Interpreting India

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Every two weeks, Interpreting India brings you diverse voices from India and around the world to explore the critical questions shaping the nation's future. We delve into how technology, the economy, and foreign policy intertwine to influence India's relationship with the global stage.

As a Carnegie India production, hosted by Carnegie scholars, Interpreting India, a Carnegie India production, provides insightful perspectives and cutting-edge by tackling the defining questions that chart India's course through the next decade.

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India's Remittance Economy with S. Irudaya Rajan Sep 24, 2020

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Srinath Raghavan is joined by Professor Irudaya Rajan as they discuss India's remittance economy. They analyze the coronavirus pandemic's impact on remittance income from a national and regional perspective and try to chart the future of this institution in a post-pandemic world.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

S. Irudaya Rajan was a Former Professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala (close 40 years of post-graduate experience) Currently, he is the chair of the KNOMAD (The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development,)World Bank working group on internal migration and urbanization. He is one of the expert committee members to advise the Government of Kerala on Covid-19.

Additional Reading:

1. Emigration and Remittances: New Evidences from the Kerala Migration Survey 2018 by S. Irudaya Rajan & K.C. Zachariah

2. What is the Future of Migration from Kerala by S. Irudaya Rajan

3. Gulf revisited: Economic consequences of emigration from Kerala, emigration and unemployment S. Irudaya Rajan & K.C. Zachariah

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Understanding India's Migrant Crisis with Chinmay Tumbe Sep 10, 2020

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Chinmay Tumbe joins Srinath Raghavan as they discuss India’s migrant crisis. They assess its implications on India's domestic and urban labor markets, and what the crisis holds for India's long-standing traditions of internal migration.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Chinmay Tumbe is with the Department of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A). He holds a Masters from the London School of Economics & Political Science and a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Additional Reading:

1. Migration persistence across twentieth century India by Chinmay Tumbe

2. Missing men, migration and labour markets: evidence from India by Chinmay Tumbe

3. India Moving: A History of Migration by Chinmay Tumbe,

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Unpacking India's Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code with Bhargavi Zaveri Aug 27, 2020

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In this episode, Srinath Raghavan speaks to Bhargavi Zaveri as they unpack India's Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). They examine how India's existing regulatory framework might fare for bankruptcies in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Bhargavi Zaveri has been a Senior Researcher at the Finance Research Group (FRG) at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). Her primary research area is financial regulation. She also works on land-related policy issues in Maharashtra. She has previously held research positions at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi and the Harvard Law School.

Additional Reading:

1. Covid-19: Making A Bankruptcy Law Work In A Pandemic by Bhargavi Zaveri and Harsh Vardhan BloombergQuint, 24th April 2020.

2. Covid-19 Impact: A Relief Strategy For Distressed Businesses Seeking IBC Restructuring, by Bhargavi Zaveri and Harsh Vardhan BloombergQuint, 2nd May 2020.

3. IBC: Unknot The Bankruptcy Law, Don’t Suspend It, by Bhargavi Zaveri and Harsh Vardhan BloombergQuint, 14th May 2020.

4. Loan Moratorium: Supreme Court Asks Government To Consider Waiving ‘Interest On Interest’ by Arpan Chaturvedi

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Decoding India's Defense Sector with Anit Mukherjee Aug 13, 2020

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Srinath Raghavan is joined by Anit Mukherjee as they discuss India's defense sector. In their conversation, they explore some of the underlying problems plaguing India's defence institutions and the extent to which the government’s recent reforms address these issues.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Anit Mukherjee is Deputy Head of Graduate Studies, and an Associate Professor in the South Asia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. He is the author of The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Military in India (NY: Oxford University Press, 2019). He joined RSIS after a post doctorate at the Centre for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.

Additional Reading:

1. Facing Future Challenges: Defence Reform in India by Anit Mukherjee

2. Fighting Separately: Jointness and Civil-Military Relations in India by Anit Mukherjee

3. The Absent Dialogue by Anit Mukherjee

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Understanding Indo-Nepal Relations with Constantino Xavier Jul 29, 2020

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Srinath Raghavan is joined by Constantino Xavier as they discuss the relationship between India and Nepal. In doing so, they contextualize the recent border tensions that erupted at the Indo-Nepalese border in May 2020.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Constantino Xavier is a Fellow in Foreign Policy and Security Studies at CSEP, and a Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He leads the Sambandh Initiative on Regional Connectivity, which examines India’s political, security and economic relations with the South Asian neighbourhood.

Additional Reading:

1. Interpreting the India-Nepal Border Dispute by Constantino Xavier

2. How Nepal and India can Keep Their Relationship Special by Constantino Xavier

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Covid-19 and India's Macroeconomy with Pranjul Bhandari Jul 20, 2020

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Four months after the first lockdown, Srinath Raghavan is joined by Pranjul Bhandari as they assess how India's macroeconomic responses have aged through the pandemic.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Pranjul Bhandari is the Chief India Economist at HSBC Securities & Capital Markets (India) Private Limited. She is responsible for developing the firm's position on macroeconomics and public policy in India, leading the firm's economics research franchise from Mumbai. Pranjul is part of the Research team based in Mumbai.

Additional Reading:

1. A case of wilful spenders turning into forced savers by Pranjul Bhandari

2. Will today's economic scratch leave a scar? by Pranjul Bhandari

3. The art of winning trade deals post the pandemic by Pranjul Bhandari

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Understanding the Line of Actual Control with Shyam Saran Jul 02, 2020

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Srinath Raghavan is joined by Shyam Saran as they discuss the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the Sino-Indian border. They look at the way in which the LAC impacts, and is impacted by the relationship between New Delhi and Beijing.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Shyam Saran is a Senior Fellow and Member of the Governing Board at Centre for Policy Research. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy For Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he has headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a prestigious think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15).

Additional Reading:

1. How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century by Shyam Saran

2. As the LAC heats up, reading China’s playbook by Shyam Saran

3. A Clash in the eastern Ladakh by Shyam Saran

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Assessing the Sino-Indian Border Confrontation Jun 17, 2020

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Srinath Raghavan is joined by Ashley J. Tellis as they discuss the origins and nature of the current Sino-Indian border confrontation. They situate the crisis in the context of broader geopolitical developments and assess its impact on Sino-Indian ties.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Additional Reading:

1. Hustling in the Himalayas: The Sino-Indian Border Confrontation by Ashley J. Tellis

2. United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China by The White House, United States of America

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