A global affairs podcast is a conversation with leaders in the international arena that raises questions on the changing dynamics of the world order. We aim to help you understand the changing waves of global affairs by engaging with experts who hold valuable insights on this front.
Times are changing today. Local issues are gaining international prominence and we are, hence, heading towards glocalisation. No issue is too small around the globe to be left unnoticed. Our podcast fore-mostly aims to help our audience understand India better in the context of the world and dig deeper into the nuances of its socio-political climate.
Wired to the belief that national issues are interconnected with the changes in the global order and committed to providing students an insight into expert voices in the field of political affairs, we present to you, “INTER-LINKED: A Global Affairs Podcast”.
Episode 13
India China Skirmishes
In this episode, Ambassador Shivshankar Menon helps us unfurl India’s relationship with China in light of the recent skirmish in the Galwan Valley. Mr. Menon served as the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India from January 2010-May 2014, Foreign Secretary of India from October 2006-July 2009 and was the Indian Ambassador or High Commissioner to China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Israel. In 2010, he was chosen as one of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” by Foreign Policy magazine. This podcast provides a historical, social, economical and political overview of India and China’s strategic relationships with its neighbouring nations and the dynamics they share among themselves.
Speaker – Ambassador Shivshankar Menon
Interviewer – Vanshika Shah
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Episode 12
Human Development and its Evolution in Policy Making
This episode attempts to chronologically trace the idea and the application of “human development” in the public policy landscape since the early 1980’s, while drawing upon Professor Sudarshan’s experience of work at institutions like the UNDP and Ford Foundation during the decades of 1980s, 90s and the 2000s. Professor Ramaswamy Sudarshan is now the founding dean of the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy and has had distinguished careers in the domain of research, development programming and governance in international institutions.
Speaker – Professor Ramaswamy Sudarshan
Interviewer – Vanshika Mittal
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Episode 11
COVID- 19 Crisis and Women Farmers
Ms. Gargie Mangulkar is the National Coordinator of Makaam (Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch). Makaam is an informal forum that aims to visibilise women farmers and create and secure rights over productive livelihood. In this episode, she provides the listeners with an insight on the unequal rights and recognition of the women farmers of India. She talks about the impact of the climate change and the Covid-19 crisis on the livelihoods of the women farmers and the work Makaam is doing to solve the same. This podcast is an attempt to voice the struggles of women’s labour that is often seen as unproductive and has been invisibilised.
Speaker – Ms. Gargie Mangulkar
Interviewer – Vanshika Mittal
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Episode 10
Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Labour
Mr. Bankat Mandhania is a director at Ashtech India, India’s leading fly-ash processor and exporter. He has been involved in India’s construction and infra industry for the last three decades. In this episode, he discusses the damage brought to the labor market, where millions of laborers are unemployed and displaced. Mr. Mandhania presents us with the ground reality of the situation laborers are in today and what the future might hold.
Speaker – Mr. Bankat Mandhania
Interviewer – Vanshika Shah
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Episode 9
Commerce and Conflict
In this episode, Professor Aditi Saraf delves into the field of economic sociology and its development in response to classical economics. She speaks about the facilitation of commerce in unique and ambiguous ways in the background of conflict and combat. She shares insights from her field study in Kashmir and elaborates on the making and breaking of dalliances, provision of credit, informality in the economy and much more. At a time when Article 370 and its aftermath has brought the discussion on Kashmir in the limelight, the podcast ties this discussion back to the political and economic lives of traders, cross border movements of finances and their sociological implications.
Speaker: Prof. Aditi Saraf
Interviewer: Niharika Yadav
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Episode 8
A Peek into Earth Science
In this episode, Professor Iain Stewart provides an Earth Scientist’s perspective to climate change – both as a science and as a movement. He explores the notion of environmental determination where societies can empower themselves through cultural geology and geo-heritage. He also talks about the importance of communicating the complex details of science to non-technical audiences and how that can be a way into making people acknowledge the realities of climate change.
Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart
Interviewer: Vanshika Mittal
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Episode 7
Unpacking Nationalism in India
In this episode, Prof. Ali Khan delves into the history and state of Hindu Nationalism today. In doing so, he contextualises the modern rhetoric deployed by parties like the BJP with respect to that of its progenitors and explores the historical reasons that have led to an inflammation of the Hindu-Muslim divide. It further probes how the nationalist movement transformed from an elite ideology to a mass movement.
Speaker: Prof. Ali Khan Mahmudabad
Interviewer: Abhay Almal
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Episode 6
Unpacking Gender and International Relations
In this episode, Prof. Ananya Sharma, a critical theorist in International Relations highlights the relationship and role of Gender in the field of International Relations and Global Affairs. She takes us through many important concepts like intersectionality, gender mainstreaming and introduces us to ideas by various authors like Chandra Talpade Mohanty, who have hugely contributed to this part of the discipline.
Speaker: Prof. Ananya Sharma
Interviewer: Niharika Yadav
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Episode 5
Unpacking State Elections and voter behaviour
In the episode Prof. Nilanjin Sarcar deconstructs the stark results of recent State Elections in India with a special focus on Haryana, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. He dives into the differences in voting behaviour from the national election as well as the previous state elections. The podcast then discusses the motivation behind significant electoral choices and analyses the decline BJP’s vote share.
Speaker: Prof. Neelanjan Sircar
Interviewer: Abhay Almal
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Episode 4
Unpacking Female Labour Force Participation
In this episode, Prof. Ashwini Deshpande of Ashoka University breaks down the recent decline and persistently low levels of female labour force participation in India. Professor Deshpande has worked extensively in the broad field of economics of discrimination in South-Asia. In this podcast, she discusses the impact of various determinants like education, income and cultural factors on LFPR.
Speaker: Prof. Ashwini Deshpande
Interviewer: Niharika Yadav
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Episode 3
Unpacking Democratic Peace Theory
In this episode, Prof. Bann Seng Tan of Ashoka University, dives into the morality of conflict and warfare – Two democratic states will avoid conflict with each other. But why? What exactly determines the relationship between one liberal democracy and another? Do these democracies remain liberal when negotiating with non-democracies? Do states need to be governed by an authority to prevent the outbreak of violence, and how exactly it is that the mechanisms of international relations can lead to perpetual democratic peace.
Speaker: Prof. Bann Seng Tan
Interviewer: Abhay Almal
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Episode 2
Unpacking India’s Legal Climate
In the episode Prof. Apurv Mishra gives a broad overview of the functioning of Judiciary in India through its relationship with various stakeholders like the executive, the citizens and the communities. He discusses some of the recent cases like the Triple Talaq and Sabarimala case to highlight the trends of Judicial thought in India. He also speaks about issues of contemporary relevance like citizenship and nationalism in the context of the Indian Judicio-legal system.
Speaker: Mr. Apurv Mishra
Interviewer: Niharika Yadav
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Episode 1
Unpacking India’s Neighbourhood Policy
In this episode, Professor Raghavan discussing some of the finer details of India’s Foreign Policy in South Asia, its history, and recent trends in relationship with neighbouring nations. He speaks about the systematic rise of China, its implications and the place India occupies in the broader geo-political setting.
Speaker: Prof. Srinath Raghavan
Interviewer: Niharika Yadav
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