The Times Of India Podcast
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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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Dec 16, 2022 • 26min
Why teens having sex doesn't worry the sexpert
Sexologist Dr Rajan Bhonsle explains the problem with getting sex education from pornography and why condom-carrying teenagers isn't a worry (their lack of knowledge is).
Dec 15, 2022 • 25min
Escaping a sextortion racket
A victim of a sextortion racket on social media talks about his experience and The Times of India's Sakshi Chand explains how such criminals work.
Dec 14, 2022 • 28min
Will taking guns and gangsters out of songs help?
Journalist and audio series host Bhanuj Kappal talks about the flaw in trying to censor songs that 'glorify' guns, gangsters and drugs.
Dec 12, 2022 • 25min
Why the protests in China ended so quickly
Professor William Hurst from the University of Cambridge explains why protests against Zero Covid policies died out quickly and the challenges for the government going ahead.
Dec 9, 2022 • 31min
How BJP swept Gujarat and Congress took back Himachal
Political columnist and journalist Radhika Ramaseshan explains how the BJP broke records in Gujarat and the lessons for the Congress from the two state election verdicts
Dec 8, 2022 • 32min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Is Ravan a slur?
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik discusses why the story of Ravana is a cautionary tale and the lessons we are to take from it.
Dec 7, 2022 • 40min
'Kashmiri Pandits' story should not be used as a weapon'
Writer and journalist Rahul Pandita, who along with his family was forced to flee Kashmir in 1990, talks about the Pandit exodus and why it haunts Kashmir.
Dec 5, 2022 • 27min
Swara Bhasker on the cost of speaking up
Actor Swara Bhasker talks to Harinder Baweja about participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the cost of speaking up and dealing with fear.
Dec 2, 2022 • 19min
Why a municipal election has made national headlines
TOI's Abhishek Dey explains why elections to Delhi's municipal body have become a big contest and what's at stake for all the political parties concerned
Dec 1, 2022 • 26min
Can the protests in China be the next Tiananmen?
Former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to China, Vijay Gokhale, talks about the significance of the widespread protests in China and its possible implications.
