• S02 E30: Season Finale and Wrap Up
    Apr 8 2020

    This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar discuss the second season of Ganatantra and how Covid19 has impacted the subjects they spoke about.

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    30 mins
  • S02 E29: Policy in the shadow of Covid 19
    Apr 1 2020

    This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar discuss the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on public policy.

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    32 mins
  • S02 E28: Politics in West Bengal (feat. Shaoib Daniyal)
    Mar 25 2020

    This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar welcome back Shoaib Daniyal to talk about the politics of West Bengal.

    If you would like to hear Shoaibs previous appearance you can find that here: https://ivmpodcasts.com/ganatantra-episode-list/2019/5/5/ep-13-west-bengal-polarization-and-mobilization-feat-shoaib-daniyal

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    57 mins
  • S02 E27: Federalism in India (feat. K K KAILASH)
    Mar 18 2020

    This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar talk to Dr. Kailash in their continuing series on Federalism in India.

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    24 mins
  • S02 E26: Delhi Politics and the rise of the AAP (feat Dr Manisha Priyam)
    Mar 11 2020

    In this week's episode, Dr. Manisha Priyam joins us to discuss Delhi politics. She walks us through her fieldwork and her prediction of the rise of the AAP, the new politics of Delhi post the violence at JNU and the deeply communal campaign, and the importance of urban services in thinking about political change in India.

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    44 mins
  • S02 E25: India's new party system (feat Rahul Verma)
    Mar 4 2020

    As a recent set of results shows, India's voters choose very differently in state and national elections. What explains this pattern across the country and what implications does it have for federal politics?

    In this episode, hosts Alok and Sarayu are joined by Rahul Verma of CPR, co-author of "Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India"  to talk about India's party systems.

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    40 mins
  • S02 E24: Caste, language and politics in Karnataka (feat. Chandan Gowda)
    Feb 26 2020

    As a state with came into existence on the basis of a demand for linguistic reorganization, it's somewhat of a mystery that Karnataka has not yet seen a mass movement or major political party based on linguistic identity.

    We're joined by Dr Chandan Gowda of the Azim Premji University to unpack this mystery and understand the cultural and caste politics of Karnataka.

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    44 mins
  • S02 E23: Fiscal Federalism- 2.5 lakh governments and how to fund them (feat. Pranay Kotasthane)
    Feb 19 2020

    All governments need to raise and spend money but in India's complex three tier government, the process by which this money is raised and spent is a subject with serious political and constitutional implications.

    We are joined by Pranay Kotasthane of the Takshashila Institution to talk about the how money flows between various governments in India and what this means for governance.

    In this episode we also refer to YV Reddy and GR Reddy's "Indian Fiscal Federalism"

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    44 mins