Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

By BBC Radio 4

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Subscribers: 140
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 50

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 Mar 20, 2021
Interesting format for a history podcast. Some episodes (and choice of incarnations) are better than others - but quite liked the series overall. Would be interesting to see more history podcasts in this format

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The history of India told through the lives of 50 phenomenal people.


Episode Date
Dhirubhai Ambani: Fins
Mar 25, 2016
MF Husain: Hindustan Is Free
Mar 24, 2016
Charan Singh: A Common Cause
Mar 23, 2016
Satyajit Ray: India without Elephants
Mar 22, 2016
Indira Gandhi: The Centre of Everything
Mar 21, 2016
Subbulakshmi: Opening Rosebuds
Mar 18, 2016
Krishna Menon: Sombre Porcupine
Mar 17, 2016
Sheikh Abdullah: Chains of Gold
Mar 16, 2016
Raj Kapoor: The Politics of Love
Mar 15, 2016
Bhimrao Ambedkar: Building Palaces on Dung Heaps
Mar 14, 2016
Manto: The Unsentimentalist
Mar 11, 2016
Jinnah: The Chess Player
Mar 10, 2016
Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
Mar 09, 2016
Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch of the Abnormal
Mar 08, 2016
Amrita Sher-Gil: This is Me
Mar 07, 2016
Iqbal: Death for Falcons
Mar 04, 2016
Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows
Mar 03, 2016
Visvesvaraya: Extracting Moonbeams from Cucumbers
Mar 02, 2016
Tagore: Unlocking Cages
Mar 01, 2016
Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius
Feb 29, 2016
Chidambaram Pillai: Swadeshi Steam
Feb 26, 2016
Annie Besant: An Indian Tomtom
Feb 25, 2016
Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Feb 25, 2016
Vivekananda: Bring All Together
Feb 24, 2016
Deen Dayal: Courtier with a Camera
Feb 22, 2016
Birsa Munda: Have You Been to Chalkad?
Jun 12, 2015
Jyotirao Phule: The Open Well
Jun 11, 2015
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi: Badass Queen
Jun 10, 2015
Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General
Jun 09, 2015
William Jones: Enlightenment Moghul
Jun 08, 2015
Nainsukh: Owner Transfixed by Goose
Jun 05, 2015
Shivaji: Dreaming Big
Jun 04, 2015
Dara Shikoh: The Meeting Place of the Two Oceans
Jun 03, 2015
Malik Ambar: The Dark Fated One
Jun 02, 2015
Akbar: The World and the Bridge
Jun 01, 2015
Mirabai: I Go the Other Way
May 29, 2015
Krishnadevaraya: Kingship Is Strange
May 28, 2015
Guru Nanak: The Discipline of Deeds
May 27, 2015
Kabir: Offender and Offendables
May 26, 2015
Amir Khusro: The Parrot of India
May 26, 2015
Basavana: A Voice in the Air
May 22, 2015
Rajaraja Chola: Cults of the Imagination
May 21, 2015
Shankaracharya: A God Without Qualities
May 20, 2015
Aryabhata: The Boat of Intellect
May 19, 2015
Charaka: On Not Violating Good Judgement
May 18, 2015
Ashoka: Power and Persuasion
May 15, 2015
Kautilya: The Circle of Power
May 14, 2015
Panini: Catching the Ocean in a Cow's Hoofprint
May 13, 2015
Mahavira: Soldier of Nonviolence
May 12, 2015
The Buddha: Waking India Up
May 12, 2015