The India Forum

The India Forum

A Journal-Magazine on Contemporary Issues.

Anaemia, Nutrition, and Health Inequalities in India

Kiran Kumbhar speaks with Veena Shatrugna, a medical doctor and a public health researcher, on the challenges in anaemia and undernutrition in India and on recent attempts to dilute the diagnostic…
▶24-Aug-2023
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The Chequered History of American Aid to India

Foreign aid, especially from the United States, has always been a testy matter for India. We speak to Gaurav Garg, assistant professor of history at Ashoka University on the history of American…
▶10-Aug-2023
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Hardeep Dhillon on the deadly fever

Hardeep Dhillon on a short people’s history of the influenza epidemic in colonial India.
▶10-Aug-2023
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Surinder Jodhka on the crisis of agriculture in Punjab & its future

The crises of Punjab’s agriculture are rooted in the same history that made it the granary of India. Listen to Surinder S. Jodhka, Professor of Sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, speak…
▶10-Aug-2023
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Satendra Kumar on the making of the farmer identity in western UP

Listen to Satendra Kumar speak about the unmaking and remaking of the farmer identity in western UP.
▶10-Aug-2023
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Aditi Priya on marginalised students in India’s higher education institutions

Listen to Aditi Priya speak about marginalised students in India’s higher education institutions and demand for a more compassionate Economics.
▶10-Aug-2023
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Sanjay Barbora on the discontent of the Northeast

Listen to Sanjay Barbora speak about Northeast India, its history and discontent.
▶10-Aug-2023
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Sudha Narayanan on India's agriculture market

Listen to Sudha Narayanan speak about India's farm laws, its major lacunae and problems, and the future of state intervention in agriculture markets.
▶10-Aug-2023
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R. Nagaraj on India's economic slowdown

The bust of the 2010s after the boom of the 2000s can be repaired only by an investment revival that is led in good part by the public sector. Listen to R. Nagaraj, the well-known economist and…
▶10-Aug-2023
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Prem Chandavarkar on the Central Vista project

The imperial Central Vista in Delhi has been transformed since 1947 into a symbol of democratic India. But the proposed redevelopment will reduce public space, highlight the spectacle of government…
▶10-Aug-2023
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