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Take a step back from noisy political debates and tune in to rich conversations on India and the world. The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international...
A nation-wide NRC is an unknown beast of unknown dimensions. Real world examples of the NRC come from Assam, where close to 19 lakh resident...
Nuclear war feels unthinkable, but how much peace does nuclear deterrence guarantee? Do nuclear programmes truly deter or compel adversaries...
The Republic of India is often a Republic of men. While men and women nationally enjoy the same rights, we are yet to solve many of the soci...
India has made strides in improving the health, well-being and lives of infants and expecting mothers over the last several decades. But onc...
The Indian State has incredible ambition, but often falls very short of meeting grand outcomes. The mismatch is linked to State Capacity, a...
What has been happening in Pakistan after Imran Khan became the Prime Minister? Why do some people want General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure a...
About 1% of the world's population today are refugees, internally displaced or stateless. They live difficult, dangerous lives, have few pro...
The State of Jammu & Kashmir as we know it has changed permanently in 2019. With the end of J&K's special status and the restructuring of th...
The States Reorganisation Act came into effect 63 years ago to this day, on November 1, 1956. India's states as we know them started taking...
The Syrian Civil War has been raging since 2011, and crimes against humanity are being committed even in 2019. How did a peaceful protest tu...
How is a new drug discovered or invented? What does it take for medicine to go from a small idea in a research lab all the way to your local...
Edit "Rocket science" has moved well beyond rocketry in the 21st century. Even the Jet Propulsion Lab in California hasn't done any rocket s...
India's judicial system operates at three levels: the Supreme Court at the national level, High Courts at the state level, and city or distr...
The Industrial Revolution led to the creation of firms. The Information Revolution has led to the creation of platforms. Amazon and Flipkart...
Genome sequencing and mapping is unearthing new knowledge about the origin of humans and human civilisation. More than that, genome analysis...
Hong Kong has seen protests since March 2019, triggered by newly proposed legislation that allows Hong Kong citizens to be extradited to Chi...
Mental health is not a first world concern, but very much an Indian challenge. Social taboos have prevented Indians from confronting mental...
What is happening in India's stock markets right now? How do the stock markets interact with the real Indian economy? Deepak Shenoy is on Ep...
Companies around the world have been learning how to manage the safety and security of their digital assets. Can the cybersecurity logic of...
India has fraction of the doctors and medical professionals it needs, even as healthcare is increasingly becoming a politically important is...
DNA samples can today be used for creating a unique fingerprint or ID, for diagnosing cancer and heritable diseases, for telling you your an...
Can India's higher education system thrive when the teaching profession has lost most of its status in society? What is necessary for India...
How has India's anti-defection law undermined democracy in the country? How do we tackle endless horse-trading of elected representatives in...
The Government of India has announced that it will start issuing Overseas Sovereign Bonds, thereby allowing the government to borrow in doll...
India was one of the founding members of the United Nations, but as a colony of the British Empire. Almost 75 years later, the UN has shaped...
India is a Union of States, and Indian Republic's federal nature has been hardcoded into the Constitution. While political federalism is imp...
Air pollution in our cities, vanishing groundwater, disappearing lakes and global climate change. What is common to all of them is that they...
On the 100th episode of The Pragati Podcast, the tables have been turned. Host Pavan Srinath occupies the guest seat today, with Winona Lais...
The world today is broadly organised into sovereign nation states, and we all believe that the Indian Nation exists and is thriving. But wha...
51.9 per cent of the people of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016. A country divided, Brexit is still in the works thre...
The Narendra Modi-led NDA has won an unprecedented mandate for a second term in office. With a new cabinet being sworn in and 100 day plans...
It's Election week in India, and as we wait to see who will form the next union government and who will become our prime minister, it's a gr...
Afghanistan was all set to go to elections this summer, but Afghanistan, its State and its people are all in peril. The Taliban are now on t...
Bangalore has at least a 20 year legacy of private citizens working with city and state governments in a variety of ways. V Ravichandar symb...
This is a rebroadcast of Episode 69 of The Pragati Podcast with Pavan Srinath. Milan Vaishnav joins host Pavan Srinath on Episode 69 of The...
Internet access is an essential part of many of our lives. And in 2019, there are more than 500 million broadband internet connections in th...
Space exploration was unthinkable for anyone except the US and USSR in the early 1960s. Today, students and startups can launch satellites....
Is it rational to vote? Is it rational for us to think about government as a benign entity? Amit Varma is back on Episode 92 of The Pragati...
Do astronauts grow up dreaming of going to space? What makes human spaceflight special? Listen to astronaut and former head of NASA Charlie...
We hear about the all-powerful District Collector or Deputy Commissioner in every district in India, but what do they really do? How was the...
Great science needs great journalism, and that's in short supply in India. Nandita Jayaraj and Vasudevan Mukunth talk about science journali...
As we enter 2019, Indians have close to 1.2 billion phone connections, and close to half a billion smartphones with 3G and 4G connections. I...
How did E-Commerce grow from next to nothing in India a decade ago to a $50 Billion industry today? Is Indian e-commerce business little mor...
2019 is an important year for Afghanistan, with national elections scheduled for July. At the same time, the people and the State of Afghani...
Does India have a strategic culture? Does India display strategic thought and action on global affairs? There is wide-spread skepticism abou...
How can great academic research lead to building a great tech company? Listen to Vijay Chandru talk about his life, work and journey as one...
Podcasts are all about voices and conversations, but how did India's own voice-over industry evolve? On Episode 83 of Pragati Podcast, Shamm...
Why is China investing in belts and roads, building infrastructure from the Balkans to Sri Lanka? Why is India building roads in Afghanistan...
Sixty nine years ago, Indians established a radical new government that put the individual at the centre of all governance. Republic Day cel...
How do you report on India's complex neighbourhood as a journalist in Delhi? Devirupa Mitra of The Wire talks to host Pavan Srinath on Episo...