05 May 2008

Singapore Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo takes a keen interest in India - something he says goes back to his first visit here in the eighties. He also plays an active role in the Nalanda project. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, he talks about the difference in the ways in which tiny Singapore and large India deal with diversity, about how India has changed over the last few decades, and about how the world looks at China

28 Apr 2008

The Indian Hockey Federation’s image has nosedived since the Indian team’s failure in the Olympic qualifier and the recent Jyotikumaran sting episode. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, IHF president K.P.S. Gill speaks about the mess Indian hockey is in and what he thinks is the way out

21 Apr 2008

Dr Edward de Bono is famous the world over for his concept of lateral thinking. Through his numerous books, workshops, and school initiatives, Dr de Bono has made people not only think about how they think, but also use new ways of looking at things to invent products, find solutions to persistent problems, and resolve conflict. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7's Walk the Talk, Dr de Bono talks about some of his thinking tools, how his training in medicine helped him arrive at some of his concepts, and about his meetings with Rajiv Gandhi, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and Pervez Musharraf

14 Apr 2008

The newly appointed Principal Adviser to the International Cricket Council and President of the Punjab Cricket Association, I.S. Bindra, has seen it all—hits, misses, fixes—and has refused to be stumped. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Bindra talks about Indian cricket’s financial clout, the dark period of match-fixing, the alarming Australian episode and the challenges of his new charge

07 Apr 2008

Painter, sculptor, architect-Satish Gujral has been all that, and with amazing versatility. In his paintings and sculptures, he adopts new styles ever so often, surprising those who follow his works. Past eighty, he still continues to create. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Gujral talks about how he has learnt to live with silence, how he finds his creativity, and about his brush with communism

31 Mar 2008

In this second part of an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani speaks on his party’s opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, the lack of communication with the Congress, and why he thinks Dr Manmohan Singh is a weak prime minister

24 Mar 2008

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who the party has named its prime ministerial candidate, has spent six decades in public life. His autobiography (My Country, My Life) was released last week. In this first part of an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Advani talks about how, despite being viewed as anti-Pakistan and anti-Muslim, it was his party that took the initiative to improve relations with Pakistan. He also speaks about the drama surrounding the Kandahar hijack

17 Mar 2008

Kajol is a star who has defied many a Bollywood stereotype to deliver hits. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, she talks about how she always chose to do things her way, about being a lucky mascot in Karan Johar movies, and about her forthcoming film U Me Aur Hum, with which her husband Ajay Devgan makes his directorial debut

10 Mar 2008

He has been described as the ‘Monk on a Motorcycle’ and is known to play Frisbee and dance at discos. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, who has a wide following in India and abroad, is equally enthusiastic about spreading the word on how to use yoga and inner sciences for self-transformation in the contemporary world. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Sadhguru Vasudev speaks about how he learnt what he knows through mystic experience and not through reading the scriptures. He also talks about how it is possible for people to be spiritual even as they attend to the demands of modern life

03 Mar 2008

Strobe Talbott, writer and expert on American policy, heads the Brookings Institute, Washington, an independent think-tank. As deputy secretary of state in the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, he was a key interlocutor who helped redefine the Indo-U.S. relationship when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Talbott speaks about how important it is for India to get the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal done with and implemented. He also explains what India should prepare itself for as the U.S. elects a new president