Subcontinent and Movies
Omar Ali and Maneesh Taneja have a free-flowing conversation with Gaurav about movies in the Indian subcontinent in the 20th century
May 15, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 192
Brown Pundits
A discussion about all things brown, aka desi or South Asian.
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Episode 10: North India before and after Harsha
The history podcast returns to North India. Gaurav and Jay are in conversation with Maneesh about the changes in the North Indian landscape before and after the times of Harsha - generally considered as the last Emperor of "Ancient India". We touch upon political splintering that followed the fall of the imperial Guptas, the political Game of thrones that followed, the Kumbha Mela and the decline of trade. 玄奘 (Xuanzang) and Banabhatta make appearances as prolific storytellers along with the stor...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 191
Episode 9: South India from 500-1100 AD
Shrikanth and Mukunda talk to Maneesh about South India from 500-1100 AD.
Apr 29, 2022•2 hr 42 min
Episode 8: Guptas and the Classical Age of India
In this episode of the History series, we return to North India and talk about the Age of the Guptas. We touch upon the military genius of Samudragupta and various Gupta emperors, the emergence of Classical Hinduism and various forms of Art, Music, Science which consolidated during this era. The speakers of the episode are Gaurav Lele and Jay Vardhan and the discussion is moderated by Maneesh
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 189
Pakistani politics today
Omar talks with Mohammad Taqi and Kamran Shafi about Pakistani politics.
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 188
Episode7: South of India from 200 BC to 500 AD
Maneesh talks to Jay and Shrikanth on the history of Southern India for the period 200 BC to 500 AD
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 187
Episode 6: North India from 200 BC to 200 AD
Sixth Episode in the series of podcasts on the History of Indian sub-continent. Shrikanth and Jay talk to Maneesh on all things North of Vindhyas for the period 200BC to 200 AD.
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 186
The war in Ukraine, part 1
Omar, Amey, Conrad Barwa and Karol discuss the war in Ukraine (part 1 of 2).
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 185
Episode 5- The Magadh Era: From Bimbisara to Ashoka
The History podcast passes through the Magadh era. Mukunda Raghavan and Gaurav Lele talk to us about the sub-continent at the end of the Vedic age and take us all the way to the ruler whose symbols are part of the Modern Indian Republic's mythology. Alexander and Vishnugupta Chankaya make an appearance and we speculate on the first recorded caesarean birth.
Feb 28, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Major Amin on the Ukraine crisis
Omar and Major Amin discuss what's going on Ukraine with the invasion of Russia.
Feb 25, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Conversation with Salman Rashid
In this episode of Browncast, 3 ethnic Punjabis - Omar, Maneesh and Salman Rashid have a free wheeling discussion.
Feb 24, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 182
Conversation with Indic Explorer
In this podcast Mukunda and Omar chat with theindicexplorer (@theindicexplor1) /. Indic explorer is is pretty active on Club house
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Amana Begam Ansari on Muslims and Women in India
In this episode Maneesh chats with Amana Begam Ansari on Muslims and women in India. Please follow Amana @Amana_Ansari on twitter and also follow her show India this week https://bit.ly/Indiathisweek - https://www.youtube.com/c/IndiaThisWeekByAmanaKhalid
Feb 18, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Karnataka hijab issue
In this podcast, Omar Mukunda Shahada and Gaurav discuss the Karnataka hijab controversy and also touch upon other issues related to it. https://theprint.in/india/viral-photos-bruised-egos-radical-student-groups-inside-story-of-karnatakas-hijab-crisis/827262/
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Core Agenda and India as a Hindu State: Conversation with Arihant Pawariya
Maneesh is in conversation with Arihant Pawariya. Arihant is a senior editor with the Swarajya magazine and an influential voice in the right-wing ecosystem in India. In a freewheeling conversation, Arihant talks about the 'Core' agenda and how he sees the Indian state behaving were India to turn into a Hindu state. @maneesht and @haryannvi on Twitter. Authors and books mentioned in the episode: M. N. Srinivas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._N._Srinivas Caste in Modern India: https://www.jstor...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Episode 4 - The Vedic Age
The History Podcast reaches the Vedic age. Our speakers talk about its origins, its literature, its culture, and the legacy of the Vedic Age. Varna system makes an appearance as does Pythagoras Theorem. Among other things, our speakers talk of Vedic recitation techniques and different layers of Vedic literature.
Jan 31, 2022•2 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Both sides of the Aryan debate
Razib, Gaurav, Mukunda, Kushal Mehra from Carvaka, and Kartik Mohan discuss both sides of the Aryan debate.
Jan 29, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Episode 3 - All about IVC
Episode 3 of The History of the Indian Sub-continent series takes us to the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC). Our panel journeys from the banks of the Oxus River to the Deccan plateau. We connect the genetic and archaeological dots, speculate about people whose scripts we are yet to decipher, talk about what they did for a living, their towns, and what are the missing blocks in our understanding of that age. The Dancing girl from Harappa makes an appearance as do textiles and we ask if the great ...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Episode 2- Indian history through genetics
In this episode, Razib Khan explains the revolution in genomics and how it helps us reconstruct facets of Indian prehistory.
Jan 05, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 173
History of India Series : 30000 feet view
In the first episode, Maneesh Taneja is in conversation with Dr. Omar Ali, Shrikanth Krishnamachary and Gaurav Lele. We take 30,000 feet view of the history of the sub-continent.
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Rahul Pandita on Kashmir
Omar and Gaurav chat with author and journalist Rahul Pandita about Kashmir, pogroms, Maoists, the Indian state, ethnic cleansing etc.
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Ambassador Kamran Shafi
Omar talks to Major Kamran Shafi, former press secretary to Benazir Bhutto and former Ambassador to Cuba
Nov 07, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Surya Yalamanchilli on the Virginia elections, American politics, and the Indian economy and culture
Razib talks to Surya about politics and culture, both in the USA and India. Special focus on the November election in Virginia.
Nov 03, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Major Amin on Pakistan, Afghanistan and the India-China conflict
Omar Ali talks to Major Amin to discuss the current Pakistan-Afghanistan and India-China conflict.
Nov 03, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar, from physics to philosophy
Mukunda talks to Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar about his intellectual project using the tools of science and philosophy to pursue truth.
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Sheena Mason: decolonization, anti-racism and literature
Mukunda and Shahada have a wide-ranging discussion with D r. Sheena Mason on race, literature, and culture.
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Anti Hindu Violence in Bangladesh
In this episode of the browncast Gaurav and Mukunda talk with Alex Zuvran an Ex-Muslim Buddhist living in Bangladesh about the anti Hindu violence in Bangladesh.
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 165
Obscure tribes and the Indus Valley with Peter Nimitz
Akshar and Razib chat with the prolific history twitter user Peter Nimitz about obscure tribes, the Indus Valley, and historical anomalies.
Oct 13, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Dr. Omar Ali on the idea of Pakistan
Maneesh has a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Omar Ali , a cofounder of Brown Pundits, about Pakistan and other issues.
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Interview with Wahid Majrooh, Former Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan
Mukunda sites down to have a sober conversation with the former Former Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan, Wahid Moorjah .
Sep 26, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 162
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