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
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Oct 20, 2023 • 39min
'Detox is a wellness fraud term'
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
Oct 18, 2023 • 28min
Stories from behind bars
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.
Oct 16, 2023 • 30min
An Israeli and a Palestinian weigh in on the ongoing war
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.
Oct 13, 2023 • 29min
'We've already worked out a middle path, let's not go backwards'
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.
Oct 11, 2023 • 29min
The Indra Nooyi guide to corporate success
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.
Oct 9, 2023 • 22min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: How Indian religious myths differ in depiction of women?
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
Oct 6, 2023 • 28min
Why ajinomoto is feared but still a quiet part of our diet
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.
Oct 4, 2023 • 25min
Time to redraw India's electoral map?
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.
Oct 2, 2023 • 21min
What to expect when the monsoons aren't normal
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.
Sep 29, 2023 • 44min
Bollywood's decade of glamour, goons, and garishness
TOI journalist and author of the book 'When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala', Avijit Ghosh talks about why he takes a kinder view of 1980s Hindi films and why it was a decade marked by many big changes.
