{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on the 'The 1991 Project'","description":" Today my guests are my colleagues  Shreyas Narla  and  Kadambari Shah. Shreyas is a research scholar and Kadambari is a research associate at the Mercatus Center with the India program.  We talked about completing five years of the  1991 Project,  how it started, it\u2019s scope, the oral histories of the reformers in 1991, papers, essays, fellowships and much more.&amp;nbsp; Recorded July 10th, 2026. Read a&amp;nbsp;full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Prefer to watch this episode, see the full length video here. Connect with Ideas of India Follow us on X Follow&amp;nbsp;Shruti&amp;nbsp;on X Follow Shreyas on X Follow Kadambari 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 00:01:44 - The Origin Story 00:11:07 - Launching the Oral Histories Initiative 00:20:47 -Documentation and Memory 00:37:47 - Building the Repository 00:46:18 - The 1991 Project Website 00:58:11 - Walking with Giants 01:06:45 - Where are all the Women? 01:11:27 - Making Economic Reforms \u2018Sexy\u2019 Again 01:22:43 - The Importance of Intergenerational Interaction 01:34:33 - Incubating New Talent 01:41:39 - Gratitude and Acknowledgments 01:53:19 - 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\/42255065\/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\/204581040"}