Express Interviews

Listen to BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi and Congress MP S Jothimani talk about how they got into politics, what it’s like being women in Politics, the women’s reservation Bill and more

Listen to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat talk about water conservation efforts, traditional water bodies, water-treatment solutions, business models in the sector and more.

Listen to NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand talk about agriculture, the Essential Commodities Act, government policy, increasing corporate investment in agriculture, GM crops and more.

Listen to Senior Congress leader, Veerappa Moily, talk about the direction of the Congress party and what their performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections means for the party.

Listen to Minority Affairs Minister, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi talk about the definition of minorities, education, the elections, communalism, WhatsApp, social media and more.

Listen to Rajasthan Royals head coach, Paddy Upton talk about his stint as mental conditioning coach with the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team, why Dhoni’s "strategic brain", myths around mental toughness, his biggest professional mistake and more

Listen to BJP general secretary, Kailash Vijayvargia talk about his reasons for why the BJP was successful in Bengal during the 2019 general elections, communal politics, center-state relations and much more.

Listen to member of the PM's Economic Advisory Council, Dr. Rathin Roy, talk about the structural problems with the Indian economy, why government schemes don’t work for the long term, how to stimulate job growth, and much more.

Listen to the co-founder and chief of the Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Azad talk about the formation the Bhim Army, why dalits are disappointed with the BJP, life in prison and more.

Listen to IMD Director General K J Ramesh, cyclones, dealing with extreme weather events, how unregulated development is a huge cause of flooding in cities, Monsoon predictions and commercial applications of IMD data

Listen to historian Rajmohan Gandhi, talk about South Indian history, soft v hard hindutva and how the BJP promotes Islamophobia.

Listen to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, talk about BJP campaign, the next phases of the election, Pragya Singh Thakur, Jobs, the Citizenship Amendment Bill and Kashmir.

Listen to Naushad Forbes, the co-chairman of Pune-based manufacturing company Forbes-Marshall, talk about jobs, democratic institutions, investment and growth in manufacturing, the current political climate in the country and more.

Listen to Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian talk about the effects of demonetisation, problems in the way GST was implemented, the efficacy of loan waivers and why (in a welfare state) subsidies are an inefficient way of wealth distribution.

Listen to the current Union Minister for Law and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad talk about the upcoming 2019 elections, nationalism, jobs and unemployment, the Balakot air strike, women's reservation and more.

Listen to Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and Member of the Indian National Congress, Bhupesh Baghel talk about the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and also tackling Naxalism in Chhattisgarh.

Listen to BJP MLA from Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma talk about the Citizenhip (Amendment) Bill 2016, BJP's position in the North East, Bangladeshi migrants and more.

Listen to Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma talk about the upcoming 2019 elections, secularism, what issues the congress will be focussing on and what makes a decisive leader.

Listen to the Chairman of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Milind Kamble talk about the need for social and financial inclusion of Dalit entrepreneurs, how the US model can help encourage Dalit SMEs and he calls on the Indian industry to 'walk the extra mile' for affirmative action.

Listen to global investor and author of the book 'Democracy On The Road', Ruchir Sharma, talk about the need for economic reforms vs. the onslaught of govt schemes, how businesses in India fear the govt and he’ll be busting myths about what issues cause candidates to lose elections.