# New Books in South Asian Studies Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341.md RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT2660294853 Official site: https://newbooksnetwork.com Author: New Books Network Episodes: 1412 ## Resource This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341.md ## Episodes - [Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/aditi-chandra-unruly-monuments-disrupting-the-state-at-delhi-s-islamic-architecture-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-07-01T08:00:00+00:00 - [Caste and Music with T.M. Krishna](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/caste-and-music-with-t-m-krishna) — 2026-06-29T08:00:00+00:00 - [Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/christian-environmentalism-in-a-hindu-majoritarian-context) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00 - [Hamsa Stainton and Anna Lee White, "Sanskrit Hymns Across Traditions: Studying Stotras" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/hamsa-stainton-and-anna-lee-white-sanskrit-hymns-across-traditions-studying-stotras-routledge-2026) — 2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00 - [Carola E. Lorea, "Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal" (Wesleyan UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/carola-e-lorea-communities-of-sound-religion-displacement-and-caste-in-the-bay-of-bengal-wesleyan-up-2026) — 2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00 - [Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026) — 2026-06-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Shikha Jhingan, "The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema: Voice, Body, Technology" (Wayne State UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/shikha-jhingan-the-female-playback-in-bombay-cinema-voice-body-technology-wayne-state-up-2025) — 2026-06-09T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/the-diasporic-hindu-right-with-savera) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ashok Malhotra, "Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri La, 1900-1969" (UCL Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/ashok-malhotra-imperial-science-the-organic-movement-and-the-path-to-shangri-la-1900-1969-ucl-press-2026) — 2026-06-06T08:00:00+00:00 - [Bruno Shirley, "Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka: The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070-1215" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/bruno-shirley-religion-gender-and-politics-in-medieval-sri-lanka-the-reconstruction-of-buddhist-kingship-ca-1070-1215-arc-humanities-press-2026) — 2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00 - [Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/amrita-chowdhury-and-ujaan-ghosh-trans-baidehisha-bilasa-the-amorous-plays-of-sita-s-husband-wide-open-window-books-2025) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00 - [Rahul Mukherjee, "Unlimited: Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution" (MIT Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/rahul-mukherjee-unlimited-aspirational-politics-and-mobile-media-distribution-mit-press-2026) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00 - [India’s 2026 State Elections and Indian Democracy?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/india-s-2026-state-elections-and-indian-democracy) — 2026-05-29T08:00:00+00:00 - [Patrick S. D. McCartney, "Sanskrit-Speaking' Villages, Linguistic Utopias and the Metaphysics of Development" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/patrick-s-d-mccartney-sanskrit-speaking-villages-linguistic-utopias-and-the-metaphysics-of-development-routledge-2026) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00 - [Shefalee Vasudev, "Stories We Wear: Status, Spectacle and the Politics of Appearance" (Westland Non-Fiction, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/shefalee-vasudev-stories-we-wear-status-spectacle-and-the-politics-of-appearance-westland-non-fiction-2025) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00 - [Kanika Singh, "The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/kanika-singh-the-story-of-a-sikh-museum-heritage-politics-popular-culture-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00 - [Dalit Feminism with Thenmozhi Soundararajan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/dalit-feminism-with-thenmozhi-soundararajan) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00 - [Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector" (Stanford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/erica-bornstein-a-revolution-of-rules-the-regulatory-reform-of-india-s-nonprofit-sector-stanford-up-2025) — 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/shyam-ranganathan-moral-philosophy-and-de-colonialism-the-irrationality-of-oppression-bloomsbury-academic-2026) — 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [Sumana Roy, "Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal" (Oxford UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/sumana-roy-plant-thinkers-of-twentieth-century-bengal-oxford-up-2024) — 2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00 - [Nayantara Srinivasan, "The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/nayantara-srinivasan-the-brick-and-mortar-bookstore-in-contemporary-india-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-05-17T08:00:00+00:00 - [T. V. Paul, "The Unfinished Quest: India's Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi" (Oxford UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/t-v-paul-the-unfinished-quest-india-s-search-for-major-power-status-from-nehru-to-modi-oxford-up-2024) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00 - [Kenneth G. Zysk, "South Asian Animal Divination: A Critical Anthology" (Brill, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/kenneth-g-zysk-south-asian-animal-divination-a-critical-anthology-brill-2025) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00 - [Caste and Urbanization with Malini Ranganathan and Juned Shaikh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/caste-and-urbanization-with-malini-ranganathan-and-juned-shaikh) — 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Sumita Mukherjee, "Imperial Footprints: A History of South Asian Child Migrants in Britain" (Hurst, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-south-asian-studies-313341/sumita-mukherjee-imperial-footprints-a-history-of-south-asian-child-migrants-in-britain-hurst-2026) — 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.