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Ep 274: Two-and-a-Half Bengalis Have an Economics Adda

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Disconnect Between Power and Accountability

There is a disconnect between power and accountability at the local level, says Giselaudeen. There's no incentive for anemily or now o fight against that sort of party line, because they are not necessarily being fully impacted or held to account for it. And i was shocked that you do something like demonitization, and you get away with it, right? You win a large state election right after demonitization. To me, that was a shock. But there was no protest anywhere other than some small protests in bengal. Then you have the second wave of pandtemic, where we live through the horrors of bread and rations by providing cheap internet access

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