In a recent discourse on cultural appropriation in Norway related to the use of a drawing of a Sámi boy in Joika’s meatballs logo and name, I was accused at my university of pursuing identity politics, and given the label of ‘woke’. This criticism was the response to three ...
This article examines the emergent leadership of two female gurus in South Asia who have declared their status as Śaṅkarācāryās (i.e., heads of monastic institutions) based on revelatory experiences. They have done this in order to change patriarchal monastic (akhāṛā) culture and ...