Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Patcy N

Stories by Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Patcy N

'Nothing alarming about fall in financial savings yet'

'Nothing alarming about fall in financial savings yet'

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2023

'As long as economic growth remains steady, creating jobs and generating stable incomes, the rise in home loans should not create problems.' 'If the growth trajectory changes course over the medium term and interest rates rise along with inflation, the expanding trend in home loans may not sustain.'

'As a voter my vote should have value'

'As a voter my vote should have value'

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2023

'Switching loyalty from one party to another is completely unfair as it devalues my vote.'

'Ashok Gehlot's conscience is dead'

'Ashok Gehlot's conscience is dead'

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2023

'And once someone is dead in a family the ritual is to shave your head.'

'I never got along with any actress'

'I never got along with any actress'

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2023

'Even at 50, I will make mistakes, but I'm willing to get up and learn again.'

'If I am called a sex symbol today, I don't care'

'If I am called a sex symbol today, I don't care'

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2023

'I had lied to Yashji about my age. I was only 13-and-a-half, but I told him I was 18.' 'When the time came to travel to Yashji's famous Swiss shoots, I had to get a school leaving certificate.' 'When I gave Yashji the certificate, he almost fell off the chair.'

'Should not Uber/Ola drivers need social security?'

'Should not Uber/Ola drivers need social security?'

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2023

'Nobody wants to run an exploitation factory.'

'Mera baap sant tha, main nahin hoon'

'Mera baap sant tha, main nahin hoon'

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2023

'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.'

'Modi has no baggage like Rahul does'

'Modi has no baggage like Rahul does'

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2023

'When the Congress is put against someone like Narendra Modi, they do not have anything new to offer to the people of India.'

'Congress is fighting with bows and arrows whereas BJP has cannons'

'Congress is fighting with bows and arrows whereas BJP has cannons'

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2023

'The Congress is not pragmatic about politics or about people.' 'Rahul's intention is good, but good intention does not win you elections.'

Was Narasimha Rao India's Best Prime Minister?

Was Narasimha Rao India's Best Prime Minister?

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2023

'He told senior journalists a few days after the Babri Masjid demolition, 'Jo hua theek hua. Maine isliye hone diya ki BJP ki rajniti hamesha ke liye khatam ho jaye.'

'They felt that we were terrorists'

'They felt that we were terrorists'

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2023

'They said that my leaving for the Quit India Movement event would be a threat to law and order so I should not leave the police station and to be stationed there till the time they do not get permission.'

'They are afraid we will rekindle spirit of August 1942'

'They are afraid we will rekindle spirit of August 1942'

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2023

Freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, activists Tushar Gandhi and Teesta Setalvad were prevented from reaching the August Kranti Maidan on Wednesday morning by the Mumbai police.

'Main aakhri Mughal hoon is film line ka'

'Main aakhri Mughal hoon is film line ka'

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2023

On her 90th birthday on September 8, Ashaji hopes to perform at a live three-hour concert in Dubai.

'I am not very intimidated by stars'

'I am not very intimidated by stars'

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2023

'I'm very proud of what family I come from, but I feel it must always be an afterthought... 10 years of my work will get nullified when people say "Yeh toh genes main hai".'

'During our visit, both sides were firing at each other'

'During our visit, both sides were firing at each other'

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2023

'The situation is so bad that it is not possible for me to explain in words how bad the conditions are for the common man of Manipur.'

'India's cities highly segregated on the basis of caste and religion'

'India's cities highly segregated on the basis of caste and religion'

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2023

'Government supplied public services are less likely to be found in neighbourhoods with high numbers of Scheduled Castes and Muslims.'

'Destitution and starvation will go...'

'Destitution and starvation will go...'

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2023

'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.'

'Every Congress leader in Rajasthan wants that red diary'

'Every Congress leader in Rajasthan wants that red diary'

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2023

'Every Congressman in Rajasthan is in Ashok Gehlot's pocket.'

'If there was nothing in the red diary, why did they snatch it from me?'

'If there was nothing in the red diary, why did they snatch it from me?'

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2023

'They could have told the media that there is nothing in it and let me read it out.'

'Sexual violence, murder, loot are bound to happen'

'Sexual violence, murder, loot are bound to happen'

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2023

'We cannot accept that this incident was not in the knowledge of the home ministry.' 'If they had no knowledge about this incident, then it is a big intelligence failure as the Union home ministry has no idea what is going on in Manipur and what the state police is doing.'