Ideas of India
Hosted by Senior Research Fellow Shruti Rajagopalan, the Ideas of India podcast examines the academic ideas that can propel India forward.
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Liberalism, Nihilism, and the Collapse of Sincerity
Mehta and Rajagopalan discuss power, conformity, and dissent in modern India
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Shruti Rajagopalan and Milan Vaishnav on India’s Delimitation Dilemma
Vaishnav and Rajagopalan discuss delimitation, federalism, and the future of representation in India
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Samanth Subramanian on the Fragile and Resilient Technologies that Bind Us
Subramanian and Rajagopalan discuss undersea cables, digital infrastructure, geopolitics, AI, Haldane, and science in public life
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Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur on India’s Precocious Development Odyssey
Subramanian, Kapur, and Rajagopalan discuss India’s precocious democracy, socialism, redistribution, federalism, state capacity, and the future of growth
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V. Anantha Nageswaran on Surveying the Growth and Financialization of the Indian Economy
Nageswaran and Rajagopalan discuss strategic resilience, financial markets, capital formation, crypto, and the future of India’s growth
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Ornit Shani and Rohit De on Assembling India’s Constitution
Shani, De, and Rajagopalan discuss how India’s Constitution was shaped through public participation beyond the Constituent Assembly
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Pranay Kotasthane on the Political Economy of Rare Earths and Critical Minerals
Kotasthane and Rajagopalan discuss mining, refining, recycling, and the geopolitics of strategic dependence
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Nachiket Mor on Rethinking India’s Healthcare System
Mor and Rajagopalan discuss primary care gaps, community health workers, and how insurance and provider incentives shape health outcomes in India
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Akshay Jaitly on the Making of a Modern Indian Law Firm
Jaitly and Rajagopalan discuss how liberalization, regulation, and partnership design shaped Trilegal and the rise of modern Indian law firms
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Renuka Sane on Regulatory Frameworks, Rule of Law, and Pensions Reforms in India
Sane and Rajagopalan discuss India’s pension reforms and financial regulation
