This podcast is a conversation with Prof. Vamsee Juluri who teaches Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. We address the challenge of communicating with young people and children who are being told by everyone and everything around them that Hinduism is regressive, patriarchal and casteist. Prof. Juluri brings his vast experience in analysing media and the nature of modern communication to make us aware of the forces at play. He takes a recent example in the news to demonstrate the use of precise and effective communication rather than fall back thoughtlessly on dismissive phrases we hear on social media (buzzwords like leftist, woke, right-wing, Marxism etc). He explains to us how words are not just tools we use, but forces which end up using us, if we are not careful. Once we know what we are up against, what can we do? Can we learn communication skills? We must look to preserve intergenerational bonds, and be open to learning. For more on what we can do, listen to the full podcast in which Professor Juluri shares his unique insight into communication within families and the road ahead. General Information: Subscribers are requested to look for The Hindu Parenting notification emails for new podcasts/posts in their email promotions/spam tab and personally move these into the main inbox. Thereafter all posts will be delivered to their main inbox. Thank you! For questions that you’d like us to address, please use the form below: Hindu Parenting Questions For comments and suggestions, please use the comments tab or write to us at [email protected] Please note that questions will not be answered on email. Do subscribe to our substack and follow us on our social media handles Twitter: hinduparenting Instagram: hinduparenting Telegram: t.me/hinduparenting Threads: hinduparenting Facebook: facebook.com/hinduparenting Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/hinduparenting Koo: hinduparenting The opinions expressed by guests on The Hindu Parenting Podcast are their personal opinions and Hindu Parenting does not assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, completeness, suitability or validity of anything shared on our platform by them. Copyright belongs to Hindu Parenting. Get full access to Hindu Parenting at hinduparenting.substack.com/subscribe