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Snigdha Poonam on the Political Economy of Transnational Scams
Today my guest is Snigdha Poonam who is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the new book Scamlands and also the author of the 2018 award winning book Dreamers : How Young Indians Are Changing Their World. We ta...
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Snigdha Poonam on the Political Economy of Transnational Scams is an episode from Ideas of India by Shruti Rajagopalan. Today my guest is Snigdha Poonam who is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the new book Scamlands and also th...
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Published Jan 2, 2026, 01:27:59 long, audio available.
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Today my guest is Snigdha Poonam who is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the new book Scamlands and also the author of the 2018 award winning book Dreamers : How Young Indians Are Changing Their World. We talked about the scam industrial complex in different states like Jharkhand, Assam and Tamil Nadu in India, the interaction between the scam economy and the formal economy, the transnational scams in China and Cambodia and how they are connected to India, the aspirations and traumas of the scam work force and much more. Recorded November 17th, 2025. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Learn more about The 1991 Fellowship . Connect with Ideas of India
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