Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st Century - Hindus (episode 2 of 3)
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
What does it mean to be a young Hindu in 2024? The world's Hindu population is projected to rise by 34%, by 2050 to nearly 1.4 billion. So how does one of the world’s oldest religions fit with today's world more than 4,000 years after its inception? In the second of three discussion programmes looking at religion in the 21st century, Rajeev Gupta is joined by 36-year-old Indian-born banker Om Dhumatkar who runs a YouTube channel explaining Hindu scripture, 23-year-old Prasiddha Sudhakar, a student of information security at Carnegie Mellon University and 22-year-old Thomas Awad, a student at Cambridge University and follower of the Swaminarayan Hindu sect. With Rajeev, they discuss how they apply ancient traditions in the modern world, the way people respond to their Hindu identity and the things they want others to learn about their faith.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Una Chaplin, and I'm the host of a new podcast called Hollywood Exiles. |
| 0:05.0 | It tells the story of how my grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, and many others, were caught up in a campaign to root out communism in Hollywood. |
| 0:14.8 | Hollywood Exiles from CBC Podcasts and the BBC World Service. |
| 0:19.8 | Find it wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:22.4 | Welcome to the documentary find it wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:22.5 | Welcome to the documentary on the BBC World Service |
| 0:26.4 | and to this special edition of Heart and Soul. |
| 0:29.4 | I'm Regieve Gupta and this is the second in a three-part series exploring religion in the 21st century. |
| 0:37.3 | We're asking young people how they make sense of their faith in today's modern world, especially as much of religious practice comes |
| 0:45.6 | from ancient scripture. |
| 0:47.7 | Now today's episode focuses on a faith that is considered to be the oldest of them all and it's believed to be nearly 4,000 years old. |
| 0:57.0 | Of course I'm talking about Hinduism and having grown up in a Hindu household myself is something I'm very much looking forward to |
| 1:04.7 | discussing with our three guests that we've assembled from all around the world. |
| 1:09.3 | So let's get them to briefly introduce themselves and |
| 1:14.0 | Orm shall we start with you? |
| 1:15.8 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:16.8 | So hi, Namaste, my name is Ome Dumatkar. |
| 1:19.8 | I'm 36 years old and I live and work in London in banking, although I'm currently on |
| 1:24.9 | sabbatical in India, which is where I was born. |
| 1:27.6 | I've been a student of Hindu scripture which we call Shastra for the last 17 years. |
| 1:33.1 | And for the last year or so, I've launched and run |
| 1:36.0 | a YouTube channel which shares wisdom from Shastra |
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