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BIC TALKS — 430 episodes
430. Living Authentically
431. Cities We Carry
429. Invisible Empire
428. Citizen, Republic, Conscience
427. Tell Me a Story about Our World
426. When Poetry Refused to Obey
425. Bangalore Raani
424. Does Bangalore Offer a Healthy Life to us Citizens
423. The Realms of Dharma and of the Mahabharata
422. Eye of the Cyclone
421. Adoor, Jaya, Shabana, Girish… How India's Finest Filmmakers Were Made
420. Funding Freedom
419. Science, Stewardship and Solidarity
418. Ghost-Eye
417. Who Owns India's Past?
416. The Trial that Shook Britain
415. Why Doesn't Patriarchy Die?
414. Queer Journeys
413. Election Commission – A Guardian of Democracy
412. The Women No Longer Wait
411. Rediscovery of a Lost Gandhi
410. Worlds Within Worlds
409. Bengaluru Bus Stories
408. India's Development Odyssey
407. Interrogating the Constitution
406. Unveiling Islamabad
405. Planet of the Apps
404. Reaching for the Stars
403. Gandhi and Savarkar
402. Rabia's Journey | ராபியாவின் பயணம்
401. Played and Missed
400. Lessons for Democracy
399. Hegemony, Revolt and Selfhood (Masterclass: 3 of 3)
398. Hegemony, Revolt and Selfhood (Masterclass: 2 of 3)
397. Hegemony, Revolt and Selfhood (Masterclass: 1 of 3)
396. Sama, Dana, Danda, Bheda: Friends, Rivals, or Just Trading Partners?
395. Reading the City Reading Ourselves
394. Building Teenage Mental Resilience
393. Too Much Public Not Enough Interest
392. Handlooms - Past Present Future
391. Code Red: Climate in the Dock
390. Confessions of a Lobbyist
389. Aah Aha Ha-ha
388. The Indo-Pacific Outlook: An Australian Perspective
387. Partition: Memory, Responsibility & Voice
386. Nehru's India in the World
385. The Gauri Files
384. The Law Strikes Back
383. What Would Dr. Ambedkar Have Made of the Republic of India Today?
382. Mobile Merchant Bankers of South India
381. The Third Moment
380. The Twist in the Odyssey of Naxalism in Karnataka
379. Sustainable Development & Public Policy
378. Iron Lady, Velvet Glove?
377. Adolescence & Algorithms
376. Queering Law
375. First Movers in Second Life Start-Ups
374. A Perfect Storm
373. EMIs & Other Existential Crises
372. Uniformity or Justice?
371. Gurudev and Bapu
370. Chaturanga to Chess
369. Living with Many Loves
368. Farooq and I
367. Taking the Temperature of Society
366. A Date With Bangalore
365. Forgotten Fire
364. Repositioning Indian Aesthetics
363. Military Leadership in Turbulent Times
362. Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Stories
361. Vaadivaasal : The Arena
360. From Pax Americana to Pax Mysteriana
359. The Land of The Red River Blue Hills
358. Building Bridges: The Journey Towards Equality and Fraternity
357. Wild Fictions
356. How We Used To Love
355. A Pandemic World in Syllables Excerpt
345. Dharmic Capitalism
346. Caste, Outcast and Anticaste
347. Solving Avian Mysteries
348. Things that Sing
349. How (Not) to Write the History of Indian Literature
350. Portrait of an Artist
351. Nehru's Democracy
352. Love, Law and the Constitution
353. The Art of the In-between
354. Gandhi, the Philosopher
344. Media Freedom
343. Kuvempu Turns 120
342. Thriving with AI
340. A New Global Disorder?
341. Seeds of Insight
339. An Unequal Citizen?
338. Unpacking Economic Freedom in the Constitution
337. Urban Legends
336. We Are Like This Only
335. Road Not Taken
334. Story of an Unknown Indian
333. Demystifying Climate Change
332. Not Just a Laughing Matter!
331. Deeper Vulnerabilities of India's Democracy
330. Confronting Capitalism
329. Time Within Time
328. From Thought to Action
327. Immiserised Bharat
326. Mandate 2024 and the Future of Our Republic
325. Art as Activism
324. "I Eat God, I Drink God"
323. Safe Spaces: Diversity, Disabilities and the Elderly (Part 4 of 4)
322. Safe Spaces: Child Sexual Development (Part 3 of 4)
321. Safe Spaces: Beliefs, Behaviours and the Bedroom! (Part 2 of 4)
320. Safe Spaces: Unraveling Gender Bias (Part 1 of 4)
319. The Great Flap of 1942
318. Just a Mercenary
317. Radical Peace: The Astavakra Gita in the Age of AI
316. Echoes of AI
315. Tracing Origins
314. India Votes 2024: Karnataka Elections (Part 4 of 4)
313. India Votes 2024: Seeds of Democracy (Part 3 of 4)
312. India Votes 2024: Electoral Bonds (Part 2 of 4)
311. India Votes 2024: Democracy vs Disinformation (Part 1 of 4)
310. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Life and Work of AK Ramanujan (Part 5 of 5)
309. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Life and Work of AK Ramanujan (Part 4 of 5)
308. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Life and Work of AK Ramanujan (Part 3 of 5)
307. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Life and Work of AK Ramanujan (Part 2 of 5)
306. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Life and Work of AK Ramanujan (Part 1 of 5)
305. From Farmers to Free Speech
304. Kicking and Flying Beyond Boundaries
303. The Intersection of AI and Economics
301. The Rise of H-Pop
300. A History of Economic Ideas
299. Beyond Imitation
298. Literary Bonds
297. Decoding India's Economic Path
296. Autonomy Ascendant
295. Shifting Spaces
294. Bridging Boundaries
293. Kumaravyasa's Epic Renaissance (Part 3 of 3)
292. Kumaravyasa's Epic Renaissance (Part 2 of 3)
291. Kumaravyasa's Epic Renaissance (Part 1 of 3)
290. Power and Paperwork
289. Symphony of Solutions
288. In Search of Swaraj
287. Unraveling the Tech-Law Tapestry in India
286. Navigating the Post-AI Hype Era
285. Looking Back - Looking Forward
284. Bridging Divides
283. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 7 of 7)
282. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 6 of 7)
281. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 5 of 7)
280. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 4 of 7)
279. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 3 of 7)
278. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 2 of 7)
277. Histories of a Civilisation (Part 1 of 7)
276. Revisiting 1923: Tagore, Gandhi, and Ambedkar
275. Navigating Global Conflicts
274. None Wiser than the Law (Part 7 of 7)
273. None Wiser than the Law (Part 6 of 7)
272. None Wiser than the Law (Part 5 of 7)
271. None Wiser than the Law (Part 4 of 7)
270. None Wiser than the Law (Part 3 of 7)
269. None Wiser than the Law (Part 2 of 7)
268. None Wiser than the Law (Part 1 of 7)
267. Verses Across Time
266. Charting India's Future
265. Public Service & Leadership
264. Exploring Questions & States of Being
263. Tales of Enchantment
262. Challenging Traditions
261. An Opium Odyssey
260. Cinema Strikes 3: A Hacker Cinema
259. Cinema Strikes 2: A Satyajit Ray Plastic Bangle
258. Cinema Strikes 1: The Cinema's Expanded Afterlife
257. Bengaluru's Civic Dance
256. Indigenous Education in India
255. Bridging the Gulf
254. Melodies and Memories
253. Crises, from Classrooms to COVID
252. Harmonies Unheard
251. The Ideals of Democracy
250. Capturing Artistry
249. Legacy in Motion
248. Motherhood in Urban India
247. Lessons & Learning in Parenting
246. Feminist Parenting 101
245. Triumph, Trauma and the Tinderbox
244. Unlocking Invincibility
243. The Crafting of Stories
242. Dynamics of Rural Democracy
241. The Societal Compass
240. The World We Bequeath
239. Stories from Goa
238. The Shifting Sands of Language
237. Stories That Never End
236. On Becoming Gods
235. Experiments with Living
234. Understanding Pashtunwali
233. Rooting a City
232. Modern India and Cricket
231. Freedom beyond Independence
230. Footlights and Fervour
229. Female Cinematic Universe
228. Moving towards Inclusivity
227. The Sangam of Poetry with Nature
226. Appreciating a Classical Tradition
225. The Harrowing versus the Humane
224. The Question of Design
223. India's Rulers
222. Journalism Unfiltered
221. The Wielding of Power
220. A World Between Orders
219. The World of Indian Science Fiction
218. Our India
217. Rebels against the Raj
216. Restoring India's Potential
215. Understanding Human Impact on the Earth
214. Why Protest?
213. Speaking a Story
212. Radical Science and Restless Politics
211. How Karnataka Votes
210. Court Politics in Early Modern South India
209. Life in an Attention Economy
208. The Unlikely Minister
207. A Life of SEWA
206. Vachana and the Philosophy of Siddha and Nirguna
205. Exploring Vachana Bhakti
204. Philosophy of the Artisan Vachanakaara
203. Vachana Efflorescence of Karnataka
202. Irrationally Rational
201. Journalism Holding Big Tech Accountable
200. What Makes an 'Indian' Poet | Featuring 9 Poets
199. Vivartana
198. Negotiating the Path from Farms to Tables
197. A Man for All Seasons
196. How to Revive the Indian Economy
195. Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation
194. When Memory Dies
193. When a Culture Dies
192. When a Language Dies
191. How Disasters Can Shape Marriage
190. Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Circumstances
189. Art Cinema and India's Forgotten Futures
188. India and the Bangladesh Liberation War
187. Indian Poetry for the World
186. Castaway Mountain
185. Knowing Your Rights in the Digital World
184. Nation-Building in the Aftermath of Empire
183. #GirishKarnad(9/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | Taking a Stand: How to Live in Troubled Times
182. #GirishKarnad(8/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | Being an Existentialist
181. #GirishKarnad(7/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | Making of Modern Indian Theatre ft. Shanta Gokhale and Sunil Shanbag Part II
180. #GirishKarnad(6/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories|Making of Modern Indian Theatre ft. Shanta Gokhale and Sunil Shanbag Part I
179. #GirishKarnad(5/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | The Art and Craft of Playwriting Part II
178. #GirishKarnad(4/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | The Art and Craft of Playwriting Part I
177. #GirishKarnad(3/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | Geographies of Kannada part II ft. Vivek Shanbhag
176. #GirishKarnad(2/9): The River Has No Fear of Memories | Geographies of Kannada part I ft. Vivek Shanbhag
175. #GirishKarnad(1/9) The River Has No Fear of Memories: An Introduction
174. Seating Histories
173. Cricket and the Sub-Continent
172. Understanding a Generation
171. If Gandhi Were an Economist (with Jaithirth Rao & Rajni Bakshi)
170. When Private is Public
169. South Africa, Cricket and Social Transformation
168. An Uplifting Mosaic
167. Public Reason versus Religious Authority
166. Struck by Data
165. What's Shah Rukh Got to Do with It?
164. Leadership Shastra
163. Acing the Odds
162. Stories from the Margins of History
161. Stumbling onto Sustainable Farming
160. A Capital Budget
159. The Impossible Indian
158. Empire History through Family Narratives
157. The Multicultural War
156. All the Drama around K-Dramas
155. Theatre Now and Forever
154. Following Your Calling
153. Understanding the Altruistic Imagination
152. Talking Climate Change
151. The Taliban Factor
150. Colonial Art and the Museum
148. Born a Muslim
147. Singing the Vachanas
146. A Rude Life
145. Musically Speaking
144. Evolution of Science and Innovation in India
143. Following the Brahmaputra
142. Constitutional Morality
141. Sing of Life
140. Medicine Women
139. The Right Honourable VS Srinivasa Sastri
138. Vikram Sarabhai's Legacy
137. Cemetery Labour During the Pandemic
136. 'Begunah Qaidi' | Innocent Prisoners
135. Karunanidhi: A Life
134. Understanding the Indian Identity
132. Festschrift for Ram Guha
131. The Light of Asia
130. The Essence of Sufism
129. Gandhi & Broadcasting
128. Relevance of a Story Writer
127. India's Infrastructure Laws and its Practice
126. K Balagopal: The Conscience of the Collective Self
125. The Spirit of Enquiry
124. Remembering Vanraj Bhatia's Music
123. The Coming of Age of Indian Science
122. Solving Period Poverty
121. Trade & Faith
120. The Art of a Happy Exit
119. Learning from Epidemics Past
118. The Premier In Our Lives
117. The Experiments of a Young Gandhi
116. The First Battle of Indian Liberalism
115. The Art of Mediation
114. Life in the Sciences
113. The Black Panther Files 2
112. Finding Common Ground
111. Innovating Government
110. The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality
109. India's Violent Borderlands
108. Lineages of the Present
107. Memories of Libraries and Archives
106. The People's Process
105. Talking US Politics
104. Fish Have No Borders
103. Vitality of Verse
102. A Pivot to Podcasting
101. Scandal in the Time of Corona
100. The Life and Art of MS Subbulakshmi
99. Rediscovering Dadabhai Naoroji
98. Glimpses of Kabul
97. Bengal Politics in Flux
96. Fire-Proofing Our Cities
95. Dancing Women in Indian Cinema
94. Succeeding in Business Ethically
93. Mass Media and Public Engagement
92. India's Nuclear Energy Journey
91. Towards Real Climate Action
90. Budget 2021: Promise and Reality
89. Music and South Asia
88. A Test Series for the Ages
87. Kesavananda Bharati and the Basic Structure Doctrine
86. South Asian Identity through Music
85. Malik Ambar and African Origin Leaders in India
84. A Harsh Winter in Ladakh
83. Women's Sexuality from Colonial to Modern India
82. Working with Kahn
81. Food and Faith
80. Romancing the Black Panther
79. Masala Lab
78. The Story of Suprabhatam
77. Liveable Cities and Vibrant Commons
77. Liveable Cities and Vibrant Commons
77. Liveable Cities and Vibrant Commons
76. Of Vajpayee and Advani
75. India's Endless Rural Crisis
74. British Rapacity
73. Vaccines Ahead
72. Girls Out of School
71. The Police and the Politician
70. The Tale of a Colonial Shikhari
69. How far has COVID-19 really spread in Karnataka?
68. Civil Liberties Ignored
67. Sovereignty before the Indian Republic
66. Relationships in Modern India
65. Maryada: Moral Compass in Individuals
63. HP Gandhi and the World of Diatoms
62. Sex in Indian Epics & Literature
61. Chowdiah and the Music of Mysore
60. Indian Americans in US Politics
59. Making of Cultures in Early India
58. Farm Reforms Need Farmers' Trust
57. Moulding a Musician
56. 'The Immortal Beloved'
55. 'The Essence of Romanticism'
54. Artistic Triumph, Failure in Love
53. The Young Beethoven
52. State of Housing in India
51. The Life and Work of MM Kalburgi
50. Conservation and Conflict in Hampi
49. A New Deal for City Governments
48. Pastoralism: Living and Working on the Move
47. Can the Indian Economy bounce back?
46. The US Fed's Great Shift: Employment over Inflation
45. Looking Back: Cholera Control and Colonialism
44. Period Leave
43. An Evening in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
42. Justice Frustrated
41. The Pandemic in Focus
40. The Future of Meat
39. Insurgent Empire
38. Land in Conflict (with Kumar Sambhav)
37. Every Creature Has a Story to Tell
36. The Life and Legacy of VKRV Rao
35. Identity, Belonging and Dislocation
34. Nandi Hills through the Ages
33. Women who shaped the Indian Republic
32. India in the Persianate Age
31. Trans Lives: Quest for Dignity
30. Navigating the US Visa ban
29. Japan and the Writer's Life
28. The Statues are Falling!
27. Winding Path to Trans Equality
26. Mapping the India - China border
25. Discovering a New Species in 2020
24. Novels and Writers are Here to Stay
23. Glimpses of India's Deep Natural History
22. A Chief of Defence Staff for India
21. Re-wilding Cities
20. Treating Cancer
19. The Natural History of Viruses
18. The Search for a Coronavirus Cure
17. Cultural Metaphors
16. Being a Smart City CEO
15. Aarogya Setu protocol
14. Legislating a Pandemic Response
13. Migrants in Torment
12. WhatsUp With Media
11. The Fiscal Action We Need Now
10. Pandemics in Prose
9. The Future of Performing Arts
8. Quest for a Vaccine
7. A Pandemic and American Politics
6. Locked in: Mental Health, circa Covid-19
5. Double Trouble: A Pandemic meets India's Banking Crisis
4. A Reformer We Forgot: VP Menon
3. Hospital Preparedness for Covid-19 in India
2. Ramping up India's Covid-19 testing
1. Tackling Covid-19 with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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