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
'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.'
'There will be not less than 31 lakh people working in the census process.'
'It is for the first time in Independent India that collection of information on caste is being done.'
'VS was a man who devoted every moment of his life, from the beginning till his death at the age of 100, to the struggle against the injustices inflicted upon land, nature and the common man.'
'India did not surrender. That was why he wanted to pressurise India by this 25% tariffs.'
'What India has done will surely embolden more countries to stand up to Trump.'
'The nuns were subjected to abusive language and all types of mental torture.'
'The Railways is today running train services with 30% less number of loco pilots.'
'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.'
'All governments are scared of a negative image.' 'Somehow, this government has a tendency to create a narrative that things are improving.' 'When the real data gives a different picture, they are upset.'
'Today, the State looks at everyone with suspicion.'
'You can say it was a moment that can be described as unimaginable or unbelievable.'
'Archaeological sites like Keeladi, having remained buried for 2,500 years, have come out and speak now.'
'At Keeladi, we have not come across any evidence for organised religion.'
'What is going on is the under counting of the migration population in urban areas.' 'It has been going on in the last few censuses.'
'When there are glaring errors in the report, how can you trust anything in it?'
'You know the situation in Yemen now. There is no government there.' 'The rebels are in control. So, there is no diplomatic channel through which we can negotiate.'
'The CBI did a wonderful job of tracking down the killers, but at the end of the day, all the hard work went for a toss.' 'If we had caught them alive, the operation would have been successful completely.'
'If you don't fulfil whatever they ask, you are in trouble.'
'What we need is the cultural encouragement to take risks, to fail occasionally, and to keep questioning.'
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