Hinduism
The Documentary Podcast. Nepal: Banished for Bleeding. Audio, 50 minutes
The practice of chhaupadi, in which menstruating women are isolated from community life
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Assignment. India's Silent Terror. Audio, 27 minutes
The rising tide of Hindu extremism that is gripping India
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. India's Silent Terror. Audio, 28 minutes
Jill McGivering reports on the rising tide of Hindu extremism in India.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Nepal's Living Goddess. Audio, 27 minutes
A young Buddhist girl is chosen to host the Hindu goddess Taleju
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Lakshmi. Audio, 47 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted6 April 2016
Heart and Soul. Happy to Bleed. Audio, 27 minutes
Why does the Hindu faith hold menstruation to be such a taboo?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Vivekananda: Bring All Together. Audio, 14 minutes
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of Vivekananda, India’s first global guru.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. The Annihilation of the Demon. Audio, 27 minutes
A Goddess slays a demon in archive broadcast. Why still so popular?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. A Punishment from the Gods? Audio, 27 minutes
Exploring the religious fallout from the earthquake in Nepal
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Shivaji: Dreaming Big. Audio, 15 minutes
The 17th-century warrior-king is today a role model and symbol of Hindu identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Mirabai: I Go the Other Way. Audio, 15 minutes
The life story of the 16th-century mystic poet and one of India's most revered saints.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Kabir: Offender and Offendables. Audio, 15 minutes
Sunil Khilnani profiles Kabir, the 15th-century poet who challenged religious hierarchies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Rajaraja Chola: Cults of the Imagination. Audio, 15 minutes
Sunil Khilnani on the life of Rajaraja Chola, cult figure and self-styled king of kings.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Shankaracharya: A God Without Qualities. Audio, 15 minutes
Sunil Khilnani on the life of Adi Shankaracharya, revered Hindu philosopher and theologian
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
JD Salinger's Spiritual Quest. Audio, 30 minutes
Vishva Samani explores author JD Salinger's enduring relationship with Hindu philosophy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Karma. Audio, 18 minutes
Is Karma fatalism or guidance on how to improve your life?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Hindu Ideas of Creation. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Tendulkar, Hinduism and Living Gods, Tendulkar: The Living God. Audio, 27 minutes
Sachin Tendulkar and the living Gods of Hinduism
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Vivekanand. Audio, 27 minutes
One of India's most famous monks who influenced Gandhi and Nehru
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. India's TV Gurus. Audio, 27 minutes
The gurus passing on their spiritual guidance via India's cable TV stations.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Upanishads. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Upanishads, the sacred texts of Hinduism.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
