A Wishlist for Independence Day | Episode 3 | Watching the Wheels

Long years ago, India got Independence — but did we get freedom? How can this country be a better place for all its people? If we had to dream, what would our dreams be? Welcome to episode 3 of Watching the Wheels, hosted by Amit Varma, Shruti Rajagopalan & Pranay Kotasthane. In this episode, our hosts share their dreams for India. Each of them talks about four things they would like to see change. Amit elaborates on the importance of freedom, Pranay gets concrete with his policy suggestions, and Shruti illustrates with examples why political freedom & economic freedom must always go together, & one does not make sense without the other. Amitabh Bachchan is also discussed. Do you think that Pranay is a Laawaris, Amit is Mahaan & the Dostana of this trio is good Naseeb that has led to this Trishul of a show? You surely can’t deny that everyone in India deserves Roti, Kapda aur Makaan, which is what this episode is about! TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 Hype the Episode! 0036 Intro 03:29 Amit’s wishlist 30:18 Pranay’s wishlist 47:34 Shruti’s wishlist 1:28:03 Infinite Game: Amitabh’s greatest hits 1:54:49 Recommendations USEFUL RESOURCES 1. Amit on Twitter: https://x.com/amitvarma 2. Shruti on Twitter: https://x.com/srajagopalan 3. Pranay on Twitter: https://x.com/pranaykotas 4. Pranay’s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.in/stores/author/B... 5. Get Down and Shruti — Shruti’s Substack: https://srajagopalan.substack.com/ 6. The Seen and the Unseen — Amit’s podcast: https://seenunseen.in/ 7. The India Uncut Newsletter -- Amit's newsletter: https://indiauncut.substack.com/ 8. Ideas of India — Shruti’s podcast at Mercatus: https://open.spotify.com/show/6kK8CBI... 9. Puliyabaazi — Pranay’s Hindi podcast: https://www.puliyabaazi.in/ 10. Anticipating the Unintended — Pranay’s newsletter with RSJ: https://publicpolicy.substack.com/ 11. Shruti on Instagram:   / shruti.rajagopalan   12. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/ 13. Life Lessons -- a course taught by Amit Varma & Mohit Satyanand: https://lifelessons.co.in/ 14. Emergent Ventures India: https://shrutiraj.com/emergent-ventur... 15. Takshashila Institution: https://takshashila.org.in/ 16. The 1991 Project: https://www.the1991project.com/ 17. India’s Second Freedom Struggle (2011) — Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/mtb29urz 18. A Wishlist For 2008 (2008) — Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/a-wishlist-for... 19. Every Act of Government Is an Act of Violence — Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/4r7xkyfn 20. Understanding the State — Ep 25 of Everything is Everything:    • Understanding the State | Episode 25 | Eve...   21. Where Your Taxes Go: Amit's section India Uncut: https://tinyurl.com/y4jc8ayk 22. Government funding for pimple reduction: https://x.com/pmbjppmbi/status/206710... 23. The Double 'Thank You' Moment -- John Stossel: https://tinyurl.com/24k44j9d 24. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/5cvyamav 25. The Great Redistribution — Amit Varma: http://indiauncut.com/the-great-redis... 26. The Evolution of Everything — Matt Ridley: https://amzn.eu/d/ffAfxcr 27. The Evolution of Everything — Episode 96 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Matt Ridley):    • Ep. 96: The Evolution of Everything   28. The Fatal Conceit — Friedrich Hayek: https://amzn.in/d/0atbcDYU 29. Caste, Capitalism & Chandra Bhan Prasad — Ep 296 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 296: Caste, Capitalism and Chandra Bhan...   30. Exit, Voice & Loyalty -- Albert O Hirschman: https://amzn.in/d/inFK6az 31. A Sixth Of Humanity — Devesh Kapur & Arvind Subramanian: https://amzn.in/d/0dw1nnCJ 32. A People's Constitution — Rohit De: https://amzn.in/d/06dHsxQF 33. Argentina removing rent control: https://x.com/GaryWinslett/status/188... 34. Internal Borders & Migration in India — World Bank paper: https://tinyurl.com/bdddv62x 35. Towards an Inter-State Migration Council — Chinmay Tumbe: https://tinyurl.com/5n7ncdvf 36. India Policy Watch: A Deregulation Agenda — Pranay Kotasthane: https://tinyurl.com/bpmkkmpm 37. India Policy Watch: Does India Need a Union Education Ministry? — Pranay Kotasthane: https://tinyurl.com/3rbpv6rm 38. Banishing Bureaucracy — David Osborne and Peter Plastrik: https://amzn.in/d/02CyjtJR 39. India Moving -- Chinmay Tumbe: https://amzn.eu/d/cWZdiFE 40. Beware of Quacks. Alternative Medicine is Injurious to Health (2020) — Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/2n84axye 41. Swades: https://www.netflix.com/watch/7001949... 42. How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time — Hal Varian: https://tinyurl.com/4aubwzk4 43. Pet Sounds — The Beach Boys:    • Wouldn't It Be Nice   Produced by Amit Varma Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya   Video consultants — Swapnalok Studio:   / swapnalokstudio