Enquiry

16 July 2022

Actress Sonali Bendre on Broken News, fighting cancer, mind shifts, & loving life

Making her OTT debut on Zee 5's "Broken News", Bendre speaks about her resurrection as an artist. Her re-evaluation of beauty and self-perception. And what means to be more truthful in her craft and life.

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16 July 2022

Ace diplomat Shyam Saran on how China thinks of India & why it’s flexing its muscle

Having written an incisive book, "How China Sees India", the former foreign Secratary decodes some of the most enduring master narratives that powerful countries have created about themselves. Why do these narratives matter and how are they influencing present day geopolitics? Is the China story, afterall, a myth? This is a nuanced revision of history, culture, and the foundational structures of nation-making.

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20 June 2022

Super reform? Or super disaster? 4 generals on the raging Agnipath controversy

In an hour of desperation and alarming unemployment, does introducing the Agnipath scheme weaken the backbone of Indian defence? India's decorated war-heroes discuss the implications that it will have for the country's future. How to rescue the army from becoming a stagnant and ineffective institution. And respond to the exigencies of warfare in a dynamic, tech-driven world.

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9 June 2022

Economist Neelkanth Mishra pushes back on fears around Indian economy

At a time of global volatility and economic crisis, Neelkanth Mishra, member of PM's ecopnomic advisory council addresses concerns regarding inflation, GDP figures, and the falling currency. Data-driven and evidence-based, his arguments cut to the centre of the pie and help us make sense of India's economic trajectory.

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25 May 2022

Former revolutionary Gita Ramaswamy on the Naxals & why she chose peace over guns

Wielding violence as a tool can take one down a slippery slope. It can be murky, mercenary or even thatrical. But can it bring long-term change? Former Naxalite and author, Gita Ramaswamy's life is a riveting tale of tranformation: ideological, social, and of the self. Her memoir, "Land, Guns, Caste, Woman" is a searingly honest account of her experience through revolution, community development and womanhood.

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17 May 2022

Political scientist Jacob Hacker on the economic reasons for US toxic culture wars

Jacob Hacker, author of "Let Them Eat Tweets", unveils the hypocrisies of the Rebublican Party, what is causing populist democracies to fail across the world, and how deep cultural divides are fragmenting America .

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13 May 2022

Actors Anil & Harsh Kapoor on dreams, differences, & being father & son

Indian cinema's changemakers, father and son duo, speak on producing art that reflects their life's philosophies, breaking out of the "Kapoor" mould, and their new movie Thar.

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11 May 2022

Iconic editor Tina Brown on masculinity & BoisLockerRoom. Interview with Shoma Chaudhury on ENQUIRY

Tina Brown, an award winning journalist, iconic editor and director of Women in the World, spoke about about her experience on working with Harvey Weinstein, impact of social media, masculinity and more.

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5 May 2022

Iranian-Brit super model Yogi Cameron on how yoga & Ayurveda transformed his life

Yogi Cameron associates his transformation with a feeling of stillness and bliss. He speaks of the benefits of traditional medicine, the philosophy of Ayurveda and Yoga, and how it can be inculcated in everyday lives.

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21 April 2022

The BJP must remember Sanatan Dharm values: Arif Mohammad Khan on communal riots

As the discourses on religion and politics get conflated, Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad Khan speaks as the custodian of the Constitution. In today's India, what does it mean to revive Sanatan value and adopt its practice in public life?

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