C K Ranganathan, chairman and managing director of Cavincare, talks about the current global economic crisis
'Whatever is left of all institutions will also go away.'
'In India, the establishment not only endorses, but many a times instigates anti-Muslim hatred.'
'It did not vote against America, or for Russia.' 'If we had voted for the American motion, it would have spoilt our relationship with Russia without any change in Russia's behaviour.'
Son of veteran Tamil actor Sathyaraj, Sibiraj talks about his first negative role.
World champion Viswanathan Anand, who turned 40 on December 11, looks back on the year gone by and his upcoming World Championship match with Veselin Topolov.
Being disabled does not mean the end of the world. Shobha Warrier narrates G J Siddharth's inspiring story.
Newcomer Babusivan talks about directing the much awaited Tamil film starring popular actor Vijay.
It's been a long wait for the Tamil actor who is now ready with two films.
A car that only costs Rs 25,000 to produce and also doubles up as a two-wheeler.
As A R Rahman received his Oscars at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, everyone back home was cheering -- including his older sister Reihana, who is the mother of budding music composer G V Prakash. She talks to Shobha Warrier about the excitement at home.
'When they completely surrender to the BJP or the BJP has completely taken over the party, what's the point in the AIADMK surviving and doing business in the state?'
'Yesterday, I was at a seed meeting where we gave outright grants up to Rs 20 lakhs or loans up to Rs 50 lakhs for new start-ups under 2 years.'
'Nobody is talking about the inequality that is going to come.'
'This obsession with 'one' is not good for a country like India.'
'If you look at the entire 60-day period of March and April, you see that temperatures were soaring more than 3.5 degrees Celsius above the maximum temperature.' 'Normally, events like this happen only for a short period.'
Director Radhamohan talks about his beautiful film, out this Friday.
Ganesh Chella, co-founder of Totus Consulting Services, talks about what young professionals should do to tide over the tough economic times ahead.
The Tamil actor is all ready to shed his romantic image with his latest film Modhi Vilayadu.
G Anantha Narayanan on why he chose a pick pocket as the protagonist of his first film Valmiki.
Everybody would like the Sri Lankan Tamils to live in peace first and with equal right to the Sinhalese. Even I, a vehement critic of the LTTE and also very much against the Centre intervening the military action against the LTTE, have been saying that the Indo-Sri Lankan accord must be implemented in full by Sri Lanka, says political analyst Cho Ramaswamy.
Sateesh Andra, co-convenor, Tie-ISB, talks to Shobha Warrier about growth, entrepreneurship and the need to look at new business directions.
Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, one of the most vocal supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, speaks on the civil war raging in Sri Lanka.
'People should realise that what we are fighting for today is actually for tomorrow, for future generations.'
'Today, we have 150,000 orders a month. And a monthly sale of Rs 1 crore.'
'All Shatabdis and Rajdhanis should be converted to this type of high-speed train.' 'There should be a sleeper version of the train.' 'Right now, there is only a day version of the train.' 'Unless you develop a sleeper version, it will not be possible to replace the Rajdhani.' 'Work on the sleeper version was stopped for some reason. It should be revived now.'
The Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, Dr R Radhakrishnan made history by announcing that his university would provide free engineering education to brilliant economically poor students who cannot afford engineering education. An interview.
'Has the Supreme Court ever said that the Preamble is the basic structure of the Constitution?'
'...for at least 6 months and give them peace of mind to get back on their feet.' 'Entrepreneurs are suffocating and not able to run their companies peacefully.'
A R Rahman's double Oscar win has his family back home ecstatic. His nephew -- 21-year-old budding music composer G V Prakash, son of Rahman's older sister, Reihana -- has obviously taken after his famous uncle.
'When I said the Gandhi family had to step aside, it was because we have consistently seen that the public has not accepted them.'
Son of a police inspector father and a music teacher mother, Pradeep Kumar talks about how tough it is to get a foothold in the Carnatic music scene without a name to back.
'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.'
Actress Nandita Das talks about her choice of films and life in general, in this interview with Shobha Warrier.
Director Rajeev Nath is sure his next film will create controversy.
Indian IT professionals are second to none in terms of hard work, desire to learn, and intelligence
'We need not worry about the market. If we do the right things, the market will come around,' says economist Raja Chelliah.
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