What an absolute pleasure it was to host Dr. Anna Bigelow and Ambika Sahay on Chaitime today! Click the link to enjoy our conversation about SALA 2024, a vibrant celebration of culture and creativity! 🎧✨

Ambika, Founder and Executive Director of the Art Forum, excels in innovative events, while Dr. Bigelow, Director of the Center for South Asia Global Studies at Stanford, specializes in Islamic Studies and South Asian religious traditions.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets and be part of this incredible cultural extravaganza!

Fontwala - An exploration of language, scripts, technology and South Asian identity

ChaiTime Radio is a weekly Stanford-based radio show celebrating global arts, literature, music, film, and culture. With more than 2.13 million streams across 100+ countries, the program reaches a worldwide audience through KZSU, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and SoundCloud. Over the years, ChaiTime has featured an extraordinary range of artists, thought leaders, musicians, authors, social reformers, and academics, including Begum Parveen Sultana, Javed Akhtar, Padma Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Anna Hazare, Suresh Wadkar, Kailash Kher, Mahesh Kale, Shaan, Rajdeep Sardesai, and numerous distinguished scholars from Stanford University and the University of California system.

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