Breaking Down India’s Budget
On February 1, the Union government presented its budget for the upcoming fiscal year—setting the tone for its midterm pivot as the government turns t...
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Each week, Milan Vaishnav and his guests from around the world break down the latest developments in Indian politics, economics, foreign policy, society, and culture for a global audience. Grand Tamasha is a co-production of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Hindustan Times.
Encore: How Shah Rukh Khan Inspires Female Empowerment
Due to scheduling conflicts, there is no new episode of Grand Tamasha this week. A new episode of Grand Tamasha will air next Tuesday at 9:00 PM EST/W...
India’s Future in a Changing Global Order
India’s Path to Power: Strategy in a World Adrift is a manifesto written by eight of India’s leading public intellectuals that seeks to chart a future...
Can India Beat COVID in 2022?
On Sunday, January 23, India reported more than 333,000 active COVID cases while the official number of fatalities surpassed 500 deaths. What is the s...
The State, the Economy, and the Art of Podcasting
This week, we conclude Season Six of Grand Tamasha with a bang. Before Milan was a podcast host, he was a podcast consumer. And two of his favorite In...
How Shah Rukh Khan Inspires Female Empowerment
Most of our listeners do not need an introduction to the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. You’ve watched his movies. You’ve sung the songs his film...
Tibet: India and China's 'Three-Body Problem' in the Himalayas
Ambassador Nirupama Rao has had the kind of career that every Indian Foreign Service aspirant dreams of. In 2011, she retired as foreign secretary to ...
Unpacking the Modi Government's Farm Law Reversal
In September 2020, India’s Parliament passed three farm reform bills that the government claimed would radically change the way in which agriculture w...
Modi's Farm Law Reversal, India-China, and Trade Policy
We are nearly done with our sixth season of Grand Tamasha and we have been shamefully overdue in scheduling a news round-up for the Fall.To set things...
What COP26 Means for India—and the World
After two, torturous weeks of around-the-clock negotiations at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, diplomats from nearly 200 countries agreed to ac...