Itihaas - The Indian History Podcast
1) Episode 59: The Radio Recap
On the occasion of world radio day, this episode traces the evolution of the earliest broadcasting medium- Radio. It features Dr. Ujjwala Barve in conversation with Sneha Gore Mehendale where they do ...Show More
2) History IN Cinema- I
This episode moves away slightly from any history of cinema. It talks of history as depicted IN cinema. In the first part of this three-way conversation, a film-maker and a film scholar discuss variou...Show More
3) The Doordarshan Diaries
Doordarshan (DD), India’s public service broadcaster is six decades old. And boy, what changes has Doordarshan seen during these years! From twice a week, educational broadcast to a 24- hour channels ...Show More
4) Foodie By-lanes: Then and Now
The Ramadan special food offered in Mumbai's old by-lanes of Bhendi Bazaar and Muhammad Ali Road is a part of personal history of many people. As this area gets ready for massive renovation, we trace ...Show More
5) Shifting Cinema: The Rural-Urban Circle
Cinema is a ‘reflection of the society’, yes. And hence, it is also a moving document of our history. Indian cinema provides us innumerable glasses to look at the evolution of the society around us. T...Show More
6) Glocal Food: Outgoing Edition
Most of the food exchanges are so well assimilated that it is impossible to say that they once belonged somewhere else. In part two of the conversation with Keertida Phadke, we talk of food that is na...Show More
7) Glocal Food: Incoming Edition
Food is fluid. It moves with time, with people, with cultures. Food exchanges only enrich a culture and most of the food exchanges are so well assimilated that it is impossible to say that they once b...Show More
8) Living History: Vaccine Trials
History is not always past events. Sometimes you also live in truly historic times, much like the current pandemic. As the vaccine for CoVid-19 becomes the new global quest, we here talk about this fa...Show More
9) The Red Terror
The issue of Naxalism has plagued India for more than the past five decades with no solution in sight. This episode features journalist Siddharthya Roy in conversation with Sneha Gore Mehendale discus...Show More
10) Stories from this millennium
The 2004 elections, which the government preponed in overconfidence, yielded an unexpected result. What was more unexpected was that Sonia Gandhi refused to become the PM and appointed Dr. Manmohan ...Show More