'Siddaramaiah was openly taking on the BJP's communal agenda, which very few non-BJP politicians do.'
'If he gets bail, he will bounce back.'
'Centres like polling booths can be set up for the area till the last adult is vaccinated -- open on all days from 9-9.' 'People should be able to come as per their convenience.'
'I am very grateful to Rajnathji that he confirmed the fact that Savarkar was a habitual mercy-seeker from the British.'
'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 collegium system will remove any such doubts from the minds of people and the political parties.'
'Subodh Singh had a key role as the investigating officer in the Akhlaq murder case.' 'He was the first key witness from the government side in the case.'
'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.'
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
'As the firing started everything went haywire.'
'Switching loyalty from one party to another is completely unfair as it devalues my vote.'
Aam Aadmi Party calls Bhagwant Mann its people's choice for CM candidate in Punjab. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com traces what makes Mann so indispensable for his party.
'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'
'Since I was held at gunpoint I had no option but to give them the car keys.' 'They took the car and drove away.'
'If we want a stable society, then all groups must feel that they have a seat at the table of power.'
'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
'The Ever Given, which had 200,000 tonnes of cargo, was too long for the Suez Canal.'
'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.'
'It was Maulana Azad's foresight which created the IITs, UGC, science academies across the country.'
'Israel has received an extremely hard and rude reminder that it cannot go ahead and talk of normalisation of relations with other Arab countries without addressing the issues pertaining to Palestine.'
'William Mustoe, the director of horticulture during British rule, named the Presidential Palace garden after the Mughals.' 'He simply kept the name because it was made on the pattern of a Mughal garden.''He simply kept the name Mughal gardens because it was made on the pattern of Mughal garden.'
As Narendra Modi and his ministers vigorously campaign for a shift to a cashless society, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports on what is really happening on the ground.
'The BJP always said Rahul Gandhi is an 'air-conditioned leader', but after this yatra he has proved them wrong.'
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'I would like to see Kharge include Shashi in the Congress Working Committee.' 'The other alternative is that the Congress will marginalise him.'
'If the Congress gets to form the government in 2024, then Sonia Gandhi by virtue of being CPP chairperson will have the authority to decide who will be the prime minister and not Kharge.'
Chandrashekhar Sawant halted the train by applying the emergency brake when he saw the debris falling as the train was approaching the collapsing bridge.
'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.'
'When the Congress is put against someone like Narendra Modi, they do not have anything new to offer to the people of India.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Within four years of winning a single party majority in the Lok Sabha with 282 seats -- the first time it has happened in 30 years -- the BJP has lost it.
'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.'
'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.' 'It could be an eagle or a peacock. And sometimes a monkey.' 'Those moments calmed you, brought hope...'
'If you want to change everything all of a sudden to polyester, then the production of khadi flags will come under trouble.'
