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She is one of India's most outspoken actresses and she has also been one of India's most successful ones especially with her recent films. Swara Bhasker speaks to NDTV about the success of her film 'Veere Di Wedding' for many, many reasons.

India derived its strength from tolerance and intolerance will erode our national identity, says Pranab Mukherjee as he launches an impassioned defence of pluralism and the constitution at an RSS event in Nagpur.

At Rahul Gandhi's mega farmer rally in Madhya Pradesh on the anniversary of the Mandsaur firings, where six protesting farmers were killed in police firing, the Congress chief makes many promises. But has politics over agrarian distress really helped farmers? Will farmer distress be the single biggest issue in next year's elections?

Why are films getting caught up in political battles? Rajnikanth's film 'Kaala' is all set to be realsed tomorrow, but Karnataka's film chamber is against it, because they don't like what Rajnikanth said on the Cauvery water dispute. Now the chief minister of Karnataka says the release should be delayed till after the Cauvery row is resolved. Has the state abdicated its responsibility? Should the film be held hostage to poltiics like this?

A Delhi court has taken note of the chargesheet against Shashi Tharoor and has summoned him as an accused on July 7. Does the abetment to suicide charge hold ground? Will we ever know the truth about what happened to Sunanda Pushkar?

Amit shah's outreach to the BJP's allies, many of whom have been grumbling about the way they've been treated. Is this a nervous BJP trying to mend fences? Will it work? Or will the allies get more assertive as the elections near?

As a number of deaths in West Bengal become intertwined with the state's politics, we ask if political violence in the state has taken a dangerous turn? Or is the BJP exaggerating the Trinamool Congress' role?

Why are India's farmers so angry? More than 100 farmer groups have called for a 10-day protest causing vegetable prices to rise in some parts of the country. As rural distress gets deeper, is this going to to be the BJP's weak link in next year's general elections?

As the gruelling summer sets in, taps are drying up across the country. As cities in several parts of India face an acute shortage of safe, sustainable water, reservoirs are drying up and groundwater is getting depleted by indiscriminate use and climate change. From Chattisgarh to Rajasthan, Shimla to Bengaluru, India is facing a water crisis. We ask tonight, where's the political will to fight this crisis and what can we do to prevent a water-starved future?

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