative justice in New York City public schools | Hemanth Venkataraman
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Equating Hindutva with any kind of Hindu supremacy is just nonsense | Vikram Sampath
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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A conversation about Hindu parenting with psychologist Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria and Suhag Shukla
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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How Akṣarā is using the visual arts and design to pass on Indian culture | Jayanthi Moorthy
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Hindutva doesn’t start with Savarkar. It starts with the Bengali Renaissance. | Hindol Sengupta
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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How the history of Hindutva and the RSS has been so misunderstood in the West | Walter Andersen
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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All about the Third Nature: An expansive millennia-old Hindu framework for discussing gender and sexuality
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Educating Hindus about our heritage and the science behind our temples, one video and workshop at a time | Prem KV
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Raja Choudhury tells us all about Swami Vivekananda, America's First Guru
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May 23, 2024 |
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Hindu at Heart: Sneha Rao, from aviation engineer to Hinduism scholar
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May 09, 2024 |
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If you want to develop a deeper Hindu Lifestyle, Shawn Binda has something to say about that
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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What does the West get wrong about yoga? Far more than it gets right, say Shyam Ranganathan and Vijay Satnarine.
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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What's the connection between NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Pakistan's PTI party? MEF Action's Benjamin Baird explains.
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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All about Anandi Joshee, the amazing 19th century Indian woman who become a doctor in the US
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Hindu At Heart: Aditi Banerjee
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Why is there zero representation of Indo-Caribbean Hindus in New York's textbooks?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Australian filmmaker Ravi Chand's latest film, Namaste Yoga, may leave you in tears
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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All about the rising antisemitism on college campuses in the past three months | Carly Gammill, StandWithUs
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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HAF Shop Talk: All about Ram Janmabhoomi
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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How can Hindu parents get their kids to love Indian culture? Prof. Pankaj Jain has some tips.
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Why Hindus should be paying attention to Hamas' funding sources. Sam Westrop explains.
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Wrongly accused of caste discrimination by California, Sundar Iyer tells us what really happened
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Sanjay Lazar, orphaned by the 1985 Air India bombing, tells his story - Part 2
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Sanjay Lazar, orphaned by the 1985 Air India bombing, tells his story - Part 1
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Hindu by Heart: Coerced into Islam, Seeking Freedom - Part 2
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Hindu by Heart: Coerced into Islam, Seeking Freedom - Part 1
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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How do Hindu Americans celebrate Navaratri?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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What is Critical Caste Theory and why it's a "dubious discourse" | Akshar from The Emissary
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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For Hindus the natural world is more than sacred, its embodied Divinity itself | Prof. David Haberman
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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There are definite parallels between growing antisemitism and rising Hinduphobia | Sarah Stern
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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On bringing the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda to the cinema | Nico Oscoff
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Here's why it's adharmic to lose money | Easan Katir
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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How everything isn't as it seemed in the BAPS and Cisco caste discrimination allegations | Suhag Shukla & Samir Kalra
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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The US-India relationship has been a success in so many ways | David Santoro, The Pacific Forum
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Preserving dharma by restoring one ancient temple at a time | Behind Every Temple
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May 25, 2023 |
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We should be very wary of people who tell us there is only one way to be Hindu | Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan
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May 04, 2023 |
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How Hinduphobia has been constructed and unleashed from the West | Prof Lavanya Vemsani
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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The connections between advaita vedanta and ecology are, well, deep | Prof. Jeffery D Long
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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TEASER: All about All About Hinduism
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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How a former Pentecostal Christian preacher and missionary in India first lost his religion and then embraced Hinduism | Andrew Jasko
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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If American diplomacy is to succeed, we need to rethink our posture towards India | Dr Michael Rubin
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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'Unshackled' demystifies immigration & gives you more control over your future in the US | Soundarya Balasubramani & Sameer Khedakar
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Most people in the West have no idea how dangerous the Khalistanis actually are | Puneet Sahani
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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From one hour a week to your entire week, there’s room for everyone to participate in politics | Sen. Niraj Antani (R-OH)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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The US-India relationship could take off like a rocket ship | Akhil Ramesh
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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How an immigrant student with $250 in her pocket & 2 suitcases went on to be the first Hindu woman in Michigan’s legislature | Rep. Padma Kuppa
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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How herons can help us make better financial decisions | Easan Katir
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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There’s no such thing as Indian food. The cuisine is far more complex than that. | Chef Keith Sarasin
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Feeding 100,000 people on Thanksgiving, and helping people discover their personal story | Dr Varun Gandhi
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May 05, 2022 |
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HAF Executive Director Suhag Shukla's full interview with NPR on caste discrimination in the US
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May 02, 2022 |
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After 30 years the Kashmiri Pandit story is finally been told on film | Rajiv Pandit and Sidhi Raina react to ‘The Kashmir Files’
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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All about Marma Therapy | Vira Tansey
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Banned on Twitter for spreading the truth about Hindu persecution in Bangladesh | Stories of Bengali Hindus
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Why do colonial-era errors about Hinduism persist, even among anti-colonial activists and academia? | Indu Viswanathan & Suhag Shukla
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Where is the Khalistan movement today? | Terry Milewski
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Until the horrors of Kashmir’s ethnic cleansing are owned up to, communal harmony won't return: Part Two | Vijay Sazawal
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Until the horrors of Kashmir’s ethnic cleansing are owned up to, communal harmony won't return: Part One | Vijay Sazawal
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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How yoga helped me survive two days lost in a frigid wilderness | Jolly Yogi Bose
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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After one week of violence, 335 Hindu temples vandalized across 33 districts in Bangladesh, with 7 Hindu priests killed
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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75 years after being published Autobiography of a Yogi still has something to teach us | Phil Goldberg
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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HAF Shop Talk: Suhag Shukla and Samir Kalra discuss Dismantling Global Hindutva + investigating Univ. of Pennsylvania violations of Hindu students’ rights
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Tibetan people have been enduring unspeakable suffering under the illegal occupation by China | Tashi Dhondup
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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The humanities keeps talking about Hindus without including our voices | Dr. Indu Viswanathan
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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All about the 8 year-old Hindu boy charged with blasphemy in Pakistan + recent attacks on Hindu temples
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Why are Indian South Africans being attacked? Part 2 | Yashika Singh
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Why are Indian South Africans being attacked? Part 1 | Lux Maharaj
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Religious Freedom in Bangladesh 1971-2021: From Genocide to Today
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Through chanting mantra we awaken our heart to connect to the Divine heart | Jai Uttal
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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To really focus, we have to train our minds and then practice what we’ve learned | Dandapani
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Pakistani terrorism doesn’t just kill Indians, it kills Americans too | Dr Michael Rubin
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The study of caste has given a false foundation to Indian culture | Dr Prakash Shah
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Homophobia in India is a homophobia of ignorance | Ankit Bhuptani
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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If you don’t have Hindu representation on your college campus, create it for yourself | Shreya Mahasenan
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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No country is perfect: We’re working towards a more perfect union in the US and so is India | State Rep. Padma Kuppa (D-MI)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Hinduphobia is real and here’s how to recognize it | Parth Parihar
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May 27, 2021 |
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Hindus have a responsibility to modernize chanting for their own families | Shivali Bhammer
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May 20, 2021 |
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Yoga is about far more than being an advanced gymnast | Riki Warren
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ashok Karmakar recounts the Bengali Hindu Genocide
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Prof. Chris Fici successfully balances being a scholar and bhakti yogi
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Aditi Banerjee talks about her book The Curse of Gandhari
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Bhuwan Pyakurel: The former refugee from Bhutan who's now a city councilor in Ohio
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Mandar Apte: film director, meditation teacher and peace activist
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Dr Pankaj Jain on the history of the Hindu-Jain diaspora in America
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Ravinol Chambers, the Hindu monk who became a filmmaker
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Rukhsana Hasib tells us what she witnessed in 1971 during the Bangladesh genocide
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Artist Manjari Sharma explores how to wear a sari
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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What Hindu Americans can expect from the Biden-Harris administration
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Film producer and animal welfare advocate Nirva Patel makes a compelling dharmic case for eating a vegan diet
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Professor Jeffery D Long on the influence of Hindu thought on Star Wars + misunderstandings about Hinduism
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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85 incidents of murder, gang rape, temple destruction in 66 days: Richard Benkin on the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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It's through our sacred stories that Hinduism has and will continue to survive: Ami and Amit Majmudar
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Melanie Chandra says the work of acting is about becoming messy
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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In which Abhinav Pandya goes deep into the geopolitics of Kashmir conflict, and more.
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Ram Sahadeo and Vishnu Bisram talk about the challenges Hindus are facing in Guyana
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Easan Katir tells us how to align our beliefs with our stock portfolios through Dharmic Investing
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Kanchan Koya explains how one secret of good health is Spice Space Baby
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Mango & Marigold Press and Modi Toys are helping Hindu parents pass on traditions to their kids
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Sudarshan Ramabadran explains the importance of the soft power India holds in yoga and Ayurveda
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Brahmachari Sharan says Hindus need to focus on understanding our history, so we can become part of the world's present
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Middle East Forum's Sam Westrop and Clifford Smith in conversation with Samir Kalra
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee connects the dots between terrorism, Pakistan, and the Kashmir conflict
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May 28, 2020 |
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Guru Prakash and Suhag Shukla talk about what we can do to end caste discrimination
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May 21, 2020 |
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Rukmini Walker feels the pandemic pause is bringing us closer to one another
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May 14, 2020 |
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Phil Goldberg says Hinduism has been influencing America far longer than many people think
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May 07, 2020 |
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Coping with COVID: A Dialogue with Deepak Chopra™
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Coping with COVID: Building immunity with Ayurveda and integrative medicine, featuring Dr. Akil Palanisamy
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Coping with COVID, Spiritual wellbeing in the midst of a global crisis
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Coping with COVID: Manage Stress and Anxiety with Yoga and Meditation, featuring Eddie Stern
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Coping with COVID: Education & Awareness, featuring former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Shikha Uberoi Bajpai says Hinduism has given her a competitive edge both on the tennis court and off
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Swamis Speak: Swami Ishwarananda
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Swamis Speak: Swamini Svatmavidyananda
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Fred Stella goes to Guyana, hears that Hindu gods are demons
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Gopal Patel thinks stopping the climate crisis is the Hindu thing to do
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Sham Sharma shows how mainstream media is getting India wrong
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Dena Merriam digs into her past lives and the future of Hinduism
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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KASHMIR EXODUS DAY SPECIAL - Sunanda Vashisht
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Rajiv Satyal is the Man in the Middle of US politics, and comedy
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Eddie Stern isn't a yoga guru
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Jan 09, 2020 |