The Times Of India Podcast

Times Of India
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Feb 16, 2024 • 21min

Don’t let Ranveer ad fool you about 'supplements'

Sexologist and author Dr Rajan Bhonsle talks about the dangers of 'supplements' that promise to solve sexual problems and the dangers of self-medicating to solve problems.
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Feb 14, 2024 • 23min

Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Why is it difficult to teach children Bhagvad Gita?

As a state doubles down on its decision to teach school children parts of the Gita, author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about why the holy text may not be for children. He talks about its complexities and also why he believes it shouldn't be viewed outside the context of the Mahabharata.
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Feb 12, 2024 • 34min

Despite fixing, Pakistan election throws up surprise

After Pakistan's national elections throw up a result that defies all pre-poll predictions, academic and author Ayesha Siddiqa explains what this means for Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, the Pakistan Army and ties with India.
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Feb 9, 2024 • 33min

Uttarakhand uniform civil code: Pros, cons and lost chances

Mihira Sood, Executive Director of the Centre for Child Rights & Juvenile Justice at the National Law University in Delhi, first decodes how much Uttarakhand's uniform civil code changes things. She also explains why the state's proposal on handling live-in relationships is very problematic. (15:50)
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Feb 7, 2024 • 26min

Modi and Advani: The BJP pitch for 2024

TOI+ columnist and journalist Radhika Ramaseshan talks about Bharat Ratna awardee LK Advani's contribution to the Ram temple cause and his own political fall. Then she decodes the BJP's campaign strategy ahead of the 2024 polls.
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Feb 5, 2024 • 16min

The 'bird fancier's lung disease' that kills

TOI Plus's Lata Mishra speaks with doctors and patients about hypersensitivity pneumonitis, why a bird's being blamed for its rise and how to prevent it.
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Feb 2, 2024 • 22min

Nitish out, INDIA prospects over?

Sanjay Kumar, co-director of Lokniti, talks to Alka Dhupkar about why he wrote off the 2024 national election after Nitish Kumar's departure, what explains the Bihar chief minister's political survival and what the INDIA alliance needs to do quickly.
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Jan 31, 2024 • 23min

Decoding the impact of the Maratha campaign for a quota

Sociologist Dr Suryakant Waghmore talks to TOI Plus's Bhavika Jain about how the Maratha demand for a quota changed over decades, what it means for politics in the state and what its latest success means for the community.
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Jan 29, 2024 • 25min

The second biggest threat to the world in 2024?

A recent report said AI-driven misinformation is the second biggest risk to the world in 2024 and India is at the highest risk. Karen Rebelo, deputy editor at fact-checking organisation Boom Live, decodes how misinformation has evolved over the years in India and why artificial intelligence tools will make it so much harder to detect misinformation.
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Jan 26, 2024 • 31min

The evolution of a republic

Former police officer Julio Ribeiro, former editor Rahul Singh and prominent gynaecologist Dr Rustom Soonawala reflect on India's successes over seven decades and where it could have done better.

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