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This is what he said: “No one here does only one job. That’s why you do not see any slums or poverty. We’re a hard-working people.” That was Suresh Bhaskar, a tourist guide in ...

Rohan Arora, footwear designer You were among the first ones to open up in Calcutta... I opened up with a 50 per cent sale on our footwear... on May 21. We were also getting a lot of enquiries duri...

By 1996, the Taliban had assumed complete control of Afghanistan. Now that they were in power, they went to every extent possible to enforce their interpretation of the Sharia or Islamic law. With the...

You have been awarded with a CBE title — the highest ranking Order of the British Empire. Can you please decode that for us?What we have is a system, where the monarchy on her birthday, gives awards...

Also, there’s a book on the way…Yay! It’s called The 12 Commandments of Being a Woman and it’s a fresh take on the idiosyncrasies of being a woman. Women have a lot of stories to tell and they...

It was on this day four years ago that my father, Neil O’Brien, left for the Big Library in the Sky. As a man always surrounded by books – as an author, a publisher, an educationist, an un...

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You grew up in the bushes. How was your childhood? How did you get addicted to the animals in the wild?For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by wildlife and wild places. As a child, I ...

You are taking over at a difficult time... what are some of your immediate plans?These are very difficult and unprecedented times and there is no roadmap for a clear path. As a practising life coach, ...

I gave up on April 11 — we had promised people that ration was on its way but due to many variables involved, we could not keep that promise… I called Ma to inform her about this… she said that ...