Prasoon Joshi speaks to Alpana Kishore on small town ethics, Hindi films, lyrics, culture, the confluence of dialects, nationalism, how conceptualising his songs is like writing a recipe, writing a sexy song, Sanskrit poetry and more…

Asghar Ali Engineer, leader of the Progressive Dawoodi Borah movement speaks to Madhu Trehan on how priestly families in the community are distorting Islam, challenging fatwas, how Satanic Verses should be challenged but not banned & more.

Andrew Solomon speaks to Madhu Trehan about struggling with acceptance, coming out to his parents, accepting the “child you have”, Rumi, the process of parenting difficult or different children, diagnosis being prognosis, his book and more…

Timothy Garton Ash, historian & Guardian columnist, talks to Alpana Kishore on the effects of the Velvet Revolution on the world, how the West is in danger of demonising the Muslim Brotherhood, reading his file with the East German secret police & more.

Jason Burke, Guardian’s S Asia correspondent & Al Qaeda expert, speaks to Anuvab Pal about the term "war correspondent", his books, “pure Hinduism”, whether Pakistan knew Bin Laden was in Abbottabad, Taliban being “ISI assets”, the Indian government being like a monkey and more…

Arvind Kejriwal speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri on governance, why he had no option but to join politics, his relationship with Anna, how the media helped the Lokpal movement, media blackouts, his favourite joke, Matru Ki Bijli & more.

Salman Rushdie speaks to Madhu Trehan about Midnight's Children, the “comic idea” of Saleem, the sense of family being at the centre of life in India, being handcuffed to history, optimism being a disease, the ending of the film, and pickles and indirect kisses.

Rahul Pandita speaks to Alpana Kishore on Our Moon Has Blood Clots, the ignored Kashmiri Pandit narrative, the majority hostility, Jagmohan’s role, the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, receiving threats on Twitter, baba log journalists and more...

Editor-in-Waiting of NewsX Group, Deepak Chaurasia speaks on whether the government should be sending out media advisories, the credibility of journalism, the difference between khabar & tamasha, editorial freedom, who his favourite reporters are, and more...

Film-maker Deepa Mehta speaks to Madhu Trehan on the Delhi rape, her films being on how women are perceived by men in India and the choices women have, dealing with censorship, why Midnight’s Children is “a woman’s story”, getting to know Salman Rushdie and more…

William Dalrymple talks to Madhu Trehan on his book Return Of A King, why his writing is like Chinese cooking, on using the tools of literature to retell history, how he single-handedly increased Open Magazine’s readership, and more.

Exclusive. Naveen Jindal speaks to Madhu Trehan on the Zee-Jindal fracas. Reveals previously undisclosed details of his phone calls with Subhash Chandra, how he is certain Chandra was in the know, how JSPL is doing a "service to the nation" by developing coal mines, and more.

Journalist and author, Jerry Pinto speaks to Madhu Trehan about Em and the Big Hoom, the art of writing, Arundhati Roy, faith and belief, Dom Moraes and Leela and being aware of the power of words to hurt, writing for the reader and not himself and much more…

Unmukt Chand, Under-19 Indian cricket team captain, speaks to Joy Bhattacharjya about St Stephens, winning the World Cup, the politics of team selection, Viru bhaiya and Virat Kohli, playing cricket from the age of 4, being a chick-magnet and more.

Shehan Karunatilaka speaks to Manvi Dhillon about his book, the nuances of cricket and Arrack, doing research at seedy bars with drunk articulate uncles, and midgets hiding in bunkers under cricket pitches. And why he won’t talk about his next book.

Shahid Siddiqui opens up to Abhinandan Sekhri on his Narendra Modi interview, the English media being jealous of him, balancing journalism and politics, many journalists being paid agents, Mulayam being a pseudo-secularist and much more!