This episode regards the Rohingya refugee crisis. where I interview a woman named Charlotte Hansen for her views and knowledge of this topic. Cover art photo provided by mark chaves on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@marklchaves
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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.
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America Uncomplicated is my attempt to "uncomplicate" current news, events and policies in a way everyone can understand. I pick one "hot topic" per week and distribute it to the masses as best I can.
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Darfur aid, Rohingya refugees, and mpox vaccine delays: The Cheat Sheet
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Gaza talks, Sudan no-show, and Kenya’s inadequate cops: The Cheat Sheet
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IRC staff cuts, South Sudan floods, and Yazidi genocide survivors: The Cheat Sheet
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Israel assassinations, Darfur famine, and pressuring Maduro: The Cheat Sheet
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Venezuela’s election, Sudan peace talks, and Netanyahu’s DC visit: The Cheat Sheet
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Polio in Gaza, protests in Bangladesh, and crisis in the US: The Cheat Sheet
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Gaza City evacuation orders, Biden campaign fears, and junta exits: The Cheat Sheet
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Gaza talk hopes, Ruto’s struggles, and emergency education cuts: The Cheat Sheet
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Starvation in Sudan, protests in Kenya, and mixed signals on aid funding: The Cheat Sheet
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Gurcharan Das is one of India's best-known authors and thinkers. He had a celebrated career in business, most notably as the CEO of Procter and Gamble in India, before devoting his full attention to writing. He is the author of numerous best-selling books, including India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and India Grows at Night. Most recentl…
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Israel-Hezbollah escalation, M23 advances, and Hajj heat deaths: The Cheat Sheet
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This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan is joined by Grand Tamasha’s India news roundup regulars: Sadanand Dhume of the Wall Street Journal and the American Enterprise Institute and Tanvi Madan of the Brookings Institution. On the show this week, the trio discusses the 2024 Indian general election and its aftermath. They debate the politics, as well as t…
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Gaza resolution, G7 Ukraine aid, and Yemen detentions: The Cheat Sheet
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On Sunday night, India’s new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was sworn into office, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its helm once more. We have a new group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies, a new group of ministers, and a new look in terms of how the Modi government will function in its third term. However, the economic cha…
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Gaza famine friction, Sudan ‘massacre’, and an Ethiopian ‘genocide’: The Cheat Sheet
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Decoding the 2024 Indian General Elections
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We’ve finally come to the end of the 46-day Indian general election. And we have a surprising result which many experts did not see coming. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to secure a single-party majority in the Lok Sabha in what is being interpreted as a major setback. The BJP-led National Democratic Allian…
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Gaza aid collapse, India heat deaths, and AI for Good? The Cheat Sheet
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Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India is a new book by the scholar Christophe Jaffrelot but one that has an old backstory. It is the definitive account of Narendra Modi’s tenure as chief minister of the state of Gujarat. And it helps place into context the changes we’ve seen in national politics, economic policy, and society over the past…
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A Blueprint for India’s State Capacity Revolution
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Over the last five years, Milan has interviewed authors of big books, that have brought innovative new ideas to the India policy debate. And he’s also interviewed authors of lengthy books. On the show this week, he sits down with an author who’s written a big book in every sense of the term. It is no stretch to say that Accelerating India’s Develop…
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Breaking the Mould: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity is a big new book by the economists Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba. The book is both a critique of India’s development model as well as a manifesto for reform. Most notably, it challenges the conventional wisdom that India’s primary goal should be to transform the country into a blue-collar …
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Rafah fuel cuts, floods, and a humanitarian AI checkup: The Cheat Sheet
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The third phase of India’s 44-day long polls took place this week with voting held in 94 constituencies across 12 states. Thus far, the elections have been marked by lower-than-expected turnout, intensifying communal rhetoric, and a sharp debate about inequality and redistribution. Against this backdrop, the New York Times Magazine recently publish…
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Rafah and El Fasher assault fears, and UK Rwanda round-ups: The Cheat Sheet
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The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered this election as the clear favorite with every single pre-election survey pointing a decisive victory. However, the party is leaving no stone unturned in its effort to notch a third consecutive parliamentary majority. To discuss the BJP’s campaign, Milan is joined on…
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The Great Indian Poverty—and Inequality—Debate
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As India heads to the polls, a new chapter is being written in a very old debate about poverty and inequality in India. This debate has been stirred up by the release of new data from a government-sponsored consumption survey, which some have argued shows a massive decline in poverty in India. Others believe that this data are not so unequivocal an…
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Israel-Iran strikes, Darfur atrocity warnings, and a costly El Niño: The Cheat Sheet
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In just a few days, India’s eighteenth general elections will get underway with voting in the first phase kicking off on April 19. Between April 19 and June 1, India will have seven separate polling days culminating in a final counting of votes on June 4. Every single pre-election survey to date shows the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allianc…
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On March 11, the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization conducted the maiden test of its Agni-V MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle) missile. MIRV capability is a complex technology and there are only a handful of countries that have developed it. The test represents a breakthrough for India’s missile program but …
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It seems wherever you turn these days, there are stories about India’s status as the fastest growing major economy in the world. Its growth rates remain the envy of both the developed—and the developing—world. But what is really happening under the hood? What are the opportunities for India in a world riven by conflict and technological disruptions…
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In today’s India, there are few historical figures whose writing and thinking help explain the current ideological zeitgeist more than Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Despite this newfound attention, Savarkar is often viewed in black and white—as a staunch Hindu nationalist who devoted his life to expounding the virtues of conservative, Hindu majority ru…
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The Citizenship Amendment Act's Next Chapter
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A few weeks ago, the Indian government formally notified the rules implementing the controversial 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The law provides persecuted religious minorities hailing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan an expedited pathway to Indian citizenship, provided they belong to the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Parsi,…
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Rafah’s civilians, Mozambique’s storms, and finding joy in Malawi: The Cheat Sheet
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Zac O’Yeah is a Swedish novelist, rock musician, and author of the Majestic Trilogy—a trio of detective stories set in his adopted home of Bengaluru. And if that were not enough, he’s also the author of the brand-new book, The Great Indian Food Trip: Around a Subcontinent à la Carte. In the book, O’Yeah catalogues his travels crisscrossing India on…
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Anarchy in Haiti, abductions in Nigeria, and Ramadan ceasefire hopes: The Cheat Sheet
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Over the last several decades, there have been monumental changes in the social, economic, and political lives of Dalits, who have historically been one of the most oppressed groups in all of South Asia. A new volume edited by three leading scholars of India—Dalits in the New Millennium—examines these changes, interrogates their impacts on Dalit li…
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Gaza convoy massacre, Sudan aid challenges, and Shell’s oil legacy: The Cheat Sheet
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Two weeks ago, a five-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled that electoral bonds—a controversial instrument of political giving introduced by the Narendra Modi government—violated the Constitution and would immediately cease operating. Under the court’s ruling, the State Bank of India will immediately stop issuing bonds; the Election Commissio…
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Gaza aid ‘illusion’, Ukraine two-year, and who are the Houthis hurting? The Cheat Sheet
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A Fresh Look at India’s Neighborhood First Policy
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With general elections just months away, it is the era of the ten-year retrospective—a chance for India watchers to reflect on what has changed over the past decade under the Narendra Modi government—and what has not. One area especially deserving of scrutiny is India’s relations with the neighborhood. The Modi government came to power with an eye …
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Gaza hospital raid, aid sector budget cuts, and soaring arms sales: The Cheat Sheet
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Last Thursday, voters in Pakistan went to the polls in the country’s first general elections since the July 2018 election that brought former prime minister Imran Khan to power. In 2022, Khan was ousted in an unprecedented no confidence vote and now finds himself behind bars. In the months before the election, Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehre…
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From the Obama “birther” movement in the United States to the fringe politicians who believe congestion pricing in London is part of an international “socialist plot,” it is no exaggeration to say that conspiracy theories have become part of the standard political playbook the world over. But when it comes to outlandish conspiracy theories, India s…
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Ethiopia starvation, Gaza aid blockages, and military rule in Myanmar: The Cheat Sheet
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It seems like you cannot open a newspaper, listen to a foreign policy podcast, or open Twitter/X without somebody somewhere sounding off on the emerging geopolitical battle over semiconductors. Semiconductors, which we colloquially refer to as chips, have quickly moved from the periphery to center-stage of global high politics. To discuss this high…
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This week, Grand Tamasha kicks off its eleventh season with a special return guest to the podcast. The Third Way: India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance is an important new book by the lawyer-scholar-and-author Rahul Matthan. Rahul is a partner at the law firm Trilegal, where he heads their technology practice. Over the past several year…
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Israel genocide hearings, Ecuador gangs, and a ceasefire in Myanmar: The Cheat Sheet
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Gaza’s historic toll, DR Congo elections, and a city falls in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
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Grand Tamasha Unveils the Best Books of 2023
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Back in 2019, we started the Grand Tamasha podcast on a whim. India’s 2019 general elections were around the corner, and we sensed that there might be a (temporary) marketplace for a weekly audio podcast focused on Indian politics and policy for diehards hoping to keep up with the campaign action. Nearly five years later, the podcast has become a w…
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Gaza’s endless suffering, unpacking COP28, and refugee power: The Cheat Sheet
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Over the past decade, India has witnessed significant conflict within—and around—several democratic institutions meant to act as a check on executive power. One of the most important theatres of conflict has been the judiciary—more specifically, the Supreme Court. A new book by the legal scholar Gautam Bhatia, Unsealed Covers: A Decade of the Const…
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