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The celebrated politician and author takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time

Rajdeep Sardesai on media and politics in a post-truth world

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Ram Jethmalani on his seminal cases and why his life reads like a pocket-bio of India

The feisty Twinkle Khanna takes on Akshay Kumar, politics and parenting in this sparkling session

Anurag Kashyap & Nawazuddin Siddiqui on life, sex, politics and cinema

Kanhaiya Kumar takes on beef, the bedroom, and ‘bloody’ ideas of nationalism