The Times Of India Podcast

A representative of the fireworks industry, an expert on air pollution and two senior TOI journalists weigh in on states banning fireworks during Diwali and the fallout.

Professor Suhas Palshikar examines the 'one nation, one election' plan and breaks down the issues at stake.

A new campaign seeks to get people to visit the homes of people from other religions or castes. Shabnam Hashmi, who is heading the campaign, talks to Alka Dhupkar about the aim of the initiative and people participating in the campaign talk about their experiences.

Author of 'The Last Courtesan', Manish Gaekwad talks about chronicling his mother's life, the death of kothas in Mumbai and how his mother adapted to life after leaving the kotha.

As India conducts solar and lunar missions, author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about how the celestial bodies feature in our myths and through them in our lives.

A former student of a coaching class in Kota looks back at his time there, and with the benefit of hindsight evaluates the impact it had on him.

NCP member of Parliament Supriya Sule talks to TOI Plus's Alka Dhupkar about the defection of the party's MLAs and Ajit Pawar, the threat to her political future and what she expects from INDIA

Indian Medical Association's Dr Rajeev Jayadevan decodes three big studies that tracked patients of Covid-19 and what we need to keep in mind for future waves that will come.

Trade unionist Meena Menon talks about trade union leader Dr Datta Samant, the 1982 strike in Mumbai and how it ended up changing an industry, unions and a city

Accused of murdering her daughter and out on bail, Indrani Mukerjea talks about her recently-released memoir titled 'Unbroken', not seeking to change people's opinions of her and why the high-life wasn't all fun and games.