News for 'Neeta Kolhatkar'

'Killing Of People In Gaza Has To Stop'

'Stage five of this catastrophe has begun: Starvation.'

'Israel Has Been Targeting Journalists'

'The world does not know that the families of these journalists were threatened and one by one they too have been killed.'

Why Parsiana Is Downing Shutters

'Financially we are sound and we have always broken even. 'It is just we don't have the personnel and that is why we have to close down.'

'This Government Likes Parsis'

'Parsis are inclined towards people who work for the welfare of others.'

'Israel Uses Starvation As A Weapon In Gaza'

'The ruling elite are supporting those attacking the people of Gaza.' 'As a nation we should not cooperate with the oppressor regime that is allowing mass starvation as a weapon of war.'

Why Sahir Ludhianvi Is Relevant Today

While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta Kolhatkar.

'Shyambabu Was Like A University'

'Being in his company was learning at every moment.'

The Campa Cola controversy: Who is to blame?

Residents, civic officials and architects tell Neeta Kolhatkar what went wrong at the Campa Cola building complex in Mumbai, which has grabbed the attention of no less than the Supreme Court of India.

RIP Mumbai's playgrounds, who needs you anyway?

Playgrounds encourage scams like IPL spot-fixing and betting. Instead, we should ensure that everyone plays video games inside their own homes, suggests Neeta Kolhatkar, tongue firmly in cheek

'Too many slums'

How does a wealthy Bandra building society view the elections? What are the issues worrying them? Neeta Kolhatkar spends an afternoon at Le Papillon, on Mount Mary road, Bandra, north Mumbai, when the BJP Lok Sabha candidate for Mumbai North Central, Poonam Mahajan comes visiting.

Why 300 Villagers Went Bald Suddenly

'Due to this sudden phenomenon, guests stopped visiting the homes of these villages, girls and boys from these villages were not getting proposals; students were reluctant to attend schools and colleges for fear of being shamed.'

Why Barricade Is Gaining Popularity

A poignant political play, needed for today's times, is being staged in Mumbai.

'Never Imagined Meeting Hardened Criminals'

'We have been fighting to treat political prisoners differently.' 'Except for Hyderabad and Kolkata, the concept of keeping political prisoners separate doesn't exist in India.'

'People are frightened, but nobody knows what to do'

'There is no one who will be able to have a dignified life, when your brother and sister of another community are not being treated as human.'

'Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy'

'The State has played with their lives. Arsenal proved the machines were hacked and false evidence implanted with false files and letters.'

'The idea of Hinduism is at stake'

'While the ordinary Muslim must speak up against Islamic fundamentalism, ordinary Hindus too have to speak up against the excesses and fundamentalism that exists in their religion.'

When mob mentality came alive on stage

'Zund makes one sit up and wonder why we have allowed ourselves to be played like pawns by power mongers,' says Neeta Kolhatkar.

'Congress Is Not Ready For A Fight'

'If you fight you win, if you don't fight, how will you win?'

'Where is this wave? Can you see it?'

'Gujarat is number one in public relations and marketing. Gujarat's PR is strong, it washes like a strong washing soap... The third phase is ours. It is our family and household elections, let him come there... Banaras and UP have taken on the challenge.' Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav tells Rediff.com contributor Neeta Kolhatkar how he plans to keep Narendra Modi at bay.

'I have to get Ma out of prison'

'I also stopped speaking to the media because I felt used by them.'

'The roads are blocked with military tanks'

'Those (Russian) fighter jets just drop bombs and fly away.' 'How will they know if a bus is carrying Indian students?'

'They were dead although they were walking out free'

'We had 110 Adivasis who were languishing in jail for nearly five years because it was claimed they were responsible for some blasts.' 'When the time to give the proof came, they had no proof to show.' 'Then the people are let free, totally exonerated, but their lives are totally shattered.' 'Not only their lives, but the lives of their families.'

'If my mother knew of my arrest, she would have died of shock'

'After exiting jail, I thought some of my IIM-A classmates would contact me. None did.' 'The case indeed scared people, which perhaps was the objective of the State.'

'Can they understand what they put students through?'

'We Indians stayed back in the hope that our embassy would give us some sort of direction, some sort of guidelines that the situation had gone out of hand and we should leave immediately.' 'But the embassy did not bother to address our concerns.'

'We have lost 10 months of our lives'

'You can't tell a student who is already in a medical course to give the entrance exam all over again.'

'I never imagined I would have a jail life'

'I was under the illusion that this could never happen to me because my background was such -- corporate CEO, IIT professor, IIT alumnus, IIM...'

'It is very difficult to see my mother like this'

'The only way to kill time in prison is to read and she can't even do that properly any more.' 'Her knees, too, are in terrible shape. I could see how she was trying to hide her pain every time she got up from the bench where she was seated.'

India needs a law to deal with fake babas: Prakash Karat

'There are many serious crimes in which powerful and fake babas have been involved in... The states where this is prevalent are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and even Delhi,' CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat tells Neeta Kolhatkar.

How I Returned From Ukraine

'I have no idea what's in store for us.' 'I am in touch with my friends who are still stuck there.'

Did Rakesh Maria go soft on Peter Mukerjea?

Rakesh Maria's tough posture as Mumbai police chief, it seems, ruffled feathers in the Fadnavis government, says Neeta Kolhatkar.

An ode to my friend, Indigo

Indigo (April 30, 1999 - April 30, 2018) was much more than a restaurant, says its regular patron, Neeta Kolhatkar.

Arrested this week, Nitesh Rane will contest polls, says father

'I am still someone who will open my mouth and speak if I find something is wrong or I dislike anything. Nothing can make me quiet,' Maharashtra Minister Narayan Rane, whose son Nitesh was arrested in Goa this week, tells Neeta Kolhatkar.

'It is a social and political murder'

'A message was sent to society that those who question dogmas and believe in scientific methods will be silenced.' Hamid Dabholkar tells Neeta Kolhatkar why he is disappointed that his father Narendra Dabholkar's killers have not been arrested yet.

'It is a social and political murder'

When Your Mother Is In Prison...

'Just waiting outside the prison gate, thinking that your mother is inside those walls even though you know she is innocent, affects your psyche.'

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.' 'One entire generation went without education.' 'Hunger forced them to take to crime.'

'We struggled to see each day through'

'In that dark tunnel, we spent our energy searching for a ray of hope.' 'It was tough; nobody can even imagine the conversations we had.' 'Laughter had disappeared from our lives.' 'I would tell my daughters, I might go mad.'

Kolhapur: Anti-road-toll tax campaigner Pansare, wife shot at

CPI leader says the attack is a conspiracy by communal forces to hush up those who have shown courage to stand up to them.

'Some countries don't welcome Indians'

'I have to treat patients and there they don't like Indians.' 'The patients don't like me, they are not going to come to me, then what is the point of studying there?'

'Battling anti-Muslim agenda won't be easy'

'This chauvinistic attitude, what they call nationalism in the name of religion, is sad.' 'It is a tragic state that we are all in currently.'