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Jerry Rao on The Past, Present, and Future of Conservatism in India
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English - February 05, 2020 02:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsNews Government coronavirus covid-19 democracy india indian politics indian elections bjp congress party rahul gandhi narendra modi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 2015, the historian Ramachandra Guha wrote an essay in the Indian magazine Caravan that ruffled a lot of feathers. Guha remarked that while India had a right-wing party in power, the country lacked a serious right-wing intellectual ecosystem.
A new book by the author and entrepreneur Jerry Rao argues that India in fact has a long, ancient tradition of right-wing thought. Rao’s book, The Indian Conservative: A History of Indian Right-Wing Thought, examines the contribution conservative ideas have made—and could make in the future—to the economy, politics, culture, society, and aesthetics of India.
On this week’s episode, Milan and Jerry sit down to talk about the roots of conservative thought in India, the connection between Hindu nationalism and conservative tradition, and what the future holds for Indian secularism.