INDIA Today - Two airlines trying to ensure Kingfisher's collapse, says Mallya , Nov 21, 2011

"Vijay Mallya met Suman Layak and Geetanjali Shukla so late on November 17 that by the end of the interview the clock had ushered in a new day. The liquor baron sipped red wine and smoked his favourite cigars, lighting up more than one in his ashtray. He pointed out a television-ticker on FDI in airlines - betraying some satisfaction on an otherwise poker-face. At the end of a day full of meetings to salvage Kingfisher Airlines from its difficult position, Mallya moved in to his Hoechst House office at Nariman Point for this interview from the Belvedere Club at the Oberoi. Edited excerpts:"