Parley is a weekly podcast from The Hindu that brings together subject experts to discuss issues of public interest in-depth and from multiple perspectives.
Is the Indian Railways stretched beyond its capacity? | The Hindu Parley Podcast
46 mins; June 15, 2023
Do production-linked incentives for manufacturing work? | The Hindu Parley Podcast
31 mins; June 08, 2023
Is there a clear north-south divide in Indian politics?
31 mins; June 01, 2023
Should States revert to the Old Pension Scheme?
33 mins; May 25, 2023
Can an integrated system of medicine work? | The Hindu Parley Podcast
41 mins; May 18, 2023
Is the monarchy still relevant in the 21st century?
27 mins; May 11, 2023
Should India consider phasing out nuclear power?
59 mins; April 27, 2023
Is Mandal politics electorally salient again?
32 mins; April 20, 2023
Is the current regulatory system equipped to deal with AI?
28 mins; April 13, 2023
Is the India Bhutan relationship intact?
38 mins; April 06, 2023
Is there a revival in the Khalistan movement?
31 mins; March 30, 2023
Is India in the grip of a ‘stray dog’ crisis?
52 mins; March 23, 2023
Can the cheetahs help India’s grasslands?
43 mins; March 09, 2023
Does the anti-defection law need changes?
27 mins; February 23, 2023
Can investments be free of risk?
26 mins; February 16, 2023
Should there be elections to the Congress Working Committee?
25 mins; February 09, 2023
Should the government put out a white paper on Ladakh?
32 mins; February 02, 2023
Will the Budget be populist or fiscally responsible?
26 mins; January 12, 2023
Should India be alarmed by China’s COVID surge?
33 mins; January 05, 2023
Should India review its position on the Taliban?
43 mins; December 29, 2022
Should courts go on vacation?
22 mins; December 22, 2022
Can poor countries afford to go green?
32 mins; November 24, 2022
Isn’t reservation for the poor a good thing?
26 mins; November 17, 2022
Should Chief Ministers have a say in the appointment of Governors?
28 mins; November 10, 2022
Should governments sell liquor and run lotteries?
25 mins; October 27, 2022
Should Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians be given SC status?
43 mins; October 20, 2022
Does India need a population policy?
23 mins; October 13, 2022
Is India in a bind over its relations with Russia?
34 mins; October 06, 2022
How much should India prop up the rupee?
27 mins; September 29, 2022
Should the ECI insist on inner-party elections?
26 mins; September 22, 2022
Should India choose manufacturing over services?
30 mins; September 15, 2022
Should the mother tongue or English be the medium of instruction?
48 mins; September 08, 2022
Should India change its policy on the Rohingya?
30 mins; August 25, 2022
Should there be limits on ‘freebies’?
29 mins; August 18, 2022
Should medicine be taught in the local languages?
55 mins; August 11, 2022
Is the declining rupee a crisis or an opportunity?
41 mins; August 04, 2022
What can the world do to help Sri Lanka?
30 mins; July 21, 2022
Is protectionism compatible with liberalisation?
27 mins; July 14, 2022
Should the ATP and the WTA merge?
45 mins; July 07, 2022
Should brand ambassadors be held responsible for claims in advertising?
22 mins; June 30, 2022
Will Agnipath energise or demoralise the military?
24 mins; June 23, 2022
Is COVID-19 becoming endemic?
51 mins; June 16, 2022
Is the ban on wheat exports good policy?
43 mins; June 09, 2022
Do we need a law to compensate those implicated in false cases?
27 mins; June 03, 2022
Who wields the power to pardon?
18 mins; May 20, 2022
Can India re-imagine South Asia?
36 mins; May 13, 2022
Is it possible to separate sports and politics?
36 mins; May 06, 2022
Are freebies affecting the economic growth of India?
34 mins; April 29, 2022
Is India heading towards a possible fourth COVID-19 wave?
33 mins; April 22, 2022
Is the Reserve Bank doing enough to rein in inflation?
55 mins; April 15, 2022
Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.?
36 mins; April 08, 2022
Is the fuel pricing policy problematic?
62 hours 6 mins; April 01, 2022
Is caste identity politics an answer to religious identity politics?
39 mins; March 18, 2022
Why isn’t global interconnectedness halting war?
46 mins; March 05, 2022
Is the new economy creating new jobs?
38 mins; February 25, 2022
Is the post-Cold War security order changing?
28 mins; February 18, 2022
Is the institution of Governor subverting federal structure?
30 mins; February 11, 2022
What approach should we adopt to treat Omicron?
46 mins; January 28, 2022
Should the government loosen its purse strings?
31 mins; January 21, 2022
How will the five State elections influence national politics?
34 mins; January 14, 2022
Is it right to increase the age of marriage of women to 21?
34 mins; January 07, 2022
Should vaccination be made mandatory?
52 mins; December 31, 2021
Do we need insurance for bank deposits?
27 mins; December 24, 2021
Is the Armed Forces Special Powers Act past its expiry date?
45 mins; December 17, 2021
Does the Omicron variant make a case for booster doses?
50 mins; December 10, 2021
Is the crypto asset boom sustainable?
37 mins; November 27, 2021
Can cricket fandom be conflated with patriotism?
26 mins; November 20, 2021
Is the economy still reeling from demonetisation?
42 mins; November 12, 2021
Will Air India’s sale smoothen the privatisation runway?
50 mins; October 22, 2021
Are bad banks good?
38 mins; October 08, 2021
Should universities avoid teaching controversial texts?
29 mins; October 01, 2021
Does NEET privilege the privileged?
46 mins; September 24, 2021
Is the BJP high command calling the shots in States?
29 mins; September 17, 2021
Why hasn’t marital rape been criminalised in India yet?
31 mins; September 10, 2021
Is monetising public assets a good idea?
34 mins; September 03, 2021
Has the first-past-the-post system polarised Indian politics?
31 mins; August 27, 2021
Why are government schools not the first choice?
41 mins; August 07, 2021
Are the Taliban returning to Kabul?
31 mins; July 30, 2021
Will the new e-commerce rules really favour consumers?
40 mins; July 23, 2021
Is the Indian stock market in a bubble?
47 mins; July 19, 2021
Should only elected legislators be eligible for chief ministership?
31 mins; July 12, 2021
Can the CBSE’s plan objectively assess students of Class 12?
37 mins; June 30, 2021
Should India accept Islamic State returnees?
34 mins; June 18, 2021
Should retired officials be barred from disclosing information?
33 mins; June 11, 2021
IT Rules: a case of overreach?
31 mins; June 06, 2021
Is the two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict still alive?
41 mins; May 28, 2021
Can the economy survive the second COVID-19 wave?
55 mins; May 21, 2021
Should political prisoners be released during the pandemic?
21 mins; May 14, 2021
Is the government committed to vaccine equity?
41 mins; May 03, 2021
Should election campaigns be made virtual?
42 mins; April 23, 2021
How can India contain the second wave?
82 hours 4 mins; April 15, 2021
Should governments regulate online platforms?
53 mins; February 26, 2021
Is India criminalising comedy and entertainment?
53 mins; February 20, 2021
Is India’s Digital Services Tax discriminatory?
33 mins; February 12, 2021
Board exams in the midst of a pandemic
34 mins; February 09, 2021
Why haven’t other sports reached the heights of cricket?
56 mins; February 03, 2021
Are courts encroaching on the powers of the executive?
45 mins; January 25, 2021
Do we have a grip on disinformation in 2021?
49 mins; January 08, 2021
Is the Special Marriage Act losing out to the bogey of ‘love jihad’?
52 mins; January 02, 2021
Are children being introduced to coding too early in life?
