Aruna Chakravarti's 'The Mendicant Prince' dramatically recreates a century-old mystery (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A hundred and fifty years ago, Bhawal was a prosperous zamindari in the eastern part of undivided Bengal, in size and income next only to that owned by the Khwajas, the nawab family of Dacca.
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General SHOWCASE 04:02 PM'India playing in Football World Cup a distant dream' (IANS Interview)
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General Spotlight 01:54 PM'On Everest trek, I contemplated about the next phase of my life' (IANS Interview)
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MP BJP MLA intensifies demand for 'Vindhya Pradesh' (IANS Interview)
By Praveen Dwivedi
Bhopal, Sep 15 (IANS) With less than one-and-a-half years left for the next Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the demand for the formation of a separate Vindhya Pradesh, which comprises 30 Assembly seats, is likely to gain momentum once again.
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Troubles of present time will inspire tremendous works of Indian literature in future: David Davidar (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Creativity is being stifled and it takes courage to write about what's going on but "the troubles of the present time will inspire tremendous works of literature in the future," says novelist and publisher David Davidar of the anthology, "A Case of Indian Marvels - Dazzling Stories From the Country's Finest New Writers" that he has edited containing the works of 40 writers belonging to the Millennial Generation and Generation Z.
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'Vedic food is the way of the future' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) He revived Awadhi cuisine in the US through two restaurants he set up in Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts; served as an advisor to a Saudi Arabian prince who heads a hospitality chain in the kingdom; and tickled the taste buds of foodies in countries as diverse as Kuwait, the Seychelles and Kenya - and is now charting a new course popularising Vedic cuisine, the ingredients of which "have been used for centuries" and "is the way of the future."
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In Onam season, 'Paachakam' a mouth-watering journey through Kerala's heritage cuisine (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) She's a traditionalist who loves to preserve the heritage of a bygone era - be it recipes, textiles or crafts - and believes "the woods are lovely, dark and deep and I have miles to go before I sleep". Freelance writer, food columnist and broadcaster Sabita Radhakrishna's latest offering, "Paachakam - Heritage Cuisine of Kerala", could not be better timed, coming as does in the midst of the Onam season.
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Vacant posts to be filled soon: UP BJP president (IANS Interview)
By Vivek Kumar Tripathi
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) Newly-appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary on Friday said that all vacant posts in corporations and boards will be filled soon.
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'Through poetry, I can express myself without inhibitions' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Her academic training in political science has taught her to be objective and critical in her writings but poetry is the only space through which she can express herself openly without fear of inhibitions, says Massachusetts-based public policy professional Sreya Sarkar, the co-author of 'The Same Sky' whose poems exude optimism and a love of nature.
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'I'm readying you for green collar jobs of Industry 4.0' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) An eagle does not fight the snake on the ground. Instead, it picks it up in its beak, soars up to the sky and drops it from there. The fall proves fatal and the snake dies. Height is the eagle's area of strength and the snake's area of weakness, brand builder and corporate educator Rajesh Srivastava, writes in a new book that provides a 10-point mantra that will prepare you for the green collar jobs of the 4th Industrial Revolution that is upon us.
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Bizarre remedies against Covid needed to be addressed: Dr Mukesh Batra (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) People often panic while dealing with chronic ailments and bizarre remedies were bandied about during the Covid-19 surge. This prompted Dr Mukesh Batra, whose name is synonymous with modern homeopathy in India and abroad, to write "Homeopathy - Simple Remedies for All Ages" (Popular Prakashan), a definitive book "to nip the problem in the bud".
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BJP will script its biggest victory in Rajasthan in 2023: Satish Poonia (IANS Interview)
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, Aug 19 (IANS) With about 14 months to go before Rajasthan goes to the polls in 2023, BJP's state unit chief Satish Poonia sounded confident of a lotus bloom, claiming that the saffron party will register its biggest victory ever in the desert state by winning 175+ seats in the 200-member Assembly.
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'I've witnessed such unbelievable events that most people find unbelievable' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Igor Sikorski, who designed the worlds first true helicopter, once famously said that "if a man is in need of a rescue, an aeroplane can come in an throw flowers on him, and thats just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life".
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Bihar Education Minister likely to adopt Kejriwal model in govt schools (IANS Interview)
Patna, Aug 17 (IANS) Newly-appointed Education Minister of Bihar, Chandrashekhar Yadav, said on Wednesday that he might adopt the education model implemented in government schools in the national capital by Arvind Kejriwal in Bihar.
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'India requires a right mix of public and private sectors' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) India can never be fully dominated by the public or private sectors; there has to be right mix of the two and while the governments privatisation effort "is driven chiefly by the consideration of fiscal deficit", the private sector has not risen to the countrys socio-economic challenges, says Ram Kumar Mishra, Senior Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) and co-author of "Creating, Building and Sustaining an Institution" that traces its contribution over the last five decades to public policy, governance, corporate social responsibility, and management education.
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Temple's unique features are its scale and stone carvings: Champat Rai (IANS Interview)
By Pawan Tripathi
General 04:16 PMNew Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) As the construction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya is underway, Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, spoke to IANS on several aspects involving the temple and developments related to the town, etc.
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'If you make a good movie, trolls can't stop people from seeing it': Milind Soman (IANS Interview)
By Chetan Sharma
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Aamir Khan-starrer 'Laal Singh Chaddha' hit the theatres on Thursday. And the movie is evoking mixed reviews from the critics as well the audience.
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Akshay Kumar on flops: Ups and downs happen in everyone's life (IANS Interview)
By Durga Chakravarty
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Bollywood's very own 'Khiladi' Akshay Kumar has seen the highs of highs with films such as 'Sooryavanshi', 'Kesari', 'Baby' and 'Holiday-A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' among many others. He has also tasted failure with his recent releases such as 'Bachchhan Paandey' and 'Samrat Prithviraj'.
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'Role of women freedom fighters needs to be made more enduring' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) While the role of women in the freedom struggle has been "highlighted to a very large extent" of late, a lot more needs to be done to "make their stories more enduring" as tokenism in the name of issuing commemorative stamps or naming programmes in their memory "may not be enough", says multi-dimensional author Anu Kumar in a new book that vividly recreates the lives of 35 women who relentlessly fought for India's Independence.
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Vijay Deverakonda: Mike Tyson came to have a blast in the film (IANS Interview)
By Akshay Acharya
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Vijay Deverakonda's rise to stardom has been meteoric. He entered the Hindi market with his Telugu release 'Arjun Reddy' where he played a surgeon who spirals into self-destruction after a heartbreak.
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Jail term certain for Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case: Subramanian Swamy (IANS Interview)
By Santosh Kumar Pathak
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Slamming interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi over the National Herald case, former Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy accused the Gandhi family of being involved in money laundering.
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CWG 2022: A big opportunity, ready to give my 100%, says Jyothi Yarraji on the eve of 100m hurdles (IANS Interview)
By B Shrikant
Sports 06:24 PMBirmingham, Aug 4 (IANS) Young Indian hurdler Jyothi Yarraji stormed into the limelight in May 2022 when she rewrote the national record in women's 100m hurdles, which had stood for nearly two decades. A few days later the 22-year-old from Visakhapatnam further lowered the mark twice, thus catching the eye of Indian athletics' experts as someone that can win medals for India in the future.
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Punished for whistleblowing brought out the author in Aman Singh Maharaj (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) An attempted whistleblowing gone wrong saw Aman Singh Maharaj spend three months in the doghouse and resulted in a 1,200-word manuscript that took him 16 years to whittle down to 400 pages. The outcome is 'A Dalliance with Destiny', a novel that dissects the human condition with extraordinary attention, with the fourth generation South African of Indian descent lamenting that though universal suffrage was achieved in 1994, its remnants still exist in the country's social structure.
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Paras Kalnawat opens up about being part of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10' and his exit from 'Anupamaa' (IANS Interview)
By Ila Sankrityayan
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) After playing a dancer in the popular fictional show 'Anupamaa', actor Paras Kalnawat is not only making headlines for being part of the dance reality show, 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10', but also because of his sudden exit from 'Anupamaa'. During a conversation with IANS, he commented on the allegation against him and how he feels being part of the dance reality show.
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'Tech development will plateau out due to govt regulations, public pushback' (IANS Interview)
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) With technology galloping in the manner it has been in the past few years, how are individuals to cope with this? More importantly, is it possible to "techproof" individuals? Yes, says A. Siddharth Pai, a venture capital fund manager for deep-science and deep-technology startups that ideally have a social impact, who also feels that the growth of technology will plateau out as governments wake up to its side effects and due to a "popular pushback against some of its more intrusive models".
