If you think of Nazis, white supremacists, the Holocaust, a rabble of Fred Perry-wearing white dudes marching in Charlottesville, Virginia chanting “Jews will not replace us”, we don’t blame you. If your primary source of knowledge about India is your average&nbsp; high school textbook or mass market travel guideyou might also conjure up images of a group of light-skinned Aryans invading India in the hoary past and subjugating the darker skinned people already living there, the invaders imposing their beliefs and culture.&nbsp;In this episode we explain to you the connection between those two sets of imagery and how both are hugely off the mark. Related: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-so-hindu/id1494372037?i=1000608828674" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That's So Hindu interview with Professor Lavanya Vemsani</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

We've got to talk about caste

Want to learn all about Hinduism, the world's oldest and third-largest religion? Like actually understand what karma is? Or what dharma means? Do you want to know what the sacred texts of Hinduism are? Or, maybe, you just want to know why Hindu women wear a dot on their forehead?&nbsp;Or, perhaps, if all Hindus vegetarian?&nbsp;If so, then All About Hinduism is just what you’ve been waiting for. We’ll give you an overview of Hinduism as a lived and contemporary spiritual path.&nbsp;We’ll explore the history of how Hinduism has come to be what it is today: the third-largest and oldest religious tradition in the world.&nbsp;We’ll also clear up some of the misconceptions out there about Hinduism, as well as unflinchingly address some of the more contentious issues in Hinduism’s past and present.&nbsp;Hosted by Mat McDermott and brought to you by the Hindu American Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.