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The India Briefing
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The India Briefing for the India Curious. TIB offers a deep dive into India’s dynamic landscape. Hosted by academic Mukulika Banerjee and journalist Pragya Tiwari, this podcast delivers insightful updates on India’s politics, economy, and culture. Whether you’re studying, investing, or simply curious about the country, join us for crisp conversations and debates that decode India’s role in global affairs.
Episodes
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The State of the Indian Economy with Arvind Subramanian
In this episode of The India Briefing, former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian joins hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari for a wide-ranging and incisive conversation on the state of the Indian economy. Drawing on decades of experience as a policy insider and analyst, Subramanian...
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Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo on Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
In this special episode of The India Briefing, Nobel Laureate and development economist Esther Duflo joins hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari for a wide-ranging conversation on poverty, inequality, and evidence-based policymaking in India. Duflo, whose path breaking work on Randomised...
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Mughal History as a window to Modern India
This episode of The India Briefing delves into The Great Mughals exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, which celebrates the artistic and cultural achievements of the Mughal Empire’s golden age (1560–1660). Hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari are joined by historian and author Ira...
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Citizens as Cultivars of Democracy
In this episode, Pragya Tiwari and Mukulika Banerjee take a step back from the news cycle to reflect on the broader question of democracy and how we can ‘cultivate’ it. They use the idea of ‘cultivating democracy’ as a framework to look at the socio-political faultlines that impact the health of...
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India - US Relations in the Trump 2.0 Era
In this episode of The India Briefing, our hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari speak with Navtej Sarna and Ashley Tellis to analyse the evolving India-US bilateral relationship, particularly in light of Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to Washington. Our guests help untangle the...
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The State of Indian Muslims in 2025 with Christophe Jaffrelot
Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari interview Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, a prominent scholar on violence, caste, and Indian politics, currently leading the research projectThe Indian Muslim Today at Sciences Po, where he is a Professor and CERI-CNRS Senior Research Fellow. The Indian Muslims...
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India's Cultural History as Told Through its Quintessential Garment, the Sari
In this episode of The India Briefing, hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari delve into the enduring legacy of the sari with author and publisher Malvika Singh. Her latest book, Saris of Memory, intertwines her personal life story with India’s post-independence journey, using the sari as a...
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Making Sense of India with Amit Varma and Milan Vaishnav
In this episode of the India Briefing, we speak with Milan Vaishnav, host of The Grand Tamasha and Amit Varma, host of The Seen and the Unseen on the lessons, the critical ideas and observations that they have encountered through conversations across the years and how they have helped shape their...
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2024 : The Year That Was
In this episode of The India Briefing, hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari look back and discuss the headlines of 2024 in politics, art, culture, cinema, the changing nature of public good in politics, reflections on the future of democracy in India and lots more. Produced by Oijo Media Pvt...
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Cash Transfer for Women: The New Trend Shaping Indian Electoral Politics
In this episode of The India Briefing, hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari discuss the growing trend of Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) targeted at women voters, especially in the context of electoral politics. Women in India have historically been viewed as a bloc tied to their family…
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The Adani Indictment II - The Indian Response
In this episode, our hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari delve into the indictment of Gautam Adani and others, exploring the serious charges of securities fraud and bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The conversation looks at the impact on the company's market value, investor...
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The Adani Indictment I: View from the US
In this episode, our hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari delve into the indictment of Gautam Adani and others, exploring the serious charges of securities fraud and bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and also speak to Jerry Roth and Avi Singh for their perspective. The…
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Delhi Pollution: Crisis in the Capital
In this episode, our hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari discuss the severe air pollution crisis in Delhi, particularly during the winter months. They explore the various causes of pollution, including stubble burning, vehicular emissions, and industrial pollution, as well as the health...
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India-Canada relations with special guest Suhasini Haider
In today’s episode, we look at the complex web of India-Canada relations in light of the allegations surrounding India's involvement in the assassination of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. We also speak with Foreign Affairs expert Suhasini Haider who has been monitoring the situation…
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State Elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir
In the first major state elections after India's parliamentary elections earlier this year, the strife torn Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Haryana went to polls in October 2024. Political anthropologist, Mukulika Banerjee and writer, Pragya Tiwari, discuss the significance…
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Introducing The India Briefing
India is the world’s most populous country, with a median age of 28 and an emerging economic powerhouse. Whatever happens here is bound to have an impact on the future of business, climate change, jobs, geopolitics and much more around the world. And yet there is no singular reliable source where...
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The India Briefing for the India Curious. TIB offers a deep dive into India’s dynamic landscape. Hosted by academic Mukulika Banerjee and journalist Pragya Tiwari, this podcast delivers insightful updates on India’s politics, economy, and culture. Whether you’re studying, investing, or simply curious about the country, join us for crisp conversations and debates that decode India’s role in global affairs.
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