After a short holiday break, this week we kick off the ninth season of Grand Tamasha. Milan’s guest on the show is Pranay Kotasthane, author of the new book—Missing In Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy, co-authored with Raghu Jaitley.
What is the Indian state? How does it work? How does it fail? And how can it evolve? These are just some of the questions that this important new book tries to tackle.
Unlike most books in this genre, it is written for the proverbial man or woman on the street, refraining from jargon and acronyms to educate, and possibly even entertain, readers interested in how policy is made.
Pranay, who serves as deputy director at the Takshashila Institution in Bangalore, and Milan discuss the difference between a democracy and a republic, the role of ideology in Indian politics, pro-business vs. pro-market policies, and the enduring weakness of the Indian state. Plus, the two discuss the shrinking of the “middle” space in public discourse and what that means for the future of Indian democracy.
Eating India, One State at a Time
Dalits in the New Millennium
The End of the Electoral Bond Era
A Fresh Look at India’s Neighborhood First Policy
Pakistan's Political Earthquake
Separating Fact From Fiction
India and the Emerging Chip Race
Governing India's Digital Revolution
Grand Tamasha Unveils the Best Books of 2023
The Indian Supreme Court in the Modi Era
What the 2023 State Elections Tell Us About 2024
Tackling India’s Air Pollution Crisis
The Downfall of India's Princely States
Demystifying the Indian Supreme Court
The India-Canada Conundrum
India’s Pivot in the Middle East
What the Women's Reservation Bill Means for Women
What the Solar Revolution Means for India and the World
The Hidden History of Conservative Economics in Post-1947 India
An Unconventional History of 20th Century South Asia
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