Stepwell Radio

Behind the pastel silks and powdered wigs of 18th century France, a few lived in excess while many went hungry.Beauty was the display, and the gap was the story.We’ll be talking about all of this, so tune in.

Fathers. Sons. Husbands. Surnames.We inherited the rules before we were old enough to question them.But inheritance can run through daughters. Homes can follow mothers. Families can exist without marriage at the centre.Khasi. Mosuo. Nair.

Your trust means the world to you. They promised to guard it. Then you gave your donations, service, the cards of your faith.But who’s holding the deck?Tune in as we ask what happens when belief passes through institutions, and whether the custodians of your trust are really keeping it, or just shuffling it.

"Tonight’s the night” is the catchphrase of the famous serial killer, Dexter Morgan. Find out how the public turned a serial killer into a relatable character, what a meme means and how people end up perceiving certain media.

Long before glass and steel, faith was shaped by hand, in stone, brick, and fire. From the sun-drenched carvings of the Solanki dynasty to the rock-cut shrines rising from the Pallava shores, Indic temple architecture is a living record of devotion, power, and craft. This is Religion in India: stories through brick and kiln.Every temple you’ve walked past has a story about its walls.