New Books in South Asian Studies Podcast
1) Subah Dayal, "Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India" (U California Press, 2024)
Dr. Subha Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India (U California Press, ...Show More
2) Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2025)
In Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace (Oxford University Press, 2025), Kolby Hanson argues that these periods of state toleration do not simply change armed groups' behavio...Show More
3) Gen Z Uprising: Youth, Protest and Political Change in Nepal
In early September 2025, Nepal witnessed an extraordinary week of upheaval that many now refer to as the âfive-day revolutionâ. Within the span of a single week, youth-led âGen Zâ protests spread acro...Show More
4) Kenneth R. Valpey, "Yoga and Animal Ethics" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
This open access book,Â ï»żYoga and Animal Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) offers a comprehensive understanding of yoga theory and practice as it bears on several dimensions of animal-related ethical r...Show More
5) Debaditya Bhattacharya, "The Indian University: A Critical History" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)
Is there such a thing as an âIndian universityâ? Is there an âideaâ of an Indian university? Were universities in India living and breathing products of the soil, or were they conceptual imports from ...Show More
6) Sam Dalrymple, "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia" (William Collins, 2025)
Partitionâthe rapid, uncoordinated, and bloody split between India and Pakistan after the Second World Warâremains the central event of South Asian history. But 1947 wasnât the only partition, accordi...Show More
7) Ruth Perini, "Varaha Upanishad: The Path to Supreme Knowledge" (2025)
This conversation examines the newly published translation of the VarÄha UpaniáčŁad, a lesser-known but deeply transformative scripture from the KrÌŁsÌŁnÌŁaâYajurveda, composed between the 13th and 16th ce...Show More
8) Matthew Bowser, "Containing Decolonization: British Imperialism and the Politics of Race in Late Colonial Burma" (Manchester UP, 2025)
In Containing Decolonization: British Imperialism and the Politics of Race in Late Colonial Burma (Manchester University Press, 2025), historian Matthew Bowser examines British imperialism in late col...Show More
9) David McNally, "Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History" (U California Press, 2025)
David McNally's Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History (U California Press, 2025)presents the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery. McNally argues th...Show More
10) Robert Ivermee, "Glorious Failure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India" (Oxford UP, 2025)
This is a powerful new account of a chapter in history that is crucial to understand, yet often overlooked. For 150 years, from the reign of Louis XIV to the downfall of Napoleon, France was an aggres...Show More