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 8, 2024 • 30min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Why do gods tell us different things on how to handle wealth?
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains why our religions talk about how to handle money and wealth even though gods are above money. He also explains why different religions have different ideas about what to do with wealth
Jan 5, 2024 • 18min
How air pollution is blackening our lungs
Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairman of the Institute of Chest Surgery at Medanta Hospital, explains why he's been talking about the blackening of lungs due to air pollution and why he believes more people need to know what air pollution is doing to them.
Jan 3, 2024 • 18min
Bangladesh's PM set to stay, but what next?
The Bangladesh elections are to be held on January 7 but the outcome seems set. Author and journalist Deep Halder talks to Prabhash K Dutta about what to expect as Sheikh Hasina's likely to enjoy a fourth term as the country's prime minister.
Dec 22, 2023 • 32min
India's new criminal laws keep reforms behind bars?
Zeba Sikora from Project 39A at the National Law University in Delhi explains the concerns with the three new criminal law bills passed by Parliament and how much they really reform the criminal justice system.
Dec 20, 2023 • 25min
Hindu right tunes to H-pop
Author of 'H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars' and journalist Kunal Purohit talks about the emergence of a popular subculture, what explains its rise and the dangers it comes with.
Dec 19, 2023 • 16min
COP out on climate change in Dubai?
Aditya Bahadur, Chair of the Research and Strategy Team at the International Institute for Environment and Development, explains what was achieved, and what wasn't, at the COP28 summit in Dubai and why the world seems to be working so slowly on tackling climate change
Dec 15, 2023 • 24min
What we've been doing wrong with investments
Author and personal finance advisor M Pattabiraman explains why tax-saving investments aren't always the best option, how to invest and what most investors get wrong.
Dec 13, 2023 • 16min
Kashmir after Article 370 - a status check
Journalist Shakir Mir, who writes on Kashmir for TOI+, talks about the reaction to the Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 in the region and how the union territory has fared since 2019.
Dec 11, 2023 • 15min
What Indian cities should do to prevent flooding
After the flooding in Chennai, we're bringing back this episode in which we spoke with Jagdish Krishnaswamy, an ecohydrologist at IIHS, who explained what India's cities need to do to prevent flooding.
Dec 8, 2023 • 26min
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Do gods make mistakes?
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains why there are some myths and faiths in which gods make mistakes and in some faiths gods never make any errors.
