
In several cases we have heard about tussle between executive and Judiciary. This leads to a very important question who appoints SC Judges? What was the opinion of the members of constituent assembly and how this appointment method evolved? So what is the most effective way to appoint SC Judges and where it stands now?
Emergency 1975: Why it happened? The impact on Democracy:
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Sep 29, 2023
15 min

Women's Reservation bill and the introduction of the bill in Parliament. In this episode we discuss the brief history of the women reservation and hope that this historic decision will ensure women lead development.
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Sep 20, 2023
7 min

Recent dinner invites sent to G20 members by "President of Bharat" triggered debates about name of our beloved land. Some call it Bharat some call it India. In this episode we will discuss origin story of the 2 names, debates of the constitution and the idea of India.
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Sep 7, 2023
14 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 21st century. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
India-USA relations
Parliament attack
Gujarat riots
Formation of UPA
MGNREGA & RTI
26/11
UPA-2
India Against corruption
Rise of BJP
Modi Era
Reference material:
Articles by Neerja Chowdhury, Vir Sanghvi, Shekhar Gupta. Online source material: Articles of PB Mehta, The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives.
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Aug 16, 2023
20 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1990s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
Mandal Commission
Ram Janmabhoomi Movement
LPG 1991
Coming of P. V. Narasimha Rao
Coming of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
India becoming a nuclear state
Kargil war
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha),
Articles by Neerja Chowdhury, Vir Sanghvi, Shekhar Gupta. Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives.
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Aug 13, 2023
25 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1980s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
INC coming back to power
India winning cricket world cup
Khalistan movement & Operation Bluestar
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Coming of Rajiv Gandhi
Shah Bano case
India-Sri Lanka Accord
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Uniform Civil Code: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-punditspodcast/episodes/Uniform-Civil-Code-e26pohv
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha),
The Emergency: A Personal History (Coomi Kapoor). Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives.
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Aug 12, 2023
19 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1970s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
Elections of 1971
Bangladesh Liberation war
Basic Structure Doctrine
Chipko Movement
Emergency 1975
Formation of Government by Janta party
Emergency 1975: Why it happened? The impact on Democracy: Ehttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-punditspodcast/episodes/Emergency-1975-Why-it-happened--The-impact-on-Democracy-e22hnqk
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha),
A life in Diplomacy (MK Rasgotra), The Emergency: A Personal History (Coomi Kapoor). Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives.
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Aug 11, 2023
14 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1960s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
Issue of Tibet
Indo-China war 1962
Death of Nehru
Indo-Pak war 1965
Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Green revolution
Naxalism in India
Split in congress 1969
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha), A life in Diplomacy (MK Rasgotra), One life is not enough (K Natwar Singh). Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives, articles and interviews of Vijay Gokhale
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Aug 10, 2023
21 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1950s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
Constituent Assembly
Enactment of constitution, 26 January, 1950
Conduct of 1st elections 1951-52
Reorganization of states
Formation of 1st CPI government in 1957 and imposition of President rule
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha), Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives, articles of PB Mehta.
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Twitter: @anujjsharma_92
Aug 8, 2023
24 min

Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.
So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.
In this episode we discuss the era of 1940s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:
26 January, 1930
Independence Day, 1947
Partition
Integration of Princely states
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Reference material:
Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha), Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives, articles of PB Mehta.
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Aug 7, 2023
21 min
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