
The Times Of India Podcast
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Latest episodes

Jul 7, 2022 • 18min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Can our gods be offended?
Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains what our gods and holy texts tell us to do about insults directed at them.

Jul 6, 2022 • 26min
'Safe termination of pregnancy should be a woman's right'
Dr Nikhil Datar, whose court battles helped improve India's abortion law, explains why giving India's women the right to a safe abortion is essential.

Jul 4, 2022 • 22min
New chapter in battle over a metro car shed
TOI's Chaitanya Marpakwar explains the battle over the Aarey metro car shed in Mumbai and how it highlights the challenges major infrastructure projects will face.

Jul 1, 2022 • 19min
Cheetah's India return hits speed breaker
The return of the cheetah to India remains on hold thanks to red tape. Conservation biologist Neha Sinha explains how to make the project count for more than a vanity project.

Jun 30, 2022 • 20min
A ex-Shiv Sena MP reflects on the party's best days
Sanjay Nirupam talks to TOI's Alka Dhupkar about the Shiv Sena's past strengths, its convenient embrace of Hindutva and the challenges it faces.

Jun 29, 2022 • 21min
Is Pakistan on the verge of collapse?
Gateway House's Amit Bhandari and Ananta Centre's Indrani Bagchi explain Pakistan's economic mess, the role China played and why the rescue will need more than reducing chai consumption.

Jun 27, 2022 • 24min
Screening kids' device use
Prominent child psychiatrist Dr. Shekhar Seshadri explains concerns over children and device use, how to tell if someone's addicted and the help they need.

Jun 25, 2022 • 17min
Devdutt Pattanaik on our gods of war
In the first of a fortnightly Times of India podcast episode, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains war in our scriptures and the gods our soldiers evoke before battle.

Jun 24, 2022 • 23min
The many impacts of Maharashtra's political crisis
How a split in the Shiv Sena will affect the state's political parties and also have an impact on the national elections

Jun 23, 2022 • 19min
Why it's so hard for Indians to get a US visa
Times of India's Ishani Duttagupta and immigration lawyer Poorvi Chothani explain why it's so hard to get a visa to the US and how it's affecting Indians working there.