The podcast
Notes from Kishangarh.
Slow conversations with readers, scholars, and other careful thinkers — extending the book one question at a time.
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Notes from Kishangarh
▶Latest episode · April 14, 2026
Was the Samudra Manthan a literal event or a method for invention?
A conversation with Dr. Lata Iyer, Sanskrit scholar at Pondicherry, about reading the great churning of the ocean not as myth but as the oldest documented method for how a civilization invents.
52 minutes · With Dr. Lata Iyer · Full transcript →
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What did India understand about consciousness that the modern world is rediscovering?
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Why this book exists — a conversation with my editor
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A trailer, and a note about how this podcast will not work
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