Firstpost Salon

Ruchir Sharma: Know your Firstpost Salon guest

Ruchir Sharma will be the featured guest at the next Firstpost Salon, a series of conversations with India's best minds and biggest names. He will be in conversation with Network 18 Group Consulting Editor Praveen Swami, discussing the state of the Indian democracy in the run-up to the 2019 general elections.

Firstpost Salon | Flaws in Indian public education sector and how we can fix them: In conversation with Seema Bansal

When the Right to Education extends to every child of the country, why isn’t India’s public education system as good as its private counterpart? On this episode of Firstpost Salon, we speak to Seema Bansal, an Education Innovator, who has worked with four state governments to understand the flaws in these systems and has actively worked to find creative solutions for them.​

Firstpost Salon | How the Eurasian system is already the new centre of world order: In conversation with Parag Khanna

With growing tensions between India and China, are we heading towards a period of anarchy and stress? We speak with author and geopolitical futurist Parag Khanna, who explains that might not necessarily be the case, since these conflicts are also matched by the increase in trade between the two countries. He further talks about the threat, or the lack thereof, from nuclear-armed countries and how Asia's youth will impact the global trade and economy.

Firstpost Salon | How technology can make public healthcare system more accessible and affordable: In conversation with Prashant Warier

The public healthcare system in India is inadequate for most of the population that depends on it. Can we use existing technologies better to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for the people? In this episode, we speak to Prashant Warier, an artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning expert, who is currently working with AI and machine learning to improve the diagnosis of Tuberculosis. He tells us why better technology is not a threat to radiologists, but in fact, a tool that will help them do their job better.

Firstpost Salon | Why India needs innovative methods to tackle its waste problem: In conversation with Binish Desai

'Swachh Bharat' has been one of the primary campaigns of the current Indian government, focusing on the need to clean India of its waste. But does this campaign really understand the nuances of Indian waste management? We speak to Binish Desai, a social entrepreneur and innovator in industrial waste recycling and management, who tells us why India needs innovative methods to tackle its waste problem and how the government can help our young entrepreneurs work towards innovative businesses.

Firstpost Salon as it happened: Islamic State mentality is already in India, says Tarek Fatah

Tarek Fatah, a straight-shooter and a man who finds no virtue in an Islamic State, will be in conversation with former CEO of Natgrid (National Intelligence Grid), a trained Indian Army Captain and a TEDx India regular.

India is the only country that can prevent the probable Third World War: Tarek Fatah

"India is the only country that can prevent this crisis because it is the country in which people of all religions are together — Christians, Muslims etc. Asia is where wheat grows along with rice and even mustard. India has mountains, rivers," Tarek says and adds somewhat sharply, "It has oranges and bananas too, everything is here but if you want Norway to solve these problems, that cant happen."

Tarek Fatah, Islamic State and censorship in the times of Facebook

As Islamic State tries to spread its propaganda on social media, Facebook is inadvertently censoring the innocents.

Book Excerpt: The tragic illusion of an Islamic State by Tarek Fatah

I AM AN INDIAN BORN IN PAKISTAN; a Punjabi born in Islam; an immigrant in Canada with a Muslim consciousness, grounded in a Marxist youth.

An Indian born in Pakistan: Meet and chat with Tarek Fatah at Firstpost Salon this Thursday

Tarek Fatah will be the featured guest for the fourth Firstpost Salon, a series of conversations with the sharpest minds and biggest names.