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Breaking Down India’s Budget
Season 7 Episode 3
On February 1, the Union government presented its budget for the upcoming fiscal year—setting the tone for its midterm pivot as the government turns …
4 years, 7 months ago
Encore: How Shah Rukh Khan Inspires Female Empowerment
Season 7
Due to scheduling conflicts, there is no new episode of Grand Tamasha this week. A new episode of Grand Tamasha will air next Tuesday at 9:00 PM EST/…
4 years, 7 months ago
India’s Future in a Changing Global Order
Season 7 Episode 2
India’s Path to Power: Strategy in a World Adrift is a manifesto written by eight of India’s leading public intellectuals that seeks to chart a futur…
4 years, 7 months ago
Can India Beat COVID in 2022?
Season 7 Episode 1
On Sunday, January 23, India reported more than 333,000 active COVID cases while the official number of fatalities surpassed 500 deaths. What is the …
4 years, 7 months ago
The State, the Economy, and the Art of Podcasting
Season 6 Episode 15
This week, we conclude Season Six of Grand Tamasha with a bang. Before Milan was a podcast host, he was a podcast consumer. And two of his favorite I…
4 years, 8 months ago
How Shah Rukh Khan Inspires Female Empowerment
Season 6 Episode 14
Most of our listeners do not need an introduction to the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. You’ve watched his movies. You’ve sung the songs his fil…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tibet: India and China's 'Three-Body Problem' in the Himalayas
Season 6 Episode 13
Ambassador Nirupama Rao has had the kind of career that every Indian Foreign Service aspirant dreams of. In 2011, she retired as foreign secretary to…
4 years, 9 months ago
Unpacking the Modi Government's Farm Law Reversal
Season 6 Episode 12
In September 2020, India’s Parliament passed three farm reform bills that the government claimed would radically change the way in which agriculture …
4 years, 9 months ago
Modi's Farm Law Reversal, India-China, and Trade Policy
Season 6 Episode 11
We are nearly done with our sixth season of Grand Tamasha and we have been shamefully overdue in scheduling a news round-up for the Fall.
To set thing…
4 years, 9 months ago
What COP26 Means for India—and the World
Season 6 Episode 10
After two, torturous weeks of around-the-clock negotiations at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, diplomats from nearly 200 countries agreed to a…
4 years, 10 months ago