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Suryakumar Yadav admits fear of losing India T20I captaincy amid Shubman Gill's rise but 'it keeps me motivated'

October 17, 2025 10:54 pm

Suryakumar Yadav said that if he was someone who let thoughts like those affect him, he wouldn't have started his international career by hitting the very first ball he faced for a six.

Suryakumar Yadav says his wife's contact is saved as 'the best decision of my life' and advises other husbands: 'Aaplog bhi karlo'

October 17, 2025 8:06 pm

"She has always been there behind the scenes. She doesn’t like making public appearances," said Suryakumar Yadav in conversation with with Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Indian Express Group and Devendra Pandey, Deputy Associate Editor

Suryakumar Yadav at Express Adda: Important to give players like Abhishek Sharma a cushion to play naturally, says Suryakyumar

October 18, 2025 1:07 am

Suryakumar Yadav at Express Adda: Suryakumar Yadav spoke about his life, career, his time as captain and everything in between in a candid conversation.

Kal Penn says payment was so delayed while working on an Indian film, he had to stop showing up: 'Bollywood actors told me you're not going to get paid unless you stop coming'

August 01, 2025 10:22 pm

Kal Penn recounted an incident while shooting for an Indian film where severe delays in his payment forced him to take a drastic step to get the financiers’ attention.

Mira Nair didn't want to cast Kal Penn in The Namesake, after son showed her Harold and Kumar: 'Beta, this is clearly not the guy for us'

August 01, 2025 10:32 pm

At Express Adda, Kal Penn shared how his breakout role as Kumar in Harold & Kumar almost sabotaged his chances to be cast in Mira Nair's The Namesake.

Kal Penn reveals how teen sex comedy Van Wilder opened doors for him in Hollywood: 'One of the reasons that I got Harold and Kumar...'

August 01, 2025 10:19 pm

At Express Adda, Kal Penn opened up about his early days in Hollywood, revealing how his role in the 2002 teen sex comedy Van Wilder opened doors for him in the industry.

Kal Penn defends Priyanka Chopra for choosing hot dogs over vada pav; recalls being told to cook Indian food during celebrity cook off: 'Can't Indians like other things?'

August 01, 2025 9:48 pm

At the latest edition of Express Adda held in Mumbai, Kal Penn weighed in on the debate surrounding how Indians living abroad adapt to new cultures, and the identity struggles they face in Hollywood. 

Devendra Fadnavis Express Adda Live Updates: Not against inter-faith marriages, but 'love jihad' is a reality,' says Maharashtra CM

May 28, 2025 11:14 pm

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Guest At Express Adda Today Live Updates: Radicalisation of minorities is a reality… you cannot ignore the facts,” says Fadnavis.

Chirag Paswan is guest at Express Adda today

April 08, 2025 5:18 am

With the Narendra Modi-led government 3.0 relying on the NDA allies for a majority, his role at the national level has become more significant

Ricky Ponting on Impact Player rule: 'As a coach, I'd much rather pick an XI, but I can see the other side of it'

April 07, 2025 11:12 am

In an exclusive interview with The Indian Express during the Idea Exchange, Ricky Ponting spoke gave his opinion on the Impact Player rule in IPL and also how they used it in their first match this season.

An audience with Bill Gates: The Express Adda in pictures 

April 04, 2025 12:03 pm

At Express Adda in Mumbai, Bill Gates sat down with Anant Goenka of The Indian Express Group for a wide-ranging conversation on innovation, philanthropy, and what the future holds.

Sir Mark Tully at Express Adda: In Pictures

September 23, 2017 9:57 pm

Sir Mark Tully, former Delhi bureau chief for BBC, was the guest at Express Adda on Saturday. The venerated journalist expressed his opinions on the contemporary socio-political paradigm in the country.

The Dalai Lama at Express Adda

May 25, 2017 12:59 pm

Express Adda: Prithviraj Chavan discusses Maharashtra development

March 05, 2014 1:17 pm

Prithviraj Chavan shared thoughts on Maharashtra development, Mumbai Metro, among other things.

Exclusive: Farhan Akhtar in conversation with Shekhar Gupta at Express Adda

February 18, 2014 9:22 pm

Bollywood actor, director Farhan Akhtar, who has bagged almost all Best Actor awards this season for his power packed performance as Milkha Singh in biopic 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', was in conversation with Indian Express Group Editor Shekhar Gupta at Express Adda in Mumbai on Monday (February 4).

Express Adda with Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, Oncologist and Award Winning Author

June 22, 2020 6:26 pm

In this edition of The Express Adda, Dr. Mukherjee spoke about the questions that drive him to excellence and helped us with answers to the deepest mysteries of life.