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at Manthan

ARE WE FAILING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE? Almost one-third (30%) of India’s population (365 million in 2011) comprises young people aged 10–24. Whether India realizes the advantage of its demographic dividend,...

BUDGET 2021 – EXPERT ANALYSIS The Union Budget 2021 assumes huge importance in the backdrop of a steep fall in the Covid-ravaged economy during the past year. The Budget was...

The Talk THE INDIA STORY: HOW IT WAS ACHIEVED & WHAT TO DO NOW Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s book “Backstage:” captures the essence of economic policy making between 1985 and...

THE TALK Swara Bhasker shall talk on the intersection of arts, artists and society. Swara Bhasker, Actress Swara Bhasker is an award-winning Indian actress who has played a number of...

THE TALK What relevance do the Ramayana and Mahabharata have to modern law? Justice V Ramasubramanian understands the Indian epics as much as he knows the law, which is significant....

THE TALK Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making. Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi provides this backstory to his current dominance in Indian politics. It begins with the creation...

THE TALK It might be odd to aver that Indians shun science, this in a country that is lauded as a fount of software engineering, has just touched the heavens...

THE TALK Despite its complex history of shifting boundaries, invasions, colonial rule, and multiple cultures, India has a strong tradition of trust. Over this cultural legacy, the independent nation built...

THE TALK India and China have different narratives and understandings of their relationship in history, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, both India and China have changed beyond recognition...

Live on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/tJ1nToLdJAo THE TALK When Ramachandra Guha began following the game in the early 1960s, India was utterly marginal to the world of cricket: the country still...