Interviews

A couple of weeks ago, Subrata Roy, founder chairman of the Sahara group, called his top officials to a meeting in a swanky conference room with leather-lined chairs and a…

Nitin Gadkari got additional charge of the ministry of water resources, river development & Ganga rejuvenation in a recent Cabinet reshuffle When I took charge in 2014, we had 403…

Wednesday is holiday at Santiniketan, a small town in Birbhum district in West Bengal. It is the day to observe diksha divas or initiation into Brahmoism, a religious movement started…

In her first year of college, Arundhati Bhattacharya boarded the wrong bus to Meerut. She was on her way from Kolkata to spend the summer break at a friend’s place.…

In 2008, when Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat, an SMS from him to Ratan Tata saying “Suswagatham” had ensured that the Tata small car project moved out of…

Investors say there is a lack of clarity over retrospective tax. Why the doublespeak? We need to put things into perspective. The retrospective amendment relates to indirect transfers under Section…

As environment minister in the Manmohan Singh government, Jairam Ramesh was often called ‘Dr No’ for his stand on environment clearances. In his fourth and latest book, Green Signals: Ecology, Growth…

Public’s company: Gangwar loves meeting people. “That’s what I do in my free time,” he says. Photo by Arvind Jain An unassuming young man once gave a BJP leader a…

It is better to be early than late for a meeting with Aatish Taseer. Polite, he offers delicious coffee in an espresso cup. The coffee is cold, he apologises; he…

Amitabh Bachchan is a commodity: Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah is no stranger to adulation but his experiences as a struggling actor remains close to his heart. His memoir, ‘And Then…