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
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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.
Sep 28, 2022 • 19min
What tastes best 30,000 feet in the air
TajSATS executive chief Arun Batra talks to Saurabh Sinha about the science and economics behind meals on flights and what he'll never serve a flyer
Sep 26, 2022 • 25min
The fallout of the riots in Leicester
TOI Plus columnist Hasan Suroor and columnist Sunny Hundal talk about the possible impact of the Hindu-Muslim violence in the UK city of Leicester.
Sep 23, 2022 • 21min
The incredible Jhulan Goswami calls it a day
As the legendary fast bowler retires after a two-decade-long career, author Suprita Das explains just how much Jhulan Goswami changed Indian cricket.
Sep 22, 2022 • 19min
Pollution season's coming
Author of The Great Smog of India, Siddharth Singh talks about why he expects no reduction in air pollution this year and what needs to be done to improve the air thousands of Indians breathe every winter.
