The Hindu On Books
The Hindu on Books is a weekly podcast from India's national newspaper on the latest and the best from the world of literature.
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Shyam Saran on the authoritative view of India-...
Shyam Saran traces decades of Indo-Chinese history and the reasons behind clashes in his book How China sees India and the world.
44 min
27
Rahul Sagar on How Nineteenth Century Indians S...
Rahul Sagar speaks to us on his recent book, which sheds light on how Indian thinkers in the 19th century viewed India’s place in the world and how their debates would leave a lasting impact on India’s strategic thought in the 20th century.
33 min
28
Rasheed Kidwai on the defining figures in India...
Rasheed Kidwai speaks to us on his recent book, which brings in an interesting mix of characters from Indian politics, some well-known and some forgotten
30 min
29
Jan Breman and Ghanshyam Shah on Gujarat as the...
Jan Breman and Ghanshyam Shah speak to us on the history of communal politics in India, Gujarat’s role in its expansion, and whether it is changing the average India’s sense of nationhood and what it means to be an Indian
50 min
30
Shrayana Bhattacharya on ‘Desperately Seeking S...
Shrayana Bhattacharya speaks to us on the economic burden of being a woman and the hidden tax that working women have to pay
30 min
31
Ananth Krishnan and Stanly Johny on China and A...
Ananth Krishnan and Stanly Johny speak to us on the key global issues that feature in their book ‘The Comrades and the Mullahs – China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics’
29 min
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Barkha Dutt on the hardships Indians faced duri...
Barkha Dutt speaks to us on her new book ‘Humans of COVID: To Hell and Back’
37 min
33
How India became a BJP-centric polity
Nalin Mehta speaks to us on his new book ‘The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party’
43 min
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Isaac Stone Fish on how America’s elites have h...
Isaac Stone Fish speaks to us on his new book "America Second: How America's elites are making China stronger"
23 min
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Rukmini S on what data can and cannot tell us a...
Rukmini S talks to us about her book 'Whole Numbers and Half Truths'
26 min
36
The evolution of Kamala Harris
Chidanand Rajghatta speaks to us on his book "Phenomenal Woman"
33 min
37
A doctor speaks on the fundamental questions ab...
Kavery Nambisan speaks to us on her new book " A Luxury Called Health: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine"
33 min
38
Delhi’s preparations for a free Bangladesh
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta speaks to us on his new book "India and the Bangladesh Liberation War"
30 min
39
Where home is a rubbish mountain
Saumya Roy speaks to us on her latest book Mountain Tales
33 min
40
The agony and ecstasy of being Kabir Bedi
Actor Kabir Bedi details his remarkable acting experience through his memoir "Stories I Must Tell, The Emotional life of an Actor"
33 min
41
Amitav Ghosh on capitalism, climate change and ...
Amitav Ghosh speaks to us on his latest work of non-fiction “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables For A Planet In Crisis”
24 min
42
The story of an unprecedented diplomatic win
Syed Akbaruddin speaks to us on his latest book ‘India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win’
26 min
43
Understanding the co-existence of violence and ...
Prof Neera Chandhoke speaks to us on her new book, The Violence in Our Bones: Mapping The Deadly Fault Lines Within Indian Society
34 min
44
An Indian in Japan
Pallavi Aiyer speaks to us on her latest book Orienting: An Indian In Japan
32 min
45
Peering down India's deep state
Josy Joseph speaks to us on his latest book, 'The Silent Coup'
33 min
46
A new Cold War and the rise of China
Sanjaya Baru and Suhasini Haidar to talk about the new book "A New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China.”
29 min
47
A sordid saga of money, lust and murder
Nirupama Subramanian speaks to us on her latest book 'Murder on the Menu: The Sensational Story of the Tycoon who founded Saravana Bhavan'
29 min
48
Tracing the inner workings of the RAW and the ISI
Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark spills the methods of RAW and ISI in their work: 'Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of The R.A.W and I.S.I'
50 min
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Malcolm Gladwell on his new narrative style in ...
Malcolm Gladwell on his new narrative style in The Bomber Mafia
20 min
50
The untold stories of India's first lady doctors
Kavitha Rao tells the stories of six women, who challenged societal norms to tread an unconventional path and become doctors in her work "Lady Doctor: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine"
31 min