Neelesh Misra speaks to Alpana Kishore about his radio show, telling stories, nostalgia, migration, the journey of Yaad Sheher – why he trademarked the name, future plans and how people see it as a real place, and more…

Manil Suri speaks to Anuvab Pal on the Death Of Vishnu, writing on Bombay, why it took him 7 years to write his second book, being influenced by Bollywood, the City Of Devi and more…

Kurdish American writer Laleh Khadivi speaks to Alpana Kishore on being a minority both in Iran and America, what ties you to the soil, what she misses about Iran, the sense of family, her suspicion of nationality, and the push of leaving and pull of curiosity and more…

Amit Chaudhuri speaks to Anuvab Pal on Calcutta – the book and the city, modernity, being addicted to the contradictory, Berlin, why he was reluctant to write a new book on Calcutta and thinks it’s a post-bhadralok city, and more...

Akash Banerjee, former anchor with Times Now & Headlines Today speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about his book, Arnab Goswami as a boss, the perils of turning Maoist sympathiser while reporting from ground zero, the faulty TRP system that decides what news we watch and more...

Kishwar Desai speaks to Rajyasree Sen about the “big bad world of journalism”, her books, the rights of surrogates, her new book on a gangrape, whether being married to Meghnad Desai opened doors for her and more…

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar speak to Madhu Trehan about the connection between nature and song, Midnight’s Children, item numbers, the Justice Verma Committee report, the Delhi gangrape, importance for women to change the “notion of power” and more…

Madhu Trehan speaks to Ashutosh, Sanjoy Roy and Anand Ranganathan about Ashis Nandy’s comment at Jaipur Lit Fest, the validation of corruption, why freedoms must be indelible, hurt sentiments, creating platforms for dialogue and more…

Ram Madhav, RSS spokesperson speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri on Ramjanmabhoomi, the unfair demonisation of the RSS by the media, RSS' relationship with VHP, the convenience of khaki shorts, Hindu-Muslim terrorists, liberal fascists & more…

Binayak & Ilina Sen speak to Madhu Trehan on being charged with sedition, working in Chhatisgarh, “convict warders”, exposing the truth about the Salwa Judum, the criminalisation of dissent by the govt, the future of adivasis, the futility of the Maoist armed struggle and more…

Comedy TV veteran, Jayant Kripalani speaks to Anuvab Pal about how comedy on television has changed over the years, the inadvertent humour of news TV, the putrid smell of Bigg Boss, his new book and Ganguly Genjiwala.

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…