Shobha Warrier in Chennai

'A person who has understood Islam will never become a fundamentalist'

Rediff.com 5 Jul 2016

'When you have the freedom to have mosques, the freedom to have madrasas and the freedom to pray, why should you turn to terrorism?' 'Both mother and father are equally important to every person. Similarly, both our country and religion are important for a citizen.' 'I would say that terrorism has no religion. A small segment of people from all religions are terrorists.'

'Miracles do happen if you are patient'

Rediff.com 4 Jul 2016

When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.

'The energy of the youth is driving India's economy'

Rediff.com 1 Jul 2016

'India's economy is growing faster compared to the developed economies of the world.' 'More importantly, it is growing faster compared to most of the developing economies.' 'The monsoon is not the only thing that drives the rural economy and certainly not the national economy.' 'It is too simplistic to reduce everything to the monsoon.'

'Young India will look at Raghuram Rajan as a terrific achiever'

Rediff.com 29 Jun 2016

'India's biggest loss is that we will not have anyone as principled and as courageous as Rajan.'

Freshdesk: An Indian product wins global recognition

Rediff.com 27 Jun 2016

'We had a great product for the global market and we could sell it globally resulting in this amazing growth.' 'When customers come online and buy a product, they don't look at whether it is created in India or somewhere else.'

'Crony capitalism happened right under Rajan's nose'

Rediff.com 22 Jun 2016

'Raghuram Rajan is a wonderful economist, but he is not a wonderful Indian economist.' 'He doesn't understand India in the granular form.' 'India exists only from Delhi to Nariman Point for him.' 'India is much, much bigger and complex.' 'The new RBI governor shouldn't get ready to open his umbrella when it rains in America'

'Without the Gandhi family, the party will disintegrate'

Rediff.com 19 Jun 2016

'Instead of camping in the cities and leading the party, leaders have to go to the interiors of the country.' 'The Congress is losing touch with the common man.'

'If a company can get FDI, an NGO too can get foreign funds'

Rediff.com 17 Jun 2016

'The government is using the Intelligence Bureau to go after NGOs.' 'It is not only the NDA, the UPA also didn't like NGOs.' 'NGOs predominantly work with the poor. So, when you cancel an NGO, the affected are the poor, the Dalits, the tribals, the street children and the marginalised.'

'Talaq must go through the court of law'

Rediff.com 16 Jun 2016

'My religion is great and it has given a lot of rights to women, but these intermediaries are interpreting it wrongly and ruining it.' 'I have great faith in our judiciary. I am sure they will see through the drama of men.'

Shobha Warrier In Chennai

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