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Mar 29, 2024 • 28min

The world behind bars

Trade unionist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case in Maharashtra, talks to TOI Plus's Alka Dhupkar about her new book (that just won an award), life in jail and why she's still an optimist.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 37min

The worrying aspects of Arvind Kejriwal's arrest

Eminent political scientist Suhas Palshikar explains what worries him about Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, what the opposition hasn't done right and what it could mean beyond the national elections.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 29min

Cape Town's lessons for Bengaluru

Dr Zahid Badroodien who works in the city administration of Cape Town talks about how they dealt with the worry of 'Day Zero' and dry taps, and the lessons other water-stressed cities like Bengaluru can take from them.  
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Mar 22, 2024 • 37min

Why The Godfather still rules

The Godfather released on March 24, 1972, inspiring films everywhere since. Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane and critic Jai Arjun Singh talk about why a film about an Italian mafia family remains relevant over 50 years later and why it remains an inspiration to filmmakers
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Mar 20, 2024 • 31min

Decoding the Indian consumer and economy

Rama Bijapurkar, one of India's most respected voices on consumer behaviour, talks about what firms continue to get wrong about the Indian consumer and her worries about the Indian economy
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Mar 18, 2024 • 18min

Making sense of electoral bond data

Maj Gen (retd) Anil Verma from Association for Democratic Reforms, which petitioned the Supreme Court against electoral bonds, explains what the data released about electoral bonds has revealed so far.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 20min

'There is no split in Pawar family or NCP'

Supriya Sule, who has represented the NCP for three terms in Parliament, talks to TOI's Alka Dhupkar about her upcoming Lok Sabha campaign and how she will run it, even if her opponent is Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra. 
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Mar 13, 2024 • 16min

A worrying curve

Dr Guha Pradeepa from the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation explains the worrying trends for India in a recent Lancet report on obesity and malnutrition.   
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Mar 11, 2024 • 25min

What PM Modi can do to win Kashmiris' trust

AS Dulat was R&AW chief and a former advisor to the Prime Minister's office on Kashmir. He talks about his good friend Ajit Doval and what can be done to earn Kashmir's trust after abrogating Article 370.
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Mar 8, 2024 • 26min

Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What happens when we try to put myths in history?

Could the Mahabharata have taken place at a time before horses were used in India? Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about the unusual problems that arise when you start to link myths with historical dates.

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