This unit will give you an opportunity to think about some of the key concepts and methods of the discipline of Religious Studies. You will meet examples of different forms of religious practice and belief, mostly from Britain and India. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported ...

For 87+ years, Bengalis all over India tune into Mahisasur Mardini - a radio program in the voice of the legendary, Birendra Krishna Bhadra and listen to Mahalaya – a chant sung in praise of the Goddess during Durga Puja. This year, BIG FM ushers in a new tradition by recreating this classic in the voice of Swagato Laxmi, a Bengali musician and exponent of Rabindra Sangeet in an attempt to bring forward a change in the society and showcase equality and inclusiveness. A tune that will bring f ...

When I was working in the frontline, ie, reporting from the base, we never had any records of that. But the experiences were much more thrilling, first-hand, dangerous than today's copy-paste age of digitalization. But we have no records. No photos. No videos. Google too doesn't have them. We have the recordings in our heads. Welcome to my podcast, where I will be revisiting these thrilling experiences and encounters, and will be interviewing many of my colleagues who's had such experiences, ...