Sound and Fury

A famed and feared interviewer, Karan Thapar is known for his astute, probing questions and his persistence in getting clear answers. In this selection of tightly focused and penetrating interviews Thapar and the people he interviews examine hotbutton issues of our times: India’s economic health, relations with China, independence of the judiciary, being Muslim in today’s India, how the nation fares 75 years after independence. Together, these interviews provide a comprehensive view of how India views itself and its place in the world. Naseeruddin Shah / Arundhati Roy / Farooq Abdullah / Faizan Mustafa / Harish Salve / Najeeb Jung / S.Y. Quraishi / Pronab Sen / Raghuram Rajan / Naushad Forbes / Romila Thapar / Ramachandra Guha / Palanivel Thiagarajan / Swapan Dasgupta / Avtar Singh Bhasin / Kanti Bajpai / Shashi Tharoor / Indira Nooyi / Mahua Moitra / Dushyant Dave / Madan B. Lokur / A.P. Shah