Book Discussion: The Smart and the Dumb: The Politics of Education in India

In this podcast, we discussed Vishal’s new book on the politics of education in India. Education offers a lot of promises, it is considered an engine for social and economic mobility, it promises a path to development, to empowerment, to jobs. But what happens when some of these promises are not upheld?

We deep dive into some chapters of Vishal’s book and he explains what ‘more’ is there to education and how deeply caste, class and gender are tied to this