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The Rural Roots of Citizenship and Democracy in India
Season 6 Episode 9
For more than fifteen years, the scholar Mukulika Banerjee has been deeply embedded in the social and political life of two villages in the state of …
4 years, 10 months ago
How the Pulwama Case was Cracked
Season 6 Episode 8
On February 14, 2019, a suicide bomber crashed into an Indian paramilitary convoy in Pulwama, Kashmir, killing forty Indian soldiers. The attack was …
4 years, 10 months ago
Inside the Secret World of South Asia's Spies
Season 6 Episode 7
Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of the RAW and the ISI is the brand new book by investigative journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark. Sp…
4 years, 10 months ago
Joanna Slater on the Pivotal Stories She Covered in India for the Washington Post
Season 6 Episode 6
Joanna Slater is a veteran journalist who served as the Washington Post India bureau chief based in New Delhi from 2018-2021. She was posted there du…
4 years, 10 months ago
How India Can Get to Net Zero Emissions
Season 6 Episode 5
In a few weeks, climate negotiators from around the world will descend on Glasgow, Scotland, for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Narendra Modi and India's New Political System
Season 6 Episode 4
French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot’s new book, Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy, is a comprehensive expl…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Looming Cloud of Sanctions Over U.S.-India Relations
Season 6 Episode 3
Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his maiden visit to Washington under the new Biden administration. It was all sunlight and good v…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Biden-Modi Summit and the Future of U.S.-India Relations
Season 6 Episode 2
This week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Washington for his first in-person meeting in the American capital with U.S. President Joe …
4 years, 11 months ago
What the Taliban Takeover Means for India
Season 6 Episode 1
It’s been a month since the fall of Kabul and the sudden Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. In the intervening weeks, policymakers the world over have …
5 years ago
Kanti Bajpai on Why China and India Are Not Friends
Season 5 Episode 23
One year ago, Chinese and Indian forces traded blows in the remote Galwan Valley—resulting in the first deaths along the Line of Actual Control since…
5 years, 2 months ago