Episodes
Director General of the International Solar Alliance Dr. Ajay Mathur joins Milan Vaishnav to share more about his organization's work to advance solar energy across the world and fuel the green transition.
Published 10/18/23
Historian Aditya Balasubramanian discusses his new book, Toward a Free Economy: Swantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India, with Milan Vaishnav.
Published 10/11/23
Historian Joya Chatterji convenes with Milan Vaishnav to share more about Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century, her latest exploration of South Asian history.
Published 10/04/23
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act has critical implications for society and individual privacy. Rahul Matthan joins Milan Vaishnav to unpack the law and its projected impact.
Published 09/27/23
India stood in the spotlight at the G20 summit in New Delhi. Ashok Malik and Milan Vaishnav explore India's performance and some of the major agreements that emerged from the meeting of world leaders.
Published 09/20/23
Ro Khanna is a Member of the United States Congress who has represented California's 17th congressional district since 2017. He also serves as co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, and recently led a bipartisan delegation to India that coincided with India’s Independence Day. During their visit, the eight-member delegation met with business, tech, and government leaders in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and New Delhi. To talk more about his visit—and his views on U.S.-India...
Published 09/13/23
After a long summer break, we are excited to be back with the tenth season of Grand Tamasha. To kick off our brand-new season, this week Milan sits down with the U.S. government’s point person on the U.S.-India defense relationship to discuss the next chapter in U.S.-India defense ties. Lindsey Ford is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. In this capacity, she serves as the principal advisor to senior leadership at the Pentagon for all policy matters...
Published 09/06/23
On the season nine finale of Grand Tamasha, Pramit Bhattacharya joins Milan for an critical assessment of India's statistical system.
Published 07/06/23
Arzan Tarapore joins Milan for a conversation on U.S.-India security cooperation.
Published 06/28/23
Ashley Tellis joins Milan to preview the Modi's state visit to the U.S.
Published 06/21/23
Sonia Paul joins Milan for a conversation on caste in America.
Published 06/14/23
Subhashish Bhadra joins Milan to for a conversation on strengthening India's state institutions.
Published 06/07/23
Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil join Milan for a conversation on their book, "Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness."
Published 05/31/23
Daniel Sullivan and Priyali Sur join Milan to discuss the plight of Rohingya refugees in India.
Published 05/24/23
Sugata Srinivasaraju joins Milan on the podcast this week to discuss what happened in Karnataka and what it means for the state and India.
Published 05/17/23
Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur join Milan to discuss their new book, “Internal Security in India: Violence, Order, and the State” and the lessons it holds for law and order in India.
Published 05/10/23
Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan join Milan to round up the latest news in Indian politics.
Published 05/03/23
LSE scholar Taylor C. Sherman joins Milan for a conversation on her new book, "Nehru's India," and to reflect on the impact of the Nehruvian consensus.
Published 04/26/23
Ramachandra Guha joins Milan to revisit his book, “India After Gandhi,” and discuss the transformation of Indian democracy in the past decade.
Published 04/19/23
Economist Ashoka Mody joins the show to talk about his new book and share his thesis on India's economic and political shortcomings.
Published 04/12/23
Menaka Doshi joins Milan to unpack the scandals surrounding the Adani Group.
Published 04/05/23
Akshay Mangla joins Milan for a conversation on political norms and their impact on functions of the state.
Published 03/29/23
Jayita Sarkar uncovers how India built its nuclear program from the ground up and challenges the conventional wisdom that India's nuclear ambitions were an inward-looking endeavor of secretive technocrats.
Published 03/22/23
Seema Sirohi joins Milan this week to unpack the long and complicated history of U.S.-India relations over the last three decades and how the United States has come to view India as an essential partner as opposed to a strategic problem.
Published 03/15/23
Deepti Kapoor joins Milan to discuss her journey from Delhi reporter to novelist and her new blockbuster novel Age of Vice.
Published 03/08/23