To better understand a recent case where the Supreme Court first granted, then withdrew permission for a woman to undergo an abortion, we spoke with Mihira Sood from the National Law University in Delhi and Dr Subha Sri Balakrishnan from NGO CommonHealth. They decode issues with how the country's apex court handled the case, how India could handle abortions much better and why courts, and medical practitioners, need to keep their morality in check.
Oct 23, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 461
Dr Cyriac Abby Phillips, who's better known as The Liver Doc on social media, explains his stand against ayurveda and wellness medication, the myth of detoxification and how to take a stand against misinformation
Oct 20, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 460
Trade unionist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case in Maharashtra, talks to TOI Plus's Alka Dhupkar about her new book, life in jail and why she's still an optimist.
Oct 18, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 459
Author and award-winning journalist Gideon Levy and Palestine analyst Tahani Mustafa at the International Crisis Group weigh in on the war and explain how things could play out in the coming days for Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas and the region at large.
Oct 16, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 458
After multiple controversies over enforcing vegetarianism, sociologist at IIT Bombay Dr Suryakant Waghmore talks about why having separate spaces for vegetarians shouldn't reinforce caste practices and how it reflects the anxiety of vegetarians.
Oct 13, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 457
One of the world’s most respected CEOs talks about how women can be heard better, her wish to create high quality child care, her love for cricket and what retirement is like.
Oct 11, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 456
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains how Indian myths are different from other mythologies in the depiction of women and feminist themes in Indian myths
Oct 09, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 455
One of India's finest food writers, Vikram Doctor talks about how ajinomoto has always had a bad reputation that it didn't deserve and why we can't get enough of it in our food.
Oct 06, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 454
The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill raised questions about delimitation which could re-organise the electoral map of India after half a century. Former IAS officer and founder of the Lok Satta movement, JP Narayan, talks to TOI's Alka Dhupkar about the need to reorganise India's electoral map and what needs to be done to ensure no region feels shortchanged.
Oct 04, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 453
The monsoon this year has been below normal with some regions hit worse than others. Times of India's senior editor Vishwa Mohan and CareEdge's chief economist Rajani Sinha explain how a below normal monsoon could affect food prices and economic growth in the coming months.
Oct 02, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 452
TOI journalist and author of the book 'When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala', Avijit Ghosh talks about why he takes a kinder view of 1980s Hindi films and why it was a decade marked by many big changes.
Sep 29, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 451
Dr K. Srinath Reddy, who is honorary distinguished professor at the Public Health Foundation of India, decodes a WHO report on hypertension, or high blood pressure, which says Indians are largely undiagnosed and untreated for the condition.
Sep 27, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 450
Former MP and vice president of the RLD, Shahid Siddiqui, talks with Harinder Baweja about BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's abuse-filled speech in Parliament and why he feels the action taken is inadequate. He also reveals why he remains hopeful about the future of the Muslim community in India.
Sep 25, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 449
Former Indian ambassador Anil Trigunayat and Jeff Nankivell, President and CEO of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, explain what to expect in India-Canada ties after they hit a new low.
Sep 22, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 448
Tushar Chakrabarty, Senior Analyst at PRS Legislative Research, talks about the history of the women's reservation bill. Then, political columnist Radhika Ramaseshan explains why previous attempts at passing the bill failed, the political gains from this move and whether it could change politics.
Sep 20, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 447
The last of a generation of double decker buses has driven into the Mumbai sunset. Gopal MS, who chronicles the city on the social media handle Mumbai Paused, talks about the magic of the double decker. Then Vidyadhar Date, author and head of a BEST commuter group, talks about the larger problems the city's bus system is facing.
Sep 18, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 446
A representative of the fireworks industry, an expert on air pollution and two senior TOI journalists weigh in on states banning fireworks during Diwali and the fallout.
Sep 15, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 445
Professor Suhas Palshikar examines the 'one nation, one election' plan and breaks down the issues at stake.
Sep 13, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 444
A new campaign seeks to get people to visit the homes of people from other religions or castes. Shabnam Hashmi, who is heading the campaign, talks to Alka Dhupkar about the aim of the initiative and people participating in the campaign talk about their experiences.
Sep 11, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 443
Author of 'The Last Courtesan', Manish Gaekwad talks about chronicling his mother's life, the death of kothas in Mumbai and how his mother adapted to life after leaving the kotha.
Sep 08, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 442
As India conducts solar and lunar missions, author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about how the celestial bodies feature in our myths and through them in our lives.
Sep 06, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 441
A former student of a coaching class in Kota looks back at his time there, and with the benefit of hindsight evaluates the impact it had on him.
Sep 04, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 440
NCP member of Parliament Supriya Sule talks to TOI Plus's Alka Dhupkar about the defection of the party's MLAs and Ajit Pawar, the threat to her political future and what she expects from INDIA
Sep 01, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 439
Indian Medical Association's Dr Rajeev Jayadevan decodes three big studies that tracked patients of Covid-19 and what we need to keep in mind for future waves that will come.
Aug 30, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 438
Trade unionist Meena Menon talks about trade union leader Dr Datta Samant, the 1982 strike in Mumbai and how it ended up changing an industry, unions and a city
Aug 28, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 437
Accused of murdering her daughter and out on bail, Indrani Mukerjea talks about her recently-released memoir titled 'Unbroken', not seeking to change people's opinions of her and why the high-life wasn't all fun and games.
Aug 25, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 436
Prateek Raj, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, talks about a letter he and other academics wrote on their worries about hate affecting India's economic growth. He also explains the long history behind hate speech creating a fertile ground for disaster and why he is still hopeful about India.
Aug 24, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 435
Author and senior fellow at King's College in London, Ayesha Siddiqa, talks to Harinder Baweja about the big political twists in Pakistan and how it results in the country's military growing in influence.
Aug 23, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 434
Actor Chrisann Pereira tells TOI's Bhavika Jain about how an audition for a web series in Sharjah went horribly wrong, her life in jail and the strange story behind her misfortunes.
Aug 21, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 433
Former police officer Julio Ribeiro, former editor Rahul Singh and prominent gynaecologist Dr Rustom Soonawala reflect on seeing India become independent, its big successes in 76 years and where it could have done better.
Aug 15, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 432
