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Dinyar Patel
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Podcast: The myths of Jawaharlal Nehru’s India
The author of ‘Nehru’s India: A History in Seven Myths’, picks apart and explodes several common presumptions of India’s first 17 years of independence.
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Podcast: What does the rise and fall of the Swatantra Party mean in the era of Narendra Modi?
The party emerged in 1959, its leaders united by a conservative economic vision, including a ‘free economy’, and challenging the Congress’s dominance.
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Podcast: Why BR Ambedkar thought – and worried – deeply about democracy in India
Host Dinyar Patel in conversation with Ashok Gopal, author of the anti-caste icon’s English language biography ‘A Part Apart’.
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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Podcast: Pre-Partition stories, filmi music made Radio Ceylon a household name in India and Pakistan
As AIR and Radio Pakistan broadcast state policy and propaganda, a wartime transmitter in Ceylon kept alive the idea of a religiously inclusive Hindustan.
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Podcast: The bitter truth about the sugar industries of pre-modern India and their global legacy
Ulbe Bosma, author of The World of Sugar, in discussion with host Dinyar Patel about how sugar has helped create the modern world.
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Podcast: Why engaging with the ideas of VD Savarkar is important to counter Hindutva
His conceptualisation of Hindutva is intrinsically linked with history, author Vinayak Chaturvedi tells host Dinyar Patel.
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Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Podcast: The indispensable royal women of the Sikh empire
Host Dinyar Patel in conversation with historian Priya Atwal on how women played a central role in royal politics and administration.
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Podcast: From sea channels to gas-powered lights – 300 years of ambitious, unbuilt Mumbai projects
Dinyar Patel in conversation with Robert Stephens, the author of ‘Bombay Imagined’.
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Podcast: Why it is important to remember the Sassoons – Jewish-Iraqi refugees who made Mumbai home
Dinyar Patel in conversation with Joseph Sassoon, author of ‘The Global Merchants’.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Podcast: Aliens, Lata Mangeshkar and other tales of India’s second Five-Year plan
Host Dinyar Patel and Nikhil Menon explore the world of PC Mahalanobis, the genius statistician who drove the second plan.
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In the 75th year of Independence, let us not forget the deep liberal roots of modern Indian society
From the 19th century, leaders set out a vision for India which was inclusive, democratic, and relatively open-minded.
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Podcast: What explains rising global authoritarianism? The history of constitutions has some answers
In the second episode of Past Imperfect, host Dinyar Patel talks to historian Linda Colley about how the role of constitutions has changed over time.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May