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Grand Tamasha

Grand Tamasha

Hindustan Times - HT Smartcast



Each week, Milan Vaishnav and his guests from around the world break down the latest developments in Indian politics, economics, foreign policy, society, and culture for a global audience. Grand Tamasha is a co-production of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Hindustan Times. And you are listening to Season 6.

This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

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Available Episodes

53:11
Is India Ready to Launch?
EPISODE 139

On March 11, the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization conducted the maiden test of its Agni-V MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle) missile. MIR ... Read more

10 Apr53 MINS
38:21
Decoding the Indian Economy
EPISODE 138

It seems wherever you turn these days, there are stories about India’s status as the fastest growing major economy in the world. Its growth rates remain the envy of both the develo ... Read more

03 Apr38 MINS
59:08
The Citizenship Amendment Act's Next Chapter
EPISODE 137

A few weeks ago, the Indian government formally notified the rules implementing the controversial 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The law provides persecuted religious mino ... Read more

20 Mar59 MINS
66:38
​Eating India, One State at a Time
EPISODE 136

Zac O’Yeah is a Swedish novelist, rock musician, and author of the Majestic Trilogy—a trio of detective stories set in his adopted home of Bengaluru. And if that were not enough, h ... Read more

13 Mar67 MINS
41:02
Dalits in the New Millennium
EPISODE 135

Over the last several decades, there have been monumental changes in the social, economic, and political lives of Dalits, who have historically been one of the most oppressed group ... Read more

06 Mar41 MINS
48:05
The End of the Electoral Bond Era
EPISODE 134

Two weeks ago, a five-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled that electoral bonds—a controversial instrument of political giving introduced by the Narendra Modi government—viol ... Read more

28 Feb48 MINS
51:59
A Fresh Look at India’s Neighborhood First Policy
EPISODE 133

With general elections just months away, it is the era of the ten-year retrospective—a chance for India watchers to reflect on what has changed over the past decade under the Naren ... Read more

21 Feb52 MINS
40:44
Pakistan’s Political Earthquake
EPISODE 132

Last Thursday, voters in Pakistan went to the polls in the country’s first general elections since the July 2018 election that brought former prime minister Imran Khan to power. In ... Read more

14 Feb41 MINS
41:51
Separating Fact from Fiction
EPISODE 131

From the Obama “birther” movement in the United States to the fringe politicians who believe congestion pricing in London is part of an international “socialist plot,” it is no exa ... Read more

07 Feb42 MINS
56:05
India and the Emerging Chip Race
EPISODE 130

It seems like you cannot open a newspaper, listen to a foreign policy podcast, or open Twitter/X without somebody somewhere sounding off on the emerging geopolitical battle over se ... Read more

31 Jan56 MINS
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