The Times Of India Podcast

After a court allowed a petition to conduct daily worship in Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque, advocate Shadan Farasat talks about how the verdict affects The Places of Worship Act and its future impact.

In light of a recent case in Vadodara involving an octogenarian couple, prominent sexologist Dr Rajan Bhonsle explains how intimacy changes with age.

Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explores what Hindu beliefs and what scriptures say about death, letting go, funeral rituals, heaven and hell and rebirth.

A petition in the Supreme Court has raised questions about the state and atheism. Nikhil Joshi from the Bright Society talks about why atheists get a bad rap in India

As Reliance buys the Campa Cola brand, Vikram Doctor decodes why the Indian alternative to Coca Cola failed and the enduring appeal of colas.

Dr Geet Chainani is an Indian-born physician who's headed to help with Pakistan's floods after having helped out before in 2010. She talks about the challenges she expects to face.

Bimal Patel, the architect behind the newly inaugurated Kartavya Path, explains in this 2021 episode how Central Vista will inverse the iconography of power and why most people will be pleasantly surprised

Why Bengaluru flooded and why many Indian cities could meet the same fate in the coming years. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, an ecohydrologist at IIHS, explains what cities need to do

TOI's senior editor Rema Nagarajan explains the issues that arise with crowdfunding campaigns seeking inflated rates for medical procedures and platforms getting too close to private hospitals

TOI's A Subburaj explains why Indian students are trickling back into Ukraine and student Jinovince tells us what it's like to be studying in Ukraine again.

As INS Vikrant joins active naval duty today, The Times of India's defence editor Rajat Pandit explains the role it will play in India's defence plans and why the Navy would like one more soon.

Islamabad-based climate risk expert Ali Sheikh explains the worries after Pakistan's massive floods and IIED's Aditya Bahadur lists the lessons for India

Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik explains how the god acquired the form we're so familiar with as well as the meanings behind how he looks.

TOI's Subodh Ghildiyal and political columnist Radhika Ramaseshan explain the impact of Ghulam Nabi Azad's departure and what to expect in Congress's internal election.

Industrialist Vijaypath Singhania reflects on his life as an aviator, a family squabble that landed him outside the company he ran and cut off from his grandchildren.

Former Maharashtra chief minister and minister of state in the UPA government Prithviraj Chavan talks about how he thinks the Congress can revive itself, the reforms it should undertake and more.

Gurprriet Siingh from Russell Reynolds India talks about dealing with depression at work while Manasthali's Dr Jyoti Kapoor gives some tips on how to deal with stress.

TOI's Sunil Baghel describes the long battle for justice in Bilkis Bano's 2002 case and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's Naveed Ahmad explains the many issues with the release of the 11 convicts.

Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik tells us about why the form of Krishna changes across India's temples, why he inspires some of India's most iconic literature and why people identify the most with him.

TOI's Siddharth Saxena explains how a ban on Indian football hurts sportspersons but is also an opportunity to reform India's football body.

Former Indian diplomat Talmiz Ahmad explains the silence of nations over the attack on the prominent author and why The Satanic Verses remains so controversial in Islamic nations

TOI's Durgesh Nandan Jha and  IMA's Dr Rajeev Jayadevan explain the rapid rise of Covid-19 cases and deaths in states like Delhi

Can 'too much exercise' hurt your heart? Professor of cardiology at AIIMS Dr G Karthikeyan and Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation Specialist Dr Aashish Contractor explain

A wave of lumpy skin disease has killed thousands of cattle across states. TOI's Suparna Roy and Indian Veterinary Association's Dr Dipankar Seth explain the outbreak and what to expect.

Political journalist and TOI Plus columnist Radhika Ramaseshan explains how Nitish Kumar's moves affect political equations in Bihar and the BJP's plans for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls