Investing in India will focus on understanding India to be able to make long-term investments. We will speak with economists and financial market practitioners . We will also speak with non-financial experts to understand what makes India tick.
How do Indian securities regulations and market infrastructure institutions compare to the US?
Host Shomik Ghosh interviews Sandeep Parekh, managing partner at Finsec Law Advisors, about how Indian securities regulations and market infrastructure compare to the US.
6 Jul 2025
Analysing India from top-down to bottom-up
Akhilesh Tilotia analyzes India's economic evolution, moving from top-down structural shifts to bottom-up data validation, revealing insights into tax base expansion and policy formation in this interview.
25 May 2025
Is India’s fragmented pension system getting better?
Sriram Iyer and Amit Gopal examine India's complex pension system, including the Old Pension System, Employee Provident Fund, and National Pension Scheme, in an interview that analyzes improvements and ongoing concerns.
10 May 2025
How Economics textbooks of world ignore Indian relaities
Ever wondered why economics feels different in India compared to what we study in books?
In this episode, we chat with Alex Thomas, a renowned economics professor from Azim Premji University, about why Western economic theories don't always work in India. From inequality to real-world examples, we break down economics in a way that makes sense for Indians. Alex shares his journey from choosing economics by chance to writing a textbook that speaks to Indian students.
No complex jargon - just honest talk about how economics really works in our country.
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1 May 2025
How Indian State Reforms are stuck in the 1950s
Ever wondered why policies in India don't seem to have the effect that governments and citizens hope? In this episode of our "Investing in India" series, Hansi speaks with economist Prof. Kartik Muralidharan about his book "Accelerating India's Development" and his extensive research on India's public sector effectiveness.
With over 20 years of research experience, Prof. Muralidharan offers his perspectives on:
- Why India matters to global investors
- India's democratic journey and its impact on development
- The "frugal innovation" approach in India
- The gap between policy design and implementation
- Practical solutions to governance challenges
And much more!
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18 Apr 2025
Are we drawing the Wrong Conclusions from India's Data?
What if the Indian middle class is just the top 5%? Why is unemployment so low, but jobs so scarce? And are India’s glowing growth numbers really telling the whole truth?
In this new episode in our Investing in India series, journalist and author Rukmini S (Whole Numbers and Half Truths) joins Hansi to unpack how Indian data is collected, where it misleads, and why context is everything — especially for investors and policymakers.
📊 What we cover:
Is India’s statistical system broken—or better than we think?
Why GDP growth numbers sparked controversy
The myth of India’s massive middle class
Why a 3% unemployment rate hides underemployment and informal work
How 40% of working women earn no wages at all
The real story behind urbanization, caste, and inequality
Why phone access ≠ internet access (and what it means for digital India)
How better data (and better questions) could change India's future
And much more!
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