Link to the Show / Show NotesClick to listen to Chris’s conversation with Rana Dasgupta. (45 minutes, 21 mb mp3)
Rana Dasgupta’s India is a land of grueling poverty still, in a culture transfixed by glittering wealth. The dominant mood is “frenzied accumulation” in a society “consumed both by euphoria and dread.” Mahatma Gandhi’s India of fond memory — triumphant non-violence [...]

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