Harsha Venilal Dehejia (born 1938) is an Indo-Canadian allergologist, author, and radio host, and Professor of Indian Studies at Carleton University.
[8] Dehejia continued to engage in numerous civic and cultural activities as well, with The Ottawa Citizen noting in 2003: Although he is a leading allergist in Ottawa, Dr. Dehejia has found time to write books about the poetry and painting and gods of India, host a radio program, An Indian Morning, and teach a course at Carleton University on Hinduism and Classical Indian intellectual traditions.
[2]By that year, Dehehjia was regularly travelling to India, working towards earn his PhD in religion from the University of Bombay and participating in seminars.
[1][2][9] In 2008, Dehejia was one of five recipients of a recognition for community leadership by the Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber.
[4] The following year he published Radhayan, which "explores the many stories that feature Radha," a Hindu goddess.