Manoj Kumar Jha, professor, politician, analyst, speaks to Outlook about his new book, 'In Praise of Coalition Politics and Other Essays on Indian Democracy' (Speaking Tiger Books, 2025). He says it wasn't just the outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, reducing the BJP's strength in the Lok Sabha, forcing it to rely on allies, that brought his focus to coalitions. It was his conviction that coalitions of myriad kinds define the very idea of India.
00:00 – 00:32 | Bihar and the Crisis of Documentation
00:34 – 01:06 | The Weight of Supreme Court Orders
01:11 – 01:55 | India as a Coalition of Histories
02:01 – 02:57 | Coalition as Political Strength
03:05 – 03:59 | From Mandates to Dependencies
04:04 – 05:08 | The Decline of Dialogue in Parliament
05:17 – 06:11 | Coalition as Cultural Glue
06:17 – 07:48 | Citizenship and the Obedient Citizen
08:12 – 09:37 | Bihar and the Burden of Proof
10:14 – 11:06 | Assault on Federalism
11:15 – 12:30 | Draconian Laws and Political Control
12:37 – 14:05 | Fear, Infiltration, and Dog Whistles
15:00 – 16:23 | Partition’s Wounds and New Divides
17:00 – 17:38 | Writing Perpetual Wars into History
17:41 – 19:44 | The Shrinking Space for Debate
20:01 – 21:47 | Words, Poetry, and Parliament
21:53 – 23:11 | Remembering Gandhi and Nehru
23:16 – 25:13 | Letters Across Time
25:17 – 26:26 | Why the Young Must Read
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