'The right wing has worked for 70-80 years at the grass roots before it burst onto social media.' 'Social media is an extension of its formidable work in society.' 'If you think you can fight them on social media, forget it. You can't.'
'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.' 'It could be an eagle or a peacock. And sometimes a monkey.' 'Those moments calmed you, brought hope...'
'We want Muslims to go about their work and business unhindered.' 'They should not get victimised and that will only come through the process of reconciliation.'
'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'
'It is easier to make friends with strangers as they are non-judgmental.'
'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
'That she drove 20 km in 9 minutes is rubbish.'
'He was the most thoughtful corporate person I encountered.'
'We cannot afford to be complacent about our food security needs.'
Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.
'The BJP is scared it may lose the Delhi municipal elections where they have been in power for the last 15 years.'
'I've always wanted to be a pilot; setting records is the icing on the cake.'
'If you have only one hit out of 100 movies in a year, it is death for Bollywood.'
'We are seeing an era where only what Modi wishes is going to happen.' 'A clear message has now been sent to others that if this fate could befall on Nitin Gadkari, then just think what could happen to lesser mortals.'
'He has to listen to his body and his mind and he decided to leave politics.'
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Jai Bhagwan has been without a job for six years. When we ask him how he managed to run his house without a job, he says matter of factly, 'I sold my wife's jewels.'
'... as has been happening in the last three weeks, then the foreign exchange reserves will not be comfortable to ensure that the rupee does not fall drastically.'
'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.'
'My memory is as fresh as it was when I was a student in 1984.' 'I had absolutely no problem while preparing for NEET.'
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