Unequal Podcast
1) How the Economy became Modi's Achilles' Heel
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently suffered a major electoral setback, with his party falling well short of a simple majority in Parliament at a time when they had set their sights on a two...Show More
2) Ashoka Mody on Why India is Broken
A new book details how successive Indian Prime Ministers have betrayed the people of India and failed to deliver on the basics like health and education. In “India is Broken”, Ashoka Mody argues that ...Show More
3) Interview: Decoding the Adani Saga
Until very recently, Gautam Adani was the wealthiest man in Asia. At one point in 2022, he was the second richest man in the world, ahead of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. Adani’s rise came on the back of...Show More
4) How bad is India’s malnutrition problem?
The release of the global hunger index report has once again turned the spotlight on food insecurity in India. While overall levels of undernourishment in the population remain unacceptably high, the ...Show More
5) 'Pakistan floods show inequalities of the climate crisis': Harjeet Singh
The floods in Pakistan have been devastating. They have been described as "Biblical". The outcome of a "monsoon on steroids." They have caused damage to almost half of the country. The total economic ...Show More
6) Making Sense of India’s Wheat Export Ban
Making sense of India’s wheat export banLate on Friday, the Indian government announced that it is banning the export of wheat citing food security risks within the country due to soaring prices of wh...Show More
7) Podcast: How will Putin's war impact global hunger?
In January this year, Alex wrote a prescient piece warning that a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine could have severe food security implications around the world.We spoke to him about his analysis ...Show More