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Welcome to another immersive episode of Dariyaa, your go-to podcast for deep dives into the captivating world of politics, culture, society, and policy.

In this episode, Srushti and Omer, Hosts of Dariyaa are in conversation with, Dr. SherAli Tareen, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, discussing his groundbreaking new book on the complex intra-Muslim debates surrounding Hindu-Muslim friendship and political theology in South Asia during the 18th to 20th centuries.

Dr. Tareen argues that the loss of Muslim political sovereignty under colonialism led to a heightened emphasis on embodied practices and "markers of distinction" as a means of asserting Muslim identity and supremacy. He explores how Muslim scholars of diverse ideological persuasions engaged with the Islamic legal tradition and colonial modernity to articulate competing visions of Islam and inter-religious relations.

Through a close reading of fascinating historical figures and texts, Dr. Tareen reveals the nuanced logics and internal contestations that shaped Muslim thought during this transformative period. He challenges simplistic binaries of "good" and "bad" Muslims, calling for a deeper, more empathetic engagement with voices that defy modern liberal categories.

At a time of rising Islamophobia and Hindu nationalism in South Asia, Dr. Tareen shows how these historical debates over the boundaries of friendship and cultural exchange continue to resonate powerfully with contemporary controversies, from cow vigilantism to the Citizenship Amendment Act.

For anyone seeking a more nuanced understanding of the role of Islam in South Asian history and politics, this podcast offers a wealth of insights and provocations. Join us for a stimulating exploration of sovereignty, translation, tradition, and the unexpected afterlives of colonial-era Muslim thought.

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Introduction: Welcome to another immersive episode of Dariyaa, your go-to podcast for deep dives into the captivating world of politics, culture, society, and policy. I

In this episode with Dr. Hadia Mubarak, we discuss her book, 'Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Quranic Commentaries'. In this book, she examines how colonialism, nationalism, and modernization catalyzed new perspectives on women in the Qur'an. Dr. Mubarak focuses on Tafsīr al-Manār, Fī Zilāl al-Qur'an, and al-Tahrīr wa'l-Tanwīr, placing them in dialogue with medieval commentaries spanning from the ninth to the fourteenth centuries. This comparative analysis encompasses verses addressing neglectful husbands (4:128), rebellious wives (4:34), polygyny (4:3), and divorce (2:228).

Contrary to viewing the exegetical tradition as uniformly patriarchal, Dr. Mubarak's work reveals a nuanced and evolving tradition with diverse interpretations of women and gender in the Qur'an. Rather than dichotomizing the Qur'an as egalitarian and the exegetical tradition as patriarchal, she advocates for a critical engagement with tafsīr studies in understanding women and gender in Islam.

Dr. Hadia Mubarak is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queens University of Charlotte, where she teaches courses on Islam, comparative scriptures, women and gender in the Muslim world, the history of Islam in America, and religious representation in popular culture. Some of her other publications include, “Gender and Qurʾanic Exegesis” in The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender, ed. Justine Howe (Brill, 2020); “Change Through Continuity: A Case Study of Q. 4:34 in Ibn ʿĀshūr’s Al-Taḥrīr wa-l-Tanwīr” (Journal of Qurʾanic Studies 20.1 February 2018); and “Breaking the Interpretive Monopoly: A Re-Examination of Verse 4:34” (Hawwa 2.3).

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Introduction: Welcome to another immersive episode of Dariyaa, your go-to podcast for deep dives into the captivating world of politics, culture, society, and policy.

The anthropologist Samuli Schielke suggests that scholarship on the anthropology of Islam has put too much emphasis on Islam itself. He warns against the risk of essentialism, where one aspect of a Muslim's life, such as moments of piety, are portrayed as representative of their entire experience. Schielke argues that for most individuals, moral subjectivities are marked by ambiguity and a range of reference points rather than being neatly coherent.

He argues that while the ‘piety turn’ has guided numerous innovative studies, it seems to overlook crucial inquiries concerning everyday religious and moral practices, particularly the ambiguity, inconsistencies, and fluidity inherent in people's lives that do not neatly fit into a single tradition.

In this conversation, we speak to Dr. Sertac Sehlikoglu to understand as to where her scholarship is situated within this debate and the contribution it makes to the existing arguments. Dr. Sehlikoglu is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London. She is a social anthropologist specialising in subjectivity, gender, and sexuality in the Middle East. Her work often focuses on the intangible aspects of human subjectivity that enable humans to change and transform social life.

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A war is never a mere conflict or struggle between two or more people or communities. It is larger than that. It starts way before it has actually began and ends way after its designated termination.

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world's most enduring conflicts, with the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching 54 years of conflict. While a lot of scholars also deem that the conflict has a history of more than 100 years.

Rashid Khalidi's 100 Years' War on Palestine is one such account that elaborates the history of the region not from the observers standpoint but from the first person's experiences. Khalidi explains how the conflict in Palestine is a waged war and why Palestinians continue to pose a stiff challenge to Israel’s growing ambitions.

To dive further into the other perspective of the conflict our host @chauhanritika_ conversates with Dr Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.
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Hosted By Ritika Chauhan

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In This Episode Of Unslant We Talk To Elizabeth Becker to discuss her book "You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War". She was a war correspondent for The Washington Post in Cambodia and a correspondent for The New York Times. She has also served as NPR’s senior editor for the foreign desk and has authored various other books covering aspects of war in Vietnam and Cambodia.
This book features the stories of three female war correspondents: all in the backdrop of the Vietnam War and how the kind of stories they covered broke the official and cultural barriers to women covering war.
In this episode with Elizabeth Becker, our aim was to basically explore how mainstream narratives or public perceptions around wars and conflicts are shaped by who tells the story, what is being told in those stories and how we receive them.

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In today’s episode of Masala Trails, we explore the fusion based music platform Coke Studio- its inception, significance, and reception. Coke Studio has brought a social movement in the realm of music industry by fusing the global and the local. It also appeals deeply to the emotional sensibilities of the South Asian populace.

Ms. Makhfi has explored various aspects of Coke Studio Pakistan in her article “Coke Studio Pakistan: An Ode to Eastern Music with a Western Touch.” The political pretext underlying the foundation of Coke Studio is discussed in her article and we deal with it in detail in this episode.

Shahwar Kibria Makhfi is a PHD scholar at UCLA Herp Albert School of Music. She is also an ethnographer and qualitative researcher working with Muslim hereditary practitioners of Islamic liturgical and non-liturgical music in Uttar Pradesh.

In this episode, she focuses on the continuities and changes between the compositions of Coke Studio and earlier Islamic musical traditions.

You can find Ms. Shahwar Kibria Makhfi here: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/shahwar-kibria-maqhfi/

Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia.We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ergostudiosin@gmail.com Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform.

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Episode Hosted By Srushti Sharma

Originally Published for Masala Trails on 27/08/23

In this episode, Dr. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst delves into how Indian Muslims were portrayed, perceived, and essentialised after the Revolt of 1857. She argues that it is not enough to merely view the Great Rebellion through the lens of political or military history, as both its origins and impacts have been commonly explained in terms of religion. Dr. Morgenstein Fuerst explains how the Rebellion has been discursively constructed as a series of actions associated with or influenced by religion, particularly Islam, and specifically connected to the concept of jihad. She argues that this pivotal moment in Indian history continues to have an enduring influence, and despite its prominent position in historical accounts, the role of the Rebellion in facilitating the development of a categorical, racialized, and minoritized definition of Muslims, has not been adequately explored. Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia. We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ⁠ergostudiosin@gmail.com⁠ . Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us. Email: ⁠ergostudiosin@gmail.com⁠ Website : ⁠www.ergostudios.net⁠ Insta : @ergo_studios Twitter: @ergo_studios Support Masala Trails: If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us, you can buy us a virtual coffee through our 'Buy Me a Coffee' page. Your contribution directly fuels the production and growth of Ergo Studios, Join us on this intellectual journey by visiting ⁠https://bmc.link/MasalaTrails⁠ and show your support today! Produced By Ergo Studios Hosted By Saniya Ahmad Production and Edited by Abhay

Originally published for Masala Trails on 06/08/2023

In this episode, we talk to Dr Uther Charlton-Stevens to discuss the themes of his book ‘Anglo India and the End of Empire’. Drawing from Uther’s expertise, the episode explores the complex identities of Anglo-Indians in colonial India, the impact of the political decisions of the British on their lives, their interaction with different phases of the nationalist movements and the social complexities of the Indian and European societies that contributed to shaping the Anglo-Indian community. Uther Charlton-Stevens is a lecturer at the Department of History, University of Hong Kong, teaching courses on the British Empire and the Second World War. His latest book – Anglo-India and the End of Empire – is available directly from Hurst Publishers, UK, and Oxford University Press, USA, and from Amazon. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Charlton-Stevens’ first book - Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia - was published as part of the Royal Asiatic Society Books series by Routledge, UK, and is now available in paperback. Charlton-Stevens earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he read Modern History as an undergraduate. Having begun his research on military technology transfers between Europe and Asia during his Master’s in Global History at the London School of Economics, his historical writing has since focused on his father's community of ‘mixed-race’ Anglo-Indians in colonial India and Burma (modern Myanmar), and similar groups of Eurasians in other former British colonies in Asia, including Singapore and his own hometown of Hong Kong. Join us as we embark on this captivating journey, where we bridge the gap between academia and public discourse, shedding light on the history, implications, and significance of caste in South Asia. We invite you to engage with us on social media, share your thoughts and experiences, and join the conversation. You can write to us on ⁠ergostudiosin@gmail.com⁠ . Your support is invaluable, so please consider leaving a review or feedback for us. Email: ⁠ergostudiosin@gmail.com⁠ Website : ⁠www.ergostudios.net⁠ Insta : @ergo_studios Twitter: @ergo_studios Support Masala Trails: If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us, you can buy us a virtual coffee through our 'Buy Me a Coffee' page. Your contribution directly fuels the production and growth of Ergo Studios, Join us on this intellectual journey by visiting ⁠https://bmc.link/MasalaTrails⁠ and show your support today! Produced By Ergo Studios Hosted By Ritika Chauhan Production and edited by Abhay

Originally Published for Masala Trails on 18/07/2023