Lekh
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Kasia Paprocki - Threatening Dystopias
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 35th episode, I speak to Kasia Paprocki, Associate Professor in Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science on her rece...
Aditya Balasubramanian - Toward a Free Economy
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 34th episode, I speak to Aditya Balasubramanian, Lecturer in Economic History, at Australian National University on his first book Toward a Fre...
Paul Staniland - Ordering Violence
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 33rd episode, I speak to Paul Staniland, Political Scientist at the University of Chicago on his recent book Ordering Violence: Explaining Arme...
Ravinder Kaur and Nayanika Mathur - The People of India
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 32nd episode, I speak to Ravinder Kaur and Nayanika Mathur, editors of a new volume The People of India: New Indian Politics in the 21st centur...
Taylor Sherman - Nehru's India
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 31st and final episode of 2022, I speak to LSE historian Taylor Sherman on her new book Nehru’s India: A History in Seven Myths published by ...
Mircea Raianu - Tata
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 30th episode, I speak to Historian Mircea Raianu at the University of Maryland on his recent book Tata: The Global Corporation That Built India...
Gowri Vijayakumar - At Risk
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 29th episode, I speak to Gowri Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis...
Vidya Krishnan - The Phantom Plague
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 28th episode, I speak to Vidya Krishnan, journalist and author of The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis shaped History published by Hachette. Th...
Andrea Wright - Between Dreams and Ghosts
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 27th episode, I speak to Andrea Wright, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at William & Mary, on her ...
Bharat Venkat - At the Limits of Cure
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 26th episode, I speak to Bharat Venkat, Assistant Professor at Institute for Society and Genetics in the Department of History, UCLA, on his ne...
Rajesh Veeraraghavan - Patching Development
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 25th episode, I speak to Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Assistant Professor in the Science, Technology and International Affairs program at Georgetown U...
Dwai Banerjee - Enduring Cancer
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 24th episode, I speak to Dwai Banerjee, Associate Professor, MIT, on his recent book Enduring Cancer: Life, Death, and Diagnosis in Delhi publi...
Ravinder Kaur - Brand New Nation
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 23rd episode, I speak to Ravinder Kaur, Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen on her recent bo...
Debjani Bhattacharyya - Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 22nd episode, I speak to Debjani Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies, Drexel University and soon to be Profess...
Sandeep Mertia - Lives of Data
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 21st episode, I speak to Sandeep Mertia, PhD Candidate, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University on his new edited...
Swethaa S Ballakrishnen - Accidental Feminism
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 20th episode, I speak to Swetha S Ballakrishnen, Assistant Professor of Law, UC Irvine on their recent book Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity...
Jaffrelot and Anil - India's First Dictatorship
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the nineteenth episode, I speak to Pratinav Anil, PhD Candidate, University of Oxford about his recently co-authored book (with Christophe Jaffrelo...
Pradip Ninan Thomas - The Politics of Digital India
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the eighteenth episode, I speak to Pradip Ninan Thomas, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, about his recent book The Politics of Digita...
Kate Imy - Faithful Fighters
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the seventeenth episode, I speak to Kate Imy, a historian at the University of North Texas, about her recent book Faithful Fighters: Identity and P...
Himanshu Jha - Capturing Institutional Change
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixteenth episode, I speak to Himanshu Jha, Lecturer and Research Fellow, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University on his recent book Captur...
Ali Raza - Revolutionary Pasts
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifteenth episode, I speak to Ali Raza, Historian at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on his recent book Revolutionary Pasts...
Sarah Besky - Tasting Qualities
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourteenth episode, I speak to Sarah Besky, cultural anthropologist at Cornell University on her recent book Tasting Qualities: The Past and Fu...
Joseph McQuade - A Genealogy of Terrorism
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the thirteenth episode, I speak to Joseph McQuade, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Polic...
Priya Atwal - Royals and Rebels
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the thirteenth episode, I speak to Priya Atwal, British historian of empire, on her recent book Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Em...
Sebastian Prange - Monsoon Islam
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the twelfth episode, I speak to Sebastian Prange, Associate Professor of History, University of British Columbia on his recent book Monsoon Islam: ...
Benjamin Siegel - Hungry Nation
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the eleventh episode, I speak to Benjamin Siegel, Assistant Professor of History, Boston University, on his recent book - Hungry Nation: Food, Fami...
Mubbashir Rizvi - The Ethics of Staying
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the tenth episode, I speak to Mubbashir Rizvi, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Georgetown University, on his recent book - The Ethics...
Bérénice Guyot-Réchard - Shadow States: India, China, and the Himalayas, 1910-1962
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the ninth episode, I speak to Bérénice Guyot-Réchard, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London on her recent book - Shadow States: India, China,...
Amit Ahuja - Mobilising the Marginalized
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the eight episode, I speak to Amit Ahuja, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California Santa Barbara on his recent book - Mob...
Sidharthan Maunaguru - Marrying for a Future
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the seventh episode, I speak to Sidharthan Maunaguru, Associate Professor of Sociology and South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore on...
Mythri Jegathesan - Tea and Solidarity
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixth episode, I speak to Mythri Jegathesan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Santa Clara University on her new book - Tea and Solidarity: ...
Shandana Khan Mohmand - Crafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth episode of Lekh, I speak to Shandana Khan Mohmand, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex on her n...
Sunil Amrith - Unruly Waters
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of Lekh, I speak to Sunil Amrith, Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University, on his recent book Unruly ...
Lilly Irani - Chasing Innovation
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Lekh, I speak to Lilly Irani, Associate Professor of Communication & Science Studies at University of California, San Diego on...
Andrew Liu - Tea War
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Lekh, I speak to Andrew Liu, Assistant Professor of History, Villanova University on his recent book Tea War: A History of Ca...
Nico Slate - Lord Cornwallis is Dead
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the pilot episode of Lekh, I speak to Nico Slate, Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University on his recent book Lord Cornwallis is Dead: The ...
Introducing the Lekh podcast
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lekh - on books, book reviews, authors, non-fiction and South Asia.