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Rural India getting richer? You bet!

R V Rajan, chief managing director, Anugraha Madison, speaks on how rural India has changed over the last two decades.

'Taking Panditji's photos is the most unforgettable memory'

'When I realised that I was to take the pictures of Pandit Nehru, I was very nervous and scared.'

'Should we wait till 10,000 people die every day to close down?'

'We don't have any more time.' 'We should close down, and vaccinate as many people as possible.'

Mani Ratnam signs upcoming hero Srikkant

His first two films were a hit. Srikkant is now awaiting the fate of his third release.

'Koi Mil Gaya, India's first sci-fi film'

'There are many new elements in the film, like spacecraft, the alien,' Ravi K Chandran on Rakesh Roshan's Koi Mil Gaya.

'Modi can be defeated'

'This kind of poisonous and anti-national activities happening in the country and the economic failure of the Modi government may boomerang in the form of a Congress revival.'

VIVO won't be IPL title sponsors this year, says BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday confirmed they have suspended the IPL title sponsorship deal with Chinese mobile giant VIVO for this year's Indian Premier League amid widespread anti-China sentiment in India.

'Sivakasi is not a typical Vijay film'

Perarasu on his new film, Sivakasi.

'Police must have acted on evidence'

Veteran journalist Cho Ramaswamy says the Tamil Nadu police wouldn't have acted without solid evidence against the seer.

'A ban would stop all innovations in cryptocurrencies in India'

'Any entrepreneur who wants to create companies on blockchain will have to move outside India.' 'A ban will also wipe out the entire asset investing class that has built up in India.'

'7-G Rainbow Colony is my story'

'After saade saath saal, Modi govt has come of age!'

'It has taken 7-and-a-half years for this government to understand the fundamentals of economics.' 'If the prime minister wants to leave an imprint, he has to see to it that this succeeds.'

'Oru Naal Oru Kanvu will be my turning point'

'If luck is with Anju she can win a medal'

Former middle distance ace Shiny Wilson discusses long jumper Anju Bobby George's chances at the Olympics as she goes down memory lane with Shobha Warrier.

'This is the time for imposing Emergency'

In this interview with Shobha Warrier, Cho Ramaswamy recalls the Emergency days, most of the time satirically.

'If they force us to listen to Hindi, we won't!'

'How can we tolerate such high-handedness?'

'We will see a power revolution now'

With the Electricity Act coming in, you will see the kind of revolution and investment in the power sector like you have seen in the telecom sector in the last 10 years, says Ramesh Kymal, Chairman, Greenpower 2003.

'China is ahead of India because our political leadership was behind'

'You have to be a total anti-national bozo to shut down the Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur, which was the first large manufacturing plant for mobile phones in India.' 'Why was the unit shut down? Because of somebody's ego.'

'I am seriously thinking of doing a Marathi film'

'If you keep criticising yourself, the zenith of it is suicide,' Shobha Warrier gets under the skin of superstar Kamal Haasan.

'I am a fan of Kamal Haasan!'

'I am also my own worst and most honest critic. I can say things which nobody will ever dare say.' Kamal Haasan in a no-holds-barred chat with Shobha Warrier.

'India's strength is its industrial clusters'

Small industrial centers like Tirupur, Namakkal and Sivakasi have succeeded because of hard work and a successful cluster policy, says S Gurumurthy, convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch.

'Julie Ganapathy was a big risk'

'Can anybody give Kappan those two years back?'

'Just think of this innocent man who had to suffer so much.' 'Who will compensate for the physical and mental torture Kappan had to go through in the last two years though he has not done any crime?'

'No need to give special attention to COVID-19 anymore'

'All actions for COVID-19 should be the same as for other routine health conditions.' 'There is no need to report the matter in the media all the time; not on front page please.'

'I am sort of 2 or 3 years ahead of the norm'

Karun Chandhok speaks to Shobha Warrier about his debut in the Nissan World Series racing.

'UP vote was only for Modi's charisma'

'The Hindu electorate is more or less in the BJP defined space now.'

An Indian Discovery That Will Help Healing

'After the discovery of the biomarkers, Calpain and Inflammasomes, we know we have a biomarker to target.' 'That way, we can use the biomarkers for an early diagnosis of blood clotting due to hypoxia or low oxygen in the tissues, and can save a life.'

'Just look at the amount of gold sold during Diwali!'

'Last Saturday, the largest number of people travelled by air on a single day!' 'There is a kind of hunger among consumers to spend as they have been confined to their homes and not spending for almost 2 years.'

'I know what will work at the box-office'

'By not smoking, I am saving lives'

Director Mouli on Nala Damayanthi

'I have many more years of chess left in me'

Viswanathan Anand says the rating system should not be used to name the best player of the year.

'Virus has shown us the inequalities of society'

'Inequality has been growing in the world. The virus has only amplified it.'

'NMP is a great way of creating jobs'

'This will have a multiplier effect in generating more jobs.'

Cannes was a humbling experience:'

The Malayalam actor shares his experience at the Cannes Film Festival with Shobha Warrier.

'Nobody should feel only some opinions are heard, and some opinions are ignored'

'Have you seen a situation like this anywhere before, globally or in India, where a government says, okay, we are withdrawing a law because you don't want it?'

'They should have asked students to get out of Ukraine weeks ago'

'An ambassador may not be sure whether there would be a war next month, but prudence requires him to take action to see to it that people leave early.' 'Because once the war starts, it will be very difficult to move out.'

'The prime minister's silence is very troubling'

'A climate of impunity is created when the fascistic hate-mongers reckon they can get away with anything because 'this is our regime' and this is going to be a 'Hindu Rashtra'.'

'Monetisation of assets has come 75 years too late'

'When the government wants to sell these assets, even if one set of assets gets caught in any quagmire, the whole process will fail.' 'The entire world is watching us.'

'The artist in me does get dissatisfied'

'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'