Dhirubhai Ambani: Fins
Professor Sunil Khilnani from the King's India Institute in London, on the life and legacy of the Indian business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, f...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsSociety & Culture
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
The history of India told through the lives of 50 phenomenal people.
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives Podcast Guide
Listen to Incarnations: India in 50 Lives, a Society & Culture podcast by BBC. Stream 50 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
Show Topic
Browse this show under Society & Culture podcasts.
Episodes
20 episodes are loaded now from a catalog of 50. More episodes can be opened from this page.
Discover More
Explore Society & Culture podcasts, India podcasts and English podcasts.
Episodes
20 of 50 episodesMF Husain: Hindustan Is Free
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at controversy over the Indian artist MF Husain, who spent the la...
Charan Singh: A Common Cause
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, explores the life and legacy of Charan Singh, the lawyer turned politic...
Satyajit Ray: India without Elephants
Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of filmmaker Satyajit Ray. In the history of Indian cinema, there is a Before Ray, and an After. A...
Indira Gandhi: The Centre of Everything
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life of Indira Gandhi, India's first woman prime minister,...
Subbulakshmi: Opening Rosebuds
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of south Indian singer MS Subbulakshmi. Subbulakshmi’s singing voice, striking from the start, would ultima...
Krishna Menon: Sombre Porcupine
Professor Sunil Khinani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life of Krishna Menon, the abrasive Indian diplomat and sta...
Sheikh Abdullah: Chains of Gold
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, the Lion of Kashmir. Born in Srinagar as a burden, Abdullah’s father died befo...
Raj Kapoor: The Politics of Love
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute, looks at the life of the celebrated actor and movie director Raj Kapoor who attra...
Bhimrao Ambedkar: Building Palaces on Dung Heaps
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute, looks at the life of Bhimrao Ambedkar, champion of the community previously known...
Manto: The Unsentimentalist
Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of India's master of the short story Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto didn't fuss much over his sentences...
Jinnah: The Chess Player
Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pak...
Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
Professor Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the Mahatma Gandhi: lawyer, politician and leader of the nationalist movement again...
Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch of the Abnormal
Sunil Khilnani explores the life of political leader and freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. When Bose's father named his ninth child Subha...
Amrita Sher-Gil: This is Me
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the painter Amrita Sher-Gil – 20th century India’s first art star – who died under shrouded circumstances...
Iqbal: Death for Falcons
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the poet and philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal. One of India’s most patriotic, eloquent writers, Iqbal is als...
Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of EV Ramaswamy Naicker, known to his followers as Thanthai Periyar: the Great Man – a self-conscious dig at...
Visvesvaraya: Extracting Moonbeams from Cucumbers
Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of engineer, planner and politician Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Visvesvaraya was a frail bureaucrat...
Tagore: Unlocking Cages
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the Bengali writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore. Born in 1861 To a prosperous Bengal family, Rabindrana...
Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. We are accustomed to mathematicians as enigmatic beings, but the ca...
Questions About Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Where can I listen to Incarnations: India in 50 Lives episodes?
You can listen to Incarnations: India in 50 Lives episodes online on Radio and Podcast. Open an episode and the site player will stream the available audio.
What is Incarnations: India in 50 Lives about?
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives is listed as a Society & Culture show. The show language is listed as English.
How many Incarnations: India in 50 Lives episodes are listed?
This page lists 50 episodes for Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. More episodes are available from the View more button when the list continues.
Quick Answers About Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Where can I listen to Incarnations: India in 50 Lives?
You can listen to Incarnations: India in 50 Lives episodes on this page by opening an episode and using the site player.
What type of podcast is Incarnations: India in 50 Lives?
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives is listed as a Society & Culture show by BBC.
How many episodes are available?
This page lists 50 episodes for Incarnations: India in 50 Lives where feed data is available.