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Stepwell

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  • Join historian and biographer Patrick French on Stepwell, the Ahmedabad University podcast, as he talks to eminent scholars from around the world, covering a broad range of topics and perspectives that challenge and transform conventional views.
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Episodes
  • 13: 'A Suitable Boy' and other stories, with Mira Nair

    13: 'A Suitable Boy' and other stories, with Mira Nair
    Jul 6 2019
    In the finale of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French talks to the acclaimed director Mira Nair about why she shifted from documentary film-making to fiction, her adaptation of Vikram Seth's masterpiece 'a Suitable Boy' and whether film-making is a political act.
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    29 mins
  • 12: The Evolution of India's Right Wing, with Swapan Dasgupta

    12: The Evolution of India's Right Wing, with Swapan Dasgupta
    Jun 22 2019
    Author Swapan Dasgupta details the history of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, discusses figureheads like Savarkar and Deendayal Upadhyaya and talks about the current Indian right wing, represented by the BJP government.
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    32 mins
  • 11: The history of the present, with Maya Jasanoff

    11: The history of the present, with Maya Jasanoff
    Jun 8 2019
    On the latest episode of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French and renowned Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff explore themes of globalisation, imperialism, identity and how these factors shape the modern world.
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    36 mins
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