CNN-IBN Kings and Queens: Narendra Modi
As Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi was already being seen as a contender on the national stage by 2009 elections- although eventually his party fared badly in Western India, that he was in charge of. What made Modi and how did the Modi-morphosis allow him to transform from the taint of the 2002 riots to a deliverer of development? This profile included an extensive interview with CM Modi, his mother, brothers and childhood associates from Vadnagar. Reported by Suhasini Haidar
CNN-IBN Kings and Queens: Manmohan Singh
In 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went into elections an unlikely winner- yet he received a mandate to serve for another 5 years. This profile detailed his past, growing up in Pakistan, struggling to study in Amritsar and his economic and political career- with exclusive interviews with PM Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur and their daughters, also speaking to his childhood friend Muhammad Ali Raja from Gah. Reported and scripted by Suhasini Haidar
