'Unlike in the Kedarnath floods of 2013, which happened due to heavy rains, no such thing happened in Chamoli.' 'The damage was done only because of the hot sun.'
'Israelis not only harassed Palestine Muslims, but also Christians.' 'Palestinians have been telling Israel that this will blow up the situation, but they would not listen to us.'
'The Constitution of India defeated the BJP.'
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.
'Political narrative in our country today is tilted towards Hindutva orientation and so Kejriwal becomes very dangerous to the BJP.' 'For them, he is a leader to watch.'
'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'
'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.'
... Why care for the truth when the legend so interesting, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'They just say we agree to your demands in the meetings, which is lip service. But on the ground they do not implement anything.'
'Why should I as a common man not know where my parents are in Kashmir, how they are doing. It is my right,' student Mohammed Aleem Syed, who moved the Supreme Court to be allowed to visit Kashmir, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Every Congressman in Rajasthan is in Ashok Gehlot's pocket.'
In his second term in office, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has retained 34 portfolios.
'He only promotes those leaders who will never show any resistance to him in future.'
The answers will come -- hopefully! -- when the film releases on August 15, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The first duty of the government is to learn lessons from a bad experience and course correct. It's a pity that the government is making policy without looking at evidence and differentiating between immediate and urgent.'
'What happens in the real estate market is that once the prices go up it goes on to stay at that level.' 'It might not increase and at the same time the prices will not come down too.'
'Jockeying for that position has possibly started at this time.'
Cafe Irani Chaii is Mansoor Showghi Yezdi's attempt at preserving Irani culture in an age of globalisation, where old cultures are swiftly fading away.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
26 candidates in Amethi fray take away 60,545 votes; the difference between the victorious Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi is 55,120 votes.
'Father always wanted Siraj to play for India and make India proud in the cricketing field, but unfortunately, he is not there to see this glorious moment in Siraj's career.'
'It is not his doing, but Rahul Gandhi is forced by circumstances.' 'In taking political decisions, everything has to get his clearance.'
'Rahul Gandhi should have prevented Nitish Kumar from going.' 'He must pacify Mamata Banerjee if he has a cause of Mohabbat Ki Dukaan.' 'He should bring this Mohabbat Ki Dukaan on the political canvas.'
'The tragedy with Indian Muslims is that they do politics from the heart, not from the head.'
'The consecration of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya has demoralised them.' 'And, now it is reflecting in their individual reactions as they are losing hope to take on the BJP in 2024.'
Thalaivii proves Kangana is the Queen of Bollywood, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Akhilesh did politics like Rabi and Kharif crop which come once a year. Politics is not seasonal, you have to harvest your field all through the year and only then you get a good crop' Political analyst lists 12 reasons why Akhilesh Yadav lost the UP elections.
'They know that if they do not tie up with the Congress, then the minorities will move to the Congress.'
'We are very close to become a theocratic State where Hinduism is the official religion of the government.'
'His biggest contribution as defence minister was to change the rules of bringing martyred soldiers' bodies home.'
'India has demonstrated that if tomorrow, any enemy country that has a lot of satellites threatens it, India can (bring them down).'
'The BJP has 106 MLAs and Eknath Shinde claims the support of 40 MLAs. So why are they both not forming the government right now in Mumbai? Why the delay?' Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports.
'Till today, we don't know how many people died of Covid in India.' 'How many migrated from cities to villages during the Covid pandemic?' 'How many corporates contributed to PM Cares?'
'Government supplied public services are less likely to be found in neighbourhoods with high numbers of Scheduled Castes and Muslims.'
'I approached the ministries for a response, but they did not respond on time, so I had to approach the court.'
There are many life lessons to be learnt from the way Sharad Pawar handled the Maharashtra political crisis.
'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.'
Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'This award is funded by American money so I took this decision.'
'The Opposition thinks since the ruling party is following Savarkar's Hindutva philosophy, they want to regain their lost political mileage (by attacking Savarkar).' 'By doing so, they think they will get their power back.'
