Exploring Brexit, UK-India Relations Post-Brexit and the Changing tides of the historical relationship between the UK and India, featuring perspectives from Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt, Lord Bilimoria, Lord Gadhia, Baroness Royall, the Indian High Commissioner…

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In this episode I interview Lord Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University, former governor of Hong Kong and former European Commissioner this afternoon. We discuss the Oxford-India relationship, relaxing Indian student visa rules, Brexit, the Colonial legacy, Bollywood and more…

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In this episode I interview Dr SY Quraishi, the Former Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has overseen the largest event in the world involving over 800 million voters (11 million civil servants), the Indian elections, which surpasses the participants in elections across all of Europe together. We discuss the challenges to this operation such as the geography of the land, the incredible diversity encountered, data breaches and fake news hindering the democratic process of elections. We also discuss recent predictions of communal violence by US National Intelligence Agency and his thoughts on the upcoming 2019 elections.

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In this episode I explore the legacy and relevance of Mohandas Gandhi with Faisal Devji, a Professor of Indian History at Oxford University. We explore complexities surrounding his position on non-violence, his relationship with the Bhagavad-Gita and contentious issues such as his controversial experiments with celibacy and look closer at claims of the apparent ‘RACIST’ Gandhi in South Africa.

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Recently, India legalised homosexuality, overturning a 2013 judgement that upheld a British colonial-era law, known as section 377. I explore with the Director of the Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies, Shaunaka Rishi Das, Hindu views on sexual orientation and gender identity, and whether by India now decriminalising Homosexuality, is India returning to its roots.

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Part 2 of my Interview with Mr Salman Khurshid, former External Affairs Minister of India and Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. In this interview he offers his views on India’s foreign policy since the Modi government, how India needs to develop its global role beyond simply being a trade partner and discusses the UK-India relationship post-Brexit.

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Podcast interview with Mr Salman Khurshid, former External Affairs Minister of India and Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. In light of data breaches, fake news and election manipulation dominating global headlines in recent times, I questioned him on data privacy and protection in a digital India.

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A discussion with Ian Blatchford, the Director of the Science Museum and Matt Kimberley, the curator of the ‘Illuminating India exhibition’ (October 2017-April 2018), to discuss the remarkable yet unfortunately little-known contributions of the Indian subcontinent to global science and culture over the last 5000 years.

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A discussion with author, politician and public intellectual Dr Shashi Tharoor on the future of UK-India relations, the Commonwealth’s portrayal as British Empire 2.0., the impact of the colonial legacy and comparisons of Churchill to Hitler.

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