There are very few people in the world who qualify to be called a living legend. Astad Deboo is one of them.
'Our defence services are in a position to checkmate any Chinese adventurism.'
'If there is anyone who is a victim of vendetta politics, it is me.'
'Tamil Nadu is a paradox. We have more places of Hindu worship per square kilometres than any other place in the world. 'We break more coconuts for religious reasons everyday than any other place in the world.' 'At the same time, we also have a very strong Periyar-infused movement of rationalism.'
Kanyakumari is the tip of India and will convey the symbol that from the tip of India, the Congress is on its way up.
'Why did government not include a provision in the bills which categorically stated that no crop will be sold below the MSP in the open market?'
'There is little appetite in the Democratic foreign policy establishment to pick a fight with India.'
'After the Congress's 2014 Lok Sabha debacle, commentators identified three major shortcomings: Leadership, organisation, and ideology.' 'Here we are six years later -- and what are the Congress's major failings? Leadership, organisation, and ideology.' 'The party seems to have learned very little during its six years in the Opposition wilderness.'
'It will be a repeated folly to ever think that China will not attack us.'
'The BJP and RSS accept that the party is winning election after election because of Modi.' 'If the BJP is winning due to Modi, it will also lose due to Modi.'
'If the BJP continues with Nitish as CM, it will not consolidate its position further in future.'
You've had a teaser of the Tata Altroz in the recent IPL, now know more about the car and what it feels like to drive, says Rajesh Karkera.
'The BJP is in no hurry because they have already won the battle.'
Hasleen Kaur takes Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com into the fashion safety bio-bubble that was created for Lakme Fashion Week.
'If I win, my victory will shatter the belief that caste is all that matters in Bihar.'
'Having tied himself in knots, he just might take a decision which is dangerous, one that could take his nation to war.'
A group of first time voters who run 10 km everyday to prepare for fauji recruitment rallies, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih they need two things: quality education and jobs.
'The uneducated think of their rights as a gift. This is deeply troubling.' 'If they were educated they could claim what is rightfully theirs.'
'People may think that because my father was in the film world and politics, things are easy for me.' 'It is not easy at all.'
So, what's keeping Mrunal Thakur busy these days?
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