Something Fishy's Going On

About this episode

The episode discusses the unique use of fish by political parties in India during election time to showcase their local connections.

It's election time in India and that means noise and songs and speeches. But this year both parties are using fish to prove their local credentials.

People in this episode

Host: Sandip Roy

Topics covered

• elections
• politics
• local culture
• fish
• India

Keywords

• election
• India
• political parties
• fish
• local credentials

Mentioned in this episode

Places: India, Kolkata

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