Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the naked eye, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'The collegium system will remove any such doubts from the minds of people and the political parties.'
'It leads to more investment, more money put in R&D, expansion and modernisation.'
'Have been tough last month for me and family and I'd like to sincerely thank the @BCCI & Mr @JayShah sir for calling me few days back and extending support in these unprecedented times.'
It is time he stood up and assured the middle class that they can count on him as one of their own, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
'Even the President does not have the power to overrule the ECI.'
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Sunetra Choudhury hopes the Supreme Court will eventually give a fitting punishment to the Uphaar accused.
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'How do you deliver wealth when you don't have the slightest idea about it?' asks T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
The stock market responded to his speech by going up by over two per cent; the rupee also gained in strength, by about 1.45 per cent, against the dollar.
Modi government must fix policy paralysis.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'Asked which Dilip Kumar films were among her favourites, she said she had seen not a single movie of his until that time. This became a sensational issue. She did not mean to offend Dilip Kumar. There was not a bone of diplomacy in her and she never acquired that calculating attitude even at the cost of some of the roles that she would eventually lose.'
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.'
'A President who is a living embodiment of high principles can tone up the entire national fabric,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
The Bollywood stalwart turns 70 on January 17.
Transcript of the Ganesh Natarajan chat on rediff on Friday.