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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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
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The evolution of Kamala Harris
Chidanand Rajghatta speaks to us on his book "Phenomenal Woman"
33 min
30
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
31
Delhi’s preparations for a free Bangladesh
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta speaks to us on his new book "India and the Bangladesh Liberation War"
30 min
32
Where home is a rubbish mountain
Saumya Roy speaks to us on her latest book Mountain Tales
33 min
33
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
34
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
35
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
36
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
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An Indian in Japan
Pallavi Aiyer speaks to us on her latest book Orienting: An Indian In Japan
32 min
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Peering down India's deep state
Josy Joseph speaks to us on his latest book, 'The Silent Coup'
33 min
39
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
40
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
41
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
43
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
44
Travelogue meets memoir in this descent down th...
Samrat Choudhur sits to talks about his experience travelling the Brahmaputra river in his work 'The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra'
18 min
45
Chronicling the long reach of the Scindia dynas...
Journalist Rasheed Kidwai looks at the long-running Scindia dynasty in his latest work 'The House of Scindias - A saga of power, politics and intrigue'
26 min
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Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on how t...
Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale talk on how the Chinese negotiate with India in his new book: 'The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India'
35 min
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Manoj Kewalramani on "Smokeless War" and China'...
Indian author Manoj Kewalramani discuses China's ongoing road to power in his work 'Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance'
35 min
48
Jairam Ramesh on the poem that defined the Budd...
MP Jairam Ramesh discuss his new book, 'The Light of Asia: The Poem That Defined the Buddha'
28 min
49
Ghazala Wahab on some truths about Islam in Ind...
Executive Editor of FORCE Ghazala Wahab sheds light on Islam in India through her work 'Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam and India'
57 min
50
Vijay Gokhale on the making of the Tiananmen Sq...
Former Foreign Secretary of India Vijay Gokhale talks about the brutal incident, the 1989 Tiananmen Square in his latest work: 'Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest'
47 min