Ideas of India

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Vanisha Sharma on the Effects of Internet Expansion in Developing Communities

• September 21, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Vanisha Sharma discuss how farmers learn through social media and its impact on their livelihood.

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Duncan Webb on Reducing Anti-Transgender Discrimination in India

• September 7, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Duncan Webb discuss the effects of prejudice, preference, and groupthink.

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Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur on the Complexity of Violence and Fragility of Order in India

• August 31, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan, Amit Ahuja, and Devesh Kapur discuss the complexities of violence, law, and order in India.

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Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on Why Women Economic Policy Makers Matter

• August 17, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan, Shreyas Narla, and Kadambari Shah discuss the missing women in economic policy and the political structures that limited their opportunities.

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Saurabh Kirpal on the Constitutional Case for Marriage Equality in India

• August 3, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Saurabh Kirpal discuss marriage equality in the Indian Constitution, individual rights vs. state power, problems with the judiciary and more.

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Pete Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem

• July 19, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Pete Boettke discuss the feasibility of technosocialism, mainline vs. mainstream economics and more.

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Aditi Mittal on On Being a Comedian

• July 6, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Aditi Mittal discuss sex jokes, swear words and the unique difficulties facing Indian women in comedy.

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Rohini Nilekani on Society, State and Markets

• June 22, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Rohini Nilekani discuss philanthropy, civil society and how to generate social change in India.

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Amit Varma on The Creator Economy

• June 8, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Amit Varma discuss podcasting, writing on the internet, the role of AI and much more.

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Rahul Sagar on Finding India's Hidden 19th-Century History

• May 25, 2023

Shruti Rajagopalan and Rahul Sagar discuss the legacy of Madhava Rao, British influence on the Indian princely states and much more