The Times Of India Podcast
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Episodes
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Sep 21, 2022 • 16min
How a court verdict could affect religious sites
After a court allowed a petition to conduct daily worship in Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque, advocate Shadan Farasat talks about how the verdict affects The Places of Worship Act and its future impact.
Sep 19, 2022 • 20min
How old is 'too old' for sex?
In light of a recent case in Vadodara involving an octogenarian couple, prominent sexologist Dr Rajan Bhonsle explains how intimacy changes with age.
Sep 16, 2022 • 30min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do Hindu scriptures say about death?
Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explores what Hindu beliefs and what scriptures say about death, letting go, funeral rituals, heaven and hell and rebirth.
Sep 15, 2022 • 21min
In God we don't trust
A petition in the Supreme Court has raised questions about the state and atheism. Nikhil Joshi from the Bright Society talks about why atheists get a bad rap in India
Sep 14, 2022 • 19min
Putting the fizz back in Campa Cola
As Reliance buys the Campa Cola brand, Vikram Doctor decodes why the Indian alternative to Coca Cola failed and the enduring appeal of colas.
Sep 12, 2022 • 16min
An India-born doctor on heading to Pakistan for flood relief
Dr Geet Chainani is an Indian-born physician who's headed to help with Pakistan's floods after having helped out before in 2010. She talks about the challenges she expects to face.
Sep 9, 2022 • 33min
The man behind Kartavya Path
Bimal Patel, the architect behind the newly inaugurated Kartavya Path, explains in this 2021 episode how Central Vista will inverse the iconography of power and why most people will be pleasantly surprised
Sep 8, 2022 • 18min
Floods in Bengaluru, which city's next?
Why Bengaluru flooded and why many Indian cities could meet the same fate in the coming years. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, an ecohydrologist at IIHS, explains what cities need to do
Sep 7, 2022 • 23min
Inflated bills while seeking generosity
TOI's senior editor Rema Nagarajan explains the issues that arise with crowdfunding campaigns seeking inflated rates for medical procedures and platforms getting too close to private hospitals
Sep 5, 2022 • 22min
Returning to Ukraine to study
TOI's A Subburaj explains why Indian students are trickling back into Ukraine and student Jinovince tells us what it's like to be studying in Ukraine again.
