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The Ganatantra podcast is about politics in India, but steering clear of intrigue and personalities, and the everyday news cycle. Join political science thinker Dr Sarayu Natarajan, the foun...
The news media is sometimes called the "fourth pillar of democracy" but at a time when its business model is under attack thanks to large in...
As we head towards the end of 2019, Sarayu and Alok discuss the General elections and State Assembly elections of the year and what they tol...
We're releasing this special episode of Ganatantra today to talk about the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act, fears over a proposed...
Alok and Sarayu discuss the big political events of 2019 - Article 370 in Kashmir, the Supreme court judgment on Ayodhya and the CAA/NRC - a...
The political and constitutional crisis in Maharashtra, which unfolded after the 2019 Assembly elections once brought to the public glare th...
The Indian Constitution guaranteed universal adult franchise from the moment it came into force. In a country with inequalities and division...
Unlike India's neighbouring countries, the Indian Armed Forces have never intervened in any manner in the affairs of civilian government. Th...
In the last decade or so, the Indian higher judiciary and its functioning have come under the scanner like never before. The Supreme Court's...
Large scale migration has been a feature of life in the Indian subcontinent in the last two centuries, both within and out of the region. In...
Popular discourse about Maoists in India veers from the extremes of heroism to demonization with little attempt to address the nuances of th...
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India ordered state governments to begin eviction of Adivasis and Forest dwellers whose claims for f...
Across India, radical Dalit movements have dipped their toes into electoral politics as they have tried to represent their communities in in...
The platform gig economy has brought several changes in the way work is performed and organised. Some kinds of work challenge the very under...
The historic NALSA judgment (National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, 2014) was historic in that it read in major rights to be a...
Few issues in post independence India have caused as much heated debate as the issue of reservation in government jobs and college seats. Th...
The preparation of the final list of the National Register of Citizens has stirred up more than its share of controversy with two million or...
Ganatantra Season 2: We're back from hiatus and we have an exciting new lineup of episodes for you! In this intro episode, Sarayu and Alok o...
In this episode, we're joined by Dr Andrew Whitehead to frame the debate over Article 370's abrogation in the context of Kashmir's complicat...
The abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution has been a long standing promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and it would not surprise t...
Over the last six months we have discussed the macro of Indian politics, addressing large themes and looking at the politics at State level....
In this episode, we talk about the institutional tug-of-war that has taken place between the judiciary and the political executive over who...
The NDA in Bihar faced anti-incumbency at both the State and Union levels when it went to the polls in 2019. Its stunning performance in the...
Arguably, a central issue in the 2019 elections was the idea of India. The right, notably the BJP, imagine an idea of India at whose centre...
With the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance managing to almost repeat their 2014 performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha...
Political institutions, be the elected assemblies or political parties have not had the presence of women in their ranks, and not in senior...
Tamil Nadu was one of the only states (the others being Kerala and Punjab) to resist the otherwise comprehensive sweep by the National Democ...
Even though the Bharatiya Janata Party managed to cross the half-way mark for the second successive time in the 2019 elections, the coalitio...
The National Democratic Alliance managed to repeat its 2014 election performance in Maharashtra winning 41 seats; the United Progressive All...
The results of the 2019 elections have shown that brand and personal messaging on the part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a large ro...
Election commentators and nerds of all hues pore over turnout numbers to see if they can read the tea leaves that point to the eventual verd...
In a couple of days, discussions about the 2019 General elections will hinge on the release of exit poll numbers put up by various survey an...
In this episode, we are joined by Ankur Bhardwaj, Senior Editor at Business Standard to talk about the State of Haryana which goes to the po...
In this episode, we are joined by Shoaib Daniyal of Scroll.in 's team to talk about politics in West Bengal and learn about how the BJP is m...
Contrary to popular perception, Rajasthan is a diverse state which features everything from well irrigated agricultural regions to deserts,...
Gujarat goes to the polls in the third phase of elections. In the last five years it has seen economic upheaval as a result of demonetisatio...
As parts of Assam and the North Eastern states of India go to the polls we take this opportunity to discuss some of the issues which have ca...
India's newest state goes to the polls tomorrow in the first phase of polls alongside its "parent" state. Though Telangana and Andhra Prades...
Starting this week we hope to discuss important themes and issues that might inform how voters choose and how parties reach out to voters in...
Concerns about land and land rights have been key political issues from the beginning of the republic. Even as India urbanizes, these issues...
In this episode we speak to Dr. Diego Maiorano, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore about two fascinating t...
There has been a long standing demand for reservations in legislatures in India for women. Currently, fifty percent of positions in panchaya...
What is the landscape of social media in India? How are political parties using social media to cement narratives and organise voters? What...
Does promoting violence give political parties in India electoral gains? Steven Wilkinson's book "Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition...
Why are farmers in India mobilizing and agitating? What are the politics behind the waiver of 'Farm Loans' by State Governments across the c...
How can we understand how to understand Indian politics? In this debut episode, we (Alok and Sarayu) talk about what this podcast will be ab...
The Ganatantra podcast is about politics in India, but steering clear of intrigue and personalities, and the everyday news cycle. Join polit...