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
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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
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'
