To better understand a recent case where the Supreme Court first granted, then withdrew permission for a woman to undergo an abortion, we spoke with Mihira Sood from the National Law University in Delhi and Dr Subha Sri Balakrishnan from NGO CommonHealth.They decode issues with how the country's apex court handled the case, how India could handle abortions much better and why courts, and medical practitioners, need to keep their morality in check.

Dr Cyriac Abby Phillips, who's better known as The Liver Doc on social media, explains his stand against ayurveda and wellness medication, the myth of detoxification and how to take a stand against misinformation

Trade unionist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case in Maharashtra, talks to TOI Plus's Alka Dhupkar about her new book, life in jail and why she's still an optimist.

Author and award-winning journalist Gideon Levy and Palestine analyst Tahani Mustafa at the International Crisis Group weigh in on the war and explain how things could play out in the coming days for Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas and the region at large.

After multiple controversies over enforcing vegetarianism, sociologist at IIT Bombay Dr Suryakant Waghmore talks about why having separate spaces for vegetarians shouldn't reinforce caste practices and how it reflects the anxiety of vegetarians.

One of the world’s most respected CEOs talks about how women can be heard better, her wish to create high quality child care, her love for cricket and what retirement is like.

Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains how Indian myths are different from other mythologies in the depiction of women and feminist themes in Indian myths

One of India's finest food writers, Vikram Doctor talks about how ajinomoto has always had a bad reputation that it didn't deserve and why we can't get enough of it in our food.

The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill raised questions about delimitation which could re-organise the electoral map of India after half a century.Former IAS officer and founder of the Lok Satta movement, JP Narayan, talks to TOI's Alka Dhupkar about the need to reorganise India's electoral map and what needs to be done to ensure no region feels shortchanged. 

The monsoon this year has been below normal with some regions hit worse than others. Times of India's senior editor Vishwa Mohan and CareEdge's chief economist Rajani Sinha explain how a below normal monsoon could affect food prices and economic growth in the coming months.