Itihaas 2.0

Part two of this wonderful conversation has Dr. Sajjan Kumar talk about why has communalism become an everyday phenomenon, and if at all, there is a hope that India gets rid of this issue.

The Demolition of Babri Masjid gave way to a new type of communalism in India. It is not a sporadic issue anymore, it has seeped into our daily lives.
In this excellent conversation with Sneha Gore Mehendale, Dr. Sajjan Kumar explains why exactly has the situation become like this, in this first part of the conversation.

Parle G is an iconic made in India story by all means.
A 90 year old biscuit brand,it boasts of being the world's largest selling biscuit! In this episode, Sneha Gore Mehendale & Dr. Nilesh Gokhale trace the trajectory of this much beloved biscuit, and examine its brand identity.

BCCI was initially not happy with the IPL format, but the common man took to it in full force, and IPL became a hit product.
It did affect the game of cricket too.
In the second part of this IPL episode, Sneha Gore Mehendale and Sushobhan Patankar discuss how IPL affected Indian cricket and where will Indian cricket go from here.

The Indian Premier League began in 2008 and it changed the Indian cricket for good. In a country where cricket is no less than a religion, IPL emerged as a phenomenon in itself.
In this first part of this two-part episode on IPL, Sneha Gore Mehendale and Sushobhan Patankar discuss the emergence of IPL.

A cup of tea is omnipresent in our lives. And yet, tea does not belong to India.
It came here a couple of hundred years ago and got perfectly assimilated in the Indian lives.
In this episode, Sneha Gore Mehendale and Gandhali Kulkarni trace the origin of tea, its travel and how it has evolved as a concept and a culture- made in India.

Origins of a lot of food are very diverse. Yet they somehow manage to reach a country and get assimilated in the gastronomy and culture so well, that people often do not believe that they are from somewhere else. Chillies, Mirchi as known in Hindi, has a similar story of coming from abroad and becoming a concept, a necessity, 'Made in India' !
Sneha Gore Mehendale and gandhali Kulkarni trace the origins of this 'Indian' spice.

Voice Over: Sneha Gore Mehendale and Tanmay Kanitkar
India faced a sociopolitical storm in the year 2011, with almost the entire nation getting united demanding something called Lokpal.
It was an unprecedented drama, the movement called India against corruption.
What was it, what made it successful and what are the lessons learnt from its aftermath, explains Tanmay Kanitkar.

In this second part of the conversation with Parimal Maya Sudhakar, we explore how the Chinese perspective has changed over the years, where and how has India achieved a status higher than China and whether there is possibility of another Indo- Chinese war.

The Sino-Indian war of 1962 remains one of the most landmark events in the post independence Indian history.
Not because we lost it, but 'coz it forever affected the way these two countries have been with each other.
In the first part of this podcast, Sneha Gore Mehendale is in conversation with Parimal Maya Sudhakar, an expert in international relations with special focus on China.
Parimal explains how the war affected India on diplomatic, governance and economic levels and where do we stand today vis-a-vis China.