Ep 234: Kanti Bajpai on India vs China
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Importance of Being a Hedgehog
As an academic, you do want to have intellectual humility and not be tied down to any one idea. But at the same time, as an academic, if you want your ideas to be part of the main stream, this cos then you do wants to be a bit of a public intellectual. And there are times when i've been a hedgehog. My children would probably say that i was too often at home. There's sometimes when you might just have to take a stand and take the risk ofHolding to a point of view and sticking to it. I think deep down i'm willing to listen and adjust and think things through - that i'm not the last word by any
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