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EP 76: The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands

December 1, 2025 · 45 min

North America looks the way it does today because European settlers took land that Indigenous peoples were already living on. They did this through unfair treaties, wars, forced removal, and taking land by force. Historians call this…
EP 75: South Asians Are Facing A Modern Day Health Crisis

November 13, 2025 · 55 min

This episode could save your life! Across the world, South Asian communities are facing an alarming rise in heart disease, heart attacks, diabetes, and high blood pressure. And it's not just affecting older people. Young people who are…
How Ancient India Ruled The World

May 8, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

If you ask someone what ancient India gave to the world, most people will probably say "yoga." But for over a thousand years, India was an intellectual, cultural, and spiritual centre of the world. From astronomy and art to literature…
EP 73: How Israel Sold 'Homeland Security' to India

April 29, 2025 · 44 min

When we hear the phrase 'homeland security,' we usually think of the United States. But long before 9/11, Israel was already building a model —one based on occupation, surveillance, and control. After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, India…
Deepa Mehta

April 7, 2025 · 45 min

On today's episode of the Brown History Podcast, we sit with Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. Her work is fearless, powerful, and deeply human. Each of her films tells a different story, in a different way—but what ties them all…

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The Making of Indian-Occupied Kashmir

March 18, 2025 · 58 min

When countries in the Global South gained independence from European colonial rule, they didn't fully break away from the systems imposed by their former colonizers. While they became independent nations, they continued to follow the same…
EP 70: Anglo-Indians

October 16, 2024 · 1 hr 22 min

During colonial rule of India, relations between British men and Indian women became regular practice, and over generations a large and growing 'mixed race' community developed. They would come to be known as Anglo-Indians and have their…
EP 69: Kani Kusruti

September 9, 2024 · 44 min

Our guest today is the acclaimed actress Kani Kusruti. Kani garnered widespread recognition when she won the Best Actress award at the Kerala State Film Awards in 2020. Her recent film, All We Imagine as Light, won the prestigious Grand…
EP 68: Kerala and the Arab Gulf

August 21, 2024 · 53 min

Kerala was once one of the poorest states in India. However, in the 1970s, the oil boom in the Gulf sparked a surge in demand for labour which was largely filled by Keralites, thus transforming the fabric of Kerala society forever. When we…
Fatima Farheen Mirza

May 27, 2024 · 41 min

Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming Fatima Farheen Mirza to our podcast. Fatima is the acclaimed author of the New York Times Bestseller novel, 'A Place for Us', which offers a profound and deeply insightful look into the lives of an…
Pakistani Hindus

May 8, 2024 · 1 hr 37 min

Millions of Hindus make up Pakistan's largest non Muslim minority, almost all of whom are underprivileged and live in the province of Sindh. They are treated as second-class citizens and are systematically discriminated in every aspect of…
EP 65: British Asians of the 1970s and 80s

April 9, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min

During the 1970s and 80s in Britain, South Asians came together to protest against the violent racism and injustice they were facing from the government and from rising facist groups like the National Front. These South Asians, held…