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The stars are aligned this week. Its a week for Holi, Ramadan and Good Friday, which is a perfect way to showcase how many faiths in Kolkata exist ...
- Added: Mar 26, 2024
- Length: 06:00
If Brahman is all and all is Brahman, is there still room for stuff like tables, chairs, and wombats?
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 53:59
River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals.
- Added: May 22, 2023
- Length: 06:00
While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 07, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Durga Puja is Kolkata's biggest festival. But this year its art is more in focus because it's just got the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage tag.
- Added: Sep 29, 2022
- Length: 06:00
There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga.
- Added: Sep 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
As the monsoons recede the time has come for Ganesh.
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 06:00
This week on the show: Indonesia is at a crossroads. The predominantly muslim country that was once hailed for its religious tolerance and diversi...
- Added: Apr 11, 2019
- Length: 30:00
The Varkaris, farmers turned piligrims, are said to be the world’s oldest and largest people’s movement as they walk for weeks from their homes to ...
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Soto Zen Priest, Brad Warner, talks about Zen, zazen, and Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Zen Master.
- Added: Dec 30, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 05:59
In this part of Oakland, deep potholes and trash mark the street. But then, there’s this perfectly manicured shrine. It’s an elaborate structure, d...
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 10:11
Everyone knows that yoga comes from India and is an integral part of the Hindu tradition. But now, it seems everyone wants a piece of it. A new exh...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 1
This story was the was voted the winner at Bring Your Own on June 6th, 2012. The theme that night was Undercover, where storytellers told of their...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 15, 2012
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
Surinder Singh (L) and his son Rupinder (R) talk about their lives as Sikhs in the U.S. and Canada.
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 2
As self-immolations continue in Tibet, producer Rebecca Novick speaks with Dr. Robert Barnett, Director of the Modern Tibet Studies Program at Col...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
A Tibetan writer tries to make sense of sex, gender issues and relationships in exile.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 05:08
Desperation leads to dramatic self-immolations in Tibet. Tibetan reporter Lhakpa Kyizom reports from Dharamsala, India.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 06:40
After visiting Tibet, Chinese journalist Zhu Rui underwent a personal transformation, from critic of Tibetan society to one of its most passionate ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 06:45
This Buddhist monk from Tibet went from learning how to switch a computer on to programming sophisticated, innovative software all on his own in ju...
- Added: Jan 03, 2011
- Length: 05:52
The Dalai Lama's former religious assistant and translator gives practical tips on how to spot a fake guru.
- Added: Dec 16, 2010
- Length: 06:45
Kim Phuc, best known as the girl in the Vietnam War napalm-bombing picture, believes in forgiveness.
Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KBGA 89.9 FM
- Added: Aug 05, 2008
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 3
Emerging Tibetan Buddhist teacher, the 17th Karmapa makes first historic visit to the US
- Added: Jun 29, 2008
- Length: 17:01
On the 14th night of the Indian calendar, Hindus gather for one of their most significant religious celebrations. Vinita Singla reports from Flushi...
- Added: May 23, 2008
- Length: 02:49
- Added: Jan 31, 2008
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 1
