'When I was young, I used to look around the village we lived in.' 'There was a lack of resources -- no proper health centres and schools.' 'I felt that becoming an IAS officer would help solve those issues.'
'Truth is stranger than fiction. You cannot think these things up.' 'What happens is weird enough.'
Changemakers from across the country share their wishlist -- how to build a better India.
A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us".
Babajob.com is trying to help unorganised blue-collar workers get better employment.
'Aamir Khan is a chalta phirta school. Even if you spend one day with him, you will learn a lot. He never gets tired. He works from morning till night.' Meet Dangal's Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra.
'All businesses have to be run for business, for profits on a sustainable basis. It may sound old school, but then I have been in business for 32 years and you can't change an old tiger's stripes.'
Dubbing artiste Meghana Erande talks about some of her most important projects and how she found success in a niche industry.
'In my personal life, I honestly find it very difficult to express my anger.' 'And then, when you are a public figure, you feel watched that much more and then you are all the more careful.' 'Begum Jaan, therefore, was the answer to my angst.'
Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival.
'After Lagaan, Aamir would sit up the whole night and drink an entire bottle of Bacardi.'
'People say Aamir Khan cries on Satyamev Jayate and it's fake. But that is not true. Whenever I have narrated a script to him, he has cried often. If I narrated the same script five times, he cried five times at the same point.' Director Rajkumar Hirani speaks to Patcy N/ Rediff.com
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
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