The one national GST unifies the country's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a common market, an exercise that took 17 tumultuous years.
'If I don't act for a week I become edgy, restless and moody.' Subhash K Jha salutes Manoj Bajpayee, actor extraordinaire, on his 53rd birthday.
From Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Chiranjeevi and Prabhas, India's film stars are stepping forward to do their bit for migrants, daily wage workers and those from their own film industry facing joblessness and near starvation in an unprecedented pan-India lockdown.
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was the highest point of our life,' Lalit Pandit tells Subhash K Jha.
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Blaring music. Manic shoppers. A foreign brand launch.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
'Everyone wants to achieve everything very quickly.' 'Parents want to see their kids become stars overnight.' 'Kids want to be a sensation on social media.' 'Everyone is constantly in a race.'
'Defence funding is channelled to State-owned research organisations where scientists are merely bureaucrats holding meetings and sending out minutes of meetings and press releases, but have long ago stopped any innovative work.' 'Unless this tragedy is fixed, India's chances to create world-conquering and job-creating new industries are slim,' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
2019 will be 'a match between the old caste politics and something new which we have not fully understood in UP,' says Aakar Patel.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
Richa Chadha to play Shakeela... Vidya Balan turns producer...
Bhar Do Jholi Meri is Salman's favourite song. Here's looking at other smashing qawwalis through time.
'Shah Rukh and I have a very good relationship.' 'When he is with you, he is completely yours, once he leaves the room, he doesn't know you.' Pamela Chopra discusses her life with her late husband Yash Chopra, and sons Aditya and Uday Chopra in an exclusive interview.
'We must not forget who we are and what courage and bravery were shown by our ancestors to bring us closer to the freedom we enjoy today,' says Tarun Vijay after attending the Gudi Padwa in Goa.
'How far would I go to fight for what I believe in?' 'If push comes to shove, I'd go a very long way.'
Manoj Bajpayee gives his character a lot soul and sensitivity in Aligarh, feels Sukanya Verma.
'We should credit Prime Minister Modi with having foresight and courage and showing leadership on climate change.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
His music was loved by film personalities and political leaders alike, and they took to social media to offer their condolences.
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
'People say my father was scared of Kishore Kumar. That is untrue. There are so many songs that my father told the composers to let some other singer sing because they too are good.'
'Laxmikant-Pyarelal called upon Abba to ask him to sing this ghazal. "Please sing this ghazal for us. The producer is keen that only you should sing this ghazal, so that it will have the desired effect. But he doesn't have money enough to pay you".' Abba's heart was bound to melt on hearing this. He consented immediately. His daughter-in-law Yasmin K Rafi remembers the legendary Mohammed Rafi who would have been 91 today.
'Yashji kept telling me if I don't play a loverboy, my career will not move ahead. I just went by his belief and it paid dividends. Yash Chopra has single-handedly made my career.' Shah Rukh Khan acknowledges the man who gave him success.
The contribution of nominated members to the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha has been anything but pathetic. Only time will tell if Sachin Tendulkar will prove an exception after his retirement? Anita Katyal reports
'Crores are spent on Martyrs Day and on lighting candles, but people don't respect living soldiers who are heroes.'
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
After the Supreme Court ruling on playing the national anthem in all movie halls, Veenu Sandhu misses the innocent days when patriotism was part of our being, not a prescribed potion to bring all our problems to an end. And no one told us to 'leave', 'get out' or 'go to Pakistan' if we differed.
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris?
'Some months before his death, when I had inquired about his health, he was annoyed that people assumed the worst.' '"I am not going anywhere," Rishi snapped as only he could.'
'We don't make films which have scope for great music anymore.'
'The government says it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court, but there is no conviction here.' 'It is doing this purely because it is worried.' 'It comes from the same sentiment as asking BJP MPs to spend two nights in a Dalit village,' says Aakar Patel.
