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

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 31:12


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

Happy New Year 2023 (and Air India Peegate)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 27:35


Happy new year 2023! And catching up

India Explained Conversations: Apar Gupta

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 48:12


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

India Explained Conversations: Guest Amit Varma

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 59:22


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

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Episode 158: Indians and Dabur

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 20:13


We describe Indians' complex attitudes toward Dabur

Episode 157: Three Types of Indian Uncles

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 31:50


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

Episode 156: COVID-19 Censorship in India

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 26:16


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 154: India's Covid Chaos

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 13:01


We discuss India's current Covid-19 crisis

Episode 153: Indians and stationery

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 18:39


We discuss the complex indian relationship to stationery

Episode 152: Indians and Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 23:07


Episode 152: Indians and Medicine by India Explained

Episode 151: Cricket as a Mirror of Indian Society

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 32:19


Indian cricket is arguably the most accurate mirror of indian society. We discuss.

Episode 150: Last week in India: the good, the bad, and the absurd

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 30:15


Good vaccine news, the surveillance state in India, and Mithunda joins the BJP

Special Episode: Cricket Gujju Style

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 26:56


Modi renames a cricket stadium after himself. We discuss this and related matters.

Special Episode: Celebrities, Twitter, and Farmer Protests

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 15:07


We discuss the major flap and fallout over the Rihanna and Greta Thunberg tweets on the Indian farmer protests about agricultural reforms.

Special Episode: Animal Performers in India

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 32:12


We discuss our memories of seeing animals perform in India, from monkey and bear street actors to elephants in circuses.

Farewell to 2020: Personal Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 32:00


As we bid farewell to a strange year, we share personal reflections on what we learned from 2020

Freedom and Rights in India: A Discussion with Salil Tripathi

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 68:57


A special episode on freedom and rights in India

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Special Episode: 5 Top Western Pop Songs in India

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 25:11


Special Episode: 5 Top Western Pop Songs in India by India Explained

Episode 148: Cooking during the Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 14:06


Cooking during the shutdown

Episode 148: Online work etiquette

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 29:10


Online etiquette for working from home

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Episode 147: Viral Humor in a Viral Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 16:48


Viral humor during the COVID-19 pandemic

Episode 146: Transparent Governance during a Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 19:03


Episode 146: Transparent Governance during a Crisis by India Explained

Episode 145: Jharkhandi Scammers during Corona Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 9:57


Jharkandi scammers promise booze delivery during Corona virus shutdown in India. Victims left thirsty

Episode 144: Religion and the Coronavirus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 12:54


Devout people defy orders and hold gatherings. People die. We discuss.

Episode 143: Life under COVID-19

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 10:50


We discuss life in these strange times

Episode 142: Life During Coronavirus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 16:24


Life during a pandemic. We discuss.

Episode 141: Principal Gives Cheating Tips

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 12:06


A school principal in UP, India, gives students cheating tips.

Interview with BJP spokesperson on Trump visit

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 10:45


We interview a BJP spokesperson on Trump's visit to India

Interview with BJP spokie on Delhi elections (mildly NSFW)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 10:04


We talk to a BJP spokesperson about the recently concluded Delhi assembly elections

Episode 140: Delhi Assembly Elections 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 10:30


Delhi assembly elections 2020

Special Interview: BJP Spokesperson on Coronavirus

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 9:20


We interview a BJP spokie to find out what the government is doing to tackle the coronavirus threat

Episode139: Comedian Confronts Arnab on a Plane

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 20:22


Comedian Kunal Kamra gives Arnab a dose of his own medicine on a flight. The BJP retaliates. We discuss.

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 9:20


Rajdeep Sardesai inteviews Finance Minister Nirmala on the budget

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Episode 138: The Superbowl

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 20:22


The Superbowl and what sporting events signify

Special Episode: The Indian Republic completes 70 years

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 22:54


The Indian Republic completes 70 years. We discuss.

Episode 137: Arjun's Nuclear Arrows in the Mahabharat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2020 18:52


A BJP leader claims Arjun used nuclear arrows in the Mahabharat. We discuss.

Episode 136: Sangeeta from Reception

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 12:50


Sangeeta from reception. The secret center of power in every Indian office. We discuss.

Special Episode: Twitter India, the BJP, and India Explained

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 29:03


We discuss Twitter India's decision to permanently suspend the IndiaExplained account at the behest of the Modi government

Episode 135: The JNU Anti-CAA protests

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 24:41


We discuss the anti-CAA protests at JNU and the brutal violence wreaked on protesters by the ABVP with the complicity of the Delhi police

Episode 134: Happy New Year!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 16:30


We usher in the new year with a discussion of Indian middle class partying.

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 39:19


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

Episode 133: Festive Office Parties

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 19:26


We take a deep dive into the office party

Episode 132: This week in India

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2019 25:40


The week's events, discussed and dissected

Episode 131: The Ayodhya Judgement

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 24:30


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

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Episode 130: Domestic Help or Hindrance?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 23:46


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

Special Episode: The Meanings of Diwali

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2019 12:58


We discuss what Diwali has meant and means

Episode 129: Bongs Gone Wild

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 11:10


Bengalis are going nuts after Abhijit Banerjee wins the Nobel for economics and Saurav Ganguly becomes BCCI chief. We unpack this uniquely Bong phenomenon.

Episode 128: Just Another Week in India (2)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 32:58


The good, bad, ugly, absurd, bizarre, cheerful. All in a week's work in India

Episode 127: Just Another Week in India (1)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 29:01


Discussion on the week's events: the Indian economy, Kashmir, vegetarians, and an odd competition in Surat, Gujarat

Episode 126: Cricket Commentary

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 14:49


On cricket commentary, Indian and other

Episode 125: Modi's Vendetta against Suhas Gokhale

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 18:31


Modi and his government framed an innocent officer and attempted to destroy him. We discuss this travesty of justice.

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