{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ramachandra Guha on the Origins of Indian Environmentalism","description":"Today my guest is environmental scholar, historian and biographer&amp;nbsp;Ramachandra Guha. He is the author of a number of books, including a two-volume biography of Gandhi and the award-winning book \u201cIndia After Gandhi.\u201d We talked about his latest book, &quot;Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism.\u201d We spoke about global versus local commons, bottom up approach to environmentalism in India, urbanization, economic growth and technological progress and much more.  Recorded May 7th, 2025. Read a&amp;nbsp;full transcript&amp;nbsp;enhanced with helpful links. Connect with Ideas of India Follow us on X Follow&amp;nbsp;Shruti&amp;nbsp;on X Follow Ram on X Click&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;for the latest Ideas of India episodes sent straight to your inbox. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:08 - Speaking with Nature 00:08:42 - Unquiet Woods 00:38:29 - Science and Progress of Environmentalism&amp;nbsp; 00:47:33 - Radhakamal Mukerjee 00:55:06 - K. M. Munshi 01:03:38 - Technological Progress and Tradeoffs 01:11:22 - Jayaprakash Narayan 01:19:39 - Outro  ","author_name":"Ideas of India","author_url":"https:\/\/ideasofindia.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36851450\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/189207525"}