The Wire Talks
by The Wire
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Why are Foreign Portfolio Investors Turning Away From India?
Why are Foreign Portfolio Investors Turning Away From India?
About this podcast
The Wire Talks is back, but with a new look. Now, host Sidharth Bhatia will chat with guests on video as well as audio, on issues such as culture, politics, books and much more. Our guests will be well-informed domain experts. The idea is not to get crisp sound bites but to have a real discussion, resulting in an explanation that is insightful and offers the audience much to think about.
Episodes
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- Why are Foreign Portfolio Investors Turning Away From India? · 53 minForeign money is moving out of Indian stock markets and the reasons are not associated with profits but something more basic. “Right now, with taxation and with currency against…
- We've never seen such an escalation of bad language as in recent times · 37 minThe free bandying around of insulting language, not just by trolls but also by leaders has become a virtual epidemic. Cockroach, presstitute, Dimagi Naxal-these were not phrases…
- Indian states are welcoming massive data centres with incentives but what do the people get out of it? · 32 minThere is competition among Indian states to welcome multi-billion dollar data centres with subsidies, tax holidays and electricity grid and water priorities. But does this…
- An India-Pakistan cricket match today is like fisticuffs rather than a game · 46 min · Episode 57Recently Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar were among those who signed a letter along with 18 other captains to the Pakistani prime minister, appealing for more…
- The Mecca Pact Could Tempt Pakistan Towards More Adventurism Against India. · 38 min · Episode 56Three Muslim-majority countries — Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan have come together and signed a mutual defence agreement — popularly called the “Mecca Pact“. What are the…
- There is Fear in the BJP and RSS and They Don’t Know How to Manage the Situation · 41 min · Episode 55After the Jantar Mantar protests, Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tried to reach out to Gen Z. But these have not been successful because “Gen Z knows that the RSS is…
- Doing away with Article 370 Has Hurt India’s Secular Foundation · 42 min · Episode 54Seven years ago Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was read down and done away with and the region was converted to two Union Territory-J & K and Ladakh. The BJP had then said that…
- The Cockroaches’ Protest Has Been one of the Most Positive Developments in India for Some Time. · 1 h 5 min · Episode 53“The youth movement consisted of many who were supporters of this government and that is significant”, says Tariq Ali, the icon of protest movements in the 1960s and after. “This…
- If Satluj had been shown in the theatres two years ago, it would have come and gone without controversy · 46 min · Episode 52The sudden takedown of the film Satluj from an OTT platform within 48 hours of release sparked a lot of discussion. The film was made four years ago and the censors had asked for…
- The Govt’s Reaction to the Students Has Been Strong But They Do Not have the Guts to go Beyond This · 35 min · Episode 51Actor and activist Shabana Azmi was among those who joined the protestors at Jantar Mantar and says she saw “hope and anger” among them. “I and Javed saab (Javed Akhtar) wrote a…
- The Iranians Did Not Express Any Disappointment to us with India’s Positions. They were Very Positive. · 31 min · Episode 50Congress leader Salman Khurshid, was among those who attended the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran in early July. He was invited personally and was also representing the…
- Did Hyderabad Almost Become the Spiritual Epicentre of the Islamic World · 50 min · Episode 49A new book, Indian Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the Billionaire Princes floats the tantalising possibility that the Nizam of Hyderabad’s dynasty came close to becoming the…
- India Must Ask Itself, Do We Want to Take a Stand on Atrocities Against Palestinian Children or Not? · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 48The new report by the UN appointed Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has revealed shocking details about Israeli attacks on Gaza and specifically the…
- "There is no indication India raised the issue of attacks on Indian nationals at sea with the U.S." · 24 min · Episode 47When three Indian nations on neutral merchant ships were killed in attacks by the US forces at the Strait of Hormuz, it created an uproar in India. The Indian government called…
- Fatty Liver is Becoming the Number One Cause of Liver Cancers in India · 45 min · Episode 46The definition of obesity has changed. Even those who look slim, without a big belly, may be obese. And this leads to many other health problems. The definition now includes a…
- "I think Penguin India Is Looking For Excuses To Drop My Book" - Joe Sacco · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 45Joe Sacco is An internationally known cartoonist journalist famous for his books on Palestine and Gaza. His first book on India — The Once and Future Riot — was published last…
- The Heat Wave in India is an Emergency. And Its Only Going to Get Worse in the Future · 40 min · Episode 44India is extremely hot right now. Recently, it was reported that 50 of the world’s hottest cities in the world were in India. The media calls it a “heat wave.” This is only going…
- “The Election Commission Is The Key Player In This Election" · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 43Crucial elections will take place in West Bengal in two phases on April 23 and 29. Mamata Bannerjee’s Trinamool Congress has to fight anti-incumbency, because it has been in…
- The Amount Of Censorship Of Online Content Has Expanded Exponentially · 50 min · Episode 42The recent proposed amendments to IT rules inviting public comments has been explained by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as just procedural but this is…
- Indian Americans Are Very Afraid in a Way That, They Haven’t Been Probably Since the Post 9-11 Era · 39 min · Episode 41With the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) picking up immigrants especially brown looking people, and even deporting them, a climate of fear has built up among the Indian…
