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Duologue with Barun Das S3: Delving into the mind of the master Viswanathan Anand

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16.03.2025

New Delhi: The much awaited ‘Duologue with Barun Das’ is back with Season 3. Airing exclusively on News9 and News9 Plus, the show is presented by Radico, with associate partners Tata AIG and Tata Capital. In a time of excessive content encircling around us all the time, Duologue with Barun Das has come to exemplify quality and courage, standing apart with insightful cerebral conversations with an array of diverse guests.

The show is steered by TV9 Network’s MD & CEO Barun Das, who is able to take the show to an unprecedented height with his clarity of thought and perceptivity. This complemented with insightful questions to interesting guests makes the show truly unmissable. In the latest episode of Duologue Season 3, Das sits down with Indian Chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand in a conversation about chess, life, and the intersection of both.

The conversation between Das and Anand started on a note of cordial humility, with Das acknowledging the ‘honour’ that it was for him to welcome Anand on Duologue and how while Anand is the “master of the mind”, Das intends to “delve into the mind of the master.”

Going further, Mr Barun Das hailed Viswanathan Anand as someone who to him is “the greatest sportsman that the entire continent has ever produced.” Then talking about how much the sport intrudes Anand’s personal life, Das inquired, “Are you a separate personality from across the chess board or in your real life?” Anand, acknowledging the “intelligent observation” from Das, explained how “the connection goes back even earlier. The way you play chess is related to how you deal with anything in life. If you are impulsive off the board, you will be impulsive on........

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