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Rethinking South Asian Philosophy

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'Rethinking South Asian Philosophy' questions where South Asian philosophy and philosophers sit in today’s complex academic space, and how these ideas are received, challenged and taught in Australia. Hosted by Bhanuraj Kashyap, the series unfolds through conversations with thinkers, academics and cultural voices.

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Rethinking South Asian Philosophy: Nothing is Neutral 18.12.2025 30:34

This final episode of Rethinking South Asian Philosophy asks what philosophy looks like when we take caste, gender and lived experience seriously. Host Bhanuraj Kashyap speaks with Dr Supriya Subramani, Dr Swati Arora and Dr Samiksha Goyal about everyday indignities, Dalit feminist thought, Gandhian ideas of truth, and the limits of Anglophone philosophy, in Australia and beyond. Listen now, on yo...

Rethinking South Asian Philosophy: Caste, mind and the work of liberation 11.12.2025 22:50

Across South Asia, philosophers have asked two enduring questions: What is consciousness? And what shapes the world we live in? In this episode, Bhanuraj Kashyap speaks with Dr Miri Albahari about enlightenment and the claim that pure consciousness is the ground of reality, and with Dr Yarran Hominh and Dr Supriya Subramani on caste, graded inequality and how our social identities are formed. If y...

Rethinking South Asian Philosophy: Where meditation becomes insight 04.12.2025 22:22

How does meditation generate psychological benefits, and can deep meditative experiences open new philosophical insight? In this episode, Associate Professor Bronwyn Finnigan (ANU) and Dr Leesa Davis (Deakin) explore Buddhist approaches to meditation, non-dual philosophies, and the aesthetic and contemplative language of Japanese dry gardens. We also talk about the joy of teaching non-Western phil...

Rethinking South Asian Philosophy: Exploring Ancient Indian Philosophy 27.11.2025 24:18

How do perspectives on the world formed thousands of years ago still shape our worldviews today? In this episode of 'Rethinking South Asian Philosophy', host Bhanuraj Kashyap sits down with Professor Monima Chadha (University of Oxford) and Distinguished Professor Graham Priest (CUNY and University of Melbourne) for a wide-ranging and mind-boggling chat about Ancient Indian philosophy. We discuss...

Rethinking South Asian Philosophy: Exclusion and Diversity in Philosophy 20.11.2025 18:52

Welcome to 'Rethinking South Asian Philosophy', a journey through the world of philosophy and where South Asian philosophy and philosophers currently stand in this complex academic space. In our opening episode, we sit down with Dr. Bryan Mukandi (UOW), Assoc. Prof. Karen Jones (University of Melbourne), and Dr. Helen Ngo (Deakin University) to discuss with them diversity issues within Australian...