FB Live: Left or Right? Which Way Do India’s Young Thinkers Lean?

Does age play a role in deciding which way India’s thinkers lean?

In conversation with Sanjeev Sanyal (centre) and Dhiraj Nayyar (left). (Photo: The Quint)

Do young thinkers tend to lean Left in their political ideology? Are older generations Right-leaning? Or are all these just perceptions that can’t find actual statistical backing? The Quint set out to decode what Right and Left really mean and if there is an age factor that affects which way India’s thinkers lean. We sat down with economists Sanjeev Sanyal and Dhiraj Nayyar to figure it out.