The Narratives of India w/ Abhijit Iyer-Mitra | PGRadio ep. 75

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is a defense analyst and a cultural-political commentator.


Connect with Abhijit Iyer
Twitter:   / iyervval  

0:00 Intro
2:15 Episode starts
3:46 Abhijit doesn't appreciate "Third-Ratedness"
8:20 The hypocrisy of the Islamist and the Liberal side
15:08 Do we need economic narratives over culturally identitarian narratives in Indian Politics? (w.r.t Modi's Gujarat Model)
22:20 "Godhra was a tragedy of omission not a crime of commission"
26:57 Would federalism work in India?
30:25 The problems with Indian Education System
38:29 The Indo-China Situation and Hindutva
48:14 Is Politicisation of cultures dangerous?
50:40 Arnab Goswami, Abhinandan Sekhri and the Indian Journalism
57:20 How to make sense out of all the political noise?


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