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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2025 · 47 MIN

Who Gets to Be Indian? ft. Ram Puniyani

from Beyond the Taj: The Story of India's Minorities

In this pilot episode of Beyond the Taj, Safa Ahmed sits down with Indian author and historian Ram Puniyani to explore the evolution of Indian secularism, from its roots in the freedom struggle to its codification after Independence, and how this pluralistic imagining of national identity is currently under attack by the Hindu far right. 

In this pilot episode of Beyond the Taj, Safa Ahmed sits down with Indian author and historian Ram Puniyani to explore the evolution of Indian secularism, from its roots in the freedom struggle to its codification after Independence, and how this pluralistic imagining of national identity is currently under attack by the Hindu far right.

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