Even as the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress were burning the candle at both ends to hammer out a deal over forming the government in Maharashtra, the Amit Shah-led BJP was quietly planning its moves.
The classic Marathi movie Simhasan would be an interesting watch today as it draws a parallels to the current political turmoil in Maharashtra.
'While it seems that the sole option left for the Shiv Sena chief is to sit in the Opposition and wait and watch, there are two other choices before him to show his party rank and file if he is a quitter or a fighter.'
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
'Many people tell me I should give up the fight but I don't listen to them.'
'Muslims should not justify demolition of temples by foreign invaders.'
'Lord Ram's history has reached Indonesia, but not Owaisi's home.'
'The Muslim community is disappointed with this judgment.'
At a time when even family relationships have come under strain over political differences, how have Mahesh Bhatt and Anupam Kher remained friends despite their ideological differences?
'The most serious issue is that of shooting a lawyer in the chest. That news has been buried.'
Sudhir Kumar Ojha from Muzaffarpur, an advocate known for his penchant to file cases against the high and mighty, has fired a legal salvo at the irrepressible cricketer-turned-politician.
Even as a teen, Syed Firdaus Ashraf was terrified about losing his hair. So here's what he did.
'Whether the people will benefit or not depends on what the central government does in Kashmir successfully.'
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'Modi underestimated Pawar.'
Ahead of the elections, a lot had been spoken of the large number of leaders defecting from the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena. In fact, a month before the polls, more than two dozen Congress-NCP leaders quit and joined the BJP in hopes of riding high on the Narendra Modi wave. While for some the shift has brought in good fortune, for others it has brought loss. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com analyses how these defectors have fared.
'If they were really serious (about conferring the Bharat Ratna on Savarkar) what were they doing for the last five years?' 'Why do they have to take so long?' 'Gandhi himself never got the Bharat Ratna so it does not really matter.'
'How can the police say that she alone has committed the crime and no other person has done it?'
'Whether Lord Ram is a historical person is not the subject before the court.' 'The court was asking every time if can anyone show the exact birthplace of Lord Ram on the basis of documents.' 'I have shown that on the basis of documents. And these documents are not (based) on my beliefs.'
It is a waste of time to speak up in today's India, believes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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