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Emerging Economies - Focus on India with Prof. Dilip Menon
Playlist by Good Morning Cape Town with Lester KiewitThis bi-weekly feature explores the dynamic landscape of India’s emerging economy, examining its role in and response to global economic trends and geopolitical shifts. With insights into India’s uniq…Follow the podcast:
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: El Nino and India agriculture
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss registered unrecognised political parties and money laundering; Iran War and BRICS; El Nino and Indian agriculture. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewi…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: Nepal wants India and Pakistan to pay for floods
Africa Melane (standing in for Lester Kiewit) speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss why Nepal wants compensation from India and Pakistan for the recent devastating floods; Sonia Gandhi's autobiography; and Indian…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: Supreme Court and the youth protests
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss India-China trade at high altitude; climate change and floods on the southwest coast, and the Supreme Court and the youth protests. Good Morning Cape Town w…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: The March of the Cockroaches
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party and the staging of protests; the memory chip shortage and an AI computing deficit; the escalating crisis in West Asia and …
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: Does an Indian passport guarantee citizenship?
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest; more than two million students re-taking an entrance exam after questions were leaked on Telegram, and does an Indian passp…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: Elections 2026 in the spotlight
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss India’s elections; cleaning polluted rivers with human hair and get to know the Cockroach Party. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of t…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: Women’s bill fails
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss the women’s representation bill failing to pass; UAE exits from OPEC and implications for India, and major projects in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Good Mor…
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E merging economies – Focus on India: State elections take place
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss state elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Pakistan, India, and the Iran crisis; and a new bill to amend transgender rights. Good Morning Cape T…
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Emerging economies – Focus on India: State of Working India Report 2026 indicates worrying trend
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University, about India’s state of employment as reflected in the State of Working India Report 2026; India’s outsourcing industry and the challenge being posed by AI; and a regressive …
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Emerging Economies - Latin America: What to make of BRICS with war in Iran
Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Lyal White, faculty at Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) about: The status of “BRICS” during the current war in Iran; meeting of the “Shield of the Americas” summit; what can US-Cuba talks achieve; José Kast sworn into office in Chile. Good Morning Ca…
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