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...
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf explains the charges against the Bollywood star.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
'One cannot avoid speculating whether there was something else at play that led to the uncovering of this saga.'
Where do the four members of the Supreme Court appointed panel to interface with farmers stand on the Modi government's farm laws?
'We are trying to trace them.' 'We feel their phone batteries must have died because they are travelling by road.'
'303 seats ki sarkar has problems with a cartoonist.'
'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
One of Sanjay Dutt's biggest fans will serve his restaurant's signature dish on February 25 to celebrate Dutt's release from jail.
'Nehru wanted to strengthen industries by exploiting agriculture and that policy was continued by successive governments.'
Cities, roads, stations rechristened in the time of Modi.
'Why do the English-speaking class feel they are the only ones who are efficient in work?' 'My own mother was from a village and she was more efficient than me. She used to handle crises better than me.' 'We will have to come out of our elite perception of governance.'
'Destabilising the Yediyurappa government is not a cakewalk.' 'If he is destabilised, then the BJP will have problems in Karnataka.'
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
'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.'
'One reason given for the failure of the Congress in Assam was due to the alliance with the AIUDF.'
'Congress and BSP are in the fray, but not in the contest.'
'Look at the aggressive way in which a campaign against Friday namaz is going on in North Indian cities.' 'Even the Union home minister is part of this vicious campaign.'
'He felt that he had no place in the BJP and he was wrong.'
'These charges of the prosecution will fall to the ground and I am 100 per cent sure of that.'
'Our movement was not about putting any flag on the Red Fort, but it is to secure our livelihood.'
'On January 22, when the last round of talks took place, the farmer leaders were told by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar that the government is also prepared.' 'And they did this.'
'This is a crisis which did not happen overnight. It was happening slowly.' 'Now we are mining very fast and this crisis won't last long.'
'People will feel cheated as they always felt a part of India. We want to be with India and we want people of India to accept us.' Laway tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
>The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal
Sanju is a repeat of Munnabhai, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'When she left on June 8 after some kind of fight or break-up she did not think Sushant would die.' 'She did not think his family after his death would level such horrible accusations against her.' 'She did not think three agencies would be tasked to prove her to a bad woman.'
'There is a cost to war.' 'The West knows that and so does Putin.' 'The point is, how much of the cost are both sides willing to pay?'
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.
'While I am talking to you, I have no idea whether I'm infected or not.' 'I just want to go back home safely.'
'Whenever the Government of India throws the debris, they will not take such care of the mosque's debris and Muslims may object to such a move at that time.'
'If timely action was taken by the CBI, the other three murders could have been prevented.'
'The Congress didn't win elections only on soft Hindutva.'
'The Covid situation is like demonetisation.' 'People were upset with the government initially, but eventually they voted for the BJP again.'
'Change was very much needed for the Congress to win the 2022 assembly elections.'
'I have great friends in film industry but professionalism and friendship are two different cups of tea. When it comes to producing a movie, every producer thinks of saleable actors,' says Dino Morea.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha's tenures in the Rajya Sabha end this month.
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