Bilal Baloch on Indira Gandhi, India's Emergency, and the Importance of Ideas in Politics
Democracy Paradox
The Power of the Idea
In the book, you write that interests are simply one form of idea. Can you talk a little bit about how interests are really just a different way of thinking about ideas? You know much of political science assumes a certain set of rational motivations and assumptions around behavior,. So decision makers and leaders in a place like india, their politics is invariably going to be motivated by power... They will do whatever it takes to maintain power.
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