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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Jan 7, 2022 • 34min
Why I called Vajpayee a 'saffron Nehru'
TOI's Vaibhav Purandare speaks with senior journalist Sagarika Ghose on why she decided to write a biography of AB Vajpayee, and his relationship with Advani and RSS
Jan 6, 2022 • 17min
Out of Office
Will offices open this year or will waves of Covid-19 keep them shut? We look at how companies have tweaked how they expect their employees to work, perhaps for good.
Jan 5, 2022 • 18min
Bridge over the Pangong Tso
As China builds a bridge over the Pangong lake in Ladakh, defence and international affairs expert Manoj Joshi joins us to decode the latest developments on India's eastern front.
Jan 3, 2022 • 17min
Third wave is now upon us
2022 opens on a downer, with Covid-19 cases spiking across India. Epidemiologist and pulmonologist Dr Lancelot Pinto explains the risks the Omicron variant comes with and the precautions we need to take
Dec 31, 2021 • 18min
A look back at the year that was
As 2021 comes to a close, we take a look back at the year that's passed through some of the voices that featured on our show, making sense of a tumultuous time
Dec 30, 2021 • 18min
How ordering out is changing what India eats
As 2021 draws to a close, food writer Vikram Doctor and National Restaurant Association of India's Anurag Katriar decode food delivery trends and what it means for ghar ka khana
Dec 29, 2021 • 33min
‘Liberals have failed to capture Hinduism’s philosophical insights’
As the Hindu Vahini Sena’s Haridwar conclave casts its dark shadow over India, scholar Suhas Palshikar takes the political temperature and discusses the idea of a Hindu rashtra.
Dec 27, 2021 • 26min
Trauma of a COVID long-hauler
As the Omicron threat looms large, Padmapriya, one of the thousands of long-haulers, offers this harrowing account as a cautionary tale.
Dec 24, 2021 • 25min
Chill of the winter session
With Parliament concluding a day ahead of schedule, our two in-house political watchers Subodh Ghildiyal and Rajeev Deshpande weigh in on a session that saw Opposition protest, even though Lok Sabha clocked 82% productivity and Rajya Sabha 48%
Dec 23, 2021 • 27min
Con banega Crorepati
How industrialists, actors and politicians fell for conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's many schemes, the latest being a Rs 200 crore fraud orchestrated from inside a jail
