Khichdi needs a lot more masala, observes Deepa Gahlot.

While Pakistan enjoys rough parity with India in legacy weapon systems, it is beginning to enjoy superiority in drone warfare, thanks to the RPVs supplied by China, explains Ajai Shukla.

'If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India,' asserts Rajeev Srinivasan.

'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.

'Chhapaak is definitely the most challenging film of my career.' 'I have gone through many emotionally challenging experiences, but none affected me the way it did when I played an acid attack survivor.'

Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

'What will this supposedly more business-friendly government do if it gets a second term?' 'Important labour law and land reforms remain off the table.' 'Witness the arm-twisting of foreign players in e-commerce and all but one player in telecom -- and it is very hard to justify this perception that the BJP is business friendly.' 'There will also remain the real risk of ideas seemingly gleaned from the pages of Amar Chitra Katha, overlaid with PowerPoint presentations,' predicts Rahul Jacob.

'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.' 'The size of our market gives us an important lever of power which we shall have to play adroitly and intelligently,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's envoy to China -- in the Professor V M Dandekar Memorial Lecture 2019, delivered on March 8, 2019 in Pune.

'Jobs will exist at very high levels or low levels of skill sets.' 'People, who are in middle level jobs, are the ones who are facing the problem as such jobs are fast disappearing because of technological advancement.'

'The rupee has lost value against all other major Asian currencies, including that of Bangladesh and, of course, China.' 'Why should this be the case when the Indian economy has been growing faster than these economies, other than China?'

If Team Rajini expected Kaala to carry the superstar's political message off-screen, it may have proved counter-productive. If the not-so-infrequent presence of Muslim residents of Dharavi, including that of Kaala's ex-love Zarina, in many scenes is expected to convey a political message, it is a no-brainer, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

'The creation of Pakistan was integral to Britain's grand strategy.' 'If they were to ever leave India, Britain's military planners had made it clear that they needed to retain a foothold in the NWFP and Baluchistan because that would provide the means to retain control of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.'

'Some experts believe that the only jobs that will escape automation are the ones that involve anticipating the client's need, something that AI cannot do -- not yet anyway,' says Vikram Johri.

T N C Rajagopalan on the new year and new worries.

'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'

If it ain't love, it ain't entrepreneurship.

The actor has quite a body of memorable death scenes to boast of.

'The biggest struggles are in the human mind.'

It's crucial for Modi to make India an easier place to do business.

It's time to upgrade your vocabulary too!

In an online chat, career counsellor Amit Bansal shared crucial career advice with readers on how to pick the right stream and college to study engineering.

For Make in India's success, Modi govt msut remove policy paralysis.

Two successive Rajni flops could well mean that Tamil cinema might come to a grinding halt, affecting the careers of other big-ticket actors, banners and filmmakers, says N Sathiya Moorthy

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In this industry, a company's strategy needs to be adaptable in order to keep up with the pace of change.

The film is a visual delight.

Ganesh Natarajan answered many IT-related questions during an hour-long rediff chat on Tuesday.

It's best to stay away from Himesh's latest attempt at acting.

Arjun Rampal is the best thing in the biggest budget Indian feature of all time, says Raja Sen.

'I wish Ra.One had more of the evil character played by Arjun Rampal. I wish we could have seen some more sparks of evil from Kapoor. But Ra.One is mostly about Shah Rukh Khan.'

Study Abroad expert Karan Gupta in a chat with Get Ahead reader on April 18 discussed queries like requirements for pursuing ME in automobile engineering in Germany, when to take GRE, TOEFL and IELTS tests, student loans for pursuing studies abroad and a range of other related. Unedited excerpts:

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Everthing about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the sequel to Transformers, is louder and bigger.

Following is the trascript of President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.

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On April 7 we asked readers if money can buy happiness. our readers seem to have had differing opinions on the matter. Here's what they had to say.

While the visual aspect of website design is important, there are a number of other aspects that make a website a good one. Here are some pointers.