‘Life would be dreadful if we believe the mind controls all’

Sunday , 24 August '08

Mark Tully is the author of several books on India, a failed priest and a journalist “made by India”

‘The artist is a creator, a miniature version of God’

Sunday , 17 August '08

A. Ramachandran is one of India’s leading painters and sculptors.

‘I AM THE SECULAR AGE’S LOST CHILD’

Sunday , 10 August '08

Ashis Nandy is a political psychologist and sociologist

‘THERE IS NO HAPPINESS IN BEING UNATTACHED’

Sunday , 3 August '08

Keki Daruwala is a poet and a former cop.

‘I AM INCAPABLE OF HAVING SIMPLE FUN’

Sunday , 27 July '08

Manpreet Singh Badal is minister of finance in the Punjab government.

‘I want to be born as a better person’

Sunday , 20 July '08

D.R. Kaarthikeyan is the former director of CBI. He authored Triumph of Truth: Rajiv Gandhi Assasination- The Investigation and runs the Life Positive magazine

‘One life and so much to do’

Sunday , 13 July '08

Suresh Kalmadi is a Congress MP, the President of the Indian Olympic Association.

‘Even God would find it tough to live a truthful life in this world’

Sunday , 6 July '08

Dr. M.S. Gill is Union sports and youth affairs minister and former Chief Election Commissioner.

‘If you are in tune, a glass or a chair will talk to you’

Sunday , 29 June '08

Jatin Das has been painting for over four decades and is one of India’s prominent artists.

‘I often feel trapped in the web of samsara’

Sunday , 22 June '08

Rajiv Mehrotra has been a familiar face on public television. A personal student of the Dalai Lama, he also heads the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

‘Dissatisfaction should always be there; it keeps you going’

Sunday , 15 June '08

N. Enkhbayar has been the President of Mongolia since 2005. Mongolia’s strong Buddhist tradition has implied rich cultural and historical ties with India.

‘I can’t say that I’ve managed to take it easy’

Sunday , 8 June '08

Naveen Jindal is an industrialist and a politician.

‘I don’t like it when people can recognise my work’

Sunday , 1 June '08

Raghu Rai is one of India’s leading photographers.

‘Sometimes I pray for comfort’

Sunday , 25 May '08

Soli Sorabjee, former Solicitor-general of India.

‘Fanaticism creeps into all religions’

Sunday , 18 May '08

Arpana Caur is one of India’s finest artists. A self-taught painter, she is influenced by her mother’s writings and Punjabi folk literature.

‘God is either illiterate or doesn’t listen’

Sunday , 11 May '08

Gulzar, Poet, Writer, Lyricist and Director.

‘I do not believe in reincarnation’

Sunday , 4 May '08

Satish Gujral is a painter, sculptor, muralist, writer and architect.

‘I am most alive when I am dancing’

Sunday , 27 April '08

Shovana Narayan is a Kathak dancer, a Padma Shri and a bureaucrat.

‘There may be a God’

Sunday , 20 April '08

Karan Thapar is a veteran journalist, television anchor and columnist.