Bathakani Pranay

We discussed about a Tamil film named Mandela. The movie beautifully talks about democracy and elections. It is said that " the ballot is more powerful than most potent gun". Any election whatsoever should not be neglected in democracy, more so in the case of elections for state legislature and Parliament. Even though the voting percentage of the Indian electorate is one of the highest in the world, we need to introspect whether such ballot has delivered substantive outcomes or not. Most importantly, the reluctance of the educated and employed sections to participate in voting is definitely harming our democratic setup. As Telangana elections are approaching, we delve deeply into issues in our public discourse such as utility of vote, role of identity, freebies vs development and so on through Mandela movie.

We talked about the leader movie and tried to discuss some important things through it.



Caged Tiger : ttps://www.amazon.in/Caged-Tiger-Government-Holding-Indians/dp/9354359698/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=caged+tiger&qid=1685527299&sr=8-2age

Montek Singh Ahulwalia on Policy Reform: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HDeJ14n447R7T9y3dDi28?si=1a03c1e7baf2444e



Dr Vijayendra Rao - Localising development: does participation work?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ9lHjaQ9vU

In this second episode of Bathakani, we talked about democracy through the lens of recently released Republic movie. Hope you all will like it.

What have we done to our Independence: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dhNMSqb21A2vUeNV9O0Bt?si=d7793cf4da8341e9

Public Choice Theory: https://open.spotify.com/episode/26IFNOqPhqO0uhHZwtu5Tu?si=5fcf575801564808

A life in Indian Politics: https://open.spotify.com/episode/43I7yq3Fhb2pUSgoDNbvUV?si=7182123a87004dd8

Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan: https://www.amazon.in/Desperately-Seeking-Shah-Rukh-Independence/dp/9354891934

India's Founding Moment: The constitution of most surprising democracy

Anticipating the Unintended : https://publicpolicy.substack.com/

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In the first episode we talked about government and society. Here are few links that can help you to explore more about the topic. Hope you'll enjoy the conversation. 



1. Amartya Sen Capability Framework : https://iep.utm.edu/sen-cap/
2. Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?: https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/publication/localizing-development-does-participation-work
3. Participatory Democracy: https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/2/16/episode-160-participatory-democracy/
4. India against corruption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Against_Corruption
5. With the Government, Within the Government, As the Government — Ashwin Mahesh: https://www.ashwinmahesh.in/post/2016/06/19/with-the-government-within-the-government-and-as-the-government
6. A Case For Societism: https://www.thinkpragati.com/opinion/1574/a-case-for-societism/
7. Dignity Through Discourse: Democracy Seminar with Vijayendra Rao, World Bank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9vaiauNaE



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