The Times Of India Podcast
Times Of India
The Times of India podcast expands storytelling and reportage from India’s largest newsroom. We put the spotlight on ideas, people and stories that matter from Monday to Friday. To read views and analysis, please subscribe to TOI+ at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus
Episodes
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Nov 13, 2023 • 28min
Growing up in a gilded cage
Sidhartha Mallya talks about depression, OCD, his complicated relationship with his father and life in a gilded cage.
Nov 10, 2023 • 17min
The history-makers at this World Cup
Journalist and author Jafar Haand, who has been tracking Afghanistan cricket since the nation got a team, talks to Pinaki Chakraborty about a remarkable run in the World Cup
Nov 8, 2023 • 23min
Leading the charge, but out of the race?
Despite leading the party's campaign, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje and Raman Singh are not assured of getting the chief minister's seat even if the BJP wins in their states. TOI+ political columnist and journalist Radhika Ramaseshan explains why they no longer call the shots.
Nov 6, 2023 • 25min
Discovering you're different
Aalap Deboor, co-founder of YouTube channel Much Much Media, talks about finding out he was autistic in his 30s, how it changed his life and what he's learned from documenting the lives of other neurodivergent people.
Nov 3, 2023 • 24min
Why electoral bonds need to change
Maj Gen (retd) Anil Verma from Association for Democratic Reforms explains why they've appealed to the Supreme Court to end the electoral bond scheme and the many issues with its implementation.
Nov 1, 2023 • 16min
Bring back the veterans
Major General (retired) Satbir Singh - who is Chairman of Indian Ex-servicemen Movement - talks to Harinder Baweja about the case of the eight former Navy personnel who have been sentenced to death in Qatar and India's handling of the case.
Oct 30, 2023 • 30min
The challenge of telling tales
National film award-winning director Onir talks to Alka Dhupkar about how he views the Supreme Court verdict on same-sex marriages, the challenge of telling same-sex stories and the way forward for the LGBTQ+ community.
Oct 27, 2023 • 22min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do myths say about living forever?
At a time when medical science is promising longer and healthier lives, author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik dwells on how myths across the world view immortality
Oct 25, 2023 • 41min
Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pakistan, politics and controversial quotes
Former diplomat and minister Mani Shankar Aiyar - who recently released his memoirs - talks to Harinder Baweja about why he has always favoured people-to-people ties with Pakistan. He also talks about controversies sparked by statements made by him, and Rajiv Gandhi, and why he thinks they're overblown.
Oct 23, 2023 • 38min
What Supreme Court's flip-flop on abortion case reveals
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.
