The India Explained Podcast

How do you become an Indian godman? What would a school for Indian godmen look like? We discuss.

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

One plank of the Indian philosophy of education has primarily been child abuse. Especially when it comes to religious instruction.

We discuss the subcontinental habit of never throwing away anything, and its good and dark side

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

We discuss the relationship between sport and politics in India and America. Would any Indian sportsperson have taken a stand and risked their career by doing what Colin Kaepernick has done?

We discuss the relationship between sport and politics in India and the US. Would any Indian sportsperson have taken a stand and risked their career by doing what Colin Kaepernick has done?

We discuss the relationship between sport and politics in India and the US. Would any Indian sportsperson do what Colin Kaepernick

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of India decriminalizes same-sex relationships by striking down a criminal-era law

We may not have Dawood but we got his accountant. What does it mean?

Navjot Singh Sidhu hugs the Pakistan army chief. India loses its marbles.

We discuss former Indian PM AB Vajpayee's complicated legacy

We discuss the idiosyncrasies of Indian cricket commentators and compare them to commentators from other nations

A family gets bitten by bed bugs in business class on India's flagship state-owned airline. We discuss.

An Indian astrologer predicted Argentina would win the World Cup. We discuss the role of astrology in the Indian imagination.

Our concluding episode on the Spain-Russia match, wherein we discuss the shock defeat of Spain

Part 3; half-time report

Part 2 of our podcast

Part I of our parallel podcast commentary on the Spain-Russia match

Rats shred notes in an Assam ATM. We discuss

The Nagaland Argentina Fans Union has a list of demands from Indian bureaucrats

We shoot the breeze about the football World Cup, especially India's unique relationship to it

We discuss the recent Hindu rightwing troll attack on BJP minister Sushma Swaraj

The IPL and MS Dhoni phenomenon

We discuss the dancing uncleji who broke the internet a while ago

We discuss AAP's laudable achievements in education

We discuss the ingenious attempt to use a bogus NASA connection as part of a scam

We discuss the drama around the 2018 Karnataka elections

An Indian govt employee claims he had to miss work since he is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu

A conversation with Snigdha Poonam about her remarkable new book, Dreamers, on the hopes and challenges of small town India in the age of globalization

We discuss the concerns and worries regarding the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, including allegations about his proximity to the BJP

We discuss the epidemic of violence against women in India

We explore the relationship between rats, corruption, and overbilling in the Maharashtra government

We discuss how an old building found new life

We discuss ding-dong diplomacy; India and Pakistan diplomats being harassed in both countries in silly ways

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

We discuss the flap over the Australian cricket team's ball tampering in the series against South Africa

We discuss the Western deification of Churchill given his history as a perpetrator of colonial violence

We discuss the CBI trying to tackle Nirav Modi's massive fraud which conned Punjab National Bank

We discuss the falling and fallen standards of Indian news, as reflected in the coverage of Sridevi's death

We discuss the decimation of the Left in the Indian northeast.

Part 2 of our special on Indian and foreign tourists, at home and abroad

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

An Indian official asks his junior to return a borrowed matchbox via official communication. We dissect this wonderful incident.

We discuss the endless controversy over Padmavat

An Indian minister claims Darwin's theory of evolution is wrong. We discuss

We discuss the complex India-Israel friendship

On the extraordinary press conference called by four Supreme Court justices about the crisis in Indian democracy

We bid farewell to 2017, with a review of events from the year that each of us considered to be especially significant

A discussion complementing our recent print article on the politics of Rahul Gandhi's HInduism