The Pipette Episode 7

Small doses of science and society by Padma Bhushan awardee Prof P Balaram.

The methods of science have clearly made inroads into the domains of economics and finance. Physicians and mathematicians have been employed in large number by western financial institutions. Behavioural economics is a discipline that draws its essential elements from psychology. In this episode of The Pipette, Prof Balaram considers a questions that is often asked. Is economics a science? And the corollary, has science influenced economics?

Sunny Side Up Episode 10

Celebrated TV presenter, actor and author Anu Hasan on her life experiences and how to maintain a positive outlook.

"As long as I wasn't breaking the law, there was nothing wrong in being different. There is nothing wrong in doing something that other people aren't doing. All that matters is whether you are happy and content", says Anu Hasan urging us to live our lives on the the strength of our own convictions and not others' expectations.

Happyness Episode 6

India’s leading anti-drug crusader, Dr Yusuf Merchant, explains the concept of happiness and how we can achieve it in our lives.

How do we cope with the randomness that is inherent in the world around us? Events, environment and people are all outside our realm of control and the key to happiness is to find a certainty from within. Dr Yusuf Merchant tells us how to do this with three simple exercises.

Sunny Side Up Episode 9

Celebrated TV presenter, actor and author Anu Hasan on her life experiences and how to maintain a positive outlook.

How often have we heard the statement, "Oh we all make mistakes, it's ok"? But do we always believe that? Some of the mistakes we have made in the past shame us and often come back to haunt us with refrains of 'if only' and 'how I wish I hadn't'. Anu Hasan talks to us about her experiences of coping with her past mistakes.

Happyness Episode 5

India’s leading anti-drug crusader, Dr Yusuf Merchant, explains the concept of happiness and how we can achieve it in our lives.

What is the meaning of life? A loaded question that many of us wonder, sometimes even ask aloud, but mostly shelve for another time. The answer to the meaning of life and the meaning of happiness is one and the same, says Dr Yusuf Merchant as he takes us through his experience of finding a suitable answer to this unique query.

The Mandate Episode 3

The Mandate is a three part series by Harish Narasappa on the history of the two dominant electoral systems: first-past-the-post system and proportional representation system, and its implications in India.

Mr Narasappa is a lawyer and member of the Karnataka Election Watch and the National Election Watch.

Will the Proportional Representation method work in the political climate of India? Mr Narasappa highlights the challenges towards incorporating this method in the Indian electoral system, and the need for a national debate on the same.

The Mandate Episode 2

The Mandate is a three part series by Harish Narasappa on the history of the two dominant electoral systems: first-past-the-post system and proportional representation system, and its implications in India.

Mr Narasappa is a lawyer and member of the Karnataka Election Watch and the National Election Watch.

Why did the drafters of our constitution adopt the first-past-the-post system? Can the proportional representation system solve India's electoral problems? Mr Narasappa answers these questions in the second episode of The Mandate.

The Mandate Episode 1

The Mandate is a three part series by Harish Narasappa on the history of the two dominant electoral systems: first-past-the-post system and proportional representation system, and its implications in India.

Mr Narasappa is a lawyer and member of the Karnataka Election Watch and the National Election Watch.

In this episode, Mr Narasappa talks about the differences between the first-past-the-post system and the proportional system used for conducting elections.

Sugata Srinivasaraju reads a poem a week to confront the times we are living in.

More people have now been forced to flee their homes by conflict and crisis than at any time since World War II. More recently, the United States' "zero-tolerance" immigration policy saw thousands of children forcibly separated from their parents at the Mexican border. Jon Veinberg was a poet born in Germany in 1947 after his family fled Soviet occupied Estonia. Around 1950, they emigrated to the United States. On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Sugata Srinivasaraju reads the poem 'Refugee' by Jon Veinberg.