This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan is joined by podcast regulars Sadanand Dhume (https://twitter.com/dhume?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) of the American En ... Read more
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan is joined by podcast regulars Sadanand Dhume (https://twitter.com/dhume?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) of the American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Street Journal and Tanvi Madan (https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) of the Brookings Institution to discuss the triple-whammy of crises facing India. The three discuss the latest on India’s contested border with China, the raging COVID pandemic--which shows very little sign of slowing down, and end with a discussion of the latest economic data. As always, they end by chatting about the news you need to be following (but may not be) and who had the best and worst weeks in India. Read more
This week, Amit joins Milan on the show to reflect on his career as a journalist, author, entrepreneur, podcast host, and--yes--professional poker player. Milan talks to Amit about ... Read more
This week, Amit joins Milan on the show to reflect on his career as a journalist, author, entrepreneur, podcast host, and--yes--professional poker player. Milan talks to Amit about his libertarian leanings, his views on nationalism, and why exactly India has so few economic reformers. If you’re listening to this podcast, chances are you are a fan of the podcast, “The Seen and the Unseen (https://seenunseen.in/) .” For 186 episodes and counting, the journalist Amit Varma has been putting together some of the most thoughtful, insightful and eclectic conversations with the best and brightest in India. Read more
On August 15, 2020, India celebrated its 73rd birthday. To reflect on the state of Indian democracy and to kick off the podcast’s fourth season, Pratap Bhanu Mehta (https://twitter ... Read more
On August 15, 2020, India celebrated its 73rd birthday. To reflect on the state of Indian democracy and to kick off the podcast’s fourth season, Pratap Bhanu Mehta (https://twitter.com/pbmehta) joins Milan for a wide-ranging conversation on India’s past, present, and future. Pratap is a professor of political science at Ashoka University (https://www.ashoka.edu.in/leadership_team#!/pratap-bhanu-mehta-624) and a contributing editor and columnist at the Indian Express (https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/pratap-bhanu-mehta/) . He is a noted author, scholar, and commentator, not to mention arguably India’s finest public intellectual (https://openthemagazine.com/open-minds-2009-2019/public-intellectuals-pratap-bhanu-mehta-52-shashi-tharoor-63-swapan-dasgupta-63-ramachandra-guha-61/) . Read more
