Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains how Indian myths and faiths view floods very differently from other religions. He also explains why we don't have any rituals that beg the gods to stop floods.

Jagdish Krishnaswamy, an ecohydrologist and dean of the School of Environment and Sustainability at IIHS, talks about the lessons from the floods in North India this year and what we need to do to prepare for future floods.

Do the latest political developments in Maharashtra indicate ideology is irrelevant for political parties? Political scientist and author Suhas Palshikar explains the importance of ideology for political parties and why parties would do well to have one in an election year.

Rohit Pawar talks to Bhavika Jain about his uncle's (Ajit Pawar's) decision to split the party, what it means for the Pawar family and how his granduncle Sharad Pawar is dealing with it.

Dr Lakshmi Lingam, who led a TISS study on women in Hindi films, talks about what Bollywood films continue to get wrong about women and what needs to change to reach out to a bigger audience.

Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains the origins of the kanwar yatra, the mythology at the centre of it and its significance.

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan talks to Alka Dhupkar about his experience of working with Ajit Pawar, how he sees politics in Maharashtra playing out and the challenge for opposition parties

Political commentator and analyst Sujata Anandan talks to Alka Dhupkar about whether Sharad Pawar could have prevented his nephew's rebellion, what this means for state and national politics and why the split could backfire on Ajit Pawar.

Ben Dalton from research group New America talks to Pinaki Chakraborty about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny in Russia, what it means for Vladimir Putin and the future of the Ukraine war.

Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explain the reasons behind the outrage over a recent film in which mythical characters speak in a more colloquial fashion. He explains why with some epics it's difficult to accept characters who speak like us.