As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
'On this happy occasion, I wish Sonam more work and another National Award.'
'After 1980, our last and eighth gold medal in the Olympics, the game changed drastically when astro-turf was introduced.'
For instance, the size of a central ministry's annual outlay should ideally be a key factor in determining the number of people who need to be employed by it.
Nobody should be surprised if the Congress-led alliance at the Centre now makes favourable policy overtures to Naveen Patnaik also, like it has done for Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee, in the hope of strengthening its prospects after the next general elections, says AK Bhattacharya
Reports suggest that the BJP may now be willing to support the Bill in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament provided some of its conditions are met.
For most of his first stint as finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee had Indira Gandhi as his prime minister. In his second stint, the prime minister was Manmohan Singh.
The '70s crime world of Bombay comes alive once again in Bambai Meri Jaan in Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani's latest Web series.
When he left his job in Calcutta to go to Bombay to become a film actor, Amitabh Bachchan took his driver's license along.
'I can't direct more than one film every two years, but I didn't want to lose out on the Baaghi vibe.'
'Aamir is deeply patriotic and cares for the country.'
Sumit Bhattacharya travelled to the affected areas of Manipur to understand how in a state where there are 55,000 soldiers who can under the law shoot you on mere suspicion and where even the police carry AK47s, 27 lakh people can be held to ransom over the proposed division of a district.
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
The Ministry of Finance or Commerce would certainly need a larger hospitality budget than the Ministry of Agriculture.
The NITI Aayog is likely to continue to both formulate plans and engage with the states.
Finance Ministr Arun Jaitley will have to do a balancing act to manage fiscal prudence.
The Indian stock markets may turn bearish after the US Fed decides to raise interest rates.
'For me personally, there was nothing till Aranyak made me say, 'This is it!''
Just three years ago, at the end of March 2011, NRI deposits were only $52 billion, half of what they are today.
The finance ministry website that lists the total disinvestment revenues to be mobilised during the current year already shows that no receipts are expected from strategic sales in the current year.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Economic growth in the last two years has stayed above seven per cent.
ONGC must tackle several issues first only then it can turnaround its fortunes.
By 2025, most of India's large cities would require a second airport, and Mumbai may need a third airport by 2030.
The fiscal deficit for 2015-16 may eventually come down to the targeted level of 3.9 per cent of GDP.
The new national income numbers produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have elicited two kinds of reaction.
Exports are slowing and economic growth in major markets for Indian goods has taken a hit.
A historical context would underline the same point.
This will, of course, go a long way in meeting the promised fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of GDP in 2015-16.
The reason behind issuing new bank licences is to allow more private sector entities to set up banks
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
The Budget chose to stick to an ambitious disinvestment programme for 2016-17.
The obvious temptation for Mr Jaitley would be to achieve a better fiscal deficit figure than what he had promised in July.
Give more than 100 per cent to your job, advises author Bikram Dasgupta.
Celebrating Aamir Khan and his 55 popular songs on his 55th birthday
It's never too late to start your career in Bollywood.
Rediff.com takes a look at some cases from the recent past where the courts awarded the capital punishment for horrific crimes that fall under the rarest of rare category.
On the occasion of her breaking the world's longest hunger strike, Rediff.com reproduces this 2011 feature on the activist and her life.
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