Grand Tamasha is gifting listeners a bonus episode to close out season 12! Listen as Milan shares the top books of 2024 on Indian politics and policy, whose authors have also appeared on this season of the podcast.
Adnan (Dann) Naseemullah and Pradeep Chhibber sit down with Milan to discuss their new book "Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond," a close look into the origins of populism in South Asia.
Political scientist Aditi Malik joins Milan Vaishnav to share findings from her new book, Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India, which explores the link between party instability and political violence, comparing instances of violence in Kenya and India.
Milan welcomes scholar Hilal Ahmed joins the show to discuss his new book, "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India," a nuanced perspective on India's Muslim community using political science, theory, and history.
Paul McGarr joins Milan Vaishnav to discuss the history of foreign intelligence operations in India and their domestic implications, drawing on McGarr's new book, Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India’s Secret Cold War.