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08/09/2022

Ep 1: The Mutiny that ended Company Raj

The summer of 1857 changed the course of Indian history. For over a century, the East India Company had been expanding its territorial economic control over India. The Company used coercion, deception, and cooption, and appeared invincible. But beneath the surface of deceptive calm, there was discontent against what was the foreign corporate rule. From soldiers to peasants, princely rulers to landlords, Hindus to Muslims, the most unlikely of allies came together to wage the most powerful rebellion that the nation had seen. The British, with the utmost cruelty, succeeded in repressing the uprising. But Company Raj ended, giving way to the Crown. In this episode, William Dalrymple, the author of The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857, joins HT to discuss the Mutiny, its roots, its significance, and how it changed the British colonial architecture in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08/09/2022

Ep 2: The birth of the Indian National Congress

It had been three decades since the mutiny. It was a period of gloom, as the Crown consolidated its rule, caring little for the well-being of Indians. But a set of early Indian nationalists and a somewhat unusual British reformer came together in Bombay in 1885 to set up what was to become the primary vehicle of India’s political aspirations — the Indian National Congress. In the early years, Congress sought reforms and increased political voice for Indians, within the British Empire. Its leaders, especially the remarkable Dadabhai Nauroji, exposed Britain’s great drain of wealth from India through economic exploitation. But as British repression continued, and Indian nationalist tempo increased, the party slowly saw a division between moderates and extremists, with the latter arguing that it was time to assert and confront the Raj. In this episode, Dinyar Patel, a Harvard-trained historian and an accomplished biographer of Nauroji, brings alive the early years of Indian nationalism and the birth of one of the world’s premier political organizations — the Indian National Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08/09/2022

Ep 3: In Bengal, a partition and a movement

1905 saw a change in the direction of India’s nationalist struggle and deepened a communal divide that would haunt India for decades to come. The reason: Lord Curzon, the imperial Viceroy decided it was time to divide British India’s largest province, the Bengal Presidency. The Partition of Bengal was an attempt to divide the Hindu-majority west and the Muslim-dominated east. A year later, the British encouraged the formation of the All-Indian Muslim League. And in 1909, the Raj introduced separate electorates — a move that would cement a separate Muslim political identity, and eventually, Muslim separatist politics. But the Partition of Bengal also galvanized Indian nationalists, furious at the British divide and rule strategy. New forms of protest, from calls for a boycott to the advocacy of swadeshi, emerged. The differences between extremists and moderates sharpened, but Indian nationalist political opinion was united — the Partition was wrong. In 1911, the British reversed the decision, but they had sown the seeds of the eventual partition in the east, four decades later. In this episode, Bhaswati Mukherjee, a former Indian Foreign Service officer and author of the book on the Partition of Bengal, takes us through the roots of that fateful decision and its impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03/16/2023

Books & Authors podcast with Sudeshna Guha, author, A History of India Through 75 Objects

“We can write on Ancient Indian History but that doesn't mean you are finished knowing all there was to know.“ The history of India through 75 objects is a curation of objects from the prehistoric ages through twenty-first century India, author Sudeshna Guha provides a panoramic view of the rich histories of the subcontinent to the host Manjula Narayan. The incisive essays in this collection detail not just the objects but the histories of their reception: examining how changing times and attitudes cast their shadow on the ways in which the past is interpreted and narrated. In doing so, A History of India through 75 Objects inspires us to interrogate our own notions of a knowable past and fixed national history. Teeming with thought-provoking insights and surprising anecdotes, the essays instill a sense of wonder about the continuous processes by which histories are constructed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08/13/2022

75 years of Independence and summation of Political for dummies

In this episode of Politics for Dummies, RJ Aniket and Professor KP Fabian talk about the 75 years of India's Independence, and the meaning of freedom. They will also celebrate the success of 50 episodes of Politics of Dummies. Tune in to know more.
03/16/2021

Donald Trump: A Bull in a China Shop?

Why was Biden vs Trump election so important? Why did Trump, despite the many ways in which he has failed his government, still garner 232 votes? Can potential candidates like him run for elections independently? How does all this affect India? Join RJ Aniket and KP Fabian, ex-Indian Foreign Services officer, for a lesson on American politics!
08/14/2022

Ep 13: Series finale - The story of Azaadi

The road to Indian Independence was long. It was tough. It was marked by moments of political high, interspersed with long periods of political low. But the freedom struggle eventually succeeded, with the British leaving the land that they had no business occupying in the first place. In this finale, HT senior editor Prashant Jha traces the brutality of colonial rule and its systematic policy of encouraging a Hindu-Muslim divide which left India with a tragic Partition. He also examines the brilliance and bravery of Indian nationalists who slowly built the edifice of the freedom struggle, and offered India a vision of an inclusive, progressive and internationalist nationalism, leading to the triumph of August 15, 1947. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03/24/2020

27: हर एक बात पर कहते हो तुम | Mirza Ghalib | Urdu Shayari | Famous Poetry | Life of a poet

आज का ख़्याल मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब की तरफ से। मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब उर्दू के एक ऐसे शहंशाह हैं जिनका शेर जिंदगी के किसी भी मौके पर इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है। सुनिए उनकी रचना और उनके जीवन के बारे में @radiokabachchan के साथ। Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Road to Indian Independence: An Introduction

India’s freedom struggle is a story of evolution and revolution. It is a story of elite leadership and mass movements. It is a story of the most remarkable and successful non-violent struggle in global history wearing down the most powerful Empire the world has seen through the power of truth. It is a story of repression and revolt. It is a story of failures and successes. It is a story of unity and fragmentation. But fundamentally, it is a story of an ancient civilization and a new republic finding its voice. To mark India@75, HT’s new special podcast series takes you through 12 key moments of the freedom struggle, spread over 90 years, from the Mutiny of 1857 to the Naval Mutiny of 1946. Join some of India’s most distinguished historians and writers, in conversation with HT senior editor Prashant Jha, as they look back at the era of early nationalism, the British strategies of divide and rule and repression, the rise of the Mahatma and his mass movements, and help answer that fundamental question: How did India gain Azadi from the brutal and repressive colonial empire? Listen in as we introduce our series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 14

The Next Phase of Financial Sector Reform: Protection, Transparency, and Trust

As India's economy grows and millions of Indians aspire to build greater financial security, insurance has an increasingly important role to play in that journey. In this episode of Why Not Mint Money, Monika Halan speaks with Sarbvir Singh, Joint Group CEO of PB Fintech, about the evolution of India's life and health insurance landscape and the opportunity to build a more consumer-first, transparent and accessible ecosystem. The conversation explores how the industry can make financial protection simpler, improve the customer experience, strengthen trust through greater transparency and make claims a more seamless part of the insurance journey. More importantly, it looks at how a stronger protection mindset can help Indian families take greater financial risks, pursue their ambitions and participate confidently in India's growth story towards 2047. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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