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Hosted by CNN's Anjali Rao, the weekly programme features the newsmakers from the Asia Pacific region.

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This weekend's Talk Asia preview.

CNN International's ‘Eye on India' takes this weekend's ‘Talk Asia' to Mumbai where CNN's Anjali Rao chats with the reigning queen of India's small screen industry, Ekta Kapoor. Rao tours the studio set with Kapoor talking to her about her aspirations and what it takes to be a successful young TV tycoon.

An estimated 75 million people watch her seven soap operas every day and she admits finding her level of influence 'scary'. "It comes with the fact that you can actually change the thinking of those, not only of your country, but in the countries where your films are watched. So many of your protagonists, what they say and do, are going to be reflecting on the people and the psyches of the many people who watch it."

Kapoor is forthright about the perception and portrayal of Indian women in television and film and her critics reaction "Unless you show the pressures, how you are fighting them... ...rape, any kind of marital problems, divorces, widowhood are issues in this country.... ... so I'm not here to please the four or five people who don't even see the shows but sit to criticize them."

Kapoor also discusses the leadership role of women in the television industry saying men have 'given in.'

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This week on Talk Asia...

CNN's TALK ASIA is granted special access to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at her first public appearance in Singapore. She joins CNN's Anjali Rao for an in-depth discussion on avian flu, HIV AIDS and other global public health emergencies.

Appointed to the post in November, Dr. Chan is the first Chinese national to head a major United Nations agency and was interviewed for TALK ASIA on World Health Day 2007. The former Hong Kong Director of Health discusses the political sensitivity needed in her relationship with Beijing when tackling the spread of HIV AIDS in China. She also discusses the impact of greater access to medicine and the possibility of changing the definition of the disease as a global health emergency.

Also during this weeks programme - A special SMS poll. Click the link above to find out how to vote.

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This week on Talk Asia...

The youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Prize speaks to CNN's Anjali Rao in this weekend's TALK ASIA. Kiran Desai takes Rao behind the scenes of Hong Kong's literary festival and explains what it's like to be a celebrity author at such a young age.

Desai's award-winning Inheritance of Loss took seven years to write. The 35 year-old explains that her journey to get there was one of self-discovery and reflection on her experience of living as an immigrant in the U.S. Desai also speaks of what it meant to leave her homeland of India. Her book was not without controversy however, as she relates her distress at the hate mail she received and the violent protests that erupted in Northern India in the wake of its publication.

Literary excellence runs in the Desai family as Kiran's mother Anita Desai was shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize - but without success. Kiran Desai talks fondly of her close friendship with fellow author Salman Rushdie, a family friend who has helped and advised her on how to deal with even the harshest of critics.

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This week on Talk Asia...

In a rare international television interview Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits with TALK ASIA's Anjali Rao ahead of his much talked-about and ‘delayed' first official trip to the United States. He discusses Japan's current relationship with the U.S, the issue of "comfort women", his stance on North Korea, and Japanese domestic issues including changing the constitution and the economy. His popular wife, likened to U.S. presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton, also joins him to chat as she reveals her fondness for Korean pop culture.

The U.S. is considered Japan's most important ally and Abe has already broken tradition by not visiting within weeks of taking office. The Prime Minister however knows he is assured support from Washington and discusses their cooperation on Iraq.

Abe is also particularly candid when responding to questions about the Japanese military coercing "comfort women" into sexual slavery during the Second World War.

His views on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il suggest he feels that Kim is capable of being a rational thinker, although he still remains vigilant regarding Japan's stance on resolving the North Korean nuclear issue.

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This week on Talk Asia...

Pierre Gagnaire's eponymous restaurant in France has recently been voted one of the best in the world and his latest venture in Hong Kong has confirmed his status as an internationally renowned chef. This weekend's TALK ASIA sees the three Michelin starred chef invite CNN's Anjali Rao into his kitchen and on a tour of local markets.

As he prepares a dish in his Hong Kong kitchen, Gagnaire is horrified at Rao's suggestion that his speciality is fusion cuisine, insisting rather that his culinary inspirations are style, geography and even the local weather. Then Hong Kong's wet markets set Gagnaire's mind racing as he peruses the local produce, including live fish and even humble bak choy.

Gagnaire's acclaim has come from his food and not from his media appearances. He sees English-language TV as partly responsible for the success of fellow chefs including Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, before suggesting that what matters in France is the food itself, not the "game" of TV. With more than thirty years of Michelin starred cuisine behind him he gives his thoughts on how best to survive in the often cut-throat restaurant business.

[Grig]

As I don't think they show talk Asia in Europe then I shall post the Asian times of when it's on CNN.

Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore and Taipei

Saturday, May 5 at 0730, 2300
Sunday, May 6 at 2100




Bangkok and Jakarta

Saturday, May 5 at 0630 & 2200
Sunday, May 6 at 2000

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This week on Talk Asia...

Indian actress Shilpa Shetty reveals why she is unrepentant about her public kiss with Richard Gere, what she learnt from her time in the Big Brother household, thoughts on her love life, film career and more in this weekend's Talk Asia with Satinder Bindra.

Reaction to Gere's prolonged kiss ranged from amusement to outrage, but Shetty is admant that the extreme reactions from some do not reflect her country: "I would describe the ‘some' as a lunatic fringe. And that is so not the sensibility of the majority of India".

The award-winning star also explains why she is relaxed at the thought of a potential six year jail sentence in the wake of the controversy before venting her frustration as to why effigies of Gere have been burned: "I don't know if Richard is going to come back to the country, the losers...it's us again as he was only trying to help us out." As to those pursuing the litigations, she asks: "I want to actually ask them what they've done for us, what have they done for this country?"

Shetty also talks about her time in the UK's Big Brother household, where she reached "The lowest point in my life". Despite this, she is convinced that to have walked out "Would be such a loser thing to do, to give up" and that her final victory "Was a huge victory as an Indian to have won something abroad".

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This week on Talk Asia...

Asia budget airline pioneer Tony Fernandes on CNN’S Talk Asia

Five years ago, Tony Fernandes transformed AirAsia from a loss-making Malaysian airline into the first no-frills airline in the region with tagline "Now everyone can fly". Starting off with only two ageing Boeing jets and eleven million dollars worth of debt, the company now has a fleet of 50 jets, with 130 more on order, and carries 18 million passengers a year, more than many established airlines in Asia. On this week's TALK ASIA, the airline's outspoken CEO takes host Andrew Stevens inside the cockpit of an AirAsia plane to reveal the inspiration behind his remarkable achievement.

An accountant by profession, Fernandes led a comfortable life with a rewarding job in the music industry. He quit his job, re-mortgaged his home and sank all his savings into the nascent low-budget airline industry. Despite stringent government regulations and the general perception that flying was an expensive business, Fernandes saw huge potential for the industry. He decided to buy into AirAsia three days after September 11, 2001 when airlines had started to cut back, oil prices were hitting the roof and people were afraid to fly.

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This week on Talk Asia...

B.K.S Iyengar is credited not only for bringing the ancient practice of yoga to the West but also for simplifying a complex discipline and enabling it to be practiced by the masses. ‘Iyengar yoga', as it is now branded worldwide, is a term the yoga master actually dislikes, preferring to simply call it yoga. On this week's TALK ASIA, Iyengar takes Anjali Rao on a tour of his institute in Pune and explains why he disapproves of the commercialisation of this ancient tradition.

Growing up in a poor family in India Iyengar suffered from tuberculosis and was told he would only live to the age of 25. He then devoted his life to yoga and strongly believes it was the key to his subsequent recovery. His personal mission was to propagate the ancient Indian tradition of yoga and transform the practice into a science, therapy and art accessible to everyone. As a teacher, he ensured he pushed his body to its limit to perfect yoga postures, enabling him to perform thousands of demonstrations to his students.

Named one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time Magazine, Iyengar now operates one of the world's largest yoga organisations with schools across five continents. His fortuitous meeting with acclaimed violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1952 was his turning point. Menuhin, impressed by Iyengar's demonstration, took him to Europe so he could spread his teachings.

[Mike]

No clue why CNN is repeating the next Talk Asia which i’ve seen about a month ago or so. :? I don’t mind to watch it again and thank God we always have Anjali but something new would be interesting.

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No clue why CNN is repeating the next Talk Asia which i’ve seen about a month ago or so. :? I don’t mind to watch it again and thank God we always have Anjali but something new would be interesting.

Technical difficulties, I guess.

[ginnyfan]

I loved Talk Asia with Roger Federer. Although I'm Rafa's fan I love Roger too, it's so nice to have them as No1.and No.2, they are really great players and people.
Anjali was funny with her weak serve and looked great as always. She's a tennis fan and knew what she was talking about.

[David]

Wow! I hope Anjali had a good time on that Business Jet! That is a gorgeous plane

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Important show this week with Bill Clinton.

[Spitfire]

So well practised at interviews Bill Clinton gives intelligent answers to all questions but I found him quite dull and the Clinton edition would be one of the poorer TA's I have seen.

[Charles]

So well practised at interviews Bill Clinton gives intelligent answers to all questions but I found him quite dull and the Clinton edition would be one of the poorer TA's I have seen.

What does it have to do with Asia, other than that he was there at the time?

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Maybe of the Clinton Global Innitiative; and its opening here in Asia.

[Houston]

'CNN Today' and 'Talk Asia', two of CNN's flagship programs produced in the network's regional headquarters in Hong Kong, scooped prizes at the prestigious Asian Television Awards held yesterday in Singapore.

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