Engaging India is an online column analysing the issues, trends and forces behind the business and politics shaping India and its impact on the world. Engaging India appears on Thursday mornings exclusively on FT.com India, a dedicated online section on India, and is written by Jo Johnson, the Financial Times’ South Asia bureau chief; Amy Yee, New Delhi correspondent; and Joe Leahy, Mumbai correspondent.
India wants Bollywood to put out the smoke. In a recent interview on national news channel CNN-IBN, health minister Anbumani Ramadoss implored Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan not to smoke on screen.
