Lunch With BS

It is a myth that a firm needs a corporate office in a high-rise in a major city like Chennai or Bengaluru, Kumar says. The Milky Mist corporate office sits directly above factory in a rural setting

Updated On: 02 Oct 2026 | 10:50 PM IST

All set for Japan Open, China Open and the World Badminton Championship, Sindhu tells Anushka Bhardwaj what it means to be playing post-30, and how she never had a plan B

Updated On: 10 Jul 2026 | 10:22 PM IST

From a childhood brush with death in rural Tamil Nadu to missing a medical seat by two marks to building a multi-vertical healthcare powerhouse, Velu takes through his life's journey and mission

Updated On: 27 Mar 2026 | 10:29 PM IST

Mushtaq says the International Booker Prize has given her work the volume it sought

Updated On: 13 Mar 2026 | 11:32 PM IST

At school, she recalls the focus was on girls' bodies and betrothal more than their brains: They were given rice to maintain optimal weight, while boys received books and toys

Updated On: 27 Feb 2026 | 11:18 PM IST

As label Tarun Tahiliani marks 30 years, he tells Akshara Srivastava about his enduring fascination with movement, fluidity and the quiet power of fabric in motion

Updated On: 10 Jan 2026 | 6:30 AM IST

Lunch with BS: Mathur takes Ajinkya Kawale and Shivani Shinde through the payment aggregator's journey, its challenges, his vision for it, and where his optimism comes from

Updated On: 12 Dec 2025 | 10:45 PM IST

Lunch with BS: Meet Safeena Husain, whose Educate Girls became the first Indian NGO to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award

Updated On: 19 Sep 2025 | 10:13 PM IST

His marriage to Indrani Dasgupta in 2014 had caused quite a flutter in Kolkata circles, particularly because it took one of the city's most suitable boys off the market

Updated On: 28 Mar 2025 | 10:10 PM IST

Puri notes that tax stability in recent years has allowed the cigarette industry to recover from illicit trade, a trend that has been unfolding over several quarters

Updated On: 03 Feb 2024 | 12:55 AM IST

As the pandemic raged, India developed its own vaccine. Those weren't easy days, Ella, the man behind Covaxin, tells Sohini Das

Updated On: 22 Dec 2023 | 10:37 PM IST

Lunch with BS: Meet Subhrakant Panda, Ficci president

Updated On: 05 May 2023 | 11:31 PM IST

With his move from Bay Area to a faraway farm, Vembu is living his 'locally rooted, globally connected' philosophy, writes Shine Jacob

Updated On: 07 Apr 2023 | 9:34 PM IST

Godrej speaks with Pavan Lall about future-proofing, why his companies are private and the reason he's a hands-off manager

Updated On: 24 Mar 2023 | 9:44 PM IST

Khanna takes Chintan Girish Modi through his journey to the Michelin Star, which started with his Biji's kitchen

Updated On: 17 Feb 2023 | 4:33 PM IST

The Princeton professor, Mody tells Kanika Datta, "Nehru, though an honourable man, had an Achilles heel: he knew what he wanted but did not know how to get from there to his goal

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 6:22 PM IST

From tourism to development to projecting India's soft power to the world, Kant tells Ruchika Chitravanshi and Nivedita Mookerji that G20 is about thinking and acting big

Updated On: 30 Dec 2022 | 9:48 PM IST

Avid golfer and tea aficionado, Dube speaks to Aneesh Phadnis about food, family and flights

Updated On: 17 Dec 2022 | 11:22 AM IST

Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, will be the first person of Indian origin to be sworn in as the UK's PM

Updated On: 25 Oct 2022 | 8:44 AM IST

From Snapdeal's birth and evolution to his faith in startups and possible lessons from upcoming IPO, Bahl has a freewheeling conversation with Nivedita Mookerji

Updated On: 02 Sep 2022 | 10:11 PM IST