Welcome to the fourth episode of The Undismal Paradox Season 2! 

In this episode, Prof. Ashish Kulkarni chats up with Rohith Jyothish.  

Rohith Jyothish is a visiting faculty at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune and a teaching fellow at the Department of Political Science, Ashoka University (Delhi NCR). He is also Assistant Editor at the peer-reviewed academic journal, Big Data & Society. Previously, he worked in public policy organizations in management, research and founder trustee roles for around 8 years.  

Dr. Ashish Kulkarni is an Assistant Professor at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, specializing in Macroeconomics, commodities and derivatives.   

They talk about the essence of democracies, religion and caste-based politics in India, first order issues and state capacity, and the field of political science in general.    

Links and references: 

1) https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/ezra-kleins-why-were-polarized-and-the-drawbacks-of-explainer-journalism

2) https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/01/my-conversation-with-ezra-klein.html

3) https://youtu.be/Ef30I_6zqa0

4) https://www.amazon.in/Jugalbandi-Before-Modi-Vinay-Sitapati/dp/0670091073

5) https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/12/6/episode-202-the-bjp-before-modi/ 

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