54: What the Tiktok ban means for young India, with Snigdha Poonam
Amidst the ongoing India-China border tensions, the government decided to ban 59 apps originating from China. This included the immensely popular video app, TikTok. In this episode, Sandip talks to journalist Snigdha Poonam, who has written extensively about the app and is the author of the book, Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World, about what made different from other social media apps, how it affected the lives of young Indians, and why it has been a cultural phenomenon.
