Hindu At Heart: Aditi Banerjee

03/14/24 • 91 min

In this episode, the first of our Hindu At Heart series of interviews, Indu Viswanathan speaks with author Aditi Banerjee on a wide range of issues: Hindu sacred geography in Ayodhya and Varanasi, growing up Hindu in America, and a variety of other topics.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Viriah, Krishna Gubli

Making Children Hinduphobic: A Critical Review of McGraw Hill’s World History Textbooks, Kundan Singh, Krishna Maheshwari

Sanatana Dharma and Plantation Hinduism: Exploration and Reflections of an Indian Guyanese Hindu, Ramesh Gampat

Modern World History HMH Social Studies 2018 — used in John Adams High School Queens NY

American History HMH Social Studies 2018 — used in John Adams High School Queens NY

Fred Stella goes to Guyana, hears that Hindu gods are demons

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