Conversation with Vishal Ganesan on Dharma in the Diaspora

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Vishal Ganesan about his essay on the representation of Hindus in the diaspora.

This Brown Pundits podcast episode features hosts Amey and Dr. Omar Ali in conversation with Vishal Ganesan, a lawyer and thinker, about his essay "Frontier Dharma" and the meaning of being Hindu in the diaspora . Vishal discusses how his observations of mainstream media and academic discourse led him to research the historical representation of Hindus, which he found to be distorted by a lens stemming from 18th and 19th-century missionary narratives. Vishal's essay - https://frontierdharma.substack.com/p/the-hindu-case-against-hinduism-a

People in this episode

Hosts: Amey, Dr. Omar Ali

Guest: Vishal Ganesan

Topics covered

• Dharma
• Hinduism
• Diaspora
• Media Representation
• Historical Narratives

Keywords

• Dharma
• Hinduism
• Diaspora
• Media
• Historical Representation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frontier Dharma

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