Ornit Shani's guest appearances

Ornit Shani

Center for the Advanced Study of India

Stepwell

Ganatantra

Srinath Raghavan

Roshan Kishore

Mira Nair

Alpa Shah

Tariq Thachil

Anit Mukherjee

Maya Jasanoff

Sameer Lalwani

Carol Upadhya

Mukulika Banerjee

Sven Beckert

Vijayendra Rao

Alexander Lee

Emmerich Davies

Debjani Bhattacharyya

OwlTail

The Indian Constitution guaranteed universal adult franchise from the moment it came into force. In a country with inequalities and divisions based on caste, gender, language, and ethnicity, this was a radical move that speaks of the vision of the founders. Yet, the process by which universal suffrage became a reality remained shrouded in obscurity until recently. The credit for bringing to light the fascinating process of the preparation of the first electoral rolls in independent India goes to Dr. Ornit Shani who, on the basis of her painstaking original research, wrote the award-winning book, How India Became Democratic. In this episode, we're joined by Ornit Shani to speak about her book, The insights and revelations about Indian democracy we get from the process by which electoral rolls were first prepared and why, perhaps, there's more reasons to be optimistic about India's democracy than we think.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Indian Constitution guaranteed universal adult franchise from the moment it came into force. In a country with inequalities and divisions based on caste, gender, language, and ethnicity, this was a radical move that speaks of the vision of the founders. Yet, the process by which universal suffrage became a reality remained shrouded in obscurity until recently. The credit for bringing to light the fascinating process of the preparation of the first electoral rolls in independent India goes to Dr. Ornit Shani who, on the basis of her painstaking original research, wrote the award-winning book, <a href="https://www.amazon.in/dp/B076P7ZRT7/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How India Became Democratic</a>. In this episode, we're joined by Ornit Shani to speak about her book, The insights and revelations about Indian democracy we get from the process by which electoral rolls were first prepared and why, perhaps, there's more reasons to be optimistic about India's democracy than we think.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

S02 E12: Elections, Citizenship and Democracy (feat Dr Ornit Shani)

Political scientist Ornit Shani's book How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise examines the way the Indian democratic system was conceptualized and executed, beginning with the unprecedented choice of universal franchise. How were these decisions made? What was the process? How did they execute this incredibly ambitious enterprise? Ornit talks to Patrick about all this and more in this episode. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @expresspodcasts, or send us an email at podcasts@indianexpress.com. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on www.indianexpress.com/audio.

Political scientist Ornit Shani's book How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise examines the way the Indian democratic system was conceptualized and executed, beginning with the unprecedented choice of universal franchise. How were these decisions made? What was the process? How did they execute this incredibly ambitious enterprise? Ornit talks to Patrick about all this and more in this episode. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @expresspodcasts, or send us an email at podcasts@indianexpress.com. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/audio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.indianexpress.com/audio</a>.

Executing the grand ambition of universal franchise in India, with Ornit Shani

"How India Became Democratic" featuring Ornit Shani (Lecturer, University of Haifa)in conversation with Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

"How India Became Democratic" featuring Ornit Shani (Lecturer, University of Haifa) in conversation with Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

Spring 2018 Podcast with Ornit Shani