Sriram Raghavan and Sridhar Raghavan in conversation with The Indian Express deputy editor Seema Chishti and film critic Shubhra Gupta at Express Adda.

"I think England is the best because they focus on their cricket apart from a couple of their bowlers — who I cannot name — who always try to sledge us but overall, they have been the kindest."

The latest edition of the Express Adda in Mumbai hosted PV Sindhu, badminton Olympic silver medallist, and Pullela Gopichand, national coach and former All England champion.

Mumbai heard tales of courage and fortitude brought alive at the memorial event, 26/11: Stories of Strength, organised by The Indian Express Group and Facebook.

Express Adda: Devdutt Pattanaik on what’s making women speak out, the many Ramayanas and why religion is not an adversary of queer love.

Director and composer Vishal Bhardwaj on making films and music, the role of cinema and why Bollywood doesn’t speak up.

Actors Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan were guests at the Express Adda in Mumbai last week. In a discussion, they spoke on the pressures of stardom, gender equality in the film industry and why Bollywood actors don’t speak up.

Talking of recent hits such as the Alia Bhatt-starrer Raazi and Veere Di Wedding, which featured four women lead actors, Sharma described the current period in Hindi cinema as being a particularly healthy one for actors, given the diversity of roles on offer.

In a discussion moderated by The Indian Express Film Critic Shubhra Gupta and National Features Editor Devyani Onial, Bhasker spoke on nepotism, invisible privileges and why she speaks out.

Whitaker spoke on the myths around snakes, setting up a venom cooperative with the Irulas and the importance of zoos.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on being an outsider in Delhi, the civil-military relationship and modernising the Forces.

Siddhartha Mukherjee spoke about gene editing and Artificial Intelligence as the new frontiers of medicine, the ethical implications of both and why he writes.

Maximum temperature of 38.7°C, 5.9°C above normal, recorded at IMD’s Santacruz observatory.

Tabu talked about playing dark characters with layers, exploring changing relationships in modern India and what she would like to change about making movies.

In a discussion moderated by National Editor (Policy) Shaji Vikraman and National Bureau Chief Ravish Tiwari, Kumar spoke on universal health insurance, raising farmers’ income and why the Budget was not a populist one.

TM Krishna on challenging the established order, questioning privilege and how art changes the way you deal with the real world.

Rajkummar Rao talked about being drawn to characters with many shades, censorship and creating a dialogue, and why it’s a good time to be in films.

This edition of the Express Adda held at The Claridges, New Delhi, hosted J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. In a discussion with The Indian Express, Mufti spoke on the secular fabric of India, the agenda for alliance and the debate on autonomy

Pranab Mukherjee spoke on the need for a strong Opposition, the role of people’s movements in a constitutional democracy and how India is in the safe hands of its people.

The Committee recommended: Ladies above 45 years of age, who wish to go for Haj but who do not have a male Mehram and their school of thought permits should be allowed to travel in groups of four or more.

Officials said two of these Bills are from Congress-ruled Karnataka, one each from BJP-ruled Haryana, Jharkhand and Gujarat and from Left-ruled Kerala.

This edition of the Express Adda held at the Hyatt Hotel, Ahmedabad, hosted Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Rupani spoke on a range of issues — preparing for the state assembly elections, dealing with the Patidar and Dalit agitations and the impact of demonetisation and GST.

Mark Tully spoke on a range of subjects — on being a celebrity journalist before the age of the selfie, the BBC scooping the news of Indira Gandhi’s assassination and why he thinks an assault on ideas will not go too far in India.

Magnitude is derived from a formula involving a logarithm, which makes the scale exponential rather than linear.