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7: Conservatism in India, with Shruti Kapila

7: Conservatism in India, with Shruti Kapila

Update: 2019-03-30

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On this episode of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French talks to Shruti Kapila, a Historian at Cambridge University, about how Conservatism can be seen as a disposition rather than an ideology. Kapila details how this disposition has influenced politicians in India for eras, from Gandhi and Tilak to present day Congress.

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7: Conservatism in India, with Shruti Kapila

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