A political menagerie, banishments, Rahul Baba, Sunetra Chowdhury, ABP news and some friends from across the border. The week’s roundup of the good, bad and funny from news television.

Mira Nair speaks to Madhu Trehan about her inspiration for making The Reluctant Fundamentalist, settlers and natives, creating a dialogue between two worlds, the Boston bombings, why it took her 5 years to make the film and more…

The week’s round-up of the good, the bad and the funny from news television. From a questioning Sagarika and peace-mongering Arnab to the secrets of television reporting.

Mani Shankar Aiyar, Salman Khurshid, bowties, Imran Khan and Arnab Goswami - who's being strung up to dry this week? Here's the good, the bad and the funny from this week's news television.

The week's round-up of the good, the bad and the funny from news television.

Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson - Hindustan Times Group, speaks to Madhu Trehan about being forced to look more at the business than the editorial side of the paper, HT being a “mind product” and why HT is viewed as a supporter of the Congress and more...

The week’s round-up of the funnies from news television.

What do reporters go through while reporting on the Parliament beat?

We report on reporters reporting at press conferences. Get it?

The week’s round-up of the funnies from news television.

Diana Eck speaks to Alpana Kishore about her upcoming book, the dichotomy of tradition and modernity within religious discourse, why religious uniformity is not essential for unity and more...

Rahul Roushan, Vasu Ritu Primlani, Sanjay Rajoura, Rajneesh Kapoor and Abhinandan Sekhri chat about Rahul Gandhi’s “stand-up act” at CII, not cracking jokes about NaMo, April Fool’s jokes and crossing the line, IPL & foreplay and more

Rashna Imhasly-Gandhy speaks to Madhu Trehan about reading human behaviour through archetypes, why Sita is the real hero of the Ramayana, the feminine consciousness & the collective unconscious and more...

Zoe Heller speaks to Madhu Trehan about the repercussions of the scathing book reviews she wrote, what she thought of Joseph Anton, her nomination for ‘The Hatchet Job of the Year’, writing from the male perspective and more…

Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author of the Wandering Falcon, speaks to Alpana Kishore about the tribes of the Frontier and Balochistan region, the powerful women of the tribes, the punishment for adultery, bride price, why Balochistan is the most attractive place he has served in and more…

Jeffrey Archer speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about the Clifton Chronicles, why he’d rather be a storyteller than a writer, how he wrote a million words while in prison, his walk-on part in Bridget Jones’s Diary and spares some advice for novice writers.