The India Explained Podcast

The India Explained Podcast

A refreshingly real take on all things Indian, from politics to pressure cookers, from the serious to the absurd.

Episodes

January 15, 2023 31 mins
This and that. Update on Ari India gate, cricket selection and commentators, Kolkata's delectable food
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Happy new year 2023! And catching up
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Wishing listeners a happy new year and catching up
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December 20, 2022 48 mins
Conversation with Apar Gupta, Director, Internet Freedom Foundation India on digital authoritarianism
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India Explained Conversations: a new series on the India Explained podcast. Rohit Chopra in conversation with Amit Varma
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July 4, 2021 20 mins
We describe Indians' complex attitudes toward Dabur
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Three types of Indian uncles that all Indians will be familiar with.
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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.
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April 22, 2021 13 mins
We discuss India's current Covid-19 crisis
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April 16, 2021 18 mins
We discuss the complex indian relationship to stationery
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April 1, 2021 23 mins
Episode 152: Indians and Medicine by India Explained
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Indian cricket is arguably the most accurate mirror of indian society. We discuss.
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Good vaccine news, the surveillance state in India, and Mithunda joins the BJP
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Modi renames a cricket stadium after himself. We discuss this and related matters.
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We discuss the major flap and fallout over the Rihanna and Greta Thunberg tweets on the Indian farmer protests about agricultural reforms.
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We discuss our memories of seeing animals perform in India, from monkey and bear street actors to elephants in circuses.
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January 1, 2021 32 mins
As we bid farewell to a strange year, we share personal reflections on what we learned from 2020
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January 1, 2021 32 mins
As we bid the year goodbye, we reflect on the strangeness of 2020 and what it taught us
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A special episode on freedom and rights in India
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Special Episode: 5 Top Western Pop Songs in India by India Explained
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