South Asia Chat

Episode 18: The G7 Summit - India Enters the Ring

Hot off the heels of the conclusion of the G7 Summit in France, ISAS Research Fellow Dr Karthik Nachiappan discusses the outcomes of the discussions and how India played a role and could be impacted by its presence there.

Episode 17: Mr Arun Jaitley - The Consensus Builder

In this episode, we pay tribute to the former Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who passed away last weekend. Talking to former Indian Comptroller and Auditor-General Mr Vinod Rai, we discuss the lawyer-turned-politician’s legacy, contributions and working style as a consensus builder and a philanthropic individual. In this episode, we pay tribute to the former Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who passed away last weekend. Talking to former Indian Comptroller and Auditor-General Mr Vinod Rai, we discuss the lawyer-turned-politician’s legacy, contributions and working style as a consensus builder and a philanthropic individual.

Episode 16: Whose Cake is it ?

Earlier this week, the RBI announced that they will be giving a portion of their surplus to the Indian government for their expenditure. We speak to two Indian economic stalwarts – former Comptroller and Auditor-General Mr Vinod Rai and former Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr S Narayan on whether the Indian government should get a slice of the RBI pie and what they may do with it.

Episode 15: Imran Khan’s First Year in Office

On 18^th August, Imran Khan clocked his first year as the 22^nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. How has he fared? We talk to ISAS Visiting Research Associate Professor Iqbal Singh Sevea who provides a report card of the economic, domestic political and foreign policy contributions of the cricketer-turned-politician.

Episode 14: Article 370 - What next for India?

ISAS Senior Research Fellow Dr Ronojoy Sen analyses the strategies that the Indian government will need to take in the immediate term in the aftermath of amending Article 370.

Episode 13: Ecommerce in India

ISAS Senior Research Fellow Dipinder Singh Randhawa talks shop in this episode as he analyses the factors, impact and regulatory reaction arising out of the growing ecommerce sector in India.

Episode 12: China and the US in South Asia - Conflicting Interests?

In the 2^nd part of our podcast interview with Prof Guo Xuetang from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, we discuss the China-US relationship, whether the two powers have conflicting interests in South Asia and if Beijing is uncomfortable by closer ties between India and the US.

Episode 11: The China-India Relationship - A Chinese Perspective

In the first of our two-parter with Visiting Scholar Professor Guo Xuetang from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, we ask him about China’s view of India’s ascent and whether Beijing is threatened by the growth of the South Asian giant.

Episode 10: Imran Khan’s Visit to the US

Earlier this week Pakistani Prime Minister made a momentous visit to the US. ISAS Senior Visiting Research Fellow Professor Touqir Hussain analyses the visit and its impact on the US-Pakistan relationship as well as Islamabad’s relations with China and India.

Episode 9: India’s Space Mission

ISAS Director Professor C Raja Mohan appears on South Asia Chaat for the first time to dissect the significance behind and implications of India’s first space mission to the moon earlier this week.