{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"The Weekend Intelligence: The world’s toughest exam","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1754001756381-327f162e-e475-4d69-ba51-e6325bf50ddb.jpeg?height=200","description":"

Thirty million Indians want a job on the railways, but a fiendish general-knowledge test stands in their way. Could you “Explain America's policy on Huawei.”? Do you know the answer to “Who propounded the homeopathic principle ‘like cures like’?”?


In the city of Patna, the capital of India’s second-largest state, an entire industry has developed to cater to Indians desperate for a shot at a stable career. Reporter Dipanjan Sinha travels to Patna to meet the pupils and teachers gambling on India’s railway lottery.


Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+


For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.


Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic.



","author_name":"The Economist"}