The Times Of India Podcast
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Latest episodes
Oct 14, 2022 • 20min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do our myths say about winners and losers?
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about what Indian mythology tells us about winning and losing whether it is to do with a game or life.
Oct 13, 2022 • 18min
Did colleges game system for better grades ?
The Times of India's Hemali Chhapia explains the issues with India's oldest grading system of colleges and universities that has let smaller institutes get the same grade as prestigious ones.
Oct 12, 2022 • 21min
'These conversions will keep taking place'
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi head and Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on why Arvind Kejriwal should have backed his minister and why many Dalits continue to embrace Buddhism.
Oct 10, 2022 • 23min
The dangers of policing poll freebies
Former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi explains what the Election Commission should and shouldn't do when it comes to policing 'freebies'
Oct 7, 2022 • 23min
How the Shiv Sena took on the Shiv Sena
Times of India's Alka Dhupkar and Bhavika Jain talk about the two Shiv Sena rallies on Dussehra and what they tell us about the political turmoil in Maharashtra
Oct 6, 2022 • 22min
'Finally we stand vindicated in the Congress'
Former Maharashtra chief minister and G-23 letter signatory Prithviraj Chavan talks to Alka Dhupkar about the upcoming party president elections and the challenges that remain.
Oct 5, 2022 • 20min
How to keep people away from junk food
Dr Arun Gupta from think-tank Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest talks about the problems with how India plans to warn people against eating junk food
Oct 3, 2022 • 36min
Can hashtags bring down Bollywood?
University of Michigan researcher Joyojeet Pal uncovers the campaign against Bollywood on social media and journalist Kaveree Bamzai explains how much it has hurt an already struggling industry.
Sep 30, 2022 • 18min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: The role of sacrifice in Navratri
Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik decodes our Navratri rituals and why the imposition of food choices isn't true to the festival's origins.
Sep 29, 2022 • 20min
How the Popular Front of India grew
In light of the ban by the government, TOI's Rajeev KR from Kozhikode explains why, despite its growth, the Popular Front of India remained on the fringes.
