Brown Pundits

A discussion about all things brown, aka desi or South Asian.

Brocast: Fitness and weight in 2024 08/14/2024

Brocast: Fitness and weight in 2024 Amit, Amey and Razib revisit their health trajectory since 2020, and the optimum mix of dieting and working out to be fit in the 21st century. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/32569912

Bangladesh's New Order and the end of the Shiek Hasina regime 08/08/2024

Bangladesh's New Order and the end of the Shiek Hasina regime Omar Ali, Jyoti Rahman, Shafiqur Rahman, Karol Karpinski and Razib Khan discuss the end of the Sheikh Hasina regime. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/32493812

Color revolution in Bangladesh? 08/06/2024

Color revolution in Bangladesh? Amey, Karol, Paulasta and Omari Ali react to the overthrow of Sheik Hasina as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/32454122

A Conversation on World Cinema 08/01/2024

A Conversation on World Cinema KJ and Bansi dive into the captivating world of non-English, non-Indian cinema, exploring hidden gems and diverse stories from across the globe. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/32384097

A Catch-up with Major Amin 07/16/2024

A Catch-up with Major Amin It's 2024 and Major Amin shares his thoughts on what's happening with Dr Omar Ali. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/32160157

Ashvamedha Interrupted 06/08/2024

Ashvamedha Interrupted In this podcast we gathered together a band of brownpundits (Mukunda Raghavan, Srikanth Krishnamachary, Maneesh Taneja, Gaurav Lele, KJ and myself) and talked about the Indian elections in details. As expected the BJP's setbacks get a lot of play, but we discuss much more than that and hope to follow up with more focused episodes on some issues (such as the future of Hindu Nationalism). How many fires are there, how many suns? How many dawns? How many waters? I ask this, O fathers, not to challenge. O Sages, I ask it to know (RigVeda Book 10, hymn 88) /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/31659812

The origin of Indo-Europeans and Indians 05/14/2024

The origin of Indo-Europeans and Indians Amey and Razib talk about a new paper, , and its relevance to the origins of Indians. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/31285407

Brown Pundits Talk to Indic Explorer 04/08/2024

Brown Pundits Talk to Indic Explorer Mukunda and Omar talk to Vineet on Indic Modernity. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/30733248

Brown Pundits on 2024 Elections in India. 04/08/2024

Brown Pundits on 2024 Elections in India. Omar, Mukunda, Maneesh, Gaurav and KJ have a freewheeling chat on the upcoming elections in India. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/30730778

A Conversation on Politics in Tamil Nadu 04/05/2024

A Conversation on Politics in Tamil Nadu Omar and Maneesh talk to K Jayaraman on political movements and the political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/30696508

Dr Omar Ali on the latest in Pakistan 02/04/2024

Dr Omar Ali on the latest in Pakistan It's election time in and Maneesh speaks to Dr Omar Ali on the latest in Pakistan /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/29790653

Bangladesh 2023 status update 11/19/2023

Bangladesh 2023 status update On this episode of the Browncast Amey and Razib talk about Bangladesh with Karol, our Polish economist South Asia expert who lived in Bangladesh for two years and is fluent in Bengali. Karol discusses the upcoming elections, the role of party politics in Bangladeshi life, and Bangladesh's role in the geopolitics of the region. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/28704243

Conversation with Christine Fair 10/21/2023

Conversation with Christine Fair Omar and Mukunda talk to Prof. Christine Fair on state of affairs in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan and her upcoming book. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/28381241

Israel and India: a new love affair? 10/17/2023

Israel and India: a new love affair? Amey and Razib talk about the philoSemitism of Indians, and the pivot to Israel of the BJP. Amey discusses the longstanding role of Jews on the Konkan coast, the pro-Palestinian stance inherited from Nehru, but eventually pivoted away by the BJP do to Indo-Israeli cooperation and the 2008 Mumbai attacks. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/28347617

Discussion with Vamsee Juluri 09/28/2023

Discussion with Vamsee Juluri In this podcast, Omar and Mukunda talk to popular author, columnist and intellectual Vamsee Juluri. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/28165385

A Maratha on Sri Lankan Genetics, Casteism, Immigrating to America and Dalrymple 09/13/2023

A Maratha on Sri Lankan Genetics, Casteism, Immigrating to America and Dalrymple Amey returns to the Browncast to do a "bro caste" on genetics in Sri Lanka, casteism in America and India and the new legislation in California, talk about his immigration odyssey and how it's stacked against Indians, and finally, how William Dalrymple gives Marathas short shrift. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/28018671

Castes of the American Mind 07/19/2023

Castes of the American Mind BPers Razib Khan and Mukunda Raghavan chat with Pushpita Prasad and Sudha Jagannathan of the discuss the newfound relevance of caste in the USA, and how a toxic brew up self-interest, identity politics and social justice have caught Indian Americans in a vortex of anti-discrimination legislation. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/27515298

Frank talks to Akshar and Omar about modern India, the Nehruvian elite and the evolution of the Hindutva phase in Indian politics 06/17/2023

Frank talks to Akshar and Omar about modern India, the Nehruvian elite and the evolution of the Hindutva phase in Indian politics /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/27180324

History and Evolution of Malayalam Cinema 06/04/2023

History and Evolution of Malayalam Cinema Arun speaks to Maneesh on the history and evolution of Malayalam Cinema. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/27038283

Major Amin on the Current Situation in Pakistan: May 2023 05/12/2023

Major Amin on the Current Situation in Pakistan: May 2023 Status update, May 2023. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26826138

Pakistan Crisis: The Arrest of Imran Khan 05/11/2023

Pakistan Crisis: The Arrest of Imran Khan Maneesh speaks to Dr Omar Ali in the aftermath of Imran Khan's arrest. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26807316

Episode 22 - The British East India Company 04/23/2023

Episode 22 - The British East India Company In this episode, Shrikant, Gaurav and Omar talk to Maneesh about the beginning and consolidation of British East India rule in India. We end the episode on the 1857 revolt. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26623128

Major Amin on the Current Crisis in Pakistan 04/19/2023

Major Amin on the Current Crisis in Pakistan Dr Omar Ali speaks to Major Amin on the current crisis in Pakistan. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26588523

A Conversation on Caste with Dr. Prakash Shah 04/17/2023

A Conversation on Caste with Dr. Prakash Shah Dr Prakash Shah, Reader in Culture and Law at School of Law Queen Mary University of London, talks to Dr Ali on the framework of studying caste in India and it's colonial antecedents. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26562300

Conversation with Chitra Iyer: Founder- Space2Grow A Social Impact Firm 04/13/2023

Conversation with Chitra Iyer: Founder- Space2Grow A Social Impact Firm Chitra Iyer, Co-founder and CEO of Space2Grow, talks to Maneesh about Anti Child Trafficking, Digital Safety and making Indians employable. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26532639

Episode 21: South India Post Vijayanagar Empire till 1857 04/01/2023

Episode 21: South India Post Vijayanagar Empire till 1857 Shrikanth talks to Maneesh about the History of South India post Vijayanagar kingdom till the year 1857. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26413266

Conversation with Pooja Sharma: Founder The Sarvodya Collective 03/27/2023

Conversation with Pooja Sharma: Founder The Sarvodya Collective Maneesh is in a freewheeling conversation with Pooja Sharma, founder of The Sarvodya Collective. A NPO working to build awareness and allyship for Neurodiversity as a cause. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26355084

Episode 20: Europeans in India 03/26/2023

Episode 20: Europeans in India Prathamesh and Omar talk to Maneesh about Europeans in India. This a precursor to a dedicated episode on the history of British in India. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26341032

Conversation with Prof. Aseem Shrivastava 03/13/2023

Conversation with Prof. Aseem Shrivastava Omar and Maneesh talk to Aseem on Ecospohy and the challenges posed by Modernity. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26206182

Episode 19 - The Rajputs 03/11/2023

Episode 19 - The Rajputs In this episode, we discuss the Rajputs - their origins, wars and alliances in the medieval time. The speakers are Jay Vardhan Singh, Gaurav Lele and Maneesh Taneja. /episode/index/show/brownpundits/id/26196492

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