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
Episodes
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Nov 14, 2022 • 24min
What smells tell us about our cities
Gopal MS, who documents Mumbai's sights and smells, and sociologist Ishita Dey explain what the smell of cities tells us about them and also what it says about us.
Nov 11, 2022 • 29min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: The deep, forgotten links between India and Iran
The mythologist and author talks about the ancient cultural links between Iran and India and how the myths of the two nations diverge.
Nov 10, 2022 • 24min
The problem with the newest quota
Times of India's senior editor Shankar Raghuraman decodes the issues with the 10% economically weaker section quota in light of the Supreme Court's verdict saying it's not illegal.
Nov 9, 2022 • 24min
How companies should let people go
As Twitter muddles through layoffs and an employment winter looms, a person who was laid off and specialist staffing firm Xpheno's Kamal Karanth explain what companies should ideally do when letting people go
Nov 7, 2022 • 21min
Can the BJP be defeated in Gujarat?
Co-Director of Lokniti, Sanjay Kumar, and political columnist Radhika Ramaseshan on what's expected in the Gujarat state election and why.
Nov 4, 2022 • 28min
The man who conned Bollywood, India Inc and netas
How industrialists, actors and politicians fell for conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's many schemes, including a Rs 200 crore fraud orchestrated from inside a jail
Nov 3, 2022 • 20min
A doctor's battle to eliminate an invasive test
Dr Indrajit Khandekar has been working to eliminate the invasive finger test for women for over a decade. He explains why the test should be junked and what the Supreme Court's latest order misses.
Nov 2, 2022 • 22min
A double murder that shook up Kerala
How the murder of two women, accompanied by allegations of cannibalism and torture, made national headlines. Journalist Anjana George walks us through the events so far
Oct 31, 2022 • 29min
How YouTube became a global influencer
Mark Bergen, author of ‘Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination’, talks about the inner workings of video platform and its many controversies
Oct 28, 2022 • 21min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: How to feast (and detox) during festivals
What do Indian scriptures say about feasting, indulgence and detoxing during festivals? Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik explains.
