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Dr. Raj Balkaran

@DrRajBalkaran

Scholar of Sanskrit Literature. Public Intellectual. Wizard. Online Educator. Founder @ The Indian Wisdom School. Tutor @ochsoxford. Podcaster @NewBooksNetwork.

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Check out my New Books Network 📚 interview with Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman of UC Berkeley about their new book from Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s, “The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation.”

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Check out my recent New Books Network 📚 conversation with renowned Sanskritist and online teacher Antonia Ruppel on her love of the language, teaching philosophy, views on academia, and online programs.

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Peter Scharf, President of the Sanskrit Library, about his recent work from @Routledge, “Ramopakhyana: The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 conversation with Prof. Gavin Flood of University of Oxford about his new insights on tantra, soon to be released in an upcoming publication stemming from his teaching at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Ben Campell  of Sacramento State about his recently translated work from Tripurā Tallikā, “The Cidvilāsastava of Amṛtānanda.”

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Check out my recent New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Patrick Olivelle of UT Austin about his new book from @YalePress, “Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Dr. Pravina Rodrigues  of Starr King School for the Ministry about her new book from Lexington Publishers (@RLPGBooks), “A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology: Upside Down, Inside Out.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Shakuntala Gawde about her new book from Dev Publishers, “Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana: Selected Episodes from the Tenth Skandha.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with ProfPankaj Jain पंकज जैन, Ph.D. of FLAME University and Jeffery Long of Elizabethtown College about their new book from Rowman & Littlefield, “Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 discussion with EricaBaffelli, Alexander van der Haven, and Michael Stausberg about Religious Minorities Online, the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide.

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Check out my new @NewBooksNetwork discussion with @erica_baffelli, Alexander van der Haven, and @MiStausberg about Religious Minorities Online, the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide. Available now on all podcast platforms! newbooksnetwork.com/religious-mino…
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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Laurie L. Patton, President of Middlebury College, about her new book from UChicagoPress, “Who Owns Religion? Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 conversation with Ute Hüsken and Nicole Merkel-Hilf about the fascinating Open Access and print on demand Ethno-Indology series now published at HASP - Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing.

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Ina Marie Lunde Ilkama of USN about her new book from HASP - Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, “The Play of the Feminine: Navarātri in Kanchipuram.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Knut A. Jacobsen of University of Bergen UiB about his new book from Oxford University Press, “The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diasporas.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Michael Stausberg (@MiStausberg) of Universitetet i Bergen about his new book from Oxford University Press, “Religions, Mumbai Style: Events-Media-Spaces.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. Jeffery D. Long (@hinduprof) of Elizabethtown College about his new book from Bloomsbury Academic, “Discovering Indian Philosophy.”

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In case you missed it: Check out my New Books Network 📚 interview with Ricardo Sousa Silvestre, Alan Constantine Herbert, and Benedikt Paul Göcke their new book from Routledge Books, “Vaiṣṇava Concepts of God.”

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Out now: My new New Books Network 📚 interview with Dr. Jon Paul Sydnor of Emmanuel College and Dr. Anthony J. Watson of The Kinkaid School about their new book from Rowman & Littlefield, “Nondualism: An Interreligious Exploration.”

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Check out my new New Books Network 📚 interview with Prof. David J. Brick of University of Michigan about his new book from Oxford University Press, “Widows Under Hindu Law.”

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This week Indy Rishi Singh featured me as a guest on the Political Hope podcast. We discussed the relevance of ancient Sanskrit texts to the modern political world, drawing on his new research on International Humanitarian Law and the ethics of war.

Episode available now!

This week @indyrishisingh featured me as a guest on the Political Hope podcast. We discussed the relevance of ancient Sanskrit texts to the modern political world, drawing on his new research on International Humanitarian Law and the ethics of war. Episode available now!
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