Barkha Dutt, a prominent broadcast journalist and the head of MoJo Story, shares her unique perspective on India. She discusses her rootless upbringing and the critiques she faces regarding her elite status. Topics include the complexities of gender and caste in Indian society, the dynamics between Hindus and Muslims, and the declining fertility rates. Dutt also highlights the rich culinary landscape of India, the evolution of Twitter’s culture, and the significance of education in shaping tech leadership. Her insights provide a nuanced understanding of a diverse nation.
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Western Perceptions of India
The West often perceives India through limited tropes, focusing on religious equality and press freedom.
These narratives, while partially true, lack the full complexity of India's diverse society.
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Understanding India
Diversify your sources to understand India better, don't rely on any single platform.
Consider Indian perspectives and journalists like Ellen Barry and Annie Gowen for nuanced reporting.
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Misogyny in Indian Society
India displays complex contradictions regarding women's rights, having more progressive abortion laws than the US, yet also deep-rooted misogyny.
Everyday misogyny manifests in gendered home roles, idealized superwoman images, and declining female workforce participation.
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श्रीलाल शुक्ल का उपन्यास 'राग दरबारी' 1968 में प्रकाशित हुआ था और यह ग्रामीण भारत के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक परिदृश्य पर एक तीखा व्यंग्य है। यह उपन्यास शिवपालगंज नामक एक काल्पनिक गाँव में स्थित है, जहाँ रंगनाथ नामक पात्र गाँव की जटिलताओं को नेविगेट करता है। इस उपन्यास ने 1969 में साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार जीता और हिंदी साहित्य
This Unquiet Land
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This Unquiet Land offers a deep dive into India's societal issues, including the caste system, gender inequality, and political turmoil. The book provides a firsthand account of the author's experiences reporting from various conflict zones and highlights the contradictions and challenges faced by India. It serves as a critical reflection on the nation's identity and ongoing struggles.
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Growing up, Barkha Dutt was totally rootless. She spoke English, not her parent’s Punjabi. She devoured Enid Blyton and studied English literature during college, but read few Indian novelists. She didn’t even know her caste. This has opened her up to criticism as being a progressive elite who is out of touch with her heritage, and challenged her to be especially thoughtful in the way she examines the many overlapping values in Indian society. A successful broadcast journalist and columnist, she currently runs the YouTube-based news channel MoJo Story and recently published a new book, Humans of COVID: To Hell and Back.
Barkha joined Tyler to discuss how Westerners can gain a more complete picture of India, the misogyny still embedded in Indian society, why family law should be agnostic of religious belief, the causes of declining fertility in India, why relations between Hindus and Muslims seem to be worsening, how caste has persisted so strongly in India, the success of India’s subsidized institutes of higher education, the best city for Indian food, the power of Amar Chitra Katha’s comics, the influence of her English liberal arts education, the future of Anglo-American liberalism in India, the best ways to use Twitter, and more.
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