Onir addressed the issue of decriminalisation of homosexuality in India (2018) and how it has impacted the queer community. “The struggle today [for the queer community] is a lot similar to the ...

In discussing potential solutions aimed at addressing today’s politics, Paranjape said that earlier “societies were blessed with a lot more social cohesion, conversation and conviviality, ...

Tharoor-Srinivasan also regaled the listeners with the story of how she had been the first Amul baby when she was only 10-months old, and how Shyam Benegal, then a mere photographer, had taken her pic...

Ghose’s book has delved extensively into the political activities of the revolutionary groups in Bengal and other parts of the country and has presented a lot of information on Bose’s pers...

A round of questions and animated observations from the audience ensued, touching upon everything from the Kashmir issue, to the fight from within the Muslim community against prejudice, communalism a...

While answering audience questions, Chaturvedi spoke at length about Bose’s role in the Indian National Army (INA). “Bose was able to do something which nobody else could, not even Gandhi....

When talking about Hitler and India, can Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s now-infamous meeting with the Fuhrer ever be forgotten? Purandare revelaed how Hitler had agreed to meet Bose after making h...

The conversation was followed by a round of audience questions, on everything from dealing with the media glare to writing a second book on travel to getting to know her mother better. The afternoon e...

Describing what we commonly call the “gut feeling” as a form of “evolved instinct” based on thousands of years of human civilisation, Kothari emphasised the need to listen to o...

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