Interview: Alice Evans on why India's big feminist demand should be labour-intensive growth

The author of the forthcoming ‘The Great Gender Divergence’ on how agriculture can explain why some parts of India are more gender-equal than others.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jan 16, 2021 · 06:30 am

What does everyone keep getting wrong about India (and China and Pakistan)?

A collection of answers from authors, scholars and experts on misconceptions that they frequently encounter.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jan 09, 2021 · 06:30 am

Modi’s politics of vishwas, dissent in Indian history and other ideas from the Political Fix Q&As

A look back at some of the many fascinating conversations we had in 2020.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Dec 26, 2020 · 07:30 am

Interview: Manan Ahmed Asif on the ‘Loss of Hindustan’ and how colonialism altered our past

The author speaks about ‘decolonising’ history and why we can’t look at the pre-colonial period without acknowledging the prejudices of colonial historians.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Dec 12, 2020 · 06:30 am

Interview: Kaushik Krishnan on 'V-shaped recoveries' and how the lockdown affected Indian households

The chief economist at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy says the employment numbers are still worrisome, even though they appear to have recovered.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Dec 05, 2020 · 09:00 am

Interview: Vinay Sitapati on Vajpayee, Advani and the success of the Hindu nationalist movement

The author of ‘Jugalbandi: The BJP before Modi’ speaks about the RSS worldview and what it tells us about the party that dominates India today.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 28, 2020 · 09:00 am

Interview: Louise Tillin on how the Modi era upended conventional thinking about Indian federalism

The director of the King’s College London’s India Institute on a ‘defining moment’ for the future of ties between Centre and states.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 21, 2020 · 07:30 am

Interview: Christophe Jaffrelot on understanding the Emergency and its relevance to Modi’s India

The co-author of ‘India’s First Dictatorship; The Emergency, 1975–1977’ says we haven’t paid enough attention to how the Emergency changed India.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 07, 2020 · 06:30 am

Interview: Romila Thapar on the history of dissent and how it shaped Hinduism and India

The renowned historian’s new book, Voices of Dissent, looks at moments in India’s past when the dominant narrative was challenged.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Oct 31, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘BJP resolving voter confusion is key’: Rahul Verma on Bihar elections and political misconceptions

The co-author of ‘Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India’ on why we must scrutinise conventional political wisdom.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Oct 24, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘No matter how centralising Modi is, he will need states’: Yamini Aiyar on federalism after 2014

The president and chief executive of Centre for Policy Research on the differences between accounting and accountability in the Indian state.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Oct 17, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘ISI is omnipresent but certainly isn’t omnipotent’: Declan Walsh on the complex reality of Pakistan

The New York Times journalist who was expelled from the country in 2013, spoke on his new book, ‘The Nine Lives of Pakistan.’

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Oct 03, 2020 · 08:30 am