'Thousands of people were stoning us, but we never fired back.'
'It shows that they cannot manage the situation with the forces in their hand.'
'Even as the National Guard kept up the show of strength, safety was kept in mind.' 'Their guns were not loaded. They didn't want to scare people unless they posed a threat.'
'There are Rs 90 crore worth of medicines in government hospitals, which is sufficient for the next three months.'
'Earlier it was a stigma to discuss mental problems. But I get more patients for past life regression as in India people believe in rebirth and karma,' Dr Prakriti Poddar, who uses hypnotism to treat illnesses, tells A Ganesh Nadar.
'The song says that liquor should not be sold by the government. The government should stop people from drinking.' 'I am working for a social cause. I am not doing anything wrong. We have moved a petition in the high court to quash the FIR against me.' 'It is a people's movement. There is no Naxalite involvement here.' Singer Kovan, who was arrested on sedition charges for protesting against the Tamil Nadu governments liquor policy, speaks out.
'If the government cannot protect the acid attack victims the least they can do is support their rehabilitation.'
'The BJP has become a reasonably larger force in Tamil Nadu in the last two years.'
Saudi police allege Indian's hand cut off due to fall. Indian embassy await word from Saudi government. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on the latest developments in the Kasthuri Munirathinam case.
'Bommai was a minister in my cabinet. It is not ethically correct.'
A Ganesh Nadar meets a community of Rohingya refugees on the outskirts of Chennai who are happy to have found a place where their lives are not in danger.
A Ganesh Nadar finds out how private water distributors help Chennai's water-starved citizens.
'I did hesitate and was scared, but I decided to save the child as I realised I would have done that if he was my child'
'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'
As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies.
'The situation is normal now. The Kashmiri Pandits should come back.'
The Akali Dal, an ally of the BJP, has written to the parliamentary committee opposing certain clauses in the land acquisition bill. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com speaks to Akali Dal MPs to find out why they oppose the controversial legislation.
Dr Renu Raj cracked the UPSC exams at her very first attempt. 'You should be sensitive to what is happening in society and you will get through the exams,' she tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com
'I have many times bought meals for the accused, and the police pay for it.'
'Nobody is making yoga compulsory. If you don't want to do it, it is okay. Yoga has no religion.'
There is a hidden hand behind the political developments in Tamil Nadu...
'The minister said we should stop fishing near the shore and start going for deep sea fishing.'
'Why should farmers who give us food be vacated to hand over their property to a private company held by one individual,' asks green activist S P Udaykumar.
'The Telangana police are working on the same agenda against Muslims as the Modi government at the Centre.'
'More than 90 per cent of the party cadres are with OPS.'
A day before the crucial trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly, Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar checks out the mood in the AIADMK hq.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
It came as a surprise when an Indian NGO said it would announce the winner of the US presidential elections a day before E-day.
As doctors treat Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a different daily drama takes place outside the Apollo Hospitals gates.
'Any person who wants to enter this service should have a single object of serving the public irrespective of hindrances.'
'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
'Don't try to impose anything on us.'
Mentally-challenged children find themselves ignored by India's education system.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com attends Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presser in Chennai to tom-tom the government's achievements in its first 100 days in office.
Budding RTI activist from Chennai files request with ONGC. Instead of response, police comes asking about her.
'Every person is a Jatayu, each one of you can be Jatayu, both men and women,' says temple priest behind the group set up to prevent atrocities on women and young girls.
'The big fish are still out there and people will continue to die till they are brought to justice.'
