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'Anyone who takes the eye off the movement of the virus should be prepared for unpleasant surprises.'
'You can only see it when you look for it. Seek and you shall find.'
'Dr Abdullah is the oldest and tallest leader in our current political landscape and it was very kind of him to come and see us.'
'Right now there are two battles, the one in our heads about the pandemic and 2, the actual pandemic itself.'
'Healthcare workers treating coronavirus have been among the hardest hit.' 'It is scary, but this is what we signed up for and became doctors.'
'We have to accept that the infection is now in the community and we can't isolate everyone who gets it.' 'Instead, what we need to do is to find out those who are most at risk of death, isolate them and save them from the rest.'
'The BJP would not have brought him into the party if they did not appreciate him.'
'He too can become a good BJP worker like Rajmata and those from his family before him.'
'This was the first ever visit by a President in a re-election year so it sent a strong signal of the priority of the relationship and the desire to continue to strengthen it.'
We are becoming more cruel and less civilised
Nitin Singh, tourist guide, spent 75 minutes with Donald and Melania Trump at the Taj Mahal. 'They were very down to earth and listening to me intently as I told them the story of the Taj and the Mughals.'
'I am sure every effort will be made to showcase Rashtrapati Bhavan to President Trump.'
'I was told that Agra has never been cleaned, spruced and scrubbed like it has been for Trump!' A tourist who visited the Taj Mahal over the the weekend gives an account of how the city is gearing up to welcome the Trump Parivar.
'If there were no Ahmedabad programme -- no flashy town hall event in a huge cricket stadium with thousands cheering him on -- then Trump may well have decided not to go to India.'
What goes behind the scenes for an American President's visit?
For two-and-half weeks, as Kanhaiya Kumar's Jan Gan Man Yatra opposing the CAA-NPR-NRC makes its way through Bihar, it has come under sustained violent attack. Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers that the yatris, who include teenagers wanting to save the Constitution and the Nation, are unfazed by the threats and loathing.
'It is an uncomfortable situation for a woman.' 'She has been on her own, separated from family.' 'That is the point of isolating her -- breaking her to a point where she bends to their will.'
'All political parties have exploited the police. The current government at the Centre is blatant and unapologetic about it.'
'AAP's next target will be Punjab.'
'Potent nationalism doesn't just distract from the economic task at hand; it actively undermines it.'
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