A research based podcast covering India and its interactions with the rest of the world. Starting with its immediate neighbourhood and moving on to others, we will also explore India's history in various facets.
Created by Rohit Agarwal - a veteran and military history enthusiast with several published books on the subject.
Feedback, comments and ideas are welcome - please connect with me on rohit@rohitagarwal.in
#IndianPodcast #History #Research #Military #IndianHistory #IndiaPakistan #Geopolitics #SouthAsia
#InternationalRelations #SuperpowerRelations
History repeating itself is not a cliche. There is an eerie resemblance between the current state of affairs between US and Pakistan as it existed under General Zia. In this episode we explore these similarities, seeing how international events changed Pakistan's fortunes on both occasions.
Sources
Eating Grass - The Making of the Pakistani Bomb - Feroz Hassan Khan
Memories & Reflections Of A Pakistani Diplomat - Ḵẖān, Sult̤ān Muhammad
Pakistan's Drift into Extremism - Hassan Abbas
Politics In Pakistan- The Struggle For Legitimacy - Louis D Hayes
Memoirs of a Bystander - A Life in Diplomacy Iqbal Akhund
Working with Zia - Gen Khalid Mahmud Arif
#HistoryPodcast #IndiaPakistanWar #Geopolitics #Diplomacy #Zia #JimmyCarter #Reagan #Afghanistan #SovietUnion
5 Sept 2026
Sibling Rivalry #19 - Bhutto and Zia
At the peak of his power, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto promoted Zia above the heads of others and appointed him as the Pakistan Army Chief. It was a fatal mistake, because the so far servile Zia soon toppled his mentor. He went on to ensure Bhutto was executed and continued to rule for the next 11 years as the unchallenged dictator of Pakistan.
Sources -
The Struggle for Pakistan - Ayesha Jalal
Working with Zia - General Khalid Mahmud Arif
Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan- His Life & Times - Stanley Wolpert
A History of the Pakistan Army - Brian Cloughley
Eating Grass - The Making of the Pakistani Bomb - Feroz Hassan Khan
Memories & Reflections Of A Pakistani Diplomat - Ḵẖān, Sult̤ān Muhammad
#HistoryPodcast #IndiaPakistan #ZiaUlHaq #Bhutto #PakistanArmy #Geopolitics #SouthAsia
21 Aug 2026
Sibling Rivalry #18 - The Great Reversal
The 70s decade saw a great reversal in the internal politics of India and Pakistan. India, thus far a stable democracy, slid into autocracy under Mrs Indira Gandhi during the emergency. Pakistan, meanwhile, was flirting with fledgling democracy, with its first real constitution being promulgated in 1973.
But it was not long before status quo ante prevailed. Listen to the strange tale of the temporarily exchanged identities of the subcontinental rivals.
Sources -
People, Passions and Politics - Mohammed Younis
Military, State and Society in Pakistan - Hasan Askari Rizvi
War, Coups and Terror - Pakistan's Army - Brian Cloughley
The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000 - Dennis Kux
Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan- His Life & Times -- Stanley Wolpert
Generals in Politics in Pakistan - Asghar Khan
Bhutto - Salman Taseer
#HistoryPodcast #IndiaPakistan #Bhutto #IndiraGandhi #Emergency #1975 #GenZiaUlHaq #Democracy #Dictatorship
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