Husain Haqqani

Well known Pakistani journalist, scholar and diplomat, Mr Husain Haqqani, on the future of India and Pakistan's relationship.

17: The future of India and Pakistan, with Husain Haqqani

Yashwant Sinha and Aditya Sinha in conversation about their book, India Unmade: How The Modi Government Broke The Economy.

16: How the Modi government broke the economy, with Yashwant Sinha

Tony Joseph

Tony Joseph on the first modern humans who reached the Indian subcontinent nearly 65,000 years ago.

15: The story of our ancestors, with Tony Joseph

Deepa Narayan

Socialist and author Deepa Narayan on her book, Chup: Breaking the Silence about India's Women, where she brings to light the degree to which women internalise negative views about themselves, and how society further reinforces these views.

14: 7 bad habits that women must unlearn, with Deepa Narayan

Parvati Sharma

Author Parvati Sharma in conversation with journalist Supriya Nair about her latest book - Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal.

13: An intimate portrait of Jahangir, with Parvati Sharma

Varsha Adusumilli

In this episode, author Varsha Adusumilli and columnist Aparna Piramal Raje discuss why India needs relatable role models.

12: Why India needs relatable role models, with Varsha Adusumilli

Barun Aggarwal

Today on Talking Books, Ameya Nagarajan talks to Barun Aggarwal, air pollution expert and founder and CEO of Breathe Easy, about the gravity of India's air pollution problem, what we can do to fight it and how bleak our future will be if we do nothing about it.

11: India’s terrifying air quality problem, with Barun Aggarwal

Ruben Banerjee

Jay Panda

The life and success of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik with Ruben Banerjee, Jay Panda and Rajesh Mahapatra.

10: Ruben Banerjee and Jay Panda on Naveen Patnaik and his legacy

Shyam Saran

A discussion between Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society and former Prime Minister of Australia, and Shyam Saran, former Ambassador of India to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal, as well as former High Commissioner to Mauritius. They explore the shifting power balance between India, China and the US.

9: The shifting power balance between India, China and the USA with Shyam Saran

Swati Chaturvedi

Swati Chaturvedi talks about her book, I Am A Troll, discussing India's online hate mobs and their connections to political parties.

8: Trolls and politics: Swati Chaturvedi on India’s online trolls

Talking Books

The shocking story of a how a reputed antiques dealer was revealed to be a temple thief

7: The true story of the looting of India’s temples

Tune in to listen to Burmese historian Thant Myint-U talk about the historical religious and cultural relationship between India and Myanmar, as well as understand the roots of the Rohingya crisis and what we can all learn from Myanmar's experience.

6: What we can learn from Myanmar, with Thant Myint-U

In this episode, publisher of Juggernaut, Chiki Sarkar, and editors Nandini Mehta and Sivapriya pool their collective experience of seeing what India reads and writes about to uncover a story of what Indians want to know about themselves and how it has changed in the past thirty years.

5: How India reads and what it says about Indians

What is it like to be a middle-class Muslim kid growing up in India today? In this shocking and eye opening conversation author Nazia Erum speaks with publisher Chiki Sarkar about the struggles of raising a Muslim child in modern India, coping with the stereotyping of Muslims and how middle-class Muslims, despite their economic privilege, have to change the way they live. Tune in to find out the dark secrets in our playgrounds, gated communities and mommy WhatsApp groups.

4: Talk to a Muslim: What it means to raise a Muslim child in India

Yasser Usman

On today's episode, Aseem Chhabra talks to Yasser Usman about his no-holds-barred unauthorised biography of Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt. With the release of the blockbuster film Sanju, Yasser tells us what the film got right, what it missed and all you need to know about Sanjay Dutt.

3: Yasser Usman in conversation with Aseem Chhabra

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