Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIndia and the Reordering of Transatlantic Relations
Season 13 Episode 8
Europe is not typically the focus of the Grand Tamasha podcast but recent developments involving Europe, the United States, and India raise fresh que…
1 year, 6 months ago
How India Engages the World
Season 13 Episode 7
Vishwa Shastra: India and the World is the new book by the scholar and foreign affairs analyst Dhruva Jaishankar. The book provides a comprehensive o…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Precarious State of U.S.-India Ties
Season 13 Episode 6
There are two narratives doing the rounds about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Washington to break bread with U.S. President D…
1 year, 6 months ago
Trump and Modi, Part Deux
Season 13 Episode 5
The news from India has been coming fast and furious.
On February 1, the finance minister revealed the latest Indian budget amidst a backdrop of slowi…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Life, Death, and Legacy of Gauri Lankesh
Season 13 Episode 4
On September 5, 2017, the journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot and killed outside of her house in Bangalore by armed assailants traveling on a motorbike…
1 year, 7 months ago
Will India's Budget 2025 Turn the Economic Tide?
Season 13 Episode 3
On February 1st, India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth Budget of the Modi era. This year’s budget was tabled at a precario…
1 year, 7 months ago
Sri Lanka's Peaceful Revolution
Season 13 Episode 2
2024 was widely hailed as the year of elections with 73 countries holding elections in and more than 1.5 billion voters exercising their franchise. O…
1 year, 7 months ago
Understanding the Delhi Education Experiment
Season 13 Episode 1
One of the most talked about policy experiments in India in recent memory is the reform of government schools in the city-state of the National Capit…
1 year, 7 months ago
Grand Tamasha's Best Books of 2024
Season 12 Episode 16
Grand Tamasha is Carnegie’s weekly podcast on Indian politics and policy co-produced with the Hindustan Times, a leading Indian media house. For five…
1 year, 8 months ago
Populism, South Asian Style
Season 12 Episode 15
If there is one thing political scientists can agree on, it is that we live in an era of populism. With the recent election of Donald Trump, populism…
1 year, 8 months ago