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Podcast: Bharatvaarta
Episode: #015 - Bharatvaarta | Rise and Fall of Communism in India | Impact on Politics and Culture | Scope for Revival and more
Description: On International Workers’ Day or May Day as it is more popularly known, Aashish Chandorkar (Public Policy Commentator), Harsh Madhusudhan (Economist, Investor, Author), and Rangesh Sridhar (Political Expert) speak to our host, Roshan Cariappa, about the history of Communism in India, its overlapping with the Indian freedom movement, the influence of the Left on Nehruvian politics, the rise to power thereafter through the support of the Indira Gandhi government, the impact of the left on our culture, the left's administration of states like West Bengal, global dynamics - the rise of wokeness and the New Left, scope for political re...