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Grassroots Nation, is a series in which we deep dive into the life, work and guiding philosophies of some of the country’s most great leaders of social change.

The podcast is co-produced by Vaaka Media.

Part personal narrative, part oral history, each episode gives you, the listener, a chance to revisit watershed moments in India’s past through the eyes of the country’s social architects and find out how they were the catalyst for their life’s calling.

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Breaking Walls & Building Bridges: Dr Anita Patil-Deshmukh

In this episode of Grassroots Nation, Professor Madhav Gadgil speaks of his extensive research in the Western Ghats, the influence of Marathi poetry on his approach to difficult situations and his prolific writing in English and Marathi. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1981 and the Padma Bhushan in 2006. In 2023, he published his autobiography, A Walk Up the Hill in multiple Indian languages.

Professor Madhav Gadgil is in conversation with Professor Gurudas Nulkar, the director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune. Professor Nulkar is a well known ecologist and academic. This interview was recorded at Professor Gadgil’s residence in Pune.

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