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Tackling India’s Air Pollution Crisis
Season 10 Episode 13
Anyone who has even casually glanced at the news over the past several weeks would be hard pressed to miss the plethora of headlines about north Indi…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Downfall of India's Princely States
Season 10 Episode 12
One of the most remarkable episodes in modern Indian history is the story of how the leaders of over 550 sovereign princely states were convinced tha…
2 years, 9 months ago
Demystifying the Indian Supreme Court
Season 10 Episode 11
In recent years, there has a growing concern that the Supreme Court of India is not firing on all cylinders. Critics have argued that the court funct…
2 years, 10 months ago
The India-Canada Conundrum
Season 10 Episode 10
It’s been six weeks since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to the floor of Parliament to announce that Canadian security agencies had evid…
2 years, 10 months ago
India’s Pivot in the Middle East
Season 10 Episode 9
As the fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, the world is bracing for the widening of a conflict that has the potential to escalate quickly …
2 years, 10 months ago
What the Women's Reservation Bill Means for Women
Season 10 Episode 8
In September, India’s parliament passed a long-anticipated piece of legislation, known as the Women’s Reservation Bill.
The bill—which sailed through …
2 years, 10 months ago
What the Solar Revolution Means for India and the World
Season 10 Episode 7
One of the major themes of India’s G20 presidency, which concludes later this year, has been the advancement of an ambitious green transition for the…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Hidden History of Conservative Economics in Post-1947 India
Season 10 Episode 6
Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India is a new book on the Swatantra Party, a leading opposition party that em…
2 years, 11 months ago
An Unconventional History of 20th Century South Asia
Season 10 Episode 5
Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century is a sweeping new book by the historian Joya Chatterji. The book tells the subcontinent's story fr…
2 years, 11 months ago
What the Personal Data Protection Act Means for India
Season 10 Episode 4
This August, India’s parliament passed a landmark piece of legislation, known as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. The new act provides a fra…
2 years, 11 months ago