Snapdeal Pays Lagaan for Aamir: Commerce New Weapon of Intimidation?

Tonight on The Buck Stops Here:

Snapdeal Pays Lagaan for Aamir: Commerce New Weapon of Intimidation?

Snapdeal has been targeted for Brand Ambassador Aamir Khan's comments on 'intolerance'. The app has been downgraded by users and Snapdeal has been at the receiving end of online fire. Aamir Khan himself has hit back saying neither he nor his wife has any intention of leaving the country and that he stands by everything he said. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: Is this a form of economic intimidation? Are we going to tell people in public life not to say what they think because they will be commercially punished? Is this a form of intellectual blackmail?

Slam-Modi Event Backfires: Rahul Failing to Read Pulse of Youth?

Rahul Gandhi's snap poll on Prime Minister Modi backfired today when students of a Bengaluru college loudly contradicted him on Swachh Bharat and Make in India. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: was it a bad PR strategy? And is Rahul Gandhi failing to read the pulse of India's youth?

HRD Minister vs Top Scientist: NDTV Interview Creates Storm

Smriti Irani's bombshell on top scientist Anil Kakodkar in an interview to NDTV has created a storm. The HRD minister had said that Mr Kakodkar had bent rules to push his own nominee for IIT director. Mr Kakodkar today hit back saying the search panel had proposed a name and not him. He also said, "good people you want, you have to invite them. Eminent people, you just float an advertisement, they won't apply."