India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat

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Interview: Avinash Paliwal on India's 'Near East' and history rhyming in Bangladesh
"The place where debates in India about citizenship, state building, and statecraft truly happened were actually in the east."
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Interview: Swapna Kona Nayudu on non-alignment as 'civil disobedience' and Nehru's blind spots
"There's way too much discussion on when exactly non-alignment failed and also this idea that some things are obsolete and should stay in the past. If…
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Interview: Tariq Thachil on the challenges of studying India in the US
'I'd be hard pressed to find a book coming out of the US that offers us a great explanation of what might be the most significant political development…
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June 2025

The Political Cycle: You Don't Mess With the Zohran*
Listen now | *Our producer wrote this episode name so credit or blame him. This week, we discuss Mamdani and the New York mayoral election.
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The Political Cycle: What the Israel-Iran conflict means for India
A conversation with Nicolas Blarel, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.
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Why did the BJP take the 'all-party' route on Op Sindoor delegations?
Is this a shift in political tactics or a maneuver to blunt domestic criticism?
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The Political Cycle: Money vs Democracy?
Inside India’s cash handouts
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The Political Cycle: Polarized Poland
How did the far-right snatch victory from Poland's pro-Europeans?
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Operation Sindoor: Unpacking the 'military success, narrative failure' discourse
If Balakot and Ladakh represented tactical setbacks with little political cost, Operation Sindoor appears to be demonstrating the opposite.
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The Political Cycle: The Jewish Museum Murders
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May 2025

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