Grand Tamasha

Dec 19 2024 232 ep. 42 mins 2k
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Each week, Milan Vaishnav and his guests from around the world break down the latest developments in Indian politics, economics, foreign policy, society, and culture for a global audience. Grand Tamasha is a co-production of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Hindustan Times.

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Grand Tamasha's Best Books of 2024

Dec 19 2024 22 mins  
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.

Populism, South Asian Style

Dec 17 2024 50 mins  
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.

Party Instability and Political Violence in India

Dec 10 2024 43 mins  
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.

Muslims in the New India

Dec 03 2024 47 mins  
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.

The Truth About the "Foreign Hand" in India

Nov 26 2024 53 mins  
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."

The Past, Present, and Future of India’s Near East

Nov 19 2024 52 mins  
Author Avinash Paliwal joins Milan Vaishnav to discuss his new book, "India's Near East: A New History," a unique history of New Delhi's relations with its neighbors Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The U.S. Election, India, and Indian Americans

Nov 12 2024 40 mins  
Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan join Milan Vaishnav to unpack the results of the U.S. election and what a second Trump presidency will mean for U.S.-India relations.

The Indian American Vote in 2024

Nov 05 2024 44 mins  
As the 2024 election cycle closes out, Milan Vaishnav welcomes Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur to explore how Indian Americans might vote, using findings from the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey.

Understanding Irregular Indian Migration to the United States

Oct 29 2024 65 mins  
Gil Guerra and Sneha Puri sit down with Milan too discuss the surge in Indian migrants arriving at the U.S. border and the push factors behind this emerging trend.

Taking On India's Patriarchal Political Order

Oct 22 2024 51 mins  
Political scientist Soledad Artiz Prillaman and Milan Vaishnav explore the reasons behind Indian women's low levels of political involvement and how patriarchy plays a role.