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Center for South Asia

The South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) Podcast features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, or alumni. The podcasts feature a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry to politics, from manuscript collecting to music, from business to Bollywood. Every podcast consists of an informal and informative conversation about South Asia and its meaning in the world, in our lives, and at Stanford.

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107 episodes

  1. The Cockroach protests - what is going on in India? 31:01
  2. Collectives, sustainable agriculture, gender, and indigeneity: a conversation with recently awarded PhD Alexa Russo 43:09
  3. Women’s work, the beauty industry, and gig work in Mumbai 36:06
  4. The Monster in your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India 42:50
  5. The Psychic Lives of Statues 46:18
  6. Data analytics, financial education, and being a Stanford alum! 42:13
  7. Duniya Dance and Drum, and Ghadar Geet 41:59
  8. Kashmir, Northern Ireland, literature, and the law 33:43
  9. The open prison, community, and family in India 42:25
  10. The Ustad Mahwash Archive at Stanford Libraries 40:34
  11. Law, science, technology, and AI 39:41
  12. Moorings: Indian Ocean voyages, labor, and fieldwork 38:50
  13. From pre-doc to start-up: hard work, serendipity, and potential 35:09
  14. Finance, debt, and artistic entrepreneurship 41:33
  15. Technological transformations and job losses in the textile mills of Mumbai 40:26
  16. Dance, consent, and nostalgia as method 38:04
  17. Identity, Empire, and the Revolution 35:54
  18. Part 2 - Wisdom, kindness, and designing your life 28:35
  19. Part 1 - Wisdom, kindness, and designing your life 32:30
  20. Dance and Healthy Aging 27:31
  21. Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan 35:26
  22. Shandana Waheed on Rawalpindi, the politics of heritage, and hostile histories 34:40
  23. Mental Health in the South Asian community and beyond 46:33
  24. Journalism in the Time of Authoritarianism and Big Tech 39:39
  25. The anti-blasphemy movement in Pakistan 40:14
  26. Kalpana Desai and SACHI 30:06
  27. History and Context of Student Protests in Bangladesh – with Stanford Students Zarif and Arwa 40:40
  28. SALA part 2: the 2024 festival, Sept 28-29 34:33
  29. Indo Pak Dosti Forum: Luv and Aimen 35:41
  30. South Asian Literature and Arts Festival with Ambika Sahay 32:39
  31. Women’s education in Afghanistan 33:50
  32. Ambika Vishwanath of Kubernein Initiative 32:02
  33. On being Hindu, a multi-faith chaplain, and taking care of oneself and others 33:46
  34. Paternalistic discrimination and gender inequality 29:46
  35. Gender norms, women’s work, and digital jobs 35:14
  36. Cooperatives, Caste, and Political Economy in Maharashtra 50:22
  37. Noopur, Raagapella, and Bhangra: meet the student groups! 40:48
  38. Care, Kinship, & Cognitive Disability in India 35:53
  39. Habib University and the importance of liberal arts education 46:04
  40. Home in the Field in Rajasthan 45:17
  41. Environmental history and temporality in South Asia 36:00
  42. Periyar: authority, caste, and women’s rights 45:19
  43. Transnational Tibetan Buddhism, Performing Identity, and the 84,000 Project 41:23
  44. Robert Rakove, Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet Invasion 38:47
  45. Gowri Shankar, Protecting King Cobras 35:12
  46. Rabia Saeed: The power of writing, serendipity, and luck 48:51
  47. Isabel Salovaara, Tuition and coaching in Patna 37:00
  48. Aidan Milliff, How people respond to violence 36:20
  49. Shripad “Tulja” Tuljapurkar, Travels and the chili pepper 35:52
  50. Gulika Reddy, Teaching as Advocacy 34:41