Beyond the Indus
by The Diplomat
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- 🇯🇵JP · Politics#5710K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Politics#6210K to 30K
- 🇭🇰HK · Politics#194500 to 3K
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Ayesha Siddiqa on the Pakistan Army's Police State
Sep 1, 2026
Unknown duration
Dhaka’s Balancing Act: Post-election Bangladesh Between India, China, and the US
Aug 20, 2026
Unknown duration
The Cockroach Uprising: How the CJP Protest Exposed India's Broken Institutions
Jul 28, 2026
Unknown duration
Afghanistan’s Former Spy Chief on Russia, China, and the Taliban’s Legitimization Strategy
Jul 13, 2026
46m 09s
The Future of BRICS After the Iran War
Jun 24, 2026
1h 08m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/26 |  Ayesha Siddiqa on the Pakistan Army's Police State | Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, senior fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and author of “Military Inc.,” joins host Tushar Shetty to examine the Pakistan Army's role in the country's governance. They discuss the origins of the military's dominance in the years after 1947, its influence over domestic politics and the economy, its conduct of foreign policy from Ayub Khan to Asim Munir, and its handling of the insurgencies in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Siddiqa argues that Pakistan is not a hybrid regime but a case of constitutional militarism, sanctioned by a parliament that has legislated away its own relevance. | — | ||||||
| 8/20/26 |  Dhaka’s Balancing Act: Post-election Bangladesh Between India, China, and the US | Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, a research fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, joins host Tushar Shetty to examine Bangladesh six months after its first election since the 2024 uprising. They discuss the BNP’s record on converting the July Charter mandate into actual reform, the legalization of the ban on the Awami League, the National Citizens Party’s collapse, Sheikh Hasina’s plan to return to Bangladesh in December, and whether culpability attaches to the party or to the person. They also cover India’s reset with Dhaka, and Bangladesh’s positioning between Beijing, New Delhi, and Washington D.C. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/26 |  The Cockroach Uprising: How the CJP Protest Exposed India's Broken Institutions | Independent journalist and author Snigdhendu Bhattacharya joins host Tushar Shetty to examine what the Cockroach Janata Party protests reveal about the erosion of India's democratic institutions. They discuss the satirical origins of the movement and the exam-leak grievances that fueled it, Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike and the government’s effort to brand the protesters as foreign funded, and the forcible removal of Wangchuk and the police crackdown of July 20. They also cover the sidelining of Parliament and the collapse of the opposition as a channel for dissent, the Election Commission’s loss of credibility after the disputed electoral roll revision in West Bengal, and the retreat of the judiciary and the mainstream press as independent checks on power. Bhattacharya argues that the movement grew as fast as it did precisely because every institutional avenue for grievance had already been hollowed out, leaving a frustrated generation with nowhere left to turn. This conversation was recorded on July 24, 2026, the day before Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. | — | ||||||
| 7/13/26 | Taliban regimegeopolitical dynamics+3 | Masoud Andarabi | TalibanRussia+3 | AfghanistanIndia | TalibanRussia+7 | — | 46m 09s | ||
| 6/24/26 | BRICSIran war+5 | Carlos Frederico Pereira da Silva Gama | BRICS Policy CenterShiv Nadar Institution of Eminence+2 | IndiaBrazil+1 | BRICSIran war+7 | — | 1h 08m 52s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Digital Public InfrastructureIndia Stack+4 | Dr. Pramod Varma | AadhaarUPI+5 | — | India StackDigital Public Infrastructure+7 | — | 1h 13m 38s | ||
| 5/26/26 | Pakistan's diplomatic gainseconomic progress+5 | Khurram Husain | DawnCPEC+1 | PakistanIran+4 | Pakistandiplomacy+8 | — | 47m 49s | ||
| 5/12/26 | nuclear energythorium+5 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar | India's Atomic Energy Commission | IndiaKalpakkam | thoriumnuclear power+8 | — | 54m 27s | ||
| 4/28/26 | Indian Armymilitary strategy+4 | Colonel Ajai Shukla | Business StandardAgnipath+1 | IndiaUkraine+1 | Indian Armymilitary challenges+7 | — | 53m 59s | ||
| 4/13/26 | maritime securityIran conflict+4 | Vice Admiral R.B. Pandit | India's Strategic Forces CommandChina's Belt and Road | Indian OceanHormuz | maritime securityIran conflict+6 | — | 1h 03m 55s | ||
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| 3/23/26 | Iran conflictglobal energy crisis+4 | Adi Imsirovic | Gazprom Marketing and Trading | IranRussia+2 | Iranoil+7 | — | 41m 29s | ||
| 3/9/26 | Iran conflictSouth Asia+5 | Siddhant Kishore | Institute for the Study of WarBaloch Liberation Army+1 | Washington, D.C.Indian Ocean+4 | Iran conflictSouth Asia+5 | — | 45m 03s | ||
| 2/23/26 | Nepal electionsGen Z protests+4 | Biswas Baral | Kathmandu PostThe Diplomat | Nepal | NepalGen Z+5 | — | 46m 14s | ||
| 2/10/26 | Bangladesh electionelectoral alliances+4 | Dr. Smruti PattanaikDr. Mubashar Hasan | Awami League | BangladeshIndia | Bangladeshelection+5 | — | 1h 03m 55s | ||
| 1/26/26 | India-EU relationsFTA+3 | Dr. Tobias Scholz | German Institute for International and Security Affairs | IndiaEU+1 | IndiaEU+5 | — | 52m 33s | ||
| 1/12/26 | South Asiapolitics+5 | Michael Kugelman | Atlantic Council | BangladeshNepal+2 | South Asia2026+5 | — | 1h 13m 11s | ||
| 12/15/25 | Pakistan's Afghanistan strategyTehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan+5 | Dr. Christine Fair | Georgetown UniversityTehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan+1 | PakistanAfghanistan+1 | PakistanAfghanistan+7 | — | 34m 25s | ||
| 12/8/25 | climate negotiationsCOP30 outcomes+3 | Meera Gopal | COP30 | Belém, BrazilSouth Asia+1 | COP30climate law+5 | — | 49m 49s | ||
| 11/19/25 | India's Middle East strategyenergy and trade+5 | Talmiz AhmadJohn Calabrese | Middle East InstituteChina+4 | — | IndiaMiddle East+8 | — | 1h 26m 47s | ||
| 10/15/25 |  ‘Modi’s War?’ The Truth Behind the India-Russia Oil Trade | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 9/10/25 |  Toxic Allies: The Complicated Story of the Pakistan-US Relationship | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 8/11/25 |  After the Revolution: Bangladesh’s Long Road to Democracy | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 7/14/25 |  Hindutva International: The Globalization of Hindu Politics Outside India | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 6/16/25 |  O Kashmir: A Primer on South Asia’s Forever War | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 5/15/25 |  Beyond the Tariffs: Liberation Day’s Impact on South Asia | No description provided. | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Beyond the Indus
Peaked at #57 in Japan, currently #57 in Japan.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | — | #57 | #57 | — |
| India | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| HK | — | #194 | #194 | — |
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.