A Ganesh Nadar And Saisuresh Sivaswamy

Stories by A Ganesh Nadar And Saisuresh Sivaswamy

'Did Rajini ask Amit Shah to quit over Delhi riots?'

'Did Rajini ask Amit Shah to quit over Delhi riots?'

Rediff.com   3 Mar 2020

'He just said that those who cannot control the violence should go. He did not name the BJP.'

The women of Chennai's Shaheen Bagh

The women of Chennai's Shaheen Bagh

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2020

'You know the difference between being brought up by a mother and a step-mother?' 'As long as Amma was there we had nothing to fear. Now the step-mother is there and we are on the streets.'

This college trains students to find jobs in Japan

This college trains students to find jobs in Japan

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2020

Sona College of Technology's integrated Japanese course has helped seven engineering graduates find jobs with six-figure salaries in Japan.

Kejri's lesson: Only a 'Hinduised' Hindu can stop Modi

Kejri's lesson: Only a 'Hinduised' Hindu can stop Modi

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2020

'In Kejriwal's re-election, we are finally seeing someone who has successfully bridged his Hindu identity with ground-level development triumphing over the BJP,' notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

How to prevent exam scams

How to prevent exam scams

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2020

It had all the makings of a movie thriller. Students who paid a few lakh rupees were supplied with vanishing ink. Answer papers were intercepted on the way and corrected. No one would have been wiser had the perpetrators of the exam scam not gotten greedy.

'This is a Ghajini government'

'This is a Ghajini government'

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2020

'The prime minister bought spectacles from Germany to see the eclipse, but he cannot see that an eclipse has fallen on the country.'

'What better exposition of Kalyug can there be?'

'What better exposition of Kalyug can there be?'

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2020

'The only loser is the tax payer who doesn't have a clue as to how his money is being used.'

Modi must worry about India's malnutrition crisis

Modi must worry about India's malnutrition crisis

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2020

'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'

SEE: Why Modi should listen to this rickshaw driver

SEE: Why Modi should listen to this rickshaw driver

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2020

'The government is not doing anything for the people. They don't know that people foremost need jobs. Where there are no jobs available, you see the youth turning to crime,' says Chennai autorickshaw driver, singer and composer Parthasarathy.

Wanted: Vision 20:20, not myopia

Wanted: Vision 20:20, not myopia

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2020

'The government may backpedal for now to stave off bad international press and diplomatic demarches, but that it will go ahead with putting religion at the centre of citizenship rules is certain.' 'For it is convinced that this is the magic bullet that will ensure its return to power in 2024,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Should college students be expelled for drinking?

Should college students be expelled for drinking?

Rediff.com   31 Dec 2019

'There are plenty of videos of boys drinking on social media; I have not heard of any boys being dismissed from college because of this.' 'They have been dismissed just because they are girls.'

United Against Hate

United Against Hate

Rediff.com   26 Dec 2019

United Against Hate started as an on-and-off campaign against lynching; today, with the passing of the Citizen (Amendment) Act, its members are on the street, protesting.

'Police is not concerned about why you are agitating'

'Police is not concerned about why you are agitating'

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2019

'Human trafficking from Bangladesh is a regular phenomenon and those people come here to work or in search of greener pastures. They are all over the country. We are giving them legal recognition and making them citizens so that they don't have to live in fear,' says R Nataraj, AIADMK MLA from Tamil Nadu.

'Lankan Tamils can be added to Citizenship Act later'

'Lankan Tamils can be added to Citizenship Act later'

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2019

'Chief Minister Palaniswami is meeting Modi on December, 19, he may mention Tamil refugees when he talks to him.'

Darbar trailer: Rajinikanth seems to age backwards

Darbar trailer: Rajinikanth seems to age backwards

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2019

Darbar's music, the direction, sets, props, the rest of the cast are all there with one single purpose: To make Rajinikanth look like the superstar he already is, says A Ganesh Nadar.

Kochi to Tokyo on a bicycle

Kochi to Tokyo on a bicycle

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2019

Three young Indians plan to cycle from Kochi in Kerala to Tokyo in time to attend the Olympics there next year.

When justice fails, instant justice steps in

When justice fails, instant justice steps in

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2019

'We may have the finest criminal laws, but of what use are they when it can ensure neither a quick, time-bound trial nor punishment?' 'The outcome, then, will be extra-judicial solutions like what the Telangana police has hit upon,' argues Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Sikh donates land for mosque in Yogi's UP

Sikh donates land for mosque in Yogi's UP

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2019

'Sukh Pal Singh is not very rich where money is concerned, but his heart is rich.'

So where do poor students go for NEET coaching classes?

So where do poor students go for NEET coaching classes?

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2019

Clearly, all of the NEET coaching classes are beyond the capacity of a child from a BPL family.

Pawar settles the Chanakya question. Sorry, Modi-Shah, you lose

Pawar settles the Chanakya question. Sorry, Modi-Shah, you lose

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2019

Thanks to Sharad Pawar and him alone, Maharashtra has shown that the Modi-Shah duo can be halted. The next step is to take the battle to Dilli, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.