Shobha Warrier has extensively covered the Sabarimala issue for Rediff.com. She is the author of His Days with Bapu: Gandhi's Personal Secretary Recalls among several books. You can e-mail the author at shobhaw@rediff.co.in
'A person who came to take care of Jayalalithaa's personal needs slowly took control of her political life.'
Ghatam exponent T H Subash Chandran recalls his association with the Carnatic great who passed into the ages on Monday.
'How can you ask the common man alone to suffer when the rich is not doing any sacrifice?' 'To take out 10% of black money, you are punishing 90% of the public who have genuine white money.'
'The execution has been 100 per cent faulty.' 'The scheme is also a stupid one, a real Tuglaq Darbar scheme.' 'This way of attacking black money is the most ineffective one.'
'Whatever Kamala is today, it is because of my sister.' 'My sister inculcated South Indian culture and values in her,' Dr Sarala Gopalan, US Senator-electKamala Harris' maternal aunt, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier in Chennai.
'This is not only a fight against corruption and black money, this is also a fight against terrorism and counterfeit currencies.'
'The common man in India who doesn't have anything to hide will have to put up with this short period of discomfort.' 'It will not last more than 10 days at the most.'
'Will people who buy iPhones stop buying iPhones to help swadeshi models?' 'There should be some advantage for the consumer to make them buy a Made in India product.' 'Patriotism and nationalism are good words, but in business, it won't work.'
'The Tata group will need for its new leader to show the same foresight and willingness to go against conventional wisdom at times to keep the group's aspirations high and uphold the values of innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, trust and leadership that are frequently associated with the Tata name.'
'This government has not created any employment.' 'Forget employment, the government had not done anything in skill development.'
'There were days when there was no rice at home and we ate only jackfruit seeds.' 'They feel I, a lowliest human being, a tribal, have no right to go abroad and study.' 'The humiliation was so bad that I was broken inside.'
'For the last two months, the menace of stray dogs has gone to scary proportions in Kerala' 'What will you do if you cannot walk on the road without fear?'
'I always say I am a teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance.'
'India has got a unique opportunity to get more and more business from outside as India is cost-effective and reliable.'
'These people want to create fissures among the Hindus and they have been trying to do this for quite sometime.'
'Solace' emerged from the heart of a mother who knew what it feels like to be a helpless parent when treatment for a sick child is expensive.
'The Cauvery river has become excessively politicised by all political parties.' 'They see a vote bank in an emotive issue of this kind.'
'Khadi is my passion. The only idea behind this start up is to promote and popularise khadi.'
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
Secretary general of CBCI Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas on what he doesn't like about the new education policy.
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