Page 3 - Lunch With Bs

Prannoy Roy, Dorab Sopariwala explain why 2019 will be most important polls

If not the internet, how influential are opinion poll or forecasts, like the ones that Roy and Sopariwala do?

Lunch with BS: Omidyar's Roopa Kudva on staff involvement in corporate CSR

Kudva tells Anjuli Bhargava that mandatory CSR will work better if corporations engaged their employees more meaningfully with their CSR agenda

Ritu Beri explains how India has forever undersold its brand of luxury

Beri tells Veenu Sandhu how India has forever undersold its brand of luxury and why the government must get involved for the industry to get global recognition

Her silent cause: Sumaira Abdulali's fight for a less noisy Mumbai

Sumaira Abdulali might be known for fighting what is on top of the list of Mumbai's problems

Manish Sharma on how he used his learnings at LG, Samsung to great effect

Sharma looks forward to the day when Panasonic will be able to establish its legacy in the country through 'long-term contribution to the development of the local people'

A drink with BS: Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee is in search of audience

Banerjee tells Uttaran Das Gupta that since he cannot write about identity politics or motivational subjects, few seem interested in what he wants to say

Twinkle Khanna talks about how she acquired the 'libtard' moniker

Khanna is just out with her first novel, 'Pyajamas are Forgiving', after 'Mrs Funnybones', which was a compilation of her columns, and 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad', an anthology of short stories

Lunch with BS: Indian Hotels' Puneet Chhatwal on the 3Ps for success

Chhatwal talks to Shyamal Majumdar about his 'naughty boy' trait, how he overcame his fear of maths and why the Taj group is like a heavy tanker that is unstoppable when it starts rolling

Kitchen king Muchhal's winning recipe in India's fragmented food market

A key factor that can make or break food brands in India is trust, he says

Frank Dikotter: The biographer as assassin

Dikotter, the author of a devastating trilogy on Mao's rule, says that the current leadership in China equates 'democracy' with the chaos of the Cultural Revolution

Mengistu Alemayehu: The right way of making money

Alemayehu talks to Shyamal Majumdar about IFC's investment philosophy, why it would like to take part in the restructuring of India's PSBs and things about India that remind him of his country

How Metro's Arvind Mediratta plans to capitalise on kirana opportunity

Mediratta tells Sangeeta Tanwar and Alokananda Chakraborty how Metro plans to capitalise on the kirana opportunity in India and why there is no substitute for innovation

Simple steps can fill gaps in India's education system: Rukmini Banerji

Folks at Pratham have seen students struggling to cope with an advanced curriculum without having basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills

Meet ABB India's Sanjeev Sharma, human face of technology

MD shares ways in which India can beat its job paradox and how technology can create a better world

Lunch with BS: Theory of simplicity

Air India boss Ashwani Lohani says it is difficult to put a time frame for the airline's turnaround

Lunch with BS: Building on hope

Anshuman Magazine tells how home ownership has positive implication for health, work etc

How can information technology help government deliver better?

Over lunch, Prakash Kumar, CEO, GST Network discusses this with Sudipto Dey

Lunch with BS: The curator's eye

Sudarshan Shetty tells Anjuli Bhargava how he selects what he shows the rest of the world

Lunch with BS: Managing expectations

Nirvik Singh, Grey Group's CEO explains why 2017 will be a critical year for advertising industry

Lunch with BS: Building on brand equity

Pirojsha Godrej explains demonetisation and a new law to increase transparency in real estate sector