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.
What the Personal Data Protection Act Means for India
India's G20 Triumph
Ro Khanna on the U.S.-India Partnership
The Next Chapter in U.S.-India Defense Ties
Rescuing the Indian Statistical System
A Realistic and Resilient U.S.-India Partnership
Reexamining America’s Bet on India
Exploring Caste in America
Unleashing India’s Animal Spirits
The Democratic Dynamism of India's Slums
What’s Happening to India’s Rohingya Refugees?
The Congress Comeback in Karnataka
Opening the Black Box of India’s Internal Security State
Demography, Democracy, and India’s Destiny?
The Mythmaking of Nehru’s India
Ramachandra Guha Revisits India After Gandhi
Is India’s Moment a Mirage?
The Aftermath of the Adani Affair
How Bureaucracy Can Work for the Poor
The Untold Global Backstory of India's Nuclear Program
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