The India Briefing Podcast
1) The State of the Indian Economy with Arvind Subramanian
In this episode of The India Briefing, former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian joins hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari for a wide-ranging and incisive conversation on the state of the...Show More
2) Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo on Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
In this special episode of The India Briefing, Nobel Laureate and development economist Esther Duflo joins hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pya Tiwari for a wide-ranging conversation on poverty, inequality...Show More
3) Mughal History as a window to Modern India
This episode of The India Briefing delves into The Great Mughals exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, which celebrates the artistic and cultural achievements of the Mughal Empire’s golden age (...Show More
4) Citizens as Cultivars of Democracy
In this episode, Pragya Tiwari and Mukulika Banerjee take a step back from the news cycle to reflect on the broader question of democracy and how we can ‘cultivate’ it. They use the idea of ‘cultivat...Show More
5) India - US Relations in the Trump 2.0 Era
In this episode of The India Briefing, our hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari speak with Navtej Sarna and Ashley Tellis to analyse the evolving India-US bilateral relationship, particularly in ...Show More
6) The State of Indian Muslims in 2025 with Christophe Jaffrelot
Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari interviewProfessor Christophe Jaffrelot, a prominent scholar on violence, caste, and Indian politics, currently leading the research projectThe Indian Muslim Today ...Show More
7) India's Cultural History as Told Through its Quintessential Garment, the Sari
In this episode of The India Briefing, hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari delve into the enduring legacy of the sari with author and publisher Malvika Singh. Her latest book, Saris of Memory, i...Show More
8) India’s cultural history as told through its quintessential garment, the Sari
Summary - Cultural Historian and publisher Malvika Singh is a living encyclopedia of Delhi and of Indian craft traditions. She speaks on her new book Saris of Memory in which she uses the Sari to weav...Show More
9) Making Sense of India with Amit Varma and Milan Vaishnav
Episode Name : Making Sense of India with Amit Varma and Milan Vaishnav Episode Summary: In this episode of the India Briefing, we speak with Milan Vaishnav, host of The Grand Tamasha and Amit Varma,...Show More
10) 2024 : The Year That Was
In this episode of The India Briefing, hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pragya Tiwari look back and discuss the headlines of 2024 in politics, art, culture, cinema, the changing nature of public good in po...Show More