Dr. Mandakranta Bose is a professor emerita at the Institute of Asian Research at UBC. Her recent book, Women in the Hindu Tradition: Rules, Roles and Exceptions was the subject of an October interview in the Institute’s Behind the Book series.
In the interview, Dr. Bose describes how the Hindu tradition has attempted to define the feminine in its spiritual aspects and set down the roles of women in society. The book is based on a series of lectures she gave at Oxford University in 2006.
This is the fourth interview in the Behind the Book series. Throughout the year, Behind the Book interviews are available on the IAR’s video gallery. Some also will appear in the Asia Pacific Memo series. To find all the videos created by the IAR, visit the Asia Pacific Memo YouTube channel.
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