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...

Mohammad Ahmed SB, Secretary – Jamaat E Islami Hind, speaks on joining hands with the RSS, the non-existence of marital rape, women & their role, homosexuality being unnatural and more. Abhinandan Sekhri can only agree.

François Gautier speaks to Madhu Trehan on his love for Indian spirituality, the need for a militant Hindutva, how the people of Gujarat should be on trial and not Modi, the need for a nationalist leader who’s not scared to go to war 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.

Tavleen Singh speaks to Madhu Trehan on Durbar, why Rajiv Gandhi was bound to make mistakes, Hindi journalism not being in good shape, Indira Gandhi’s illiterate electorate, “Lady Bountiful” a.k.a. Sonia Gandhi, the fallout from writing this book and more...

Ramachandra Guha speaks to Madhu Trehan on his new book, Congress being a “family firm”, Hindutva hate mailers, “spineless” Manmohan Singh, the future of the Gandhis if Shastri hadn’t died, Rahul Gandhi being unfit to lead the Congress 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.