# Invading the Sacred: Academia's Bias Against Hinduism Parts 1 & 2

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Podcast: [Common Threads: An Interfaith Dialogue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-threads-an-interfaith-dialogue-450462)
Published: 2026-03-16T04:10:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wgvunews.org/programs/common-threads
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## Resource

Another classic from our radio archives that we recently discovered, these 2009 episodes involve a conversation with Ravi Joshi of Medha Journal. While most often our interviews are with the actual authors, this time we analyze a book that was written by someone else. Invading the Sacred is the seminal work of Rajiv Malhotra, a longtime critic of how Hindu Dharma is taught at the college level. It's a riveting discussion that unveils a prejudice that few outside of the Hindu community are aware of. Theme music "Nigal."

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