The Times Of India Podcast
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Latest episodes
Aug 24, 2023 • 25min
How hate can hurt India's economic dreams
Prateek Raj, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, talks about a letter he and other academics wrote on their worries about hate affecting India's economic growth. He also explains the long history behind hate speech creating a fertile ground for disaster and why he is still hopeful about India.
Aug 23, 2023 • 29min
Pakistan gets caretaker PM, military gets more power
Author and senior fellow at King's College in London, Ayesha Siddiqa, talks to Harinder Baweja about the big political twists in Pakistan and how it results in the country's military growing in influence.
Aug 21, 2023 • 24min
The strange tale of Chrisann Pereira's arrest and release
Actor Chrisann Pereira tells TOI's Bhavika Jain about how an audition for a web series in Sharjah went horribly wrong, her life in jail and the strange story behind her misfortunes.
Aug 15, 2023 • 31min
India, from 1947 to today
Former police officer Julio Ribeiro, former editor Rahul Singh and prominent gynaecologist Dr Rustom Soonawala reflect on seeing India become independent, its big successes in 76 years and where it could have done better.
Aug 11, 2023 • 21min
Busting myths about Muslim ghettos in Indian cities
Researchers Ghazala Jamil from JNU and Qudsiya Contractor from TISS talk to Chandrima Banerjee about myths regarding Muslim-dominated areas in cities and why they are easy targets for demolition drives.
Aug 9, 2023 • 21min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do the myths say about marriage?
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains how faiths view marriage and love as well as the stories that explain how to deal with marriage.
Aug 7, 2023 • 33min
The issues with India's new forest law
ATREE's Dr Sharachchandra Lele decodes the issues with the Forest Conservation Amendment Bill cleared by Parliament and why it may not do a very good job of protecting India's forests
Aug 4, 2023 • 21min
Why Indian police forces are not good at curbing riots
Retired DIrector General of Police VN Rai and Common Cause's Radhika Jha explain the challenges police face in tackling communal violence and why their record at curbing such incidents isn't very good.
Aug 2, 2023 • 16min
The team hoping to be heroes for Srinagar's downtown
Hinan Manzoor, co-founder of Srinagar-based football club Downtown Heroes, talks about the larger aim of the club and the challenges of starting a football team in Kashmir during a pandemic.
Jul 31, 2023 • 29min
Bird's flown, is the end of Twitter near?
The latest change by Elon Musk has seen a change in Twitter's logo. Joyojeet Pal, Associate Professor at University of Michigan, explains what could result in the death of the platform. He also explains why it's still surviving and how research into hate speech has been hit by Elon Musk's changes.
