BIC TALKS Podcast
1) 378. Iron Lady, Velvet Glove?
Was Indira Gandhi a pragmatic nation-builder or an authoritarian disruptor or both? Historian Srinath Raghavan’s new book, Indira Gandhi: The Years That Transformed India, explores her complex legacy,...Show More
2) 377. Adolescence & Algorithms
The years between ages 10 and 19 are marked by intense physiological, psychological, and social change. Adding to the challenges of this already turbulent phase are mobile devices and social media. Th...Show More
3) 376. Queering Law
What would justice look like if it spoke in a queer voice? How might legal judgments shift if they were written through the lived experiences and realities of LGBTQIA+ individuals? In this session, we...Show More
4) 375. First Movers in Second Life Start-Ups
When it comes to climate change and the environment, they are part of  the problem and part of the solution – Plastics and Lithium-ion. We cannot ignore the role these materials play in today’s world....Show More
5) 374. A Perfect Storm
What happens when a defiant chronicler and an idealist revolutionary converge in the playground that is India’s freedom struggle? Urdu newspaper Pratap, launched in pre-partition India, was a torchbea...Show More
6) 373. EMIs & Other Existential Crises
In this refreshingly jargon-free session, Lavanya Mohan, author of Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, gets real about why personal finance often feels confusing, boring, or just plain overwhelming. From spe...Show More
7) 372. Uniformity or Justice?
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has long been at the heart of India’s constitutional and cultural tensions — hailed by some as a promise of equality, and critiqued by others as a tool of homogenisation. ...Show More
8) 371. Gurudev and Bapu
Gurudev and Bapu explores the extraordinary exchange of letters and ideas between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, set against the backdrop of the Indian freedom struggle. Over 25 years, their ...Show More
9) 370. Chaturanga to Chess
From boasting of a lone International Master (IM) in Manuel Aaron in 1962, India has come a long way in the world of chess, particularly in the last two-and-half decades of the new Millennium. Today, ...Show More
10) 369. Living with Many Loves
All Our Loves: Journeys with Polyamory in India is an eye-opening book on polyamory—the practice of being in love, with or without sexual intimacies with more than one person simultaneously, with the ...Show More