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Barkha Dutt on the Humans of COVID
Ideas of India
English - April 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture development economics publicpolicy india Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, Shruti speaks with Barkha Dutt about her new book, “To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID.” They discuss the tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the failures of the Indian state, the stories of Indian migrant workers, the decline of cable news and much more. Dutt is an Indian television journalist, author and owner of the YouTube news channel Mojo Story. She is an opinion columnist with The Hindustan Times and The Washington Post. Her previous book is “This Unquiet Land: Stories from India’s Fault Lines.”
Recorded March 27th, 2022
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