From Ambedkar to Modi: The many lives of Buddhism in India | Douglas Ober on Seeking Sangha #1
Since B. R. Ambedkar converted in 1956, Buddhism has become a central reference point in debates about caste and Brahminical dominance. How did a religion that began in antiquity grow into a modern political and intellectual movement?
In the first episode of Seeking Sangha, a special focus series on What's Your ISM?, The News Minute Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal speaks to historian and author Douglas Ober about his book Dust on the Throne and the rediscovery of Buddhism in British colonial times.
They discuss Buddhist modernity, Ambedkar’s engagement with Buddhism, the relationship between…
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