S02 E30: Season Finale and Wrap Up

This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar discuss the second season of Ganatantra and how Covid19 has impacted the subjects they spoke about.

S02 E29: Policy in the shadow of Covid 19

This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar discuss the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on public policy.

S02 E28: Politics in West Bengal (feat. Shaoib Daniyal)

This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar welcome back Shoaib Daniyal to talk about the politics of West Bengal. If you would like to hear Shoaibs previous appearance you can find that here: https://ivmpodcasts.com/ganatantra-episode-list/2019/5/5/ep-13-west-bengal-polarizat…

S02 E27: Federalism in India (feat. K K KAILASH)

This week on Ganatantra Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar talk to Dr. Kailash in their continuing series on Federalism in India.

S02 E26: Delhi Politics and the rise of the AAP (feat Dr Manisha Priyam)

In this week's episode, Dr. Manisha Priyam joins us to discuss Delhi politics. She walks us through her fieldwork and her prediction of the rise of the AAP, the new politics of Delhi post the violence at JNU and the deeply communal campaign, and the importance of urban services in thinking about po…

S02 E25: India's new party system (feat Rahul Verma)

As a recent set of results shows, India's voters choose very differently in state and national elections. What explains this pattern across the country and what implications does it have for federal politics? In this episode, hosts Alok and Sarayu are joined by Rahul Verma of CPR, co-author of "Id…

S02 E24: Caste, language and politics in Karnataka (feat. Chandan Gowda)

As a state with came into existence on the basis of a demand for linguistic reorganization, it's somewhat of a mystery that Karnataka has not yet seen a mass movement or major political party based on linguistic identity. We're joined by Dr Chandan Gowda of the Azim Premji University to unpack thi…

S02 E23: Fiscal Federalism- 2.5 lakh governments and how to fund them (feat. Pranay Kotasthane)

All governments need to raise and spend money but in India's complex three tier government, the process by which this money is raised and spent is a subject with serious political and constitutional implications. We are joined by Pranay Kotasthane of the Takshashila Institution to talk about the h…

S02 E22: Social Welfare and Political Violence in Kerala (feat. Prem Panicker)

The image of Kerala politics contains two dissonant and contrary images - that of a state with some of the best human development indicators in the world but also high numbers of targeted killings. In this week's episode, we're joined by journalist and editor, Prem Panicker, to understand these tw…

S02 E21: Federalism and State Politics

In the third series of episodes of Season 2, we'll be discussing federalism and State politics in India going in-depth into the politics of certain states and some larger themes to understand politics at the state level. In this episode, Sarayu and Alok introduce the topic and outline what's in sto…