Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Patcy N

Stories by Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Patcy N

'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2024

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'

'Dharavi will be a piece of art and I will ensure it'

'Dharavi will be a piece of art and I will ensure it'

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2024

'You will really wish oh! Had I stayed in Dharavi I would have got a nice house. I can assure you that. We will make dreams come true.'

'How can the US tolerate such injustice against the Palestinians?'

'How can the US tolerate such injustice against the Palestinians?'

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2024

'This award is funded by American money so I took this decision.'

'Truck drivers don't get a life of dignity in India'

'Truck drivers don't get a life of dignity in India'

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2024

'The government never asked any transport association before making this law on hit and run cases.' 'MPs only clapped to Amit Shah's new law and never questioned him about this law.' 'Are these MPs not bothered about the lives of drivers?'

'I Removed Sonia Gandhi's Photo, Not Gandhi's'

'I Removed Sonia Gandhi's Photo, Not Gandhi's'

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2024

'It was my first day in office, so you cannot blame me for the missing photos.' 'I had to join the office and sit on the chair at a particular mahurat time.'

'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

Rediff.com   27 Dec 2023

'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and prolonged incarceration as undertrials.'

'New Laws Will Make India A Police State'

'New Laws Will Make India A Police State'

Rediff.com   26 Dec 2023

'These new laws give complete (impunity) to the police.' 'Whatever little accountability the police had, all that is gone now.' 'There is no accountability mechanism against the police for abusing or misusing in the new laws.'

'We are not asking for the moon from Adani'

'We are not asking for the moon from Adani'

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2023

'Gautam Adani will not be able to step inside Dharavi.' 'We will ensure Adani will not get what he wants.' 'Adani has no reason to do politics with people of Dharavi but he is still doing it.'

'Intruders were heading to PM's seat'

'Intruders were heading to PM's seat'

Rediff.com   13 Dec 2023

'Many MPs felt they were going to take out a weapon and shoot us all.'

'There is no specific time frame for the government to restore statehood'

'There is no specific time frame for the government to restore statehood'

Rediff.com   12 Dec 2023

'This verdict means that if there is presidential rule anywhere in any state of India, that state can be dismembered and from a state can be downgraded to a Union territory.'

'15 million people of Jammu and Kashmir are bitter'

'15 million people of Jammu and Kashmir are bitter'

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2023

'This bitterness will be more in Jammu area than in Kashmir.'

'I should have controlled my anger'

'I should have controlled my anger'

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2023

'I never fought with anyone.' 'I was not rude to anyone. 'I did not argue with anyone.' 'I did not misbehave with any girl.' 'The only person I did not get along was Abhishek.'

'100% guarantee all workers are alive'

'100% guarantee all workers are alive'

Rediff.com   20 Nov 2023

'We are hoping that in three-four days we will surely get a positive result.'

'What is happening is not vikas but vinash'

'What is happening is not vikas but vinash'

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2023

'These kinds of tunnels are not meant for the Himalayas.' 'Development should be good for all people and not where you make a tunnel and 40 people get trapped.'

'People who commit these crimes look like ordinary people'

'People who commit these crimes look like ordinary people'

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2023

'These crimes have left a dark mark on my thoughts and conscience.'

'Subrata Roy was arbitraging between India and Bharat'

'Subrata Roy was arbitraging between India and Bharat'

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2023

'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.'

'We never thought Baazigar would be such a big hit'

'We never thought Baazigar would be such a big hit'

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2023

'If you watch Baazigar even today, after 30 years of its release, you will enjoy it because of its novel story line.'

'Shah Rukh made Baazigar believable'

'Shah Rukh made Baazigar believable'

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2023

Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.

'Ambedkar's contribution is bigger than Gandhi's'

'Ambedkar's contribution is bigger than Gandhi's'

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2023

'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'

'Obviously, you get upset at being denied a ticket'

'Obviously, you get upset at being denied a ticket'

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2023

'I was never why I was denied a ticket to contest the assembly elections.'