Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSupriya Sharma on Citizenship, Protests, and the Indian Media
Season 3 Episode 1
On January 10, the newly passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) officially came into force. The act provides for an expedited pathway to citizenship …
6 years, 7 months ago
Citizenship Travails, Maharashtra Elections, and Election Meddling
Season 2 Episode 18
On the season two finale of Grand Tamasha, Milan sits down with podcast regulars Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Str…
6 years, 9 months ago
Sushant Singh on India’s Defense Budget
Season 2 Episode 17
One of the most reliable laments about Indian defense policy is that the Government of India spends far too little on defense. Experts say this is a …
6 years, 9 months ago
Katherine Eban on Fraud in India’s Generic Drugs Industry
Season 2 Episode 16
90 percent of the world’s pharmaceutical market is comprised of generic drugs. Generics have been hailed as low-cost alternatives to their more expen…
6 years, 9 months ago
Anit Mukherjee on the ‘Absent Dialogue’ Between Civilians and the Military in India
Season 2 Episode 15
Over the years, one could fill a small library with books that have been written about how Indian democracy survived against all of the odds—inequali…
6 years, 9 months ago
Aatish Taseer on India, Indian Politics, and Citizenship
Season 2 Episode 14
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan sits down with the writer Aatish Taseer, an award-winning author who writes extensively about India and South Asia …
6 years, 9 months ago
Vivan Marwaha on the Hopes and Hype of Indian Millennials
Season 2 Episode 13
There is arguably no more consequential generation to the future of India than today’s millennials. The median age of India’s population is just 28 y…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Rise of the "Scams Raj"
Season 2 Episode 12
Milan talks with Snigdha Poonam, national affairs reporter for the Hindustan Times, on the startling rise of truly outrageous scams across India. Thr…
6 years, 10 months ago
State Elections, the U.S. Congress on Kashmir, and a Nobel Prize for India
Season 2 Episode 11
Milan sits down with podcast regulars Tanvi Madan (Brookings Institution) and Sadanand Dhume (American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Street Journ…
6 years, 10 months ago
Yamini Aiyar on the Hits and Misses of Modi’s Welfare Agenda
Season 2 Episode 10
When Narendra Modi campaigned for India’s top job in 2014, he contrasted the incumbent Congress Party’s “politics of welfare” with the BJP’s preferre…
6 years, 10 months ago