Syed Firdaus Ashraf In Uttan

Stories by Syed Firdaus Ashraf In Uttan

10 Reasons Why You Must Watch Guide

10 Reasons Why You Must Watch Guide

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2020

It was Dev Anand's dream to put Indian cinema on the world map and he thought Guide was the perfect film for it.

26/11 set up India-Saudi strategic ties

26/11 set up India-Saudi strategic ties

Rediff.com   19 Dec 2020

'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'

'BJP is going to remain in power for a very long time'

'BJP is going to remain in power for a very long time'

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2020

'The BJP is the most progressive force within Hinduism today.'

'Vajpayee did the most towards India-Pakistan peace'

'Vajpayee did the most towards India-Pakistan peace'

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2020

'On the Kashmir and Pakistan question, it is startling that Vajpayee and Advani did more than anybody in Indian history.'

'My conscience didn't allow me to take the award'

'My conscience didn't allow me to take the award'

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2020

'Farmers must get Maximum Support Price instead of Minimum Support Price.'

Why BJP won big in Hyderabad, and is on the way to win South India

Why BJP won big in Hyderabad, and is on the way to win South India

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2020

'They take each and every election with seriousness.' 'No other political party has that kind of cadre who is strongly aligned with the reason, motto and ideology of their party.'

'Had Modi been sacked in 2002, he would not have become PM'

'Had Modi been sacked in 2002, he would not have become PM'

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2020

'Certainly if Advani had agreed to Vajpayee in sacking Modi, then we would never have been talking of Modi today.'

'You are looking today at Hindu Rashtra'

'You are looking today at Hindu Rashtra'

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2020

'This is what Hindu Rashtra looks like, which has been enabled by conditions of democracy.'

Why Modi-Shah must thank Advani-Vajpayee

Why Modi-Shah must thank Advani-Vajpayee

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2020

'Like in cricket, M S Dhoni was the captain and Virat Kohli played under him.' 'Then Dhoni played under Kohli.' 'Now imagine, having a second switch.' 'That is the analogy here, and I find no other example in Indian politics, or even world politics.'

Why this Muslim leader quit Owaisi to join Mamata

Why this Muslim leader quit Owaisi to join Mamata

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2020

'I will not say that the AIMIM is a 'B' team of the BJP. But due to the AIMIM, the BJP benefits for sure'

Coolie No 1: What Varun has in common with Rahul Gandhi

Coolie No 1: What Varun has in common with Rahul Gandhi

Rediff.com   30 Nov 2020

Just as Rahul wants to ride on his family's history in politics, Varun Dhawan hopes he can ride on daddy David Dhawan's successful shoulders, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

How Ahmed Patel became close to Sonia Gandhi

How Ahmed Patel became close to Sonia Gandhi

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2020

'Temperamentally, they are quite alike.' 'Ahmed Patel avoided the limelight and was not a power seeker.' 'The Gandhis too are not power wielders, but trustees of power.'

What did Ahmed Patel think of Rahul?

What did Ahmed Patel think of Rahul?

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2020

'He had differences with Rahul.'

'Tarun Gogoi played the role of healer in Assam society'

'Tarun Gogoi played the role of healer in Assam society'

Rediff.com   24 Nov 2020

'Gogoi will be remembered as someone who recovered Assam as a state, as a people and society from the fear of insurgency that had struck the state from the 1980s till 2000.'

'Your money is safe with nationalised banks'

'Your money is safe with nationalised banks'

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2020

'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about.'

'We are in search of a Shiva to consume the poison from banking system'

'We are in search of a Shiva to consume the poison from banking system'

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2020

'Should the government be in the business of running banks?' 'Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?'

'Secular parties cannot rule forever by showing fear of the BJP to Muslims'

'Secular parties cannot rule forever by showing fear of the BJP to Muslims'

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2020

'We have finished that fear.'

'Modi has no excuse not to run trains'

'Modi has no excuse not to run trains'

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2020

'The central government is putting conditions on farmers organisations, that they have to allow passenger trains to ply, only then will they allow goods trains to ply.'

'Nitish Kumar has to be a junior partner of the BJP'

'Nitish Kumar has to be a junior partner of the BJP'

Rediff.com   11 Nov 2020

'BJP has achieved its aim by making him a regional leader dependent on them.'

'I will tackle blackmailer RTI activists'

'I will tackle blackmailer RTI activists'

Rediff.com   30 Oct 2020

'If people want to blackmail others to get information or harm things, so why will someone give them information?'