Episode 29 – India’s Growth Story: Astute Planning or an Accident?

Shankkar Aiyar is a political economy analyst, columnist, and the author of several books, including Accidental India: A History of the Nation’s Passage Through Crisis and Change, which is a must-read for anyone who wants to fully understand what it took for India to push through transformative structural reforms.

Uzair talked to him about India’s reforms, why crises are an opportunity for pushing change, and how COVID-19 creates new opportunities for India and other emerging markets.