India: Insights from the World's Largest Election

Welcome to this joint Who is voting in 2024 and What
Matters Today podcast episode. 


A quick word about both of these series. 


Who is voting in 2024 is a series produced by the Geneva
Graduate Institute’s Albert Hirschman Centre On Democracy
focusing on the multiple elections taking place in 2024.


What Matters Today, which is produced by the Institute’s
Communications department, is a current affairs podcast series
featuring Geneva Graduate Institute faculty and international
experts commenting on the most pressing global issues.


Our guests today are Mukulika Banerjee and Gopalan Balachandran.


Mukulika is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political
Science. She specializes in political anthropology and election
cultures, among other areas. Having just returned from a few
weeks in India, she brings a valuable "on the ground" perspective
to this discussion.


Gopalan is the Co-Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on
Democracy and a Professor of International History and Politics
at the Geneva Graduate Institute. His areas of expertise include
globalization, emerging countries, and diasporas, among others.