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October 1, 2020

Ideas of India: The Economics of Religion

Shruti Rajagopalan
Senior Research Fellow, Indian Political Economy and Emergent Ventures India

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Shruti Rajagopalan speaks with Sriya Iyer about the links between economics and religion in India and the rise of Hindu nationalism. Read the transcript at Discourse.

Ideas of India: The Economics of Religion

Shruti Rajagopalan

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