'The decision to supply free food grains is not an economically sound decision because the government will find it very difficult in future to charge anything for food grains.'
Wiccan Rashme Oberoi looks at the year ahead.
'My son is not against anybody. For him Desh Prem is more important than anything else in life'
'The BJP had a big threat from the Congress in J&K, therefore they were threatened by us.'
'More than the money, I am happy to be a part of the team that has selected me.'
Rohit Shetty gets so busy giving us a social message that he forgets to add a 'tadka' -- also called 'entertainment' -- to Cirkus, sighs Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Apparently, the EC deals with such communications as mine in a summary manner, and it has no intention to conduct its affairs, as a quasi-judicial authority ought to.'
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
Two years ago this day, Astad Deboo, dancer extraordinaire, passed into the ages. A new exhibition Breaking Boundaries remembers the pioneer who redrew the margins of Indian dance.
'Muslims know they cannot defeat the BJP, why then come in its firing range?' 'And they know, ultimately it is the BJP MLA who is going to get elected and only he or she can do their work.' 'The BJP may do a different kind of politics for Muslims, but when they sit in the chair they work for Muslims too.'
"Such are his core supporters that they will vote for him even if cooking oil sells for Rs 5,000 per litre under his leadership.' 'They don't think about inflation but Modi when they go out to vote.'
'A political party taking the law into its hands is objectionable, especially in the context of the 2002 incidents in Gujarat.'
'I am not ashamed that I have AIDS. I once announced that I am HIV+ on national TV.'
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
'Badle ki bhavna (revengeful politics) was never seen in Maharashtra and Indian politics, but now we are witnessing all that today.'
'If we want a stable society, then all groups must feel that they have a seat at the table of power.'
'Upper castes who complain against reservations are fighting only for their own castes.'
'I have to take better care of myself.' 'I was lucky that the cancer was diagnosed at a very early stage.'
'Is the idea of a committed judiciary once again being floated, though surreptitiously, unlike in the past when it was direct?'
'These girls are sold to brothels because their parents are unable to repay their loans to money-lenders.'
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