Where Were You When

Where Were You When

In this podcast series, listen to first-hand experiences of people from moments that changed India for better or for worse.
2002 Gujarat Riots: Revisiting The Event Which Reconfigured India's Politics
Where Were You WhenMarch 01, 2022
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2002 Gujarat Riots: Revisiting The Event Which Reconfigured India's Politics

Where were you on 27 February 2002 as India witnessed one of its bloodiest Hindu-Muslim riots in Guja...

RK Laxman: The Cartoonist Who Lives Through 'The Common Man'
Where Were You WhenJanuary 28, 2022
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RK Laxman: The Cartoonist Who Lives Through 'The Common Man'

RK Laxman, the legendary cartoonist spoke through his cartoons, about the concerns of The Common Man ...

20 Years of K3G: It's All About Loving the Good, the Bad, and Karan Johar
Where Were You WhenDecember 14, 2021
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20 Years of K3G: It's All About Loving the Good, the Bad, and Karan Johar

It's been 20 years since Karan Johar's cult-classic 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' (or K3G as it's popula...

Revisiting CAA: What Happened When The Citizenship Amendment Act Was Passed in 2019?
Where Were You WhenDecember 11, 2021
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Revisiting CAA: What Happened When The Citizenship Amendment Act Was Passed in 2019?

Two years have passed since the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act was passed in the parliament....

10 Years of 'The Dirty Picture': What's So Dirty About This Picture?
Where Were You WhenDecember 01, 2021
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10 Years of 'The Dirty Picture': What's So Dirty About This Picture?

How a film that was rejected by two lead actors and its director, went on to become a success? Why di...

5 Years of Demonetisation: How the Chaos of Note-ban Hurt the 'Aam-Aadmi'
Where Were You WhenNovember 09, 2021
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5 Years of Demonetisation: How the Chaos of Note-ban Hurt the 'Aam-Aadmi'

PM Modi's supporters were quick to call the announcement banning the 500 and 1000 notes as his 'maste...

Explained: 'Loknayak' Jayprakash Narayan & How He Changed Indian Politics Post-Emergency
Where Were You WhenOctober 11, 2021
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Explained: 'Loknayak' Jayprakash Narayan & How He Changed Indian Politics Post-Emergency

Jayprakash Narayan aka 'Doosra Gandhi' or the second Gandhi, is often held responsible for providing ...

Triple Talaaq | The Law, The Women, Two Years on
Where Were You WhenJuly 30, 2021
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Triple Talaaq | The Law, The Women, Two Years on

The law against Triple Talaq or The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, was pa...

Uphaar Tragedy: Families Revisit The Day They Lost Their Children
Where Were You WhenJune 13, 2021
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Uphaar Tragedy: Families Revisit The Day They Lost Their Children

Uphaar Cinema fire is a reminder of how the tragedy was a man-made disaster that killed 59 people - t...

Over 3 Lakh Lives Lost: Learnings From India’s COVID-19 Journey
Where Were You WhenJune 02, 2021
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Over 3 Lakh Lives Lost: Learnings From India’s COVID-19 Journey

12 March 2020. India saw its first COVID-19 death after a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi succumbed t...

1983 World Cup Final: How India Played & Turned It Around?
Where Were You WhenMarch 17, 2021
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1983 World Cup Final: How India Played & Turned It Around?

Facing West Indies - the two-time world champions, in the world cup, and breaking them in their third...

From ‘Jugaad’ on Sets To Making History: A Look at How KBC Started
Where Were You WhenFebruary 26, 2021
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From ‘Jugaad’ on Sets To Making History: A Look at How KBC Started

More than two decades ago, Amitabh Bachchan made his debut on the small screen only to become the mos...

Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy: Survivors Recount Horrors of India's Worst Industrial Disaster
Where Were You WhenFebruary 03, 2021
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Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy: Survivors Recount Horrors of India's Worst Industrial Disaster

On the night of 2nd December 1984, tonnes of poisonous gas leaked from a factory that made pesticides...

What Happened on The Day Babri Masjid Was Demolished?
Where Were You WhenDecember 05, 2019
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What Happened on The Day Babri Masjid Was Demolished?

Ayodhya, a small temple town in Uttar Pradesh is loaded with medieval history and Hindu mythology. Th...

What It Felt Like to Be Queer The Day Section 377 Was Read Down
Where Were You WhenSeptember 05, 2019
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What It Felt Like to Be Queer The Day Section 377 Was Read Down

Around 157 years after Section 377 of the IPC, a law that criminalised homosexual acts between consen...

Where Were You When The Partition Happened
Where Were You WhenAugust 14, 2019
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Where Were You When The Partition Happened

'Burial binds you to the place', tells oral historian Aanchal Malhotra while narrating a story from t...

Where Were You When The Batla House Encounter Happened in 2008?
Where Were You WhenAugust 14, 2019
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Where Were You When The Batla House Encounter Happened in 2008?

Nikhil Advani’s action thriller starring John Abraham — Batla House which is inspired by the real eve...

Indians Share Stories from First Republic Day
Where Were You WhenJanuary 25, 2019
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Indians Share Stories from First Republic Day

India is celebrating its 70th Republic Day on 26 January 1950, but where were you when India celebrat...

4 Journalists Recall the Violent 1990 Anti-Mandal Agitations Against Quota
Where Were You WhenJanuary 16, 2019
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4 Journalists Recall the Violent 1990 Anti-Mandal Agitations Against Quota

Podcast | Where were you when the VP Singh's decision to provide 27% reservation for OBCs led to viol...

Ravish, the Man Who Almost Became the 1st Indian In Space
Where Were You WhenOctober 25, 2018
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Ravish, the Man Who Almost Became the 1st Indian In Space

A fighter pilot and a war veteran, Air Commodore (retd.) Ravish Malhotra nearly became the first Indi...