The show encompasses a wide variety of topics and is not limited to political issues.
Date | Title | Topic |
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January 1 | Best of 2005 |
January 8 | Do public figures have the right to private life? |
January 15 | Should IIMs be allowed to go global? |
January 29 | Is Chennai India's most conservative city? |
February 5 | Demolition: Is the capital headed for chaos? |
February 26 | Minority report: Will a religious survey harm the Indian Army? |
March 5 | Will quotas in private schools make education more accessible? |
March 12 | Is Islam's moderate voice silent? |
March 19 | Should there be regulations for sting operations? |
March 26 | Office of profit: Is the law irrational? |
April 2 | Should we take beauty pageants seriously? |
April 10 | Will the OBC quota create equality? |
April 16 | Rape cases: Should we have stricter laws? |
April 30 | Should the quota system be scrapped? |
May 14 | Budhia: Are we helping or hurting him? |
May 21 | Is religion hijacking creativity? |
June 4 | Is celebrity activism meaningful? |
June 11 | Is society to harsh with drug users? |
June 18 | Indo-Pak debate: A generation gap? |
June 25 | Is India's military still biased against women? |
July 2 | Is 90 percent not enough for college admissions anymore? |
July 9 | Are religious traditions fair to women? |
July 14 | Mumbai blasts: Time to get tough on terrorism |
July 30 | Does India really honour its soldiers? |
August 6 | Cola row: Is there too much fuss over fizz? |
August 13 | Is India still in awe of royalty? |
August 18 | Have the rules of marriage changed? |
August 27 | Should Vande Mataram be mandatory? |
September 10 | Are teachers undervalued and underpaid? |
September 25 | Is there any point in banning smoking in films? |
October 1 | Gandhigiri: Is it realistic? |
October 22 | The fight for gay rights |
October 29 | Behind the veil |
November 5 | Do media campaigns help or hurt justice? |
November 12 | Medical tourism: Have hospitals become hotels? |
November 19 | Do we need stricter alcohol laws? |
December 3 | Godmen & Politics: Unholy alliance? |
December 3 | Do spiritual leaders encourage blind faith? |
December 10 | Freedom vs faith: Has India forced MF Husain into exile? |
December 17 | Has the Afzal debate been politicised? |
December 31 | Trapped by nature: India's sex change phenomena |
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January 7 | Are Noida killings India's shame? |
January 14 | Policing the internet: Possible or desirable? |
January 28 | Have Indians lost faith in the judicial process? |
February 4 | Death debate: Should euthanasia be legalised? |
February 12 | Who should decide what we watch? |
February 25 | Will Samjhauta blasts be a turning point in Indo-Pak relations? |
March 11 | Do Indian women still need feminism? |
March 18 | Is there a conflict between farms and WB factories? |
March 26 | Will you go under the knife to look better? |
April 1 | Is Team India being unfairly targeted? |
April 8 | Muslims: Pushed into a stereotype? |
April 15 | Flag & Anthem: Are Indians over-sensitive? |
April 22 | Has tabloid journalism become a norm? |
April 30 | Has judicial activism crossed the line? |
May 6 | Does popular opinion sanction encounter killings? |
May 13 | Has art been hijacked by moral police? |
May 19 | Do temples have a right to restrict entry? |
May 20 | Are extremists defining Sikh identity again? |
June 17 | Is politics a man's world? |
June 24 | Drugs: Why can't India say no? |
July 9 | Are Indians obsessed with weight? |
July 22 | Should it be legal to select the sex of your child? |
August 5 | Is sympathy for Sanjay justified? |
August 12 | Single Men = Good fathers? |
August 26 | Is anti-Americanism outdated? |
September 2 | Should the sex trade be legalised? |
September 16 | Should faith influence government policy? |
September 23 | Are sting operations unethical? |
September 29 | Do people have the right to die with dignity? |
September 30 | Indian Military Academy: Soldiering on |
October 7 | Why is modern India intolerant? |
October 15 | Can single men make good fathers? |
October 28 | N-deal rollback: UPA's image hurt? |
November 11 | Is the ban on child labour unrealistic? |
November 19 | Nandigram: Can the CPM recover? |
November 25 | Can creative freedom be absolute? |
December 9 | Has Gujarat progressed under Modi? |
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January 13 | Should blogs be regulated? |
January 20 | Should politicians be considered for Bharat Ratna? |
January 27 | Does India take its national symbols too seriously? |
February 3 | Does India overplay the race card? |
February 10 | Is 18 old enough for marriage? |
February 17 | Pakistan: Democracy or dictatorship? |
March 2 | Should history be determined by popular sentiment? |
March 9 | Is India a fair field for men and women? |
March 16 | Scarlett Keeling case: Goa's dark side? |
March 23 | Would you go under the knife to look better? |
March 30 | Will higher salaries for bureaucrats improve performance? |
April 6 | Can politics and sports be kept separate? |
April 13 | Will quotas create equity or end excellence? |
April 20 | Can non-violence still be effective? |
April 27 | Does materialism define the New India? |
May 4 | Should smoking and drinking be banned on-screen? |
May 11 | Do women need political reservation? |
May 18 | Has India become indifferent to terror attacks? |
June 1 | 'Police'ing the media? |
June 15 | Are India and America finally equal partners? |
June 22 | Amitav Ghosh's sentiments behind Sea of Poppies |
August 3 | Should the sex trade be legalised? |
August 10 | Jammu & Kashmir: The siege within |
August 24 | How should India deal with 'azaadi' demands? |
August 31 | Mamata, a roadblock for Nano dream? |
September 7 | Made-to-order babies? |
September 14 | Not just skin-deep prejudice |
September 14 | Is India losing the war against terror? |
September 21 | Can SIMI and Bajrang Dal be equated? |
September 28 | Why are Indians obsessed with fairness? |
October 5 | Is it time to decriminalise homosexuality? |
October 12 | Have the attacks on Christians destroyed India's image? |
October 19 | Will the financial crisis change India's attitude to money? |
October 26 | Is India's city of dreams getting destroyed by regionalism? |
November 2 | Obama or McCain: Who is better for India? |
November 9 | Can India's political establishment create an Obama like inspiration? |
November 16 | 'Hindu' terror: Myth or fact? |
November 23 | Is the Indian dream in danger after the global financial crisis? |
November 30 | Enough is enough: India's 9/11 |
December 7 | Anger into action: What can India do next? |
December 14 | Anatomy of anger |
December 21 | Has the Minority Affairs Minister embarrassed India's Muslims? |
December 28 | J&K verdict: End of separatism? |
Date | Title | Topic |
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January 11 | No war, no peace: India's Pakistan problem? |
January 18 | Should Satyam be saved? |
January 25 | The Slumdog phenomenon |
February 2 | Is peace possible between India and Pakistan? |
February 8 | The Advertising debate |
February 15 | The culture wars |
March 1 | Jai Ho: From Dharavi to LA and back |
March 8 | Should IPL and elections be held together? |
March 15 | Regional parties: The Kings makers? |
March 22 | Death, love, life on TV |
March 29 | New middle-class political activism |
April 6 | Politics in the age of TV |
April 12 | Small parties: big ambitions |
April 19 | Should godmen stay out of politics? |
April 26 | How safe are our schools and colleges? |
May 3 | Who's afraid of Mayawati? |
May 10 | Who is India's Obama? |
May 24 | Will Indian polity get a younger soul? |
May 31 | Ragging: From tradition to abuse |
June 7 | Racism: Indians as targets |
June 14 | Women and Affirmative Action |
June 21 | Royalty in the age of democracy |
June 28 | One nation, one Board: Is India ready? |
July 5 | The right to be gay |
July 12 | Royalty and Indian politics |
August 2 | Right to motherhood |
August 16 | Has India over-reacted to the swine-flu? |
August 23 | Political parties scared of history? |
August 30 | Religious symbols in a secular society |
September 6 | Is politics killing history and literature? |
September 13 | Austerity, Congress style? |
September 20 | Should everyone in India know Hindi? |
September 27 | Women in Army: Time for a greater role? |
October 4 | Gandhi's legacy: Are we too politically correct? |
October 11 | Is Mumbai no longer cosmopolitan? |
October 25 | The Maoist Muddle |
October 25 | Is a peace initiative with the Maoists possible |
November 1 | The Indira Gandhi legacy |
November 8 | Vande Mataram and Fatwa politics |
November 15 | National language: What's that? |
November 22 | 26/11: Lessons learnt? |
December 6 | India's skin deep prejudice |
December 13 | Nation vs regionalism |
December 20 | Private lives, public gaze |
December 27 | Ruchika's case: Mockery of justice? |
Date | Title | Topic |
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January 3 | Best of We The People 2009 |
January 10 | Is India soft on sexual misconduct? | Rape in India |
January 17 | Get a picture or save a life? |
January 24 | Is TV exploiting young children? |
January 31 | Mukesh Ambani, Montek at LSE debate |
February 7 | Mumbai and the idea of India |
February 28 | MF Husain: Let down by India? |
March 7 | Being Muslim in today's India? |
March 14 | Re-branding Modi? |
March 28 | "Salaam Namaste" to pre-marital sex? |
April 4 | Right to education: Quantity over quality? |
April 11 | Maoists vs the state |
April 18 | IPL: Indian Political League |
May 16 | Is globalisation a bad word? |
May 23 | Young politicians, old ideas? |
May 30 | India's maoist challenge |
June 6 | The death penalty debate |
June 20 | Is Twitter here to stay? |
June 27 | Office relationships: Harassment or consensual? |
July 4 | Government vs Army on the Armed Forces Act? |
July 11 | India's population: Boon or bane? |
July 18 | The language wars |
July 25 | Surrogacy: Exploiting the poor? |
August 1 | Commonwealth games: National shame? |
August 8 | India: The Twitter republic |
August 15 | Superbug: Bias against India? | New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 |
August 22 | Is the 'real India' forgotten? |
September 12 | Pension for ex-Army men: A question of equality? |
September 19 | Ayodhya verdict: Time for closure? |
September 26 | Ayodhya: Is 'reconciliation' realistic? |
October 24 | India: Game for corruption? |
October 31 | Alimony and the modern woman |
November 14 | Is corruption in our roots? |
November 21 | Government show who is "The Big Boss"? |
November 28 | The new-age neta |
December 5 | The art of giving |
December 19 | Will WikiLeaks change diplomacy world over? |
December 26 | Binayak Sen: Targeted by the state? |
Date | Title | Topic |
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January 2 | Best of We The People 2010 |
January 16 | Does India care for its soldiers? |
January 23 | Will books survive the digital age? | Jaipur Literature Festival |
January 26 | Army: Overused, under-appreciated? |
January 30 | Endgame in sight for 'Afghan-Pak' crisis? |
February 20 | Is the India story endangered by scams? |
February 27 | Is capital punishment deterrent for rapists? |
March 13 | The euthanasia debate |
March 27 | Ticket to India-Pakistan thaw? |
April 10 | The Tamil Nadu poll blockbuster |
April 17 | Being gay: The parents' story |
April 24 | The anatomy of a bribe |
May 1 | Maharaja in royal mess |
May 15 | Land wars: Farmers' rights vs industrialisation |
May 22 | Homecoming possible for pandits in J&K? |
May 29 | Women and power: Bucking the trend? |
June 12 | Army an option for Indian youth? |
June 26 | Viewer's choice: We the People on Gujarat quake |
July 3 | Neeraj Grover's parents on their son's murder |
July 10 | Does India need a separate prevention of communal violence bill? |
July 17 | Has Mumbai been numbed by terror? |
July 24 | Has spirituality turned into a profit industry? |
July 31 | Corruption kills the growth story? |
August 11 | Indian cinema: Hijacked by politics? |
August 15 | Fasting for change- Satyagraha or theatre? |
August 21 | Anna and the great Indian middle class |
August 28 | Anna's movement: The challenges & lessons |
September 4 | Copycat politics over mercy pleas? |
September 11 | Has India been numbed by terror? |
September 25 | Can you live on just ₹ 32 a day? |
October 2 | Gandhigiri in the age of violence |
October 9 | Telangan: An idea whose time has come? |
October 16 | Mayawati's Park: Extravaganza or empowerment? |
October 23 | Will right to recall make politicians accountable? |
October 30 | Does the army still need special powers in J&K? |
November 6 | Is social media changing human equations? |
November 13 | Love, sex and cinema |
November 20 | Terror errors: Weakening India's fight? |
November 27 | From argumentative India to intolerant India? |
December 4 | Has Parliament become a house of Adjournments? |
December 11 | The return of Anna Hazare |
December 18 | From Uphaar AMRI, is it a license to kill? |
Date | Title | Topic |
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January 1 | Democracy's midnight mayhem |
January 15 | Why does India still not have a national military memorial? | Indian Armed Forces |
February 12 | Age row: Ceasefire or lost battle? |
February 18 | Minority welfare or maximum politics? |
February 26 | The state in your bedroom? | Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code |
March 8 | Women's day: Substance or symbolism? | International Women's Day |
March 18 | India: No country for working women? | Women in India |
March 25 | Pornography or erotica: Who decides? |
April 1 | After the ceasefire: Lessons learnt? |
April 15 | Should the state negotiate with hostage takers? |
April 22 | Surrogacy: Outsourcing childbirth? | Commercial surrogacy in India |
April 29 | Rajya Sabha: House of Elders now House of Glamour? | Rajya Sabha members |
May 6 | Siachen: Time for a thaw? | Siachen conflict |
May 7 | Hillary Clinton on FDI, Mamata, Hafiz Saeed and outsourcing (special episode) |
May 13 | Are single sex institutions outdated? |
June 3 | The subsidies debate: Pro aam-aadmi or anti-growth? | Subsidies in India |
June 10 | 'Bond'-ing doctors into duty? |
June 17 | The politics of minority quotas | Reservation in India |
June 24 | India: The big bazaar of organ trade? | Organ trade in India |
July 1 | President's pardon: The clemency debate | Pratibha Patil communes death sentences |
July 8 | Hitting cancer for a six | Interview with Yuvraj Singh |
July 29 | Mayhem at Manesar | Manesar violence July 2012 |
August 5 | Sedition laws: Essential or archaic? | Sedition laws in India |
August 12 | India's steel frame: Still standing strong? |
August 19 | We the Olympians: A distant dream or within reach now? | India at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
August 26 | Is the government caught in a censorship web? |
September 2 | Riots and the rule of law |
September 9 | India-Pakistan: Prisoners of hostility? |
September 16 | Cellphone towers: India's safety check |
September 23 | Clinical trials: The India report |
October 7 | Euthanasia: Mercy killing or murder? | Euthanasia in India |
November 11 | Are religious traditions tilted against women? | Role of women in religion |
November 18 | Should the state fund political parties? |
November 25 | Internet freedom: In danger of being stifled? |
December 2 | Politics and the 'Great' Indian middle class |
December 9 | Time to re-think capital punishment? | Capital punishment in India |
December 16 | Moditva: Lessons for India? |
December 23 | Will capital punishment be a deterrent to rapists? | 2012 Delhi gang rape case |
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