BIC TALKS

About BIC TALKS

Bangalore International Centre (BIC) is a non profit, public institution which serves as an inclusive platform for informed conversations, arts and culture. BIC TALKS aims to be a regular bi-weekly podcast that will foster discussions, dialogue, ideas, cultural enterprise and more.

Publisher

Bangalore International Centre

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Mar 2020

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

442 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   442.Rights, Reality and Red Flags

   India has a brilliant constitution with nuanced laws on preventive detention, manual scavenging, military justice, free speech. Reality, as we well know, isn't always so perfectly packaged. Discovery of New India (Conditions Apply) is a graphic novel by Aakar Patel and political cartoonist PenPencilDraw that moves through courtrooms, prisons, police stations, and the quiet machinery of bureaucracy to show how rights in contemporary India often exist with conditions attached. What makes it unusual is its form: stark, unsparing illustration that makes legal and constitutional realities, the kind that would otherwise stay buried in fine print, feel visceral and immediate. This is reportage you can't look away from. Aakar Patel joins journalist Priya Ramani for a conversation about how the book was made: the rigorous research, the visual language it demanded, and the particular courage it takes to illustrate how power actually behaves. The session then opens to audience questions. In this episode of BIC Talks, Aakar Patel  will be in conversation with Priya Ramani. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in May 2026. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.

2. 

   27 Oct 2026

   441. Human Rights in an Age of Precarity

   1948, Paris in winter. The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, against the backdrop of two bloody wars. The first time nations across the world agreed, in writing, on the fundamental rights owed to every human being. Eighty years later, we have forgotten why the declaration was made in the first place. The rights enshrined in that document are no longer treated as fundamental. In a world shaped by profit-driven economies, human value is increasingly measured by productivity and utility alone. The violation of human rights has become unremarkable, treated as a practical feature of modern existence. This panel brings together advocates across law, academia and activism to examine the historical, economic, and psychological conditions that determine whether people experience human rights as inalienable and foundational. The conversation is as much diagnostic as it is restorative: an attempt to re-anchor rights in human dignity. After the discussion, there will be an open Q&A. In collaboration with: Lawyering For Change In this episode of BIC Talks, Matthias Mahlmann, Aditya Sondhi, Arvind Narrain and Maitreyi Krishnan will be in conversation with Mrudula Vanangamudi . This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in May 2026. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.

3. 

   25 Oct 2026

   441. Mother Is No God

   She was stubborn, fearless before teachers and gods alike, and completely convinced she was right about everything. She usually was. Vasudhendra wrote these essays after losing his mother. What started as an expression of grief turned out to carry so much more: a son slowly realising that the woman he'd spent years misreading was, all along, just a person. Flawed, fierce, and holding everything together anyway. I Love My Amma was originally written in Kannada, the language of his home. It found readers in Tamil and Telugu. To mark the release of the English edition, author Vasudhendra joins translator Narayan Shankaran in conversation with Harini Nagendra. They discuss the essays, the North Karnataka childhood that shaped them, and what it means to carry something this personal from one language into another. After the conversation, they will take audience questions. In this episode of BIC Talks, Vasudhendra and Narayan Shankaran will be in conversation with Harini Nagendra. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in May 2026. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.

Who has been a guest on BIC TALKS

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Arundhati Ghosh
• Basit Manham
• Anu P
• Farooq
• Keshava Guha

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,076,778

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

80

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

90

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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