M Sundar was not surprised when his son hit that memorable six during India's second innings at the Gabba in Australia. 'Washington always knew how to hook. He is a natural hook player. 'He is a strong player. He is a natural hitter of the ball.'
'I was not scared. I have seen trains every day of my life. I only wanted to stop the train.'
O Panneerselvam may have a trick or two to spring a surprise.
'The whale stranding-earthquake link is almost a certainty according to my reading.'
Bigil packs in enough entertainment in its three-hour running time, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
The Indian embassy has provided an air ticket and visa for the woman whose hand was chopped off allegedly by her employer. She has received no compensation.
'By birth, you are not superior or inferior to anyone.' 'There are millions of people who want to have a casteless society. I am one of them.'
'There are around 80 to 100 elephants in zoos around the country.' 'We should not keep them in captivity for our entertainment.'
His time will be divided 50-50, he says, between his autorickshaw and his work as mayor.
'Dowry is the main reason for female foeticide'
N Kalyanasundaram started saving up last year so that he could feed the hungry during the second COVID lockdown.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar takes a tour of banks in a Chennai suburb and finds that nothing has changed in one month since demonetisation.
A Ganesh Nadar visits the bustling centre that hosts Tamil Nadu's health helpline that answers more than 100 medical queries an hour.
Picking up the pieces is not going to be easy for the families of the missing fishermen. More than the compensation, what they seek is closure, discovers A Ganesh Nadar in Kanyakumari, one of the districts worst affected by the cyclone fury.
Theeran Adhikaram Ondru is a riveting film, says A Ganesh Nadar.
'I don't like any boy.' 'I want to be with Malini,' says Veronica.
'Politics is in a mess. Good people have to join to clean it up.'
'Today may be the last day for depositing old notes, but tomorrow all the worries of the banks will not go away.' 'As long as there is cash shortage, banks will not be able to function normally.' 'Nobody knows when the shortage will be over.'
Sandeep Jain hopes his actions will inspire others to do the same.
Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda tells A Ganesh Nadar why his party may join the Nitish Kumar-led Janata parivar alliance.
A Ganesh Nadar wonders what Kamal Hassan hopes to achieve with this film.
'I am attending Hindi language classes as I think it will help if I get a job in North India.'
'I have dedicated the video to the kindest people of this great nation.'
Javed Khan has been operating an auto ambulance in Madhya Pradesh's capital city since a month.
'One quiver cannot have two different kinds of arrows.' 'The party cannot progress with two leaders.'
'My life has been full of suffering for the last five years,' says Professor T J Joseph whose hand was hacked by Islamists in a brutal attack.
Demonetisaton has left many daily wage earners scrambling for a living.
The hits and misses of the week.
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com and A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com boarded the Himsagar Express that runs between Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir. Check out the scenes they witnessed...
'My son did not write the post at all. He just shared it. Somebody else had written it.'
Cops are struggling to determine the motive, as they rule out sexual assault or a hate crime.
'There were 27 cases against me. I have obtained bail in all the cases. The judiciary has released me,' the freed Kashmiri separatist tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com
'When Rajiv Gandhi was PM, Roman Catholic missionaries were allowed to enter Arunachal Pradesh and they made full use of this. They had the blessings of Sonia Gandhi'
The river I bathed and swam in, has dried up. It's the worst drought in 140 years. First the mango trees died. Then the coconut trees. Finally the hardy palm trees have died.
Casper Anderson, who was adopted when he was three years old by a couple from Denmark, is back in the land of his origin to located his roots.
'I am an auto driver, and I am doing my best.'
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets Chennai's all-girl street children football team who competed in the Street Child World Cup in Moscow.
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