That's So Hindu
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That's So Hindu
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
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What Hindu Americans need to know about immigration today
In this episode HAF Legal Director Needhy Shah speaks with immigration attorney Akanksha Kalra. They have a wide ranging discussion on immigration iss...
How does the HAF team celebrate Navratri?
For this episode we have something a bit different for you. It’s a special episode for Navratri, originally published in 2023. We've interviewed sever...
Setting the record straight about the craziest things people say about HAF
For the Hindu American Foundation’s organizational birthday, coming up later this month, Mat McDermott, Suhag Shukla, Samir Kalra, and Raj Rao sat dow...
How was Indian society historically organized? Hint: It wasn't caste.
Devala Rees is back with us this week for another informative, enlightening and hopefully entertaining discussion. This week we’re talking about how a...
How many Hindu Dharma Traditions are there?
This week we’ve got another special episode with HAF’s Devala Rees. This time we’re talking about why HAF has been using the term Hindu Dharma Traditi...
A dharmic investing take on Bitcoin | Easan Katir
In this episode we speak with HAF’s own Easan Katir about cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investing from a dharmic perspective, plus AI, the energy demands...
Hindu at Heart: Naren K. Schreiner, Purohit
In this episode, part of the Hindu at Heart series, Indu Viswanathan speaks with Naren K Schreiner, one of the purohits at the Kali Mandir in Laguna B...
What’s going on in Bangladesh today? | Ahnaf Kalam
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 Pr...
International Yoga Day Special: Swami Sarvapriyanda on the four paths of yoga
In this episode, Sheetal Shah has a wide ranging conversation with Swami Sarvapriyananda, from the Vedanta Society of New York, about the four traditi...
All about the 1985 Air India bombing, one of the biggest intelligence failures of the 20th century | Sanjay Lazar
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...
Hindu at Heart: Vindhya Adapa - Attorney & Musician
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...
All About the Hindu Calendar(s)
In this special episode HAF Education Research Assistant Devala Rees explains the various ways Hindus have traditional kept track of the years, the mo...
Hindu at Heart: Psychologist & HAF Board Member Dr. Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria
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...
Pakistan’s support for terrorism won’t stop until they are held accountable | Michael Rubin
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 att...
It’s not about caste, most Hindus aren’t vegetarian, and other misconceptions about the politics of dietary choices
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with Vijay Satnarine about how different parts of the Hindu Dharma Traditions approach vegetarian diets, how veget...
US harbors Khalistani terrorists and needs to do something about it | Michael Rubin
In this episode Samir Kalra has a wide-ranging conversation with India analyst Michael Rubin, a multi-time guest on the show. They discuss how the US...
The Asian American community needs to destroy the myth of the model minority. We need to fight. | TX State Rep. Gene Wu
In this episode HAF Managing Director Raj Rao speaks with Texas State Representative Gene Wu. They discuss the rise in anti-Asian and anti-Indian sent...
Why the way we talk about Hinduism needs to change
A special crossover episode from our sibling show All About Hinduism: One of the underlying themes in the first series of episodes of All About Hindui...
Think you know all about Ambedkar? Think again. | Pankaj Jain
BR Ambedkar is rightly remembered for his role in creating the Indian Constitution and for his outspoken anti-caste views. Less known is how many of h...
How USAID gave millions to groups linked to terrorism in the Middle East and South Asia | Sam Westrop
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Sam Westrop from the Middle East Forum about their latest research detailing the millions of dollars that USAI...
How the US-India relationship will fare under Trump 2.0 | Akhil Ramesh
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Akhil Ramesh of the Pacific Forum. They discuss a number of ways the US-India relationship may change under th...
What the modern world can learn from the Dharmic capitalism of South India’s great kingdoms | Sriram Balasubramanian
In this episode we speak with economist Sriram Balasubramanian about his latest book Dharmanomics: An Indigenous and Sustainable Economic Model. We di...
When will Kashmiri Pandits be able to really return home? | Vijay Sazawal
In this episode Samir Kalra and Rajiv Pandit speak with author Vijay Sazawal about his new book The Kashmir Chronicles, discussing the history of the...
Hindu At Heart: Practicing restorative justice in New York City public schools | Hemanth Venkataraman
In this episode, part of Indu Viswanathan’s Hindu at Heart series, she speaks with Hemanth Venkataraman, a New York City-based educator and restorativ...
Equating Hindutva with any kind of Hindu supremacy is just nonsense | Vikram Sampath
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with historian Vikram Sampath (author of the two volume definitive biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) about th...
A conversation about Hindu parenting with psychologist Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria and Suhag Shukla
In this episode HAF Board Member psychologist Dr Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria and HAF Executive Director Suhag Shukla have a wide ranging discussion about...
How Akṣarā is using the visual arts and design to pass on Indian culture | Jayanthi Moorthy
In this episode we're speaking with Jayanthi Moorthy, founder of the arts education organization AkṣarāWe talk about the importance of the arts in tra...
Hindutva doesn’t start with Savarkar. It starts with the Bengali Renaissance. | Hindol Sengupta
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with author Hindol Sengupta about the origins of Hindutva as a philosophical concept, its relationship to Hindu na...
How the history of Hindutva and the RSS has been so misunderstood in the West | Walter Andersen
In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with author and analyst Walter K Andersen about misunderstandings about the history of Hindutva, the goals of the...
All about the Third Nature: An expansive millennia-old Hindu framework for discussing gender and sexuality
In this episode HAF’s Raj Rao, Suhag Shukla, Vijay Satnarine, and Mat McDermott delve into how Hindu dharma traditions, for millennia, have recognized...
Educating Hindus about our heritage and the science behind our temples, one video and workshop at a time | Prem KV
In this episode Mat McDermott speaks with filmmaker Prem Kumar about his documentary series on the sage Agastyamuni, his work educating Hindus about t...
Raja Choudhury tells us all about Swami Vivekananda, America's First Guru
In this episode Mat McDermott speaks with Raja Choudury, director of the film America’s First Guru, streaming now on PBS, which tells the story of Swa...
Hindu at Heart: Sneha Rao, from aviation engineer to Hinduism scholar
In this episode in the Hindu At Heart series, Indu Viswanathan speaks with Sneha Rao about her journey from the aviation industry to studying Hinduism...
If you want to develop a deeper Hindu Lifestyle, Shawn Binda has something to say about that
In this episode we speak with Shawn Binda, creator of the Hindu Lifestyle YouTube channel. We discuss his inspiration for starting the channel, his ta...
What does the West get wrong about yoga? Far more than it gets right, say Shyam Ranganathan and Vijay Satnarine.
In this episode we have a moderated discussion about yoga, colonialism, attitudes about yoga that are coming out of the DEI space. Taking part in this...
What's the connection between NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Pakistan's PTI party? MEF Action's Benjamin Baird explains.
In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with Benjamin Baird from MEF Action on his new reporting detailing the financial ties between NYC Mayor Eric Adams...
All about Anandi Joshee, the amazing 19th century Indian woman who become a doctor in the US
In this episode Suhag Shukla interviews author Nandini Patwardhan about her book Radical Spirits: India’s First Woman Doctor and her American Champion...
Hindu At Heart: Aditi Banerjee
In this episode, the first of our Hindu At Heart series of interviews, Indu Viswanathan speaks with author Aditi Banerjee on a wide range of issues: H...
Why is there zero representation of Indo-Caribbean Hindus in New York's textbooks?
For this episode Mat McDermott has a conversation with Sandy Rao, Dr Vishnu Bisram, and Dr Indrani Ramprasad about the Indo-Carribean Hindu community,...
Australian filmmaker Ravi Chand's latest film, Namaste Yoga, may leave you in tears
In this episode, Sheetal Shah speaks with Australian filmmaker Ravi Chand about his latest project, Namaste Yoga. Learn more about Ravi here: Warrior...