This and that. Update on Ari India gate, cricket selection and commentators, Kolkata's delectable food

Episode 160: AirIndia Gate, Kolkata Food, and Cricket Selections

Happy New Year 2023 (and Air India Peegate)

Conversation with Apar Gupta, Director, Internet Freedom Foundation India on digital authoritarianism

India Explained Conversations: Apar Gupta

India Explained Conversations: a new series on the India Explained podcast. Rohit Chopra in conversation with Amit Varma

India Explained Conversations: Guest Amit Varma

We describe Indians' complex attitudes toward Dabur

Episode 158: Indians and Dabur

Three types of Indian uncles that all Indians will be familiar with.

Episode 157: Three Types of Indian Uncles

We discuss the censorship of COVID-19-related news by the Modi government, the compliance of Facebook, Twitter, and much of the Indian media in following government diktats, and the manipulation of data and media to keep the shine on the image of Modi, Shah, and the BJP government.

Episode 156: COVID-19 Censorship in India

We discuss India's current Covid-19 crisis

Episode 154: India's Covid Chaos

We discuss the complex indian relationship to stationery

Episode 153: Indians and stationery

Episode 152: Indians and Medicine by India Explained

Episode 152: Indians and Medicine

I listened to just one episode and felt the content was terrible. They picked a great topic - Howdy Modi. But there was no research done, I didn’t learn anything new, and it was basically 2 people on the street talking about something that neither of them had any idea about. Lots of speculation and zero credibility. Not listening to this any more.

No research, very unintelligent conversation

I really enjoyed the content -- fascinating. But one host spoke loudly &amp; clearly into mike. The other host spoke softly and seemed to be facing a different direction to the mike. I couldn&#39;t here him for quite a few key points which was frustrating! Please fix this as I would like to listen!

Terrible production quality

India Explained

Baba Ram Rahim's shadiness and what it says about us as a society

Episode 34: Baba Ram Rahim

In the first of a two-part series, we discuss Indian tourists at home and abroad, as well as other global travellers

Special Episode on Tourism: Troubled Traveller (Part I)

Our latest on India Explained examines farmer suicides, the government's response, and media coverage of the same

Episode 10: Farmer Suicides

We discuss Indian cricket commentators from Doordarshan legends to the ultra-cheerful Harsha Bhogle

Episode 100: Indian cricket commentators /Harsha Bhogle

We discuss the drama around the 2018 Karnataka elections

Episode 68: Karnataka Elections

We discuss the claim that an improvement in Bihar's roads has led to a rise in accidents

Episode 61: Bihar Roads

We discuss weird Indian behavior on planes

Episode 88: Indians on Planes

We discuss the epidemic of violence against women in India

Episode 65: Women Trouble

We discuss the anti-CAA and anti-NRC protests that have rocked India

Special Episode: Anti-CAA and Anti-NRC Protests in India

Indian decision-making processes. We examine their intricacies

Special Episode: Desi Decision-Making

We discuss the recent controversial allegations about judge Loya's death.

Special Episode: Judge, Jury, and Executioner

We discuss the Indian proclivity for demanding symbolic honors and respect, especially among some communities

Episode 94: Indian Honour and Touchiness

We discuss Indian travel habits, peculiarities, and idiosyncrasies, like getting to airports super-early. Enjoy!!!

Special Episode: Indian Travel Idiosyncrasies

We discuss the scale, scope, size, and good, bad, and ugly about Indian elections

Episode 118: The Phenomenon of Indian Elections

We discuss what the Indian Supreme Court judgement on the Babri Masjid dispute means

Episode 131: The Ayodhya Judgement

We discuss some of the key issues raised by the Pulawama terrorist attack in Kashmir which took the lives of 37 Indian security personnel

Episode 111: The Pulawama Terrorist Attack

Modi struggles to clean a piece of plastic with his broom, while lecturing school kids on the virtues of cleanliness

Episode 85: Modi's broom adventure

The week's events, discussed and dissected

Episode 132: This week in India

The first of a 3-part series on the 2019 election results.

Election 2019 Special: Part 1

We discuss the perennial Indian obsession with domestic help or 'servants.'

Episode 130: Domestic Help or Hindrance?

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