
Ep. 149: A life in Indian Politics
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Disruption of Indian Politics
In India, we don't know the mayor of a single city. I'm absolutely certain that something even bigger will happen in Mumbai or Bengaluru. We're not doing the same scale, but Hyderabad and Chennai and others will also follow. But it's a big if. If cities are empowered like in Delhi, let's say Mumbai has a genuine self-governance - then there is a lever. In 1924, some of the biggest names in India were leaders of local governments. Rajendra Prasad,. Javala, Nehru, Chitra Nindas and later Sebastian Reboos among them.
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