A Desi Woman Podcast hosted by Soniya Gokhale features dynamic, bold thought leaders from all over the world who are on an endless pursuit of self-empowerment, growth & fulfillment. What is a Desi? Desi is a colloquial term that refers to the people & culture of India and its Diaspora. The voices we are seeking for this podcast may be voices you have never heard before, but you are sure to be inspired by them!
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episode 25: A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale: 'Love Jihad' & The Making of a Democratic People- -A Conversation with Renowned Historian, Author & Professor Mrinalini Sinha PhD Part 1
Dr. Mrinalini Sinha is the Alice Freeman Palmer professor in the department of history, and professor in the departments of English language and literature, and of women's studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Sinha has written on various aspects of the political history of colonial India with the focus on anti-colonialism, gender and trans national approaches. Her first book, Colonial Masculinity, the manly Englishman and the effeminate Bengali, sought to combine British and Indian history and brought gender analysis to bear on questions of high politics, to understand a critical moment and the relationship between colonialism and nationalism in India. Her subsequent book, Specters of Mother India, the global restructuring of an empire, explores the post first world war changes in the British empire, especially their implications in India. The book received the Albion Book Prize, awarded annually by the North American Conference on British Studies, and the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize 2007, awarded annually by the American Historical Association. Dr. Sinha has also published widely in journals and in edited collections. She has been a recipient of several fellowships, including from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Sinha has also served as a president of the Association of Asian Studies, a scholarly, nonpolitical, nonprofit, professional association, representing all the regions and countries of Asia and all academic disciplines. In this episode Dr. Sinha discusses populist nationalism and its rise globally but especially in the US under Trump and now in India with recent legislature nicknamed 'Love Jihad'. Dr. Sinha reviews Gandhian visions for India and democracy and the fact that Gandhi asserted that Democracy is not just around a shared identity based on ascribed caste, religion, race, but also on a shared understanding of injustice.