SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF, DIVYA NAIR

Stories by SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF, DIVYA NAIR

What Does Karwa Chauth Mean To Modern India?

What Does Karwa Chauth Mean To Modern India?

Rediff.com   20 Oct 2024

What do modern Indian women think about Karwa Chauth? Rediff.com speaks to two young working women who express their views on celebrating the festival.

'Rahul Has To Be More Ruthless'

'Rahul Has To Be More Ruthless'

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2024

'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election management in politics?'

'Sonia, Kharge, Rahul Have A Chalta Hai Attitude'

'Sonia, Kharge, Rahul Have A Chalta Hai Attitude'

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2024

'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an organisational surgery.'

'Demolitions Taking Place Despite Supreme Court Order'

'Demolitions Taking Place Despite Supreme Court Order'

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2024

'Government cannot pick and choose as to against whom they want to take action and against whom they do not want to take action.'

'BJP Micromanaged 48 Seats We Won'

'BJP Micromanaged 48 Seats We Won'

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2024

'Every Haryana assembly seat has its own unique problems to earn victory for a political party and you as a politician need to know what are those issues and tackle it.'

'Ratan Tata Is No More, But Tata Name Will Live Forever'

'Ratan Tata Is No More, But Tata Name Will Live Forever'

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2024

'The people of India have shown immense faith in the Tata group as they have never broken the trust of Indians.'

Review: Vettaiyan Is Massy And How!

Review: Vettaiyan Is Massy And How!

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2024

Despite its minor flaws, lack of logic, and lecture-style moral narrative, Vettaiyan should be enjoyed in a theatre amid Rajini fans and their wolf whistles, endorses Divya Nair.

'Overconfidence Caused Congress Defeat In Haryana'

'Overconfidence Caused Congress Defeat In Haryana'

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2024

'Congress leaders are ready to lose the election and not form the government, but are never ready to share seats with others.'

'Kashmiri Youth Don't Want To Die'

'Kashmiri Youth Don't Want To Die'

Rediff.com   8 Oct 2024

'...or go to jail.' 'The government is getting them silenced.'

'Peace Cannot Be Seasonal'

'Peace Cannot Be Seasonal'

Rediff.com   8 Oct 2024

'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2024

Delhi-based Shubham Chakraborty, 32, a management graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, tells us how he fought anxiety and stress due to poor workplace management.

'Digital India Defeated Terrorism In Kashmir'

'Digital India Defeated Terrorism In Kashmir'

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2024

'PM Modi would have swept the elections in Kashmir after notebandi but then he scrapped Article 370 so all his good work went down the drain.'

'Government Must Talk To Sonam Wangchuk'

'Government Must Talk To Sonam Wangchuk'

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2024

'Ladakh has become a hollow UT.' 'Bureaucrats from Delhi rule Ladakh and there is no attention paid to the grievances of the people.'

A SiddhiVinayak Temple In Srinagar!

A SiddhiVinayak Temple In Srinagar!

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2024

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com comes across a Ganesh temple in Kashmir's summer capital that remains a well kept secret.

'Omar Abdullah Is Seen As A Tourist'

'Omar Abdullah Is Seen As A Tourist'

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2024

'The Abdullah family is the problem and facilitator of the instability that we are seeing in Kashmir.'

'Article 370 Killed My Son'

'Article 370 Killed My Son'

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2024

'My son was not killed because he was a Hindu.'

Ananya's CTRL Must Be On Your Watchlist

Ananya's CTRL Must Be On Your Watchlist

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2024

While several international films and Web series on the OTT have explored the dangers of AI, it's interesting to see a desi take on it, believes Divya Nair.

'15 Muslim BJP Candidates In Kashmir'

'15 Muslim BJP Candidates In Kashmir'

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2024

'Article 370 is now dug 70 feet deep in the ground. It cannot come out.'

'Omar Will Be Sure Shot Chief Minister'

'Omar Will Be Sure Shot Chief Minister'

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2024

'INDIA will easily cross 50 seats out of 90 in Jammu and Kashmir.'

'I Was Denied Promotion For 6.5 Years'

'I Was Denied Promotion For 6.5 Years'

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2024

'The abuse got so ugly and toxic that I became depressed and had to seek therapy.'