'After Father Stan Swamy's death one thing has become very clear, that if you fight for justice in India you will be called a Maoist by the State.'
'Every Indian knows why the BJP is targeting Hamid Ansari.'
No one can make the audience laugh like Govinda, raves Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The Congress wants to deprive Modi another term in 2024 and for that they are ready to make any sacrifice.'
'It was disappointing on two counts. One is on the leadership issue and second is how the Congress must win elections.'
'The second Covid wave spread due to the irresponsibility of the Election Commission of India and now they are committing the same mistake.'
'Before entering Tihar jail, she told us not to worry and that we will together come out of this crisis soon.'
''I had no idea that my life would turn into a horror show.' 'I was stuck as the Russians kept bombing Kyiv non-stop.'
After watching Uri: The Surgical Strike, Syed Firdaus Ashraf gets the feeling that Modi has added another tool to help him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election: Hindi cinema...
'The suppression is mounting and people may react.'
'There is a famous saying here that 'the way to Delhi passes through Lucknow'.' 'If the BJP loses UP in 2022, Modi's premiership in 2024 will be in doldrums.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
Want to live in Maharashtra, follow these eight rules or get jailed. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on the proposed Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act.
'She said she could have taken so much energy from her father had she got a chance to meet him before his death.'
'The Akali government is not responsible for the Punjab power crisis as Mr Sidhu is saying.'
'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.' 'That's why these films are running in theatres.'
'Most senior Congress leaders in Assam have a secret understanding with the BJP.' 'They are hobnobbing with the chief minister for their self-interest.'
'We are seeing an era where only what Modi wishes is going to happen.' 'A clear message has now been sent to others that if this fate could befall on Nitin Gadkari, then just think what could happen to lesser mortals.'
'BJP has achieved its aim by making him a regional leader dependent on them.'
'We need to have a prosperous J-K, where all communities must prosper including Dogras, Gujjars, Sikhs, Muslims and Pandits.' 'Prosperity is the first signal of peace.'
'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.'
'Politicians want pliable policemen who would carry out their orders, right or wrong, lawful or illegal.'
Journalist Prashant Kanojia was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on August 18 for a retweet and has been in custody ever since.
Sanju is a repeat of Munnabhai, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
'In politics, not everything is spoken and there are a lot of messaging done very discreetly.'
'One man went berserk or rogue that does not mean the Mumbai police should be ashamed.'
'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
'BJP takes Lingayat support and later on they throw them out, ditch them and humiliate them.' After months of speculation Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa resigned from the chief minister's post. A powerful Lingayat community leader, Yediyurappa could not even complete his term, owing to the internal politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party. So how does Lingayat community view his exit? Congress working president, Karnataka state and Lingayat leader Eshwar Khandre speaking to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, said, "The community which voted him and felt that they will lead the government are now disenchanted."
'The Congress can exist without (someone from) the Nehru-Gandhi family being its president.'
'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'
On his first visit to Srinagar post the abrogation of Article 370, Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that incidents of terrorism have declined and stone-throwing incidents too have ended in Jammu-Kashmir.
'That would be very bad for them and suicidal for both the Gandhis and the Congress party.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf unravels the chronology of controversy in the Aryan Khan drug bust case.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha's tenures in the Rajya Sabha end this month.
'There are 17 million Hindus in Bangladesh and we, in the north east, see this Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as a route for them to enter India on the plea that they are facing persecution in Bangladesh.'
'The PM of India was 20 km away from the Pakistan border and he is one of the persons under extreme threat from that country and they put his life in danger.'
'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'
'People are questioning these highways and expressways in UP because ultimately, they want to get bread and butter first.'
