Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

by BBC Radio 4
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The history of India told through the lives of 50 phenomenal people.

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Recent Episodes
  • Dhirubhai Ambani: Fins
    Mar 25, 2016 – 14:13
  • MF Husain: Hindustan Is Free
    Mar 24, 2016 – 14:06
  • Charan Singh: A Common Cause
    Mar 23, 2016 – 14:09
  • Satyajit Ray: India without Elephants
    Mar 22, 2016 – 13:44
  • Indira Gandhi: The Centre of Everything
    Mar 21, 2016 – 14:07
  • Subbulakshmi: Opening Rosebuds
    Mar 18, 2016 – 14:19
  • Krishna Menon: Sombre Porcupine
    Mar 17, 2016 – 14:18
  • Sheikh Abdullah: Chains of Gold
    Mar 16, 2016 – 14:17
  • Raj Kapoor: The Politics of Love
    Mar 15, 2016 – 14:14
  • Bhimrao Ambedkar: Building Palaces on Dung Heaps
    Mar 14, 2016 – 14:20
  • Manto: The Unsentimentalist
    Mar 11, 2016 – 14:13
  • Jinnah: The Chess Player
    Mar 10, 2016 – 14:12
  • Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
    Mar 9, 2016 – 14:18
  • Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch of the Abnormal
    Mar 8, 2016 – 14:09
  • Amrita Sher-Gil: This is Me
    Mar 7, 2016 – 14:09
  • Iqbal: Death for Falcons
    Mar 4, 2016 – 14:11
  • Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows
    Mar 3, 2016 – 14:19
  • Visvesvaraya: Extracting Moonbeams from Cucumbers
    Mar 2, 2016 – 14:18
  • Tagore: Unlocking Cages
    Mar 1, 2016 – 14:16
  • Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius
    Feb 29, 2016 – 14:19
  • Chidambaram Pillai: Swadeshi Steam
    Feb 26, 2016 – 14:17
  • Annie Besant: An Indian Tomtom
    Feb 25, 2016 – 14:10
  • Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
    Feb 25, 2016 – 14:10
  • Vivekananda: Bring All Together
    Feb 24, 2016 – 14:13
  • Deen Dayal: Courtier with a Camera
    Feb 22, 2016 – 14:07
  • Birsa Munda: Have You Been to Chalkad?
    Jun 12, 2015 – 14:05
  • Jyotirao Phule: The Open Well
    Jun 11, 2015 – 14:09
  • Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi: Badass Queen
    Jun 10, 2015 – 14:10
  • Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General
    Jun 9, 2015 – 14:00
  • William Jones: Enlightenment Moghul
    Jun 8, 2015 – 14:13
  • Nainsukh: Owner Transfixed by Goose
    Jun 5, 2015 – 14:09
  • Shivaji: Dreaming Big
    Jun 4, 2015 – 14:12
  • Dara Shikoh: The Meeting Place of the Two Oceans
    Jun 3, 2015 – 14:07
  • Malik Ambar: The Dark Fated One
    Jun 2, 2015 – 14:06
  • Akbar: The World and the Bridge
    Jun 1, 2015 – 14:16
  • Mirabai: I Go the Other Way
    May 29, 2015 – 14:14
  • Krishnadevaraya: Kingship Is Strange
    May 28, 2015 – 14:11
  • Guru Nanak: The Discipline of Deeds
    May 27, 2015 – 14:07
  • Kabir: Offender and Offendables
    May 26, 2015 – 14:08
  • Amir Khusro: The Parrot of India
    May 26, 2015 – 14:04
  • Basavana: A Voice in the Air
    May 22, 2015 – 14:15
  • Rajaraja Chola: Cults of the Imagination
    May 21, 2015 – 14:13
  • Shankaracharya: A God Without Qualities
    May 20, 2015 – 14:18
  • Aryabhata: The Boat of Intellect
    May 19, 2015 – 14:07
  • Charaka: On Not Violating Good Judgement
    May 18, 2015 – 14:18
  • Ashoka: Power and Persuasion
    May 15, 2015 – 14:20
  • Kautilya: The Circle of Power
    May 14, 2015 – 14:17
  • Panini: Catching the Ocean in a Cow's Hoofprint
    May 13, 2015 – 14:07
  • Mahavira: Soldier of Nonviolence
    May 12, 2015 – 14:08
  • The Buddha: Waking India Up
    May 12, 2015 – 14:10
Recent Reviews
  • pdxgupta
    Absolutely brilliant!
    Both this podcast and the book on the same topic by Professor Khilnani are absolutely brilliant. I find myself going back to them year after year. Well researched and exquisitely presented, the podcast and the book overflow with novel insights. What a marvelous approach to Indian history!
  • pdiddly1995
    ambedkar episode is cut off
    I love this podcast. I’m making my way through them. However I want to notify the makers that the episode on Ambedkar is only showing a runtime of 8min for me, and cuts off at the middle of a sentence.
  • lingua203
    Loved it!
    I did not want this to end! The content is well researched and the moderator is clearly very informed.
  • Unsubscriber
    The series continues!
    Thanks for the insightful biographies.
  • zaphod007
    Wonderful
    The series is well produced, Prof Khilnani has an engaging voice and the content is superb. Even for someone who is well versed with Indian history, this series offers a lot of insight and commentary that is not easily accessible or taught by school grade textbooks. It is decidedly not hagiographic, which unfortunately tends to be the case with many accounts of exotic India and I really enjoy the social insights. If I had to find a negative, it would be that the episodes are too short! I wish they were longer!
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