Grand Tamasha

Modi's Farm Law Reversal, India-China, and Trade Policy

Episode Summary

Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan join Milan for the regular news round-up. The trio talk Modi's surprising farm law repeal, India-China border tensions, and trade policy.

Episode Notes

We are nearly done with our sixth season of Grand Tamasha and we have been shamefully overdue in scheduling a news round-up for the Fall.

To set things straight and to discuss the latest news coming out of India, Milan is joined on the podcast this week by Grand Tamasha regulars Sadanand Dhume of AEI and the Wall Street Journal and Tanvi Madan of the Brookings Institution. 

The three discuss the Modi government’s abrupt about-turn on the farm law bills, the perilous state of China-India relations, and new murmurs out of Delhi on the trade policy front. Plus, Tanvi, Sadanand, and Milan discuss three stories coming out of India that podcast regulars should be following. 

  1. Sadanand Dhume, “Farmers Will Reap the Benefits of Modi’s Reforms,” Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2020.
  2. Sadanand Dhume, “What New Delhi Needs to Stand Up to Beijing,” Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2021.
  3. Tanvi Madan, “Major Power Rivalry in South Asia,” Council on Foreign Relations, October 2021.