Chats Over Chai
The Australia India Institute podcast examines key questions facing contemporary India and the Australia-India relationship.
Chats Over Chai
Latest Episodes
Kho Kho and the Australia–India Sporting Partnership: In Conversation with Kho Kho Australia President Raj Sura
In this latest episode of Chat’s Over Chai, Head of Cultural Diplomacy Sudip Chakraborty sits down with Kho Kho Australia founder Raj Sura. Sudip and Raj reflect on the growth of Kho Kho - a traditional Indian game - in Australia, a...
Australia, India and the ‘Soft Power’ of Business: In Conversation with Rajiv Dube
In the latest episode of Chat’s over Chai, CEO Lisa Singh is joined by Rajiv Dube, Independent Director at Tata International Ltd and Australia India Institute board member, to unpack India’s economic rise and the impact of soft power diplomacy...
80 years of India’s Independence: In Conversation with India’s High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Nagesh Singh
In this latest episode of Chat's over Chai, CEO Lisa Singh is joined by India’s new High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Nagesh Singh, on the eve of India's 80th Independence Day. Lisa and High Commissioner Singh reflect o...
India's ‘Gen Z Moment?’: Unpacking the Cockroach Movement
The Institute’s CEO Lisa Singh and Research Fellow Teesta Prakash unpack the youth led Cockroach movement in this latest episode of our Chats over Chai. The movement saw tens of thousands of Indian youth take to the streets t...
Modi’s 2026 Visit to Australia: In Conversation with Tim Watts MP
With Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's visit to Australia this week, CEO Lisa Singh joins Australian parliamentarian Tim Watts MP, Special Envoy for Indian Ocean Affairs, for the latest episode of Chats Over Chai. The pair unp...