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'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.

Tharoor: 'Always wise to tread carefully on people's feelings'

'This is an issue that is larger than the interests of any one party.'

'This is the time for imposing Emergency'

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

'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.

'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.

'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'

'Unfortunately, our political class is not interested in making this society equal. They just want to exploit the situation for their own benefit.'

'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.

'Results are turning point in India's history'

'It will impact the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.'

'Julie Ganapathy was a big risk'

'This will encourage states to go for their own monetisation programmes'

'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns.'

'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'

'Strategy is to divide and polarise electorate on communal lines.'

'Every company wants to recruit people'

'There was hardly any recruitment after the second wave.' 'Now, there is a huge demand for manpower.'

'India is not for sale'

'This plan is basically to allow some of the government assets for rent, and surely not for sale.' 'There is a difference between selling a house and renting out a house.'

'Adani port project will be an environmental disaster'

'People should realise that what we are fighting for today is actually for tomorrow, for future generations.'

'The sooner we junk the rhetoric of freebies, the better'

'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.'

'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.

'Why can't they catch the big thief?'

'What the RBI is doing is trying to catch the mouse when they have to catch the tiger.'

'Vande Bharat's Potential Yet To Be Exploited'

'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.'

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

'By not smoking, I am saving lives'

Director Mouli on Nala Damayanthi

'What's Tharoor's experience in the Congress party?

'To lead the Congress party, you need experience.' 'You should have held some positions which give you the experience of running the party at any level.' 'Tharoor doesn't have any such experience.'

'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.

'Socialism doesn't mean anything to people now'

'The word equity means so much more to the dynamic world India today is in than the word 'socialism'.'

He Gives The Blind The Gift of Sight

'It is so gratifying that I was able to help donate 130 eyes to those who needed them.'

How These Sisters Made Puja Flowers A Business

'Today, we have 150,000 orders a month. And a monthly sale of Rs 1 crore.'

'This is not a fight against the Gandhis'

'I am requesting Sonia Gandhi to listen to her inner voice again.' 'Then, she will know this is the time for the family to step aside.'

Cannes was a humbling experience:'

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

'I know one day truth will prevail. But when will that 'one day' come?'

'How many more months and years will we have to wait for truth to win?' 'Will anyone give us back the months and years we have lost waiting for that 'one day'?'

Suman Chakraborty Is Revolutionising Rural Healthcare

'If you can simplify the technology, you don't need a doctor or a highly qualified technician to work on the technology; even an Asha health worker or a similar front line health worker can use it with minimal training.'

'Growth will definitely be less than 8%'

'There will be positive growth, but if you ask me whether we are going to have the original growth rate of 8%, the answer will be, no.'

'BJP has unleashed central agencies on their political opponents'

'Our views are different on fundamental matters right from the question of citizenship, all the way up to what the character of the Government should be, how a democracy should function and whether investigation agencies should be allowed to function independently.'

The extraordinary doctor who makes a difference

Rediff.com digs into its archives, tracking down Dr M R Rajagopal's sincere efforts of changing lives and changing the way India looks at palliative care.

'Public Sector Banks Don't Like To Loan To MSMEs'

'The approach today is, instead of giving loans to 100 MSMEs, let us give one loan to a big-ticket corporate.' 'And so many of these big fish deceived the banks and the banks are in the doldrums now with high NPAs.'

'FM & PM keep denying reality about unemployment'

'According to CMIE data, employment in manufacturing saw a reduction from 51 million in the country in 2016 to 27 million in 2021. 'That is, it has halved in just 5 years. 'At the same time, the national lockdown resulted in reverse migration to rural areas, and an increase in the number of workers in agriculture. 'It also means joblessness has increased in agriculture because there are too many workers; the number of workers went up from 200 million to 232 million.'

Why Is Govt Increasing Taxes For Middle Class?

'When you need to revive the economy, when you need to revive aggregate demand, you cut taxes.' 'But what's this government doing?' 'It's increasing taxes for the middle class and the vast majority of the poor on fuel, which has a ratchet effect on most other products.'

'If he was in India, Einstein wouldn't have got out of school'

'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.' 'So, all the students face the same stress.' 'But those students who are mentally weak are more affected.'

'Secularism may not survive in India'

'You will see more laws that treat Hindus and non-Hindus, especially Muslims, quite unequally.' 'Once you see this kind of erosion of secularism, it will be very hard to get it back.'