Politics & Policy

10 August 2021

Passionate Afghan leader Shukria Barakzai on Taliban, US betrayal & why it matters

Caught in a political vortex, Afghanistan feels betrayed by the messengers of peace. In this moving interview, Shukria Barakzai taps into the psyche, heart and soul of her people.

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18 June 2021

Fierce Mahua Moitra talk on dissent, democracy & why national parties don’t matter

When key assembly elections are fought on communal lines, what becomes of the idea of India? Mahua Moitra, firebrand parliamentarian and TMC leader, spells out the constitutional values we must return to and what it means to be secular in a polarised ecosystem?

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2 June 2021

Good Bad Ugly: How to read PM Modi’s foreign policy moves | Shiv Shankar Menon

Shiv Shankar Menon, diplomat and author of, 'India and Asian Geopolitics', speaks about negotiating global paradigm shifts, India's ties with US, and what is causing disturbance in the subcontinent. Tune in for a masterclass on foreign policy and global tangoes

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30 December 2020

Shashi Tharoor on the idea of India, battle for belonging & BJP paradox

The Congress has let down secularism. The BJP has let down Hinduism. Where does that leave India? Watch Shashi Tharoor in an insightful & introspective conversation

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25 December 2020

Sachin Pilot on idea of India, Congress & why it can’t do without the Gandhis

As the Supreme Court stays the government’s controversial farm laws, watch Sachin Pilot talk passionately about the Congress vision on the famers’ issue. The mindset of ‘Jai Javan Jai Kisan’ and where it stands today.

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20 November 2020

Fareed Zakaria’s piercing insights on Modi, Biden, Trump & lessons from 2020

Trump, Modi, Biden. What do these 3 wildly different leaders reveal about India & America? CNN host & one of America’s most respected voices, Fareed Zakaria, breaks down the racially charged backlash the election of Barack Obama had on the American psyche.

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19 September 2020

Part 2: Asaduddin Owaisi on the big Indian Muslim story everyone is missing

In a two-part interview, the chief of AIMIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, takes on wide-ranging prejudices against Muslims, admits to faultlines and mistakes. In Part 2 he spells out why Muslims can no longer be “the coolies of secularism”. And the big churn going on among the young.

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19 September 2020

Part 1: Piercing Asaduddin Owaisi interview on the new mood among Indian Muslims

In a two-part interview, the chief of AIMIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, takes on wide-ranging prejudices against Muslims, admits to faultlines and mistakes. “How do you get equality & justice in India,” he asks in Part 1. And lays out some unexpected answers.

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25 June 2020

Sharp insight on China’s Real Game Plan: Northern Command, Chief, Lt Gen BS Jaswal

China’s deadliest strategy for war in the 21st century is information. Watch Gen Jaswal break down the Chinese strategy of cyberwarfare. The asymmetric dynamic between the two super-powers: India and China. And what lies ahead.

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24 June 2020

‘Surgical Strike’ Lt Gen DS Hooda on China Crisis & why India should not back down

Lt Gen DS Hooda spells out the dangers India is facing with China’s intrusion on the #LAC. Why it is unprecedented. And what India should do. From geopolitics, cyberwar, to questions about India’s military strength, intelligence failure, and scale of Chinese intrusion, Lt Gen Hooda says it as he sees it.

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