The Times Of India Podcast

Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi on his philanthropy, the personal journey that brought him to it, and how big donations can lead to institution building.

Political commentator Radhika Ramaseshan and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research Neelanjan Sircar explain what's influencing voters in India's largest state

Revelations of a former National Stock Exchange CEO's emails with an alleged yogi raise questions of corporate governance and how a scandal was handled

R Gopalakrishnan and ET Tech editor Samidha Sharma explain the toxic culture that bedevils certain start ups, how to rein in egotistic CEOs and what lies ahead for BharatPe's Ashneer Grover

TOI's K Shriniwas Rao explains the cold numbers and logic behind the drama of the IPL mega auction.

The Punjab elections have always been close but this year's polls could go down to the wire. Lokniti's Ashutosh Kumar and TOI's Chandigarh resident editor Sarju Kaul explain why.

Union minister and BJP national secretary Bhupender Yadav speaks on how the party welcomes dissent, unemployment and polarisation while his coauthor of a book on the BJP, economist Ila Patnaik, breaks down the party’s economic plank

Saba Hussain, author of Contemporary Muslim Girlhoods in India, senior advocate BT Venkatesh and TOI’s Deepthi Sanjiv on what the hijab controversy has unmasked about Karnataka.

Celebrating Lata Mangeshkar’s glorious career and how she became the soundtrack of Indian lives.

A conversation with Shaunak Sen, whose new film All That Breathes, won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury prize for Documentary this week. The film explores two brothers' quest to save kites set against a city battling pollution and polarisation

Sleep specialist Dr Manvir Bhatia and psychiatrist Dr Harish Shetty talk about the explosion of pandemic-hit sleep cycles and why the best solutions aren't pills or apps

Making sense of the Budget's proposal to grant legitimacy to cryptocurrency by taxing it and the plan to launch a digital rupee.

Understanding the deeper malaise that led to the railway exam violence in Bihar and the role of popular coaching class teachers like Khan sir.

Author-journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai and Times of India's Goa editor Rajesh Menon explain why the Goa election will be closer than ever.

Ramachandra Guha on what it takes to write history, and how he sees his role in public life.

As the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine continues, Tanvi Madan from Brookings Institution and TOI's diplomatic editor Indrani Bagchi explain its multiple geopolitical fallouts, including for India.

Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research Sushant Singh explains the issues that the merging of the flames of the Amar Jawan Jyoti and National War Memorial throw up

Brand guru Santosh Desai and cricket writer Anand Vasu on why Kohli matters and how his stepping down will change the Indian team and Brand Virat.

Pulmonologist Dr Zarir Udwadia and immunologist Dr Vineeta Bal explain the dangers, and futility, of overmedicating against Omicron and the path ahead after this wave is over.

Dancers Shovana Narayan and Aditi Mangaldas and musicologist Yatindra Mishra talk about the life and times of 'Maharaj-ji', the doyen of the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak

Ahead of a crucial state election in Uttar Pradesh, multiple leaders from the ruling BJP have switched sides. Columnist Radhika Ramaseshan, veteran journalist Vasindra Mishra and Professor Badri Narayan decode what's happening.

As the famous boy reporter from Brussels turns 93, Amitava Sanyal speaks with graphic novelist Orijit Sen and professor Abhijit Gupta on why the Tintin comics and its iconic characters still resonate with readers.

Actor Parvathy explains what changed - and what needs to - nearly five years after the shocking sexual assault of a Malayalam cinema star in 2017

Neil Nongkynrih, the founder of the Shillong Chamber Choir passed away earlier this month. We speak to his pupil William Richmond, TV impresario  Siddhartha Basu and Shillong Times' editor Patricia Mukhim to understand his legacy.

As India starts giving senior citizens and frontline workers booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines, Dr Ambarish Satwik and AccessIBSA's Achal Prabhala explain the issues at stake and how much it will help.