Interview of the Week
‘The fight with Pakistan is an ideological fight’
P. Muralidhar Rao, BJP national general secretary feels that fight with Pakistan is an ideological fight.
For once, I forgot that I’m disabled: Deepa Malik
Call her a specially-abled athlete who became India’s first woman to win a Paralympic medal last week, or a 45-year-old mother of two with extraordinary grit and determination, but Deepa Malik
‘Let farmers from both states decide’
Dr A Ravindra, chairman, Centre for Sustainable Development, Bengaluru, says in an interview to B.R.
‘People have had enough of the BSP and SP... they want change’
The battle for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections has begun. In the gruelling heat and dust of the election campaign, new UP Congress chief Raj Babbar speaks to Ashhar Khan from Balrampur during his yatra about his ideas, challenges and how to revive a number four party in Uttar Pradesh.
‘This is a jumla sarkar, which is out to steal from the common man...’
The RSS vs Rahul Gandhi fight is out in the open with the case all set to go to trial.
Didi smiles, Akhilesh sulks
LADY LUCK BY DIDI’S SIDE
‘It’s a phase of closer ties with the US without any secret strings attached’
Lalit Mansingh, former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to the United States, talks about the importance of US secretary of state John Kerry’s visit to New Delhi. In an interview with Sridhar Kumaraswami, he explains what the visit means for India in pursuit of its strategic goals.
‘Poor women are exploited in the name of surrogacy... It must end’
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016, cleared by the Union Cabinet, has been criticised by doctors and gay rights activists as “anti-liberal”. DR Soumya Swaminathan, director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, who had an important role in drafting the bill, in a candid talk with Teena Thacker justifies the new legislation citing how it will end exploitation of poor and vulnerable, and will actually help needy infertile Indian couples.
We don’t have adequate political will, says Kailash Satyarthi
Sanjay Basak: Tell us about your journey as a relentless crusader of child rights. What do you think about the present child labour law
‘Redrawing boundaries would open Pandora’s Box’
Ashley J. Tellis was in India to give a series of talks.