If anyone had to write a book with the word jholawala in the title, that would have to be Jean Dreze, because whatever you might think of his views, he is the uber-jholawala, or to paraphrase ustadon ke ustad, the jholawalon ka jholawala.

The stampede at Elphinstone Station brings up a million questions about our system and our priorities.

Mumbai, my city of birth, my city of work. The city around which my life revolves. But it is this very janmabhoomi and karmabhoomi of millions of Indians which has been let down by our politicians.

I'm not only hopeful but certain that this will find you hale and hearty. I always pray for your good health and wish that your limitless energy remains intact.

The trouble is, it also would consign the economy to low-wage, menial tasks, instead of a better future with higher productivity, better jobs and a better quality of life for Indian citizens.

Rahul Gandhi going to a temple and getting photographed for the larger audience does make a pretty picture.

If a former Finance Minister, that too from within the BJP, finds fault with the state of the economy, normally, it should be treated as a matter of concern. But when one remembers that Yashwant Sinha has been a routine critic of Narendra Modi and his radical political moves to transform India, it in fact creates hope, not despair.

Modinomics needs serious "modification" and for once, the pun is desperately not intended.

In 2005, two years after Sameer Sahay arrived in the United States from India to pursue an MBA, he was thrilled when an Oregon health care company hired him and agreed to sponsor his green card. His life as an American, he thought, had begun.

Digvijaya Singh's decision to walk 3,400 kms through Madhya Pradesh over the next six months is a clear bid to stay relevant at a time when the Gandhis have not indicated whether it will be him, Kamal Nath, or the considerably younger Jyotiraditya Scindia who will chief the party in Madhya Pradesh, due to vote end of next year.

Now that growth has naturally slowed, as was inevitable, given the policy choices that Modi made, how will he balance these narratives? Can he afford to lose those middle-class voters who might actually conclude that he has done a bad job with the economy?

By sheer coincidence, I happened to arrive in Srinagar on a private visit on the very day, September 22, when Ram Madhav was quoted by Ashiq Hussain, the Srinagar correspondent of The Hindustan Times, as having said in the J&K capital, "We are open to dialogue".

45-year-old Yogi Adityanath was made Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in March this year despite zero administrative experience. It's showing.

The national executive filled the cadre with unwavering confidence that the future belongs to us, to a New India.

The stakes involved in making jets are much higher than with cement mixers and phones, of course. But Comac isn't flying blind. The most important components in the C919, including the engines and most electronics, are made by non-Chinese companies with decades of aerospace experience.