The Times Of India Podcast

Parliament’s Monsoon session begins Monday—why you should be paying attention to it.

A law proposed in Uttar Pradesh to curb population growth plays into entirely inaccurate and deeply held notions on population. Is it a diversionary tactic or preventing a demographic disaster?

India’s most ambitious plan to transform its military under new CDS General Rawat has run into controversy. Defence expert Manoj Joshi decodes what’s going on and what’s at stake.

Stan Swamy’s death and the continued incarceration of Bhima Koregaon 15 suggests that political negotiations with inconvenient opponents is no longer an option.

Dilip Kumar’s death marks not just the passing of an actor extraordinaire but also that of an icon who spoke for a shared Hindu-Muslim south Asian heritage.

Shiv Sena leader and spokesperson Sanjay Raut addresses the rumours of split that dog the Maharashtra government and also the Sena’s very ambiguous feelings for the BJP.

A conversation with Mohamedou Slahi whom the Americans detained, interrogated and tortured for 14 years at Guantanamo Bay without ever charging him. His heartbreaking story is now a major motion picture.

We put the spotlight on a series of high-value digital acquisitions that are revolutionising art world and indeed our notion of what art really is.

Staring at a precipitous population decline, the Parsi community’s efforts to add to their numbers is bearing fruit.

This June marks 30 years of India’s liberalisation and its architect PV Narasimha Rao’s 100th birth anniversary. We piece together the legacy of India’s first PM from the south, whom the Congress chose to forget

From covert ops to vaccine diplomacy, it takes all sorts of stratagem to catch an artful dodger. How India is closing in on Mehul Choksi

What will our office life look like going forward? HR bosses and head hunters weigh in

Shahid Jameel, one of India’s most prominent virologists, on entering the age of pandemics and why virus surveillance is the future of health.

An LIC salesman in Punjab breaks the country's biggest coronavirus fake test scam at this year's Kumbh Mela

A conversation with lawyer Saurabh Kirpal on why sexual orientation matters when it comes to getting on the bench and why SC must necessarily be a counter-majoritarian institution.

What we have learnt about the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

Carnatic singer TM Krishna on what it means to be an artist, whether politics and art are inseparable and what are the fears that keep him up at night

The Times of India podcast will put the spotlight on ideas, people and stories that matter from Monday to Friday.

Olympic star Sushil Kumar’s strange descent into gangsterism and crime.

Jhumpa Lahiri who has just translated her own Italian novel into English talks about moving deftly between multiple languages, and how Hindustani classical music helps to cope with the recent loss of her mother.

For a country, which was being hailed as the world's answer to get everyone vaccinated, is today struggling to jab its own. TOI's diplomatic editor Indrani Bagchi weighs in.

Peter Piot, one of the world’s foremost public health experts and the man who co-discovered Ebola, on the roadmap ahead.

The river becomes the theatre for a morality play on Pandemic, politics and Hinduism. Uma Bharti  and Hinduism scholar Wendy Doniger weigh in.

Leading child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Amit Sen on how to help kids grappling with difficult emotions in the pandemic.

Leading clinical psychologist Sonali Gupta on how to build resilience and how to acknowledge difficult emotions in the time of a deadly second wave.