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Upendra Kushwaha at Idea Exchange: ‘Nitish should continue to be CM but should consider his party’s leadership issue’

September 15, 2025 7:01 am

From being chief minister Nitish Kumar’s blue-eyed boy to being a Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the NDA, Kushwaha has established his relevance to each despite flip-flop

Eknath Shinde at Idea Exchange: ‘In Lok Sabha, did we say they stole the votes? They got more seats, didn’t they?'

September 08, 2025 11:03 pm

A grassroots Maratha leader, he has been a strategic figure in the ongoing Maratha reservation movement. As chief minister from June 2022 to November 2024, he oversaw major infrastructure projects, including the Samruddhi Mahamarg and Atal Setu

Asaduddin Owaisi at Idea Exchange: ‘For so-called secular parties, we are only good for iftar parties, Ajmer chadar... (today) anyone can marginalise the Muslim community’

September 11, 2025 11:10 pm

A barrister from London’s Lincoln’s Inn, he is one of the fiercest critics of the Narendra Modi government in the Opposition ranks and has slammed the three amendment bills introduced in Parliament

Jyotiraditya Scindia at Idea Exchange: ‘You criticise the EC, call our economy dead, mock the judiciary... good luck to you’

August 11, 2025 8:18 am

During his tenure as Union Minister of Civil Aviation (2021 to 2024), the number of airports in the country increased from 74 to 157. He also served as Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in the Manmohan Singh government

Gaurav Gogoi at Idea Exchange: ‘Victims want to hear an honest admission of government’s responsibility… Nehru is not to blame for Pahalgam’

August 04, 2025 8:15 am

With Assembly elections in Assam just months away, Gogoi will be in the thick of action formulating strategies to dethrone the BJP in the state, where the Congress has been out of power for 10 years

Nagesh Kukunoor at Idea Exchange: ‘The climate has lent itself to many lawsuits, making it more terrifying for filmmakers’

July 28, 2025 1:15 pm

Prominent director-writer Nagesh Kukunoor’s latest web series, The Hunt- The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case on SonyLIV, has received widespread appreciation for its deft handling of politically sensitive events that shook the nation.

Kanhaiya Kumar at Idea Exchange: ‘In the Opposition, you will see a reluctance to protect their base vote’

July 21, 2025 7:48 am

AICC in-charge of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Kanhaiya Kumar is expected to play a key role for the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar

CR Patil at Idea Exchange: ‘The Nal Se Jal scheme is to provide water, not for some contractor to make money’

July 07, 2025 9:03 am

A four-time MP, he has been part of several Standing Committees, including the Standing Committee on Defence and Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare

Ravi Shankar Prasad at Idea Exchange: ‘No leader can dare to impose an Emergency. That’s the biggest positive consequence of that struggle’

June 30, 2025 8:25 am

Prasad, who was arrested under MISA during student protests and had spent several months in detention, has been a vehement critic of the Emergency led by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Hervé Delphin at Idea Exchange: ‘EU-India is not just a relationship, it’s become a tangible commodity’

June 23, 2025 10:19 am

Hervé Delphin, EU Ambassador to India, on how the EU-India partnership has made global ties more compelling and where Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Iran conflicts are headed

Best of The Idea Exchange in 2015

December 27, 2015 9:20 pm

The best of Idea Exchange in 2015

Today in pics: Idea Exchange with Piyush Goyal

September 04, 2014 12:20 pm

PM Narendra Modi met Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in New Delhi on Thursday.

Tried to connect Modi with every booth in UP: Amit Shah at Idea Exchange

September 04, 2014 12:20 pm

Bharatya Janata Party's poll in-charge in Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah was the guest at the Idea Exchange programme on Tuesday.

Idea Exchange | Senior Lawyer H S Phoolka

June 22, 2020 6:06 pm

Idea Exchange | Senior Lawyer H S Phoolka

Why a leader is aligning with someone is more important that who aligns with who; Mamata Banerjee has a major role: Amit Mitra, Bengal Finance Minister

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Bengal FM Amit Mitra talks about demonetisation, the problems with GST, failing Centre-state relations, the need for protecting and building institutions such as the RBI and CBI, investments in the state, and what the BJP “doesn’t get about Bengal".

'The patriarchal notion that women are not in the right place when working outside homes, persists... Need sensitisation in every workplace'

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

Justice (retired) Sujata Manohar talks about the importance of #MeToo as a women's empowerment movement, why there is a need for 'fresh thinking' on the 2013 sexual harassment guidelines and more.

'Capital is the best way to fight caste. Market and money will defeat anti-capital Marx and Manu'

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Idea Exchange With Ramdas Athawale

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

A prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra, Ramdas Athawale has been raising the issues concerning the Dalits in the government. In this edition of Idea Exchange, he talks about the community’s issues and answers questions on how India can counter cas

India is the biggest, most influential, growing democracy: South Korean Ambassador

June 24, 2018 10:00 am

Ambassador of South Korea to India Shin Bong-kil said that he believes PM Modi's pledge to make India a $5 trillion economy is not just propaganda and calls for a new economic partnership with India.

Our levels of cooperation & friendship with India are increasing: Japanese Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu

June 06, 2018 8:54 am

Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu talks about the ‘exponential increase’ in India-Japan ties and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Idea Exchange With TRAI chairman R S Sharma

May 06, 2018 11:11 am

TRAI chairman R S Sharma also said that monitoring apps is not within TRAI’s domain, and blamed inadequate investment and overloaded networks for increase in call drops.

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore On How ‘Khelo India’ Will Be Beneficial For Indian Sports

June 08, 2020 12:40 pm

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore gives an insight how the ‘Khelo India’ project can improve the state of sports in India at the grassroots level.

Idea Exchange With Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

June 08, 2020 12:37 pm

In this edition of the Idea Exchange by Indian Express, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore talks about his ministry’s plans for improving the state of sports in India at the grassroots level, and also shares his ideas on bringing transparency, good sports governance, efficiency and professionalism in sports federations.