'Every bit of the parade is important. Everything that is being executed, you have to be completely in it,' says Captain Tania Shergill, the first woman adjutant at a Republic Day parade.
'He could relate to strategic and security issues almost instantly.' 'He had the ability to grasp, absorb and come out with actual rectification.'
The village in Maharashtra has continuously sent soldiers to the Army since World War I. Every other person you meet is a soldier or a retired soldier or is aspiring to be a soldier.
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Ninong Ering, the MP from Arunachal East, wants to meet his tribesfolk across the border in China. But he is not going to make that trip on a stapled visa, unlike the 'backdoor entry to China' made by some BJP MPs in the past.
'It is a game of patience. We have to stand firm and tire them out, which we are doing.'
'For Modi, it's not just winning, but winning with style.'
'A one-party State is not possible in a diverse country like India.'
It is 25 years since Captain Sanjit Bhattacharjee went missing during a patrol on the India Pakistan border. Pakistan has never acknowledged his captivity.
'Although he was bed ridden most of the time he was in the vessel and unable to move on the upper deck, his condition is stable.'
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'The last thing he would want is new tensions with India.'
'We are seeing 50% fewer cases now.' 'It is primarily due to the lockdown.'
'The government can do many things to improve the situation in Kashmir.'
'If the Chinese were keen to mend fences with India, they would merely have to withdraw their troops in Eastern Ladakh.' 'They have not done so and they have not said that they will do so.'
'He will use these five years to project himself as the next PM candidate within the Hindutva fold.'
'Khalistanis can be divided into three categories: Firstly, hardcore ideological people. They are microscopic, not even 1%.' 'Secondly, those who consider Khalistan a business.' 'The third category that has built the narrative of Khalistan are those who gain from polarisation.'
'We can't be outliers. We can't be bystanders. We have to be players.' 'The Taliban also need India to balance the winners in this game.'
'Different people resonated with different films of his, but beneath all of that was his unique ability to capture the human spirit in an intimate and honest way.'
'Amritpal is the creation of journalists and the inaction of the government in Punjab.'
'What he says, he does.' 'People say if Khargesahab has said something, it will be set in stone.'
'If I win, my victory will shatter the belief that caste is all that matters in Bihar.'
'The sanctions are biting him.' 'He also has a chance to come out into the world and reshape his nation.'
'Who would think of making a bank of poor women? She had vision and boldness.'
'India's defining characteristic has been its ability to manage and sustain democratic governance through an accommodation of ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity.'
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'Both Russia and the USA seek New Delhi's friendship, because for both -- Russia and the USA -- India is a certain counterbalance to China.'
'The Bharat Jodo Yatra has done very well in the south, and if they are able to pull voters in the south and rely on their allies in the north like in Bihar, UP and do well in Rajasthan, then there are chances that there might be a formidable opposition or at least a force to fight the BJP.'
'There is fear that the president and prime minister are dragging their feet and won't resign.'
'An unconventional war cannot be fought by conventional means,' says Lieutenant General D B Shekatkar (retd).
'As an actor he was surrounded in stardom, but as a politician he is humble'
'There is a sense of realism in the Pakistan army that if they needled India during the Ladakh standoff, they would have seen a strong retaliation.' 'Pakistan was hoping that India would come out looking weaker in the region and get embarrassed, but that obviously has not happened.'
'Political parties are following the Divide and Rule policy to break the unity of farmers.'
'Sepoy K Ashuli displayed nerves of steel, exemplary courage, fearlessness under enemy fire, unparalleled devotion to duty and camaraderie of the highest order in keeping with the finest traditions of the Indian Army.'
'Voters from the forward castes voted for JD-U because they feared Laloo Yadav's return, but since that fear is no longer there they may not see the need to vote for Nitish Kumar anymore.'
'The adversary will always exploit India's anti-national elements.'
'I told them I am a Muslim, you are Sikh, you are Hindu, but we have one country to save.'
'The police will give weightage to the socially strong.' 'The dominant caste is usually a powerful person, while the scheduled caste is normally powerless.' 'That is why FIRs are not registered.' 'Most of these complaints are by very poor people against very rich powerful people.'
'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.'
'Both of us are not politicians. We were forced to enter politics to counter corruption that is looting the country.'
