When top ministers of the land use national platforms to promote a movie, well, it becomes part of my beat. In the last week or so, "Uri", starring Bollywood heartthrob Vicky Kaushal has become a chant for cabinet members.

There was not even the slightest remorse expressed by the ministers for whatever combination of circumstances may have arisen in the economy to cause this sort of desperation on the part of job-seekers. Nor was there an iota of compassion for these young job-seekers or a comprehension of the lack of choices they face.

While I am aware of our strengths, I'm equally aware of the fact that Modi-ji and his entire team will fight the power and strength of our Mahagathbandhan with three Ms: money, mandir and (manipulated) machines. But in a democracy, when people turn against you, no amount of coercion, corruption and connivance of central agencies can s...

As long as inadequate and bad schooling exists and the difference between the number of aspirants and available seats remains huge, coaching of the Kota sort will thrive. Ultimately, it is only good schooling that can make them irrelevant.

In cricket parlance, the government got all the opportunity in the earlier overs to make runs. It did not. Now, in the last over, they want to hit only sixers and make 40 runs. Whether they will is anybody's guess. But if the other side, namely the opposition, plays carelessly and bowls no balls as they have done in the past, then even that is poss...

Team Modi might harp on how fast India's GDP is growing, but it has begun to sense that Modinomics needs a mega tweak.

Not long before President Trump expounded on how "honorable" he finds China's communist regime, my friend Ti-Anna Wang found herself and her 11-month-old baby in custody in the Hangzhou airport.

Each January, I look forward to the top ten trends of the coming year, an exercise that takes on even greater significance as we near the end of a decade. The mega trends of one decade usually falter in the next. The 2010s have been a great one for the American economy and markets, but the top trends of 2019 reflect the passing of that era.

Since the move is clearly political, the most important question is, will it help the BJP in the elections?

Hardik Pandya is what happens when we give a bunch of classless guys so much importance that they think every woman in the country is waiting for their text message - oh yes, it's the same to everyone!

The U.S. intelligence officials told me they believe that, after Jamal Khashoggi's killing, repressive regimes such as the one in Pakistan have been emboldened to silence critics, not only at home but also abroad.

The two-hour meeting between Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati at her Delhi home yesterday is the stuff that Amit Shah's nightmares are made of.

Exclusive excerpt from Notes For Healthy Kidsby Rujuta Diwekar

Midway through the election campaign in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) changed his narrative. KCR made it seem to the electorate that it needed to choose between him -a son of the soil - and Chandrababu Naidu, who would end up ruling Telangana by remote control from Amaravati. The ploy worked.

Exclusive excerpt from Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder by Bishweshwar Nandi, Digvijay Singh Deo, Vimal Mohan