Stepwell
Stepwell

Stepwell

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Join historian and biographer Patrick French on Stepwell, the Ahmedabad University podcast, as he talks to eminent scholars from around the world, covering a broad range of topics and perspectives that challenge and transform conventional views.

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13: 'A Suitable Boy' and other stories, with Mira Nair
JUL 6, 2019
13: 'A Suitable Boy' and other stories, with Mira Nair
In the finale of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French talks to the acclaimed director Mira Nair about why she shifted from documentary film-making to fiction, her adaptation of Vikram Seth's masterpiece 'a Suitable Boy' and whether film-making is a...
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28 MIN
12: The Evolution of India's Right Wing, with Swapan Dasgupta
JUN 22, 2019
12: The Evolution of India's Right Wing, with Swapan Dasgupta
Author Swapan Dasgupta details the history of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, discusses figureheads like Savarkar and Deendayal Upadhyaya and talks about the current Indian right wing, represented by the BJP government.
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31 MIN
11: The history of the present, with Maya Jasanoff
JUN 8, 2019
11: The history of the present, with Maya Jasanoff
On the latest episode of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French and renowned Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff explore themes of globalisation, imperialism, identity and how these factors shape the modern world.
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35 MIN
10: How Indian Democracy works, with Mukulika Banerjee
MAY 25, 2019
10: How Indian Democracy works, with Mukulika Banerjee
Patrick French talks to Mukulika Banerjee, the Director of the South Asia Centre at LSE, about why India votes, why the 2019 elections were radically different, how our voting system could be improved, whether India is part of the global trend of...
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36 MIN
9: The need for interdisciplinary collaboration, with Simon Goldhill
MAY 4, 2019
9: The need for interdisciplinary collaboration, with Simon Goldhill
The Professor of Greek Literature and Culture from Cambridge University joins academician Patrick French to discuss how collaborative, interdisciplinary work can solve complex problems.
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33 MIN