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Apr 15, 2021

In this episode, Shruti and Virginia Postrel discuss her latest book, “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.” They talk about different methods of dyeing, spinning as a feminine occupation, the textile trade in the 17th and 18th centuries, how technological changes disrupted the industry and much...


Apr 1, 2021

In this episode, Shruti talks to Himanshu Jha about his recent book, Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in IndiaHimanshu is a lecturer and research fellow in the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University in Germany.

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