Ahead of a crucial state election in Uttar Pradesh, multiple leaders from the ruling BJP have switched sides. Columnist Radhika Ramaseshan, veteran journalist Vasindra Mishra and Professor Badri Narayan decode what's happening.

As the famous boy reporter from Brussels turns 93, Amitava Sanyal speaks with graphic novelist Orijit Sen and professor Abhijit Gupta on why the Tintin comics and its iconic characters still resonate with readers.

Actor Parvathy explains what changed - and what needs to - nearly five years after the shocking sexual assault of a Malayalam cinema star in 2017

Neil Nongkynrih, the founder of the Shillong Chamber Choir passed away earlier this month. We speak to his pupil William Richmond, TV impresario Siddhartha Basu and Shillong Times' editor Patricia Mukhim to understand his legacy.

As India starts giving senior citizens and frontline workers booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines, Dr Ambarish Satwik and AccessIBSA's Achal Prabhala explain the issues at stake and how much it will help.

TOI's Vaibhav Purandare speaks with senior journalist Sagarika Ghose on why she decided to write a biography of AB Vajpayee, and his relationship with Advani and RSS

Will offices open this year or will waves of Covid-19 keep them shut? We look at how companies have tweaked how they expect their employees to work, perhaps for good.

As China builds a bridge over the Pangong lake in Ladakh, defence and international affairs expert Manoj Joshi joins us to decode the latest developments on India's eastern front.

2022 opens on a downer, with Covid-19 cases spiking across India. Epidemiologist and pulmonologist Dr Lancelot Pinto explains the risks the Omicron variant comes with and the precautions we need to take

As 2021 comes to a close, we take a look back at the year that's passed through some of the voices that featured on our show, making sense of a tumultuous time.