Age of Vice, with Deepti Kapoor

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice, published in 2023, is a story of power, corruption, and complicity, set in modern India. In the early 2000s, the lives of Ajay, Neda, and Sunny – the novel's three main characters – cross in New Delhi. There is idealism, optimism even; but also crime, drugs, and violence, as Sunny Wadia follows in the footsteps of his powerful father. Age of Vice, which became a New York Times bestseller and will be adapted into a tv series, is a deeply researched portrait of a changing country, with a fast-growing economy, and ever greater inequality. Deepti visited Zurich in October 2023 to talk about the book at Asia Society Switzerland's Big Picture event . The conversation was moderated by James Crabtree, 2024 TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Switzerland and himself author of The Billionaire Raj, a well-received book on crony capitalism and the rise of India's billionaire class. More info and other episodes:

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Age of Vice, with Deepti Kapoor is an episode from Asia In-Depth by Asia Society.

This episode is 56:04 long.

This episode was published on Dec 9, 2024.

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