'Marriage is a practical solution in terms of bureaucracy, but it's not a real validation of whether your relationship is successful or not.'

'Hopefully, I will become more evolved as a performer in the future.'

Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.

' if Pakistani terrorists can attack states and regions which are far removed from Kashmir, we have got to recognize that there is a bigger problem out there'

'The biggest takeaway is that the US-India relationship, which has sputtered a bit in recent months, enjoyed a big boost.'

'What has India got out of Howdy India in substantive terms?' asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

'It's great to be different. I have been called a 'pretty alien' before. People love my eye lashes and eyebrows.'

'They will not escalate and bring India-Pakistan close to war.'

Dr Behera speaks about how the nationwide positive reaction to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir indicates that the very idea of India is changing. From a diverse, multicultural entity, could India be becoming a place where assimilation is more important than accommodation?

'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'

'The BJP will take time to come to power in Andhra.'

'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.

'You must always feel the need to do something different, something new.' 'I don't think I should be content.'

Though it's not the first time an Indian actor is working offshore, Dimple's gig in Tenet, has us thrilled.

'Past experience shows us that cross-border strikes have not prevented Pakistan from continuing with further terror attacks.'

Modi isn't going to voters on his track record but on the fear of the terrorist across the border and the Muslims within. It's a battle on his terms, says Shekhar Gupta.

Get online. Update LinkedIn and have a well drafted resume and cover letter to begin with, says Sarvesh Agrawal.

'They are out there, singing about their socio-economic status, their family structures, their politics, the way the system treated them, what they would like to change... and the beauty is that they are positive.' 'They are not bitter or cynical.'

Foreign students knowingly enrolled in the fake school to falsely maintain their student visa status and remain in the US, according to prosecutors.

The culture of these firms is alien to the Indian financial system. Distressed assets funds are known for their ruthless recovery ethics. Slicing and dicing a company and selling it on a piecemeal basis is their usual practice. This is something Indian banks are finding a little uncomfortable.

'For a country that has successfully maintained its democracy for more than seventy years now, this sudden storm of hate is highly surprising.' 'My worry is that if the debate continues like that for some more time you will have an entire generation of Indians permanently inoculated with this germ of hatred.'

'Himanshu (Sharma, writer) and I went to Khansaab with the idea and the structure, not the complete bound story.' 'We wrote that after spending some time with him, understanding him.' 'In the same way, he was understanding me too.' 'So by the time we touched the floors, we were making the same film.'

'If Rahul wants to pick up the sacred thread where his 'daadi' left it, especially when the BJP, which reduced his party to 44 in 2014, claims monopoly over Hinduism, it's smart politics.' 'Why cede your Gods to your rival?' asks Shekhar Gupta.

Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with the stars at the international film festival in Goa.

'Amitji called me after he watched the film and spoke for half an hour.' 'He said, "According to me, this is your best performance till date".' '"I feel like seeing the film two-three times just to watch your important scenes".' 'I was really thrilled.'

The new Tata Tigor, Datsun Go and Hero Xtreme 200R are hoping to use celebrity endorsers and gain a foothold in a segment that has been the stronghold of market leaders for several decades. But will it work?

'I hate people who do such things.' 'The person who bullied me should be ashamed because he tortured other people too.'

'When we make these action machismo films, the stupidest thing is to show that the hero sails through a thousand people. It's a tradition we have grown up with.' 'We don't have the basis of creating a Bruce Lee or a Jackie Chan.'

After a boring first half, Venom takes off after an alien organism named Venom takes over Tom Hardy's body, observes Namrata Thakker.

"When we asked the US, to play facilitating role...Why do we ask? Simply because we are not engaging bilaterally," he said.

If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece it's because Nandita Das could not quite crack the Manto code: She couldn't quite see the wholeness of her subject with the same eyes that Manto saw his people. This imperfection in the film, in a way, becomes the greatest tribute to Manto, feels Sreehari Nair.

'As demonetisation showed us, the Shah-Modi duo can take big risks.' 'Risking economic damage for political benefit, however, is one thing, stoking old fires in complicated Assam is another', warns Shekhar Gupta.

An astute thinker of the game with copybook technique of the famed 'Bombay School of Batsmanship', Wadekar was more than just the captain, who led India to twin series victories in England and the West Indies in 1971.

'We have to find a way out of this confrontational politics.'

'I still remember I couldn't buy How To Learn Acting because I did not have sufficient money.' 'Later, when I searched for the book, I could never find it.'

'The entire swathe of Internet trolls -- who now apparently serve as the ideological brains-trust of the BJP -- would have looked at each other in puzzlement, thinking: What kind of warning is that?' says Mihir S Sharma.

'As a remake of Sairat, Dhadak is a travesty.' 'As a standalone, Dhadak is standard Bollywood boy-meets-girl drivel.' As a showcase, Dhadak is a promise that will take some more effort to fully fulfil,' says Sukanya Verma.

Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leoneis too boring to celebrate her, too dull to criticise, says Sukanya Verma.

'Janhvi came into our lives thanks to Manish Malhotra.' 'He knew Janhvi for a long time and asked Karan to meet her.' 'He said, she has been doing natak from the age of four!' 'I made her do scenes from Badri just to see what she can do.' 'When I saw the scenes and how she responds to directions, I was convinced that I had found Parathvi.'

'As an idea, cleaning up India is a good one,' says Mitali Saran.