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Lunch with BS: Celebrating liabilities

StanChart India's CEO explains why building the retail franchise is a critical piece of her strategy

A catalyst and connector

Lunch with BS: Mira Nair, Film-maker

Gadkari for a plan under which anybody can report an illegally parked car

Over lunch with Business Standard, the minister discusses demonetisation and his plans

Lunch with BS: Amarjit Singh Batra

Indians have an irrational emotional attachment to things, says CEO of OLX

Lunch with BS: Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, founder, Bluestone

He tells Raghu Krishnan why the demand for protection by some online players reeks of double standards

Lunch with BS: Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder & CEO of Acumen tells Niraj Bhatt it is possible to create sustainable businesses that serve the poor

Lunch with BS: Ananth Narayanan

Narayanan speaks to Alokananda Chakraborty about the online fashion portal's shift in strategy and why the number three is important in his life

Lunch with BS: Suresh Narayanan

Over a simple Indian lunch, Narayanan shares tips on crisis management with Arnab Dutta and Alokananda Chakraborty

Lunch with BS: Hari Om Rai

Over dim sums and soup, Rai retraces his career - from biotech to logistics to manufacturing mobile phones - with Karan Choudhury

Lunch with BS: Kanhaiya Kumar

Kanhaiya Kumar tells Udit Misra that what is perceived to be India's biggest weakness is actually its strength and why Indian democracy is not your everyday halwa

Subhomoy Bhattacharjee: The man with many hats

The go-to person for organisations in distress talks to Subhomoy Bhattacharjee about the need for checks and balances in the corporate world

Lunch with BS: Dave Thomas

Over spicy Indian food, the 45-year-old Australian tells Nivedita Mookerji that the greatest challenge for foreign companies in India is its unpredictability

Lunch with BS: Viral Doshi

The man sought after by parents when they want to admit their children to Ivy League colleges tells Anjuli Bhargava how a hobby changed into a source of livelihood

Lunch with BS: Zubin Karkaria

From a pilot project with the US embassy in Mumbai, Karkaria has taken VFS Global to 123 countries. He recounts the journey to Niraj Bhatt

Lunch with BS: Srinath Raghavan

The infantry officer turned academic discusses why the Indian Army's role in the world wars is under-studied and the importance of scrapping AFSPA, over mushroom soup and salad with Kanika Datta

Lunch with BS: Pranay Chulet

The film buff-turned-start-up boss tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy

Lunch with BS: Irom Chanu Sharmila

Over tomato soup and khichdi Irom Chanu Sharmila tells Geetanjali Krishna that she is no longer content with being a figurehead; she now wants to be in a position of power

Lunch with BS: Narendra Bansal

Bansal tells Arnab Dutta that while he has no emotional attachment to mobiles, he understands business well and that solutions to all problems lie close by

Lunch with BS: Nikhil Rathi

In India post the success of masala and green bonds on the LSE, Rathi tells Rajesh Bhayani that there are many international investors interested in buying into the India story

Lunch with BS: Vikas Oberoi

Vikas Oberoi tells Raghavendra Kamath that a successful real estate player follows a simple rule - offer good quality, good location, good price and deliver his project on time