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Interpreting India

Carnegie India

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In Season 5 of Interpreting India, we continue our exploration of the dynamic forces that will shape India's global standing. At Carnegie India, our diverse lineup of experts will host critical discussions at the intersection of technology, the economy, and international security. Join us as we navigate the complexities of geopolitical shifts and rapid technological advancements. This season promises insightful conversations and fresh perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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  1. Jabin Jacob on China’s Increased Presence in South Asia

    · 50 min · S4 E3

    South Asia is a region of remarkable diversity, encompassing countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Myanmar. Typically, India has been considered the power most…

  2. Anupam Chander on the Challenge of Regulating Free Speech Online

    · 1 h 07 min · S4 E2

    One of the guiding norms that has shaped the internet over the last few decades is that of online free speech. This norm is protected in many countries by exempting online platforms and intermediaries from liability…

  3. Vijay Gokhale on Crosswinds of History: India, China, and the Cold War's Hidden Game

    · 1 h 00 min · S4 E1

    In this episode of Interpreting India, we delve into the often-overlooked history of India's early relationship with China. Author Vijay Gokhale former Indian Foreign Secretary, takes us back to the 1940s and 50s,…

  4. Karthik Ganesan on the Current State of Electrical Connectivity in India

    · 1 h 10 min · S3 E24

    India has seen superlative progress in electrical connectivity, achieving 96.7 percent connectivity to the grid as of 2020 from around 67 percent over a decade ago. For context, the electricity sector can be broadly…

  5. Izumi Nakamitsu on Exploring the Geopolitics of Technology: Insights into Military Applications of AI

    · 27 min · S3 E23

    There are similarities between the UN’s efforts to pursue a disarmament strategy for nuclear weapons and the regulation of the military applications of AI. Given the multiple parallel initiatives on this issue, inputs…

  6. Amit Bhatt on Effective Ways to Achieve Cleaner Transportation

    · 39 min · S3 E22

    With the onset of winter, severe levels of air pollution have reemerged as a concern in North India. Various factors have been put forth to explain this malaise: stubble burning in farms, vehicular pollution, and…

  7. D. Shyam Babu on Caste Census and the Politics of Social Justice in India

    · 1 h 01 min · S3 E21

    The last publicly available nation-wide caste census in India was conducted in 1931. Now, a state-wide caste census has become available from the government of Bihar. Even though we know the Indian state collects data…

  8. Devashish Dhar on Understanding the Indian City

    · 1 h 04 min · S3 E20

    One of the most visible signs of India’s economic development in the past seventy-five years has been the growth of its cities. Some of them are now among the largest on the planet, both in terms of area and…

  9. Stephen Ezell on Cultivating a Robust Semiconductor Environment

    · 37 min · S3 E19

    The U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) was launched during the Quad Summit in Tokyo in May 2022. The purpose of the iCET was to expand partnerships in critical and emerging technologies,…

  10. Emmanuel Lenain on the India-France Strategic Partnership and G20

    · 1 h 04 min · S3 E18

    Even though India and France have had a strategic partnership for twenty-five years now, the bilateral relationship between these countries has received substantial impetus recently. The relationship spans common…

  11. Manoj Kewalramani on How China Views the Indo-Pacific Region

    · 45 min · S3 E17

    In the last decade, there has been a growing convergence of global powers in the Indo-Pacific, evident from the proliferation of multilateral initiatives in the region. It has also emerged as an arena for geopolitical…

  12. Exploring India’s Data Protection Law with Rahul Matthan

    · 53 min · S3 E16

    The past week has been momentous for those awaiting the enactment of a legal framework for data protection in India. India’s parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and the law has now also…

  13. Suresh Narayanan on the Role of the Private Sector in Climate Change

    · 50 min · S3 E15

    The role of the private sector in facilitating the climate transition journey of our world has been much talked about recently. While many corporations, including those in the fossil fuel sectors, have started drafting…

  14. Sameer Lalwani on India-U.S. Defense-Industrial Cooperation

    · 41 min · S3 E14

    Defense cooperation is central to the India-U.S. partnership, and it has served as a key enabler for stronger collaboration at the multilateral level. While defense ties between the two countries have gone from…

  15. Rahul Verma on the Debate on Democratic Backsliding in India

    · 1 h 13 min · S3 E13

    In recent years, international indices and rankings such as the Democracy Index and the V-Dem Index have downgraded India’s democracy. Although there are significant differences in the degrees of downgrading, most…

  16. Vaidehi Tandel and Sahil Gandhi on How Real Estate Sector Reforms Have Impacted Housing Prices

    · 49 min · S3 E12

    The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act was introduced in 2016 to protect consumers who had invested in residential real estate projects from malpractices by real estate developers. After the law was passed,…

  17. Arun K. Singh on the iCET and India-U.S. Relations

    · 34 min · S3 E11

    The iCET was launched on the sidelines of the Quad Summit in Tokyo in May 2022. Both U.S. President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the launch of this initiative, which was to be spearheaded by…

  18. Shirin Rai on Gender Parity in the Indian Parliament

    · 52 min · S3 E10

    The 17th Lok Sabha has seventy-eight women MPs, the highest since independence. Has the increase in women’s participation been meaningful? What narratives of equality and citizenship have framed the issue of electoral…

  19. Varad Pande on India's Climate Finance and Technology Strategy

    · 56 min · S3 E9

    Climate finance and technology is one of India’s priorities as part of its ongoing G20 presidency. Financing the climate transition of developing countries and the Global South is a complex but critical issue, as is…

  20. Radhicka Kapoor on Labor-Intensive Manufacturing in India

    · 1 h 04 min · S3 E8

    India’s development has not been uniform and has leapfrogged from agriculture to services, skipping over a manufacturing phase. However, the agriculture and services sectors typically do not create enough productive…

  21. Susmita Mohanty on Developments in India's Space Sector

    · 45 min · S3 E6

    Recently, there have been certain key developments in India's space sector. There are questions that need to be probed for a better understanding of the country's space sector. What does it take to set up a successful…

  22. Philipp Ackermann on India and Germany's Strategic Partnership

    · 48 min · S3 E7

    The relationship between India and Germany doesn’t receive as much attention as it deserves. In recent years, however, the bilateral partnership has received a big impetus, both economically and geopolitically. India…

  23. Abhishek Anand and Naveen Joseph Thomas on Reigniting India's Manmade Clothing Sector

    · 1 h 11 min · S3 E5

    A major puzzle for the Indian economy in the last one decade has been the weak performance in the textiles and apparel sectors. In real terms, the apparels sector has grown marginally and the textiles sector has…

  24. André Aranha Corrêa do Lago on Indo-Brazilian Cooperation

    · 54 min · S3 E4

    In accordance with the G20 presidency conversations, one of the key conversations that has been missing from the main discourse has been the relationship between Brazil and India. Brazil will be taking over the G20…

  25. Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili on Central Asia and the Russia-Ukraine War

    · 42 min · S3 E3

    Since their independence from the Soviet Union, the Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, have maintained close ties with Moscow. However, Russia’s invasion…

  26. Arun K. Singh on India-Pakistan Ceasefire

    · 33 min · S3 E2

    Over the last three decades, cross-border violence between India and Pakistan has been interspersed with periods of relative peace. Until 2003, ceasefires along the Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and…

  27. Discussing Urban Governance with Matthew Glasser

    · 48 min · S3 E1

    India’s patterns of urban growth came under sharp focus during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many highlighted the poor quality of urban services as contributors to the spread of the same. The pandemic laid bare many…

  28. Season 3 Trailer

    · 1:44 · Trailer

    Welcome to a new season of Interpreting India! Last year, amid the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, precarious geopolitical relations, and a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the second season of…

  29. Vijay Gokhale on China's India Policy and India-China Relations

    · 46 min · Bonus

    2022 has been a year of geopolitical conflict and tensions. If we were expecting a quieter end to the year, then we were apparently mistaken. On December 9, Chinese and Indian troops had a face-off along the Line of…

  30. (Interpreting) India at 75

    · 2 h 05 min · S2 E35

    How far has India come since independence, and where is it going? What are the opportunities and challenges it has witnessed in the past, and what all awaits it in the near future? In this episode, Suyash Rai invites…

  31. Sarang Bhoyar on Blockchain

    · 53 min · S2 E34

    Collaborative technologies like blockchain promise the ability to improve business processes between entities in any domain, radically lowering the "cost of trust." Sarang Bhoyar joins Priyadarshini D. to discuss the…

  32. Ashley Townshend on Australia and India’s Convergence on the Indo-Pacific

    · 39 min · S2 E33

    The Indo-Pacific has emerged as a region of great significance. China is cementing its strategic presence in the region with a push toward financing infrastructure, announcements of alternative security and development…

  33. Soumita Basu on the Evolution of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda

    · 43 min · S2 E32

    Ever since its adoption in October 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has emerged as the landmark global framework promoting women’s participation in conflict resolution and achieving sustainable peace.…

  34. Soner Cagaptay on Turkey's Geopolitical Gamble

    · 42 min · S2 E31

    Lately, Turkey’s actions have come into the limelight. It notably delayed Sweden's and Finland’s memberships in NATO in exchange for fulfilling its own security demands. Meanwhile, it continues to supply drones and…

  35. Crafting a Semiconductor Policy for India with G S Madhusudan

    · 43 min · S2 E30

    Today, semiconductors are ubiquitous—whether it’s the device on which you’re streaming this episode, the drive assist or safety features of a car, or aerospace and defense equipment. In the last couple of years there…

  36. Vijay Gokhale on China and the Indo-Pacific

    · 40 min · S2 E29

    Over the last few months, the Indo-Pacific has seen a flurry of activity. China launched the Global Security Initiative and its foreign minister Wang Yi embarked on a tour of the Pacific Islands. More significantly,…

  37. Understanding the Crisis of Inflation with Radhika Pandey

    · 42 min · S2 E28

    In this episode of Interpreting India, Radhika Pandey joins Suyash Rai to analyze why India and other major economies are experiencing high inflation, the measures that have been taken to control inflation, the…

  38. Sachin Chaturvedi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Attending the 48th G7 Summit in Germany

    · 34 min · S2 E27

    The Group of Seven or G7, an informal forum of leading industrial nations, comprising of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Canada, hosted its 48th Summit on June 26-28 in…

  39. Harsh Vardhan on India's Commodity Markets

    · 39 min · S2 E26

    In December 2021, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, which also regulates commodity markets, issued directions banning new derivative contracts in seven agricultural commodities. This ban covered more than 70…

  40. Understanding Sri Lanka's Ongoing Economic Crisis with Meera Srinivasan

    · 41 min · S2 E25

    Meera Srinivasan, talking about the Sri Lankan government’s lack of planning to deal with an impending economic disaster, reported, “Hospitals are putting off surgeries without enough medical supplies, ink and…

  41. India's Space Sector with Narayan Prasad Nagendra

    · 46 min · S2 E24

    In this episode, Narayan Prasad Nagendra joins Konark Bhandari to discuss the key developments in India’s space sector. India's space program has been widely recognized for its ability to produce cost effective space…

  42. The History of India's Nuclear Program with Jahnavi Phalkey

    · 38 min · S2 E23

    Formal decolonization of India came two years after the terrific demonstration of the power of the atom in a volatile international order. The arrival of the nuclear age, with the departure of the British presented…

  43. The Russia-India-China Dynamic with P.S. Raghavan and Tanvi Madan

    · 59 min · S2 E22

    In this episode, Tanvi Madan and P.S. Raghavan join Deep Pal to discuss the evolving dynamic between Russia, India, and China, against the background of the war in Ukraine. The concept of a tripartite alliance between…

  44. Discussing India's Promise and Struggles with Naushad Forbes

    · 50 min · S2 E21

    In this episode, Naushad Forbes joins Suyash Rai to discuss his recently published book, 'The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India’s Potential'. The book, written by Naushad Forbes, is a wide-ranging exploration…

  45. Vijay Gokhale on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's Visit to India

    · 37 min · S2 E20

    In this episode, Vijay Gokhale joins Rudra Chaudhuri to take stock of the recent meet between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar. Together, they discuss the…

  46. Understanding the Rohingya Crisis with Jayita Sarkar

    · 32 min · S2 E19

    In this episode of Interpreting India, Jayita Sarkar joins Shibani Mehta to take a step back and understand the history of the Rohingya Crisis. Who are the Rohingya people? What does their story tell us about Myanmar’s…

  47. China's Digital Yuan with Robert Greene

    · 52 min · S2 E18

    In this episode of Interpreting India, Robert Greene joins Priyadarshini D. to explore the use and impact of China’s digital yuan. What's China's motivation behind its e-CNY? How does it work? What are some of the…

  48. Semiconductor Supply Chains with Sanjay Gupta

    · 36 min · S2 E17

    In this episode of Interpreting India, Sanjay Gupta joins Konark Bhandari to shed an industry perspective at semiconductor supply chains and India’s potential in the space. Today, semiconductors are used everywhere.…

  49. Discussing Russia-Ukraine Tensions with Dmitri Trenin

    · 55 min · S2 E16

    In this episode, Dmitri Trenin joins Rudra Chaudhuri to discuss the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Together, they take a closer look at the current impasse and the geopolitics shaping it. With more than 100,000…

  50. Understanding the Rise and Fall of India's Economic Growth with Arvind Subramanian

    · 57 min · S2 E15

    In this episode, Arvind Subramanian joins Suyash Rai to discuss the rise and fall of India's economic growth. The pandemic has been costly for the Indian economy, delaying India's journey to prosperity by at least two…

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