Radio & Podcasts

First We Read: The Odyssey

Supriya and I agreed to read the Odyssey in the summer of 2026, before watching any hypothetical Hollywood adaptations. Over six weeks, reading four books at a time, we read…

With the Lit Pickers: Archiving the World of Girish Karnad

Supriya and Deepanjana in conversation with Raghu on curating an Instagram archive for his father, Girish Karnad.

Friend of the Court, presented by the Anil Divan Foundation

I narrate a podcast on landmarks of India's constitutional law and history, co-written with a great team of lawyers and researchers from the Anil Divan Foundation.

Marine Lines: Bombay from the Suburbs to the Sea

A 10-part series exploring an aspect of the city's ecology, present and future with a new thinker every episode.

Audio Long Read: 'Confessions of a Killer Policeman'

On the Guardian's Audio Long Read, a voiced version of the story of Herojit, one of India’s most deadly police officers, who became something rarer still: an executioner who wanted…

On 99% Invisible, 'The Natural Experiment'

Peak lockdown life: Interviewed on a legendary podcast about my New Yorker essay on air pollution and the clean skies produced by lockdown

With Filter Koffee: On War and the Wire

On the geopolitical reasons why Britain found it necessary to strengthen the Indian army, the wars that took place within the country, and the problems in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills.

With Cyrus Broacha, on 'Cyrus Says'

On the beginnings of The Wire, umour and sycophancy in politics, my Parsi connections in Calicut, and more.

With Scott Simon, on NPR: "Farthest Field"