India Explained

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

Happy new year 2023! And catching up

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

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

We describe Indians' complex attitudes toward Dabur

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

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.

We discuss India's current Covid-19 crisis

We discuss the complex indian relationship to stationery

Episode 152: Indians and Medicine by India Explained

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

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

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

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

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

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

A special episode on freedom and rights in India

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

Cooking during the shutdown

Online etiquette for working from home

Viral humor during the COVID-19 pandemic

Episode 146: Transparent Governance during a Crisis by India Explained

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

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

We discuss life in these strange times

Life during a pandemic. We discuss.

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

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

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

Delhi assembly elections 2020

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

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

Rajdeep Sardesai inteviews Finance Minister Nirmala on the budget

The Superbowl and what sporting events signify

The Indian Republic completes 70 years. We discuss.

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

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

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

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

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

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

We take a deep dive into the office party

The week's events, discussed and dissected

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

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

We discuss what Diwali has meant and means

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

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

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

On cricket commentary, Indian and other

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