Misha Glenny

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1,430 appearances 22 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5d ago

Misha Glenny’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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In Our Time · Indian Indentured Labour · 21 May 2026 podcast

Sir Neha, you have these populations in places as far away as Fiji, British Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa, voice-verified

These Indian populations who remain there after the end of the system, how do they view India itself? voice-verified

I mean, do they feel detached from it or what is their relationship with India? voice-verified

And Purabha, how would you sum up the legacy of the Indian indentured system? voice-verified

And Clem, how about you? voice-verified

What do you think the primary legacies of the system are? voice-verified

My thanks to Purbao Hussain, Clem Seacheran and Neha Hui. voice-verified

Next week, the origins of cybernetics. voice-verified

Thank you for listening. voice-verified

Yeah, we keep this bit. voice-verified

So there are a couple of things that really struck me. voice-verified

First of all, we didn't talk about Uganda. voice-verified

We didn't talk about what the long-term impact has been politically in places like Uganda and Fiji in particular, where there's been real tension there. voice-verified

in the past 50 years or so and how that emerged. voice-verified

And the other thing that strikes me is that this is so reminiscent of something else that I've done some work on, which is the effectively indentured labour of Bengalis and Nepalese in particular, but also Filipinos into the Gulf states. voice-verified

It seems to me to be a very similar system. voice-verified

I mean, when you signed up for the indentured labour... voice-verified

Did you, well, I mean, obviously you didn't have passports, but did you get any cash for it? voice-verified

Were there tangible benefits straight away for these people? voice-verified

Some middle manhood. voice-verified

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