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Ramachandra Guha on Rebels Against the Raj

Ramachandra Guha on Rebels Against the Raj

FromIdeas of India


Ramachandra Guha on Rebels Against the Raj

FromIdeas of India

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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Mar 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Take our listener survey here. In this episode, Shruti speaks with Ramachandra Guha about his latest book, “Rebels Against the Raj.” They discuss the influence of foreigners who renounced their native nationalities to become Indian, Gandhi’s legacy, economic protectionism, constraints on free speech, cricket and much more. Guha is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social, political, contemporary, environmental and cricket history. For the academic year 2011–12, he held a visiting position at the London School of Economics He has also been a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Follow Shruti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/srajagopalan  Follow Ramachandra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ram_Guha  For a full transcript of this conversation including helpful links, visit DiscourseMagazine.com.  Check out Macro Musings: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/tags/macro-musings Follow Macro Musings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Macro_Musings Subscribe to Macro Musings on your favorite podcast app.
Released:
Mar 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.