The Times Of India Podcast
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
Latest episodes
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.
Oct 27, 2022 • 20min
'Caste is very much visible in the Indian diaspora'
Ashwini KP, the first Dalit woman from Asia to become special rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council, explains what she intends to do and why being anti-caste isn't being anti-Hindu
Oct 26, 2022 • 20min
How to grow your wealth in uncertain times
Dhirendra Kumar, the CEO of Value Research, explains how to invest in the current economic climate and how to protect your savings
Oct 21, 2022 • 17min
A botched raid kills mother of two
TOI's Aakash Ahuja and Kalyan Das explain how a raid to catch an alleged illegal mining mastermind resulted in the death of a woman and a war of words between two states.
Oct 20, 2022 • 25min
A fresh wave of targeted killings in Kashmir
Journalist Shakir Mir explains the effect of targeted killings in Kashmir while Prof Ankur Datta explains how best to rehabilitate the Pandit community.
Oct 19, 2022 • 23min
What Xi Jinping staying on means for India
As Xi Jinping stays on as China's president, CEO of think-tank Ananta Centre Indrani Bagchi makes sense of what it means for India and global politics.
Oct 17, 2022 • 26min
The fight for Zan, Zindagi, Azaadi in Iran
US-based women's rights activist Elnaz Sarbar talks to TOI's Alka Dhupkar about the protests in Iran, growing up hating the hijab and what people in Iran want
