'I always used to say ignore the trolls and move on and focus on your fans and friends,' Sreenath Sreenivasan tells Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar. 'That was easy for me to say. But now when I say it, I really mean it.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party sealed its alliance with the Telugu Desam Party on Saturday for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, with former chief minister of the southern state N Chandrababu Naidu asserting that the combine will sweep the polls.
Aryan Nehra, 19, went on a record-breaking spree at the senior swimming Nationals where he smashed as many as four records in a stupendous campaign.
'I have learnt to say no.' 'I would never say no to anybody before, even when my friends asked for money.' 'Learning to say no is priceless.'
The incumbent England skipper Heather Knight backed under-fire Smriti Mandhana, the costliest player in WPL, who had a poor run with the bat, to come back stronger.
'It is difficult to put a number right now as the value of dollar to rupee has also changed from the exchange rate last time. But don't be surprised if digital rights earns way more than TV.'
'Their role model is Iran: high control of the citizens by the State.' In Iran it is Islamic control; in India, it will be Hindutva control.'
The Bangladesh players were overtly aggressive while fielding with their lead pacer Shoriful Islam sledging the Indian batsmen after every delivery.
Rejecting reports about a 'disconnect' between his government and the Congress party, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the expression of different view points was not "necessarily a bad thing".
'Government's focus should be on the expenditure side in this Budget, not so much on the taxation side.'
My followers and devotees will not have to suffer the trauma of seeing me accept that something wrong has happened under my watch, observes Aakar Patel.
'The Congress should have played a more active role to take care of the needs of regional parties. It failed.' 'Taking this into account, Nitishji took the final decision with the full support of the JD-U.'
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli's failures with the bat in the first two games of the IPL has not gone down well with the fans, but his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma said his ward is 'only human and not a machine' and is bound to have 'off days'.
'He killed so many people, doing the kind of horrible things he did, and yet, he believed he was making the right choices.'
Focus on building a healthy, happy, and fulfilling relationship instead of comparing them with your ex, suggests rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, QuackQuack.
Gavaskar said it is difficult to find faults in a batter who has been dismissed off the first ball thrice
'...is to crack the first project.' 'If you become popular from that, it's a win-win.'
'As big a thing as it became, you never want to see anyone go through that because I have known David and I have known Steve as well'
'I'd rather eat a hearty meal, meet deadlines, make money, meet a friend for coffee or even tend to that long-neglected corner in my oddly-shaped living room, than spend my Saturday morning romping in bed.'
'I came to Bigg Boss so that I could explore and understand myself.'
'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.'
'Today we have decided to go to Connaught Place and speak to the people there and seek their support in our fight for justice. We have set May 21 as the deadline (for action against Brij Bhushan). If no decision is taken, then we will take a big call on our agitation after that date.'
'How can you shoot somebody raising a white flag, even if he's a fighter, when he's surrendered?'
'In Eastern Ladakh the Chinese attempted salami slicing.' 'Our response has been superb. Our military has responded magnificently.'
While Britain grapples with a hung parliament, EU has warned, 'We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end.'
"So, there was no infiltration of any Afghani Taliban... To that effect, we have been able to control (things)," he said.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".' 'But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then what's Israel going to do?' 'At some point are they going to say, 'Leave southern Gaza too because we want to fight Hamas there? Go across the border to Egypt"'? 'That's what people are worried about. Because they fear that once they cross the border into Egypt there will be no coming back.'
'The story ends at the end of this season; I don't know if they will extend it. It's a fairly solid conclusion (but) there is always scope for more.'
My grandfather Ashok Kumar made me sack my secretary as he thought she was a bad influence in my life.'
'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'
The toughest part is to tackle human behaviour. On the Atal Setu, says Indrajit Gupta, I chose to drive at a consistent speed of 80 kmph in the middle lane. Vehicles on the right lane were clipping along at 150 kmph, way over the maximum permissible limit of 100 kmph. On occasion, I had to slow down or dodge vehicles suddenly pulling into the middle lane from the side.
'He only promotes those leaders who will never show any resistance to him in future.'
Promoters in India aren't afraid to borrow as the chances of them losing their companies is very slim, says Shobhana Subramanian.
Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt on Thursday termed the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India by the international body as "very distressing".
'If you talk about form then everyone goes through ups and downs'
'There are times when you feel, you know: "Oh these are parents who committed murder".' 'There are times when you feel: 'No, no, the parents were innocent.' 'There is a fine line between guilt and innocence, which I found very interesting to portray.'
India captain Rohit Sharma on Friday said left-arm spinner Axar Patel is likely to miss the first two ODIs against Australia next week while middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is "99 percent" match-fit.
'The tragedy with Indian Muslims is that they do politics from the heart, not from the head.'
Australian spin legend Shane Warne says the success that came with his 'ball of the century' in 1993 split him into two people and his habit of living in the moment without thinking about consequences often landed him in trouble which embarrassed his family. Success and controversies chased Warne in equal measure in his career. He was banned for 12 months in 2003 for doping and missed the World Cup but went on to become one of the greatest leg-spinners the game has ever produced.
