{"podcast":{"title":"In Focus by The Hindu","slug":"in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346","podcast_index_feed_id":421346,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/THGU4956605070","website_url":"https://www.thehindu.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9e58a93a-ab36-11ec-8428-3f3370f316e0/image/716085c49f9a7b0412f1144186014fea.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Hindu","episode_count":1349,"summary":"A podcast from The Hindu that delves deep into current developments with subject experts, and brings in context, history, perspective and analysis.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:19:51.428428+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346"},"episode":{"title":"Decoding India’s polycrisis: Ailing economy, broken education system, acute unemployment","slug":"decoding-india-s-polycrisis-ailing-economy-broken-education-system-acute-unemployment","published_at":"2026-06-24T14:16:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346/decoding-india-s-polycrisis-ailing-economy-broken-education-system-acute-unemployment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/THGU5316378363.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/THGU5316378363.mp3","summary":"The term ‘polycrisis’ denotes a scenario where multiple crises occur at the same time. A new book titled ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’, written by two economists, Santosh Mehrotra and Jajati Parida, argues that India is facing a polycrisis -- a structural economic crisis, an employment crisis, and the education system crisis, and looming overall of all of these, a potential demographic crisis. How did India land up in a polycrisis and what is the way out? Guest: Santosh Mehrotra, a professor of economics who has worked with the Planning Commission and the United Nations Host: G Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu Producer and editor: Jude Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The term ‘polycrisis’ denotes a scenario where multiple crises occur at the same time. A new book titled ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Sto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346/episodes/decoding-india-s-polycrisis-ailing-economy-broken-education-system-acute-unemployment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-focus-by-the-hindu-421346/decoding-india-s-polycrisis-ailing-economy-broken-education-system-acute-unemployment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}