Tom Sasse

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129 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Jun

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Quid game: challenges for South Korea’s president · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

That's a fraction of the size of the farmers' protest that I mentioned.

And the group has promised more rallies, but it's not at all clear that it's got the stamina or the organizational clout to really mount a long, sustained campaign.

And at the moment, I would argue that they also lack a strong leader and a coherent message that would really appeal to a really large number of Indians.

So at the protest, Dipka was leading endless rounds of chanting songs.

Slogans.

But the speakers weren't really loud enough for most of the crowd to hear what he had to say.

I think India is in a tight spot.

Everyone has been put under pressure by the Iran war.

Energy prices are rising pretty fast here.

Some people are struggling to get hold of cooking gas.

Inflation is rising pretty sharply.

So the mood here isn't complete satisfaction with the government.

And in some ways these protests are tapping into that.

But I think at the moment the government's bet is that they can

Right it up.

Rosie.

The Intelligence from The Economist · Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

India's experiencing a baby bust.

In many parts of India, fertility has fallen really remarkably quickly and much more quickly than people had anticipated.

Tom Sass is our South Asia bureau chief.

So if you look at the total fertility rate, a TFR, a measure of how many kids an average woman has over her lifetime, it's now 1.9 for the whole of India and it's falling quickly.

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