Hindustan Times - Leadership Summit 2008

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Date : Friday, N ovember 21, 2008
Venue : Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

GUEST	TIMING
Inauguration by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India	1000-1045 AM
Moderator : Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI

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DAY 01 SESSION

Exclusive interview with Sanjay Dutt

Exclusive interview with Garry Samore

Amit Baruah in a tete' a tete' with Tony Blair

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For Vijay Mallya and Naresh Goyal, Aviation czars
How can industrialists play a more active role in national progress?
Question of the day will be asked to the leader during the summit.
-Wg Cdr S. Bala (Retd), Vir Chakra, 1971, resident of Mumbai

For Sanjay Dutt, Actor
What defines good cinema?
-Reena Gaur, Law firm employee, resident of Pitampura

For Tony Blair, Former British PM
What can be done to promote travel and tourism in India?
-Shweta Arora, runs a travel firm, resident of Sant Nagar

For Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary
Why did you choose to get into politics?
-Ankur Chauhan, works with a pvt firm, resident of Sarita Vihar

For Manmohan Singh, Prime minister
In spite of economic development, why can’t we eradicate poverty?
-Dr Amitabh Shukhla, Academic, resident of Sahibabad

By when will India be finally able to eradicate poverty and bring betterment for millions of its people who live below the poverty line?
Question of the day will be asked to the leader during the summit.
-Ansh Madaan, Twelve-year-old school student, Vasant Kunj

For Lalu Prasad Yadav, Railway Minister
What is being done to prevent damage to trains during communal clashes?
- Luv Kush, Software engineer, resident of Noida

For Praful Patel, Civil Aviation Minister
Shouldn’t there be greater job security for the youth?
- Fareeda Jalil, Mechanical engineer, resident of Okhla

For Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
Why don’t you come up with stronger laws to prevent terrorism?
- Manish Chaturvedi, Manager in a private firm, resident of Rohini

For Chetan Bhagat, Writer
What inspires you to write?
- Askhay Sinha, Works in a pvt firm, resident of Pandav Nagar

For Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairperson
How does the change of guard in the United States affect India’s relationship with the US?
- Navneet Anand, HDFC Bank, Kirti Nagar

For Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Market has plunged dramatically in the past few months. What do you think will be the fate of Indian economy in the coming years?
- Sunil Mohan, Kotak Securities, Connaught Place

For Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairperson
How does the change of guard in the United States affect India’s relationship with the US?
- Navneet Anand, HDFC Bank, Kirti Nagar

For Leader of opposition LK. Advani
What are we doing to counter global terrorism, which is fast creeping into all corners of our country?
- Prabjot Nagpal, executive and a resident of Punjabi Bagh

For Manmohan Singh
What according to you is the magic mantra required to put India in the big league of superpower nations, especially since we have all resources?
- Akhil Kalra, a banker and resident of Rohini

For Rahul Dravid
Do you think the young and little experienced Dhoni will be able to fill the void after the retirement of veterans like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble and yourself?
- Swati Popli, executive and resident of Karol Bagh

For LK Advani, BJP leader
Should Indian leaders keep away from caste, religion and regional politics and follow the Americans, who for the first time elected an African-American as their President?
- K Zou, social activist

For Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairperson
What is being done about the problem of communalism in the country?
- Jagmohan Singh, unemployed, resident of Gurgaon

For Vijay Mallya, Industrialist
How should the government deal with the global financial meltdown?
- Sona Endow, PR Professional, resident of CR Park

For Sanjay Dutt, Actor
Do you think contemporary cinema is socially responsible?
- Vinay Rana, Business head, Mahindra

For Asif Ali Zardari, President, Pakistan
What is being done to prevent terrorist attacks in your country?
- Ankit Rastogi, works with Anandrathi Security

For Manmohan singh, Prime Minister
How will nuclear status help India become a superpower?
- M Natesan, Government employee, Dwarka, New Delhi

For Cherie Blair, UK lawyer and rights campaigner
What does she think is the basic reason for global economic crash?
- Punit Sharma, Bookstore owner, Connaught Place

For Rahul Dravid, Cricketer
Why has his performance gone down over the last few years?
- Priyanka Vaid, College student, Vikas Puri

For L K Advani, BJP leader
When will corruption end?
- Lt Gen (Retd) Yuvraj Mehta

For Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairperson
What steps will her government take to ensure every child gets an equal opportunity to be educated?
- Yogesh Pant, Accountant, Laxmi Nagar