Raksha Kumar tries to draw a straight line between negotiations in COP30 in South America and UN Tax Convention in Africa and tries to understand how just taxation can help fund the climate crises. Her guests are Anirban Bhattacharya of the Center for Financial Accountability who helps her draw the linkages. Plus, in the regular segment on colonialism, Raksha speaks to Maanik Nath, Assistant Professor in Economic and Social History at Utrecht University about how credit for small farmers was tough even during the colonial period due to climate risks. He also talks about how the British created the image of the evil money lender.

Raksha Kumar plays fact checker on Indian government data - which claimed that India was the fourth most equal country in the world. Her guest is Prof Himanshu of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, who helps in clearing the air on the data. Plus, in the regular segment on colonialism, Raksha speaks to retired Prof Arun Kumar about monopolies in independent India and how successive government tried to curb them.

Raksha Kumar asks if ordinary Indians will really benefit from the reduction in India’s Goods and Services Tax.  Plus, the story of wealth accumulation in India’s financial capital over four and a half centuries. 

Journalist Raksha Kumar dissects economic inequalities in India – one of the most unequal countries in the world – and try to offer solutions for building a fairer place for its billion and a half people. In the second episode Raksha ruminates the chaos in the world economy asking whether BRICS+ can change the course of history or if those countries will stand by and watch mutely? Plus, Raksha tries to go back to the colonial times to understand how taxation introduced back then still casts a shadow on India’s economy inequalities.

Meet Raksha Kumar, who'll dissect economic inequalities in India and try to offer solutions for building a fairer place for its billion and a half people. In this first episode Raksha investigates the news that India has apparently become the fourth largest economy in the world. Really? And what does that mean for the average Indian? Plus, Raksha goes to the UN's fourth financing for development conference in Sevilla, southern Spain and separates the silver lining from the dark clouds.