'When you attend an RSS function, the nation is your first priority.'
'She is a nice girl, simple, patient and affectionate. Because she is so empathetic, because she has the ability to feel for people, I am sure she will be able to solve the problems ordinary citizens face in this country.'
'It was from him I learnt that if you gave the student the freedom to find his own path, he would be more courageous to experiment.'
The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
'Professor Kitagawa is an exceptional researcher, a good teacher and above all a great person.'
'What is worrying other parties is those 10-11 year olds who come for his meetings will cross 18 in the next election. And they will vote for him, and then his vote bank will double.' 'In that case, he will be a very serious player! This is the real scare for other political parties.'
'He was able to push the AIADMK to the background.'
'The current Election Commission functions more like a government department than an autonomous body.'
Shami recently underwent a successful Achilles heel surgery in London for his right heel problem.
'New announcements are made every day which brings tremendous amount of instability and uncertainty.' 'Relying on America has become a big problem.'
'...are young Indians with aspiration to go to the US.' 'The dream has to be more about working in India...'
'After tobacco, the next most common cause for oral cancer is alcohol.'
'The fiscal situation is extremely vulnerable. It has never been so bad in Kerala's history.'
'They have to prove the credibility of their talk; whether they want to focus on the secular face of India, whether they want to focus on democracy and above all freedom of an individual to practice his or her religion.'
'We can't afford to fight each other.' 'We have to win the 2026 election.'
'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.'
'There will be not less than 31 lakh people working in the census process.'
'What India has done will surely embolden more countries to stand up to Trump.'
'India did not surrender. That was why he wanted to pressurise India by this 25% tariffs.'
'It is for the first time in Independent India that collection of information on caste is being done.'
'VS was a man who devoted every moment of his life, from the beginning till his death at the age of 100, to the struggle against the injustices inflicted upon land, nature and the common man.'
'All governments are scared of a negative image.' 'Somehow, this government has a tendency to create a narrative that things are improving.' 'When the real data gives a different picture, they are upset.'
'What we need is the cultural encouragement to take risks, to fail occasionally, and to keep questioning.'
'Today, the State looks at everyone with suspicion.'
'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.'
'The Railways is today running train services with 30% less number of loco pilots.'
'Look at the number of flights the aircraft has done. Look at the number of airlines which are using it.'
'The nuns were subjected to abusive language and all types of mental torture.'
'At Keeladi, we have not come across any evidence for organised religion.'
'JP opened up about all the betrayals, the betrayal of the Jan Sangh and the RSS, how they ganged up with Sanjay Gandhi and pulled down the Morarji Desai government, how they destroyed the Janata Party.'
'Archaeological sites like Keeladi, having remained buried for 2,500 years, have come out and speak now.'
'When there are glaring errors in the report, how can you trust anything in it?'
'What is going on is the under counting of the migration population in urban areas.' 'It has been going on in the last few censuses.'
'They will cover up the failures of all the others.'
'Other than blaming the pilot, there is zero accountability.'
'It is an indication that they had forgotten to retract the landing gear. That causes heavy drag, and you cannot accelerate or gain height too fast with a hanging gear.'
'Aamir messaged me asking me, 'Is my sister good in the film?' I said, 'Sir, she is a lot better than good.' Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the trailer launch of L2: Empuraan.
'You know the situation in Yemen now. There is no government there.' 'The rebels are in control. So, there is no diplomatic channel through which we can negotiate.'
If somebody wants to do an instant noodle study on contemporary Indian politics, Shobhaji's book, Battlefield India - 25 years of Politricks and Economix, is the one to look into, applauds M R Venkatesh, the well-known economic and political commentator.
The lotus motif is making a grand comeback!
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