
Celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey who was in India made a special appearance for a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2012. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider, she spoke about her experience in India and the Salman Rushdie controversy. Here is a full transcript of the interview Suhasini Haidar: There is no list of the world's most influential people that doesn't have Oprah Winfrey on it....

02:31 PM, Jan 24, 2012

Jaipur: Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world's most influential women, Winfrey lived up to her billing as the headline draw at an event boasting literary giants such as Tom Stoppard, Michael Ondaatje and Richard Dawkins, charming the crowds on...

10:09 AM, Jan 23, 2012

Celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey is in India and also made an appearance for a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider, she spoke about her experience in India and the Salman Rushdie controversy. ...

08:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012

In an interview to CNN-IBN, Oprah Winfrey shares her experiences in India and also the Salman Rushdie controversy. ...

03:28 PM, Jan 22, 2012

Jaipur: Two days after he decided to skip the Jaipur Literature Festival citing threats from a Mumbai don, celebrated author Salman Rushdie on Sunday slammed the Rajasthan police for allegedly inventing a plot to keep him away. Rushdie tweeted: "I've investigated, and believe that I was indeed lied to. I am outraged and very angry. Don't know who gave orders. And yes I guess the same police who want to...

12:02 PM, Jan 22, 2012

New Delhi: Salman Rushdie may have decided to give Jaipur Literature Festival a miss but those already at Jaipur are getting ready to catch a glimpse of talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is expected to attend the festival on Saturday and the reports say that she will be wearing a saree again. Oprah bought the saree from fashion designer Sabyasachi on Wednesday. Oprah is also likely to be doing an...

06:08 AM, Jan 21, 2012

Jaipur: An apple green sari with an embroidered black choli is what celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey will wear to a dinner at the City Palace as part of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival. And none other than Sabyasachi Mukherjee has designed it for her. "I am making her wear a sari because Oprah wanted to wear something Indian and special. She loves apple green. We have designed an...

05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012

Oprah Winfrey is currently in India to shoot her new show and she's also participating in the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival. ...

05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012

New Delhi: Police briefly detained three of Oprah Winfrey's bodyguards after they scuffled with local TV journalists Thursday, a news agency reported. The American talk-show host had been traveling with both American and Indian bodyguards while visiting the Hindu pilgrimage town of Mathura, about 145 kilometers south of Delhi. Police detained three of her Indian bodyguards after local journalists said their video equipment had been damaged in a brawl. No...

05:51 PM, Jan 19, 2012

The talk show host's bodyguards allegedly beat up a few video journalists who were present at the scene in Vrindavan. ...

03:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012

The talk show queen attended a star-studded party hosted by Parmeshwar Godrej in Mumbai on Monday. ...

02:18 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Mumbai: American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who is on her maiden visit to India, is amazed by the tolerance and system of joint families in the country. "What I love most about this country is their tolerance... how the families learn to love and live together. When I was in America and talking to famous people (from India) I would ask how you live with your parents? Now I...

06:33 PM, Jan 18, 2012