Interviews

Business And Economy

John Bird: I hadn’t given up and I didn’t feel sorry for myself
Forbes India
7 June 2013
Social entrepreneur John Bird talks about how he produced a street paper that the homeless could sell and out of that created a social business

David Nash: If you’re ill, don’t wait for the ‘doctors’; do something about it yourself
Forbes India
4 June 2013
JX Group’s David Nash talks about what made him give up the status and security of a Western corporation for the uncertainty of a newly-formed, Far Eastern, international oil and gas business

CEO on Doing Business With India, Ahead of Presidential Visit
Huffington Post
17 October 2009

Private Enterprises Seek EBRD’s Local Knowledge: Suma Chakrabarti
Forbes India
10 April 2013

Sir Richard Branson: Businesses Should Become Forces For Good
Forbes India
21 May 2012
A business is simply people creating something to make a difference in the world, says Sir Richard Branson

Diplomacy

Pakistani Media Report Significant Meetings and FM Mullah
Huffington Post
25 June 2009
A much heralded meeting between Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and newly reinstalled Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took place a few days ago on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg in Russia.

First Encounter with Secretary Tim Geithner at London’s G-20 Summit
Huffington Post
11 November 2009

The schmoozer of Davos prepares to bare his teeth
The Spectator
26 January 2008
In the week of the World Economic Forum Rani Singh talks to Angel Gurría, head of the OECD, who has sharp words on capitalist ‘schizophrenia’ and a coded warning for Gordon

India Has Its Own Homework to Do: OECD’s Angel Gurria
Forbes India
4 October 2012
OECD secretary-general Angel Gurr’a tells Forbes India that though the slowdown in India is partly due to the euro zone crisis, better regulation in three key areas could help boost growth

US Envoy William Burns Spoke To Reporters In Delhi after Meeting Indian PM Manmohan Singh
Huffington Post
12 June 2009

Global Politics

Indian Politicians Begin Austerity Drive As Nation Faces Worst Drought In 40 Years
Huffington Post
2 December 2009

Queen Noor of Jordan in exclusive interview with Al Arabiya
Al Arabiya
24 June 2011
‘You cannot wait until the Israeli Palestinian conflict is resolved or the Kashmir conflict is resolved before you begin discussions.’

Tackling US Terrorism – Lessons From the British Experience
Huffington Post
18 May 2010

The Silent Power of Sonia Gandhi
Forbes India
28 November 2011
The journey of a small town girl from Italy who has become one of the most influential people in the world

Eurozone can be rescued but needs political will: Vince Cable, British Secretary of State for Business
Forbes India
23 August 2012
Eurozone can be rescued but needs political will: Vince Cable, British Secretary of State for Business

Other

This is reality, folks
The Spectator
3 February 2008

I Don’t See How I Can Ever Go Back to Swat Valley
Huffington Post
26 June 2009

The Dick Cheney Of Pakistan
Huffington Post
10 July 2009

Forgotten victims of Tibet
Daily Express
28 April 2013
High in the Himalayan mountains in Nepal, five miles from the Tibetan border at 7,000ft, 88-year-old Pasang Lama sits outside a ramshackle hut.

Pearl Continental Attacked In Peshawar
Huffington Post
10 July 2009

Sport

The Olympic Cauldron: From 204 to a Single Flame
Forbes India
14 August 2012
2012 Olympic cauldron designer, Thomas Heatherwick spoke to Forbes India about the concept that represented the extraordinary transitory togetherness of an Olympic Games

Paul Deighton: It’s Vital To Let People Feel They Are Part of the London 2012 Games
Forbes India
30 July 2012
The CEO of the organising committee of the London Olympics, Paul Deighton, says that the Games are all about community bonding

You Can’t Buy an Olympic Medal: Lakshmi Mittal
Forbes India
15 August 2012
Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who has set up the Mittal Champions Trust to nurture medal hopefuls, tells Forbes India that athletes have to position themselves for victory

You Have to Go Where It Hurts: Boris Becker
Forbes India
13 September 2012
Tennis star-turned businessman Boris Becker tells Rani Singh that to become the very best in your chosen profession, you have to cross your own limit

Travel And Luxury

London: Second Home for India’s Wealthy
Forbes India
29 November 2012

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