More work from Grand Tamasha
Interpreting the 2025 Bihar VerdictData and political economy editor Roshan Kishore joins Milan on this week's episode to analyze the outcomes of Bihar's assembly elections results, including changing voter behavior and attitudes toward the BJP.
- Milan Vaishnav,
- Roshan Kishore
Understanding South Asia’s “Ordinary Rebels”Political scientist Kolby Hanson joins Milan Vaishnav on the show this week to discuss the behaviors and recruitment strategies of non-state armed groups, drawing on his research findings in Ordinary Rebels: Rank-and-File Militants between War and Peace.
- Milan Vaishnav,
- Kolby Hanson
- How India’s Women Are Redefining Politics
Journalist Ruhi Tewari joins Milan to explore Indian women's changing place in politics and the narrowing gender gap in voter turnout, drawing on her latest book What Women Want: Understanding the Female Voter in Modern India.
- Milan Vaishnav,
- Ruhi Tewari
- The Forgotten Partitions That Remade South Asia
Historian and filmmaker Sam Dalrymple sits down with Milan to explore the unknown story of how the Indian Empire was unmade, the focus of his new book Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia.
- Milan Vaishnav,
- Sam Dalrymple
- A Sixth of Humanity and the Dreams of a Nation
Scholars Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian return to the podcast to discuss their new book, A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India's Development Odyssey, an in-depth look at how India undertook a series of pivotal transformations within its economy, society, and political landscape
- Milan Vaishnav,
- Devesh Kapur,
- Arvind Subramanian
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