Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains the origins of the kanwar yatra, the mythology at the centre of it and its significance.

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan talks to Alka Dhupkar about his experience of working with Ajit Pawar, how he sees politics in Maharashtra playing out and the challenge for opposition parties

Political commentator and analyst Sujata Anandan talks to Alka Dhupkar about whether Sharad Pawar could have prevented his nephew's rebellion, what this means for state and national politics and why the split could backfire on Ajit Pawar.

Ben Dalton from research group New America talks to Pinaki Chakraborty about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny in Russia, what it means for Vladimir Putin and the future of the Ukraine war.

Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explain the reasons behind the outrage over a recent film in which mythical characters speak in a more colloquial fashion. He explains why with some epics it's difficult to accept characters who speak like us.

Rehana Fathima was recently exonerated in a case of obscenity and child abuse that was filed against her over a video. She talks to Alka Dhupkar about why she protests for multiple causes, why she chooses unique ways of protest and the toll it's taken on her life.

CEO of Ananta Centre Indrani Bagchi decodes the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the US and what it means for ties between the two nations.

Senior journalist Anant Bagaitkar talks to Alka Dhupkar about why all journalists from language media outlets need to get access to Parliament, something many of them have been denied since 2020.

Political scientist and chief editor of Studies in Indian Politics, Suhas Palshikar, talks to Alka Dhupkar about his and Yogendra Yadav's campaign to have their names removed from re-edited NCERT textbooks. He also explains his concerns with how the textbooks were edited and why parents should also read their kids' textbooks.

Shahid Siddiqui - who has been an editor and lawmaker- was part of a group of Muslim community representatives who met with the RSS chief in 2022. He explains what that meeting, and subsequent dialogue, has achieved in terms of solving the issues affecting the Muslim community under the Modi government.