'The BJP, already falling short of a strong OBC leader from Maharashtra, will be more than happy to welcome Chhagan Bhujbal in its fold.'
'When the chief minister saw how Manoj Jarange Patil had successfully held the state government hostage to his whims, Eknath Shinde knew he had a very clear chance of enamouring himself to these Maratha agitators by accepting Patil's demands.'
'It was my late husband Durga Soren (Hemant Soren's elder brother) who built the party and strengthened it.' 'It was due to his strengthening efforts that we have today a JMM government in the state.'
'Why not make plays more popular, so that people from all corners of society come and watch?'
'After Manoj Jarange Patil began his long march towards Mumbai on January 20, he kept increasing his demands and the government meekly surrendered to him.'
'If individual stocks start falling 25% to 30% or more, then I doubt how many of them will be able to withstand that (kind of selloff). That is when you'll see panic coming in.'
'Sell part of your portfolio where you're making good money, especially in small caps and mid caps.' 'The money which you take home is yours. The money which is there on paper is not yours.
'I know people tell me aur picture karo, but it's so difficult to find scripts that actually offer the audience something new.'
'The Supreme Court has now demonstrated its capacity to right its own wrongs, and to place the rule of law above all else.'
'The state of Gujarat was to my mind 'partisan and over enthusiastic' in the way it dealt with remission applications.'
'Approaching the SC, getting a favourable decision and overturning the situation (the speaker's order), will be too much to ask for in too short time.'
Rememembering the lack of funds when making Meera, Gulzarsaab said, "I asked her to work in the film without taking any money and she said this is a film which she would like to watch with her children and their children."
'You can wake up a person who is sleeping, but how do you wake up a person who's pretending to sleep.'
'We have interesting leads on the agents. The roles of agents in this entire operation, who were doing what.'
'It is not easy to pull off a seven-part show because it is almost like making four films at once.'
'She is a very thoughtful actor.' 'She is in the industry not only because she is beautiful, but also because she is sensible.'
'Their role model is Iran: high control of the citizens by the State.' In Iran it is Islamic control; in India, it will be Hindutva control.'
'90 per cent of India's population is vaccinated; they are immunised. We need not worry.'
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'Certain groups should be more cautious, especially the 60-plus population, and the population which suffer from co-morbidities like diabetes and hypertension.'
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