'Every morning, when I had to step out, my wife would cry.' 'I would tell her that if I don't do it, many people will suffer; many people would die.'
'We started our surveillance from the first reported case. We made it very strict. I believe that helped us a lot in restricting the spread of this disease.'
'Amit Shah needs to understand that we are not against Hindus. But we need to preserve our ethnic character.'
'The court can strengthen the verdict by ensuring that Muslims don't feel shortchanged or cheated.'
And while the owner of the Chevrolet, which held Sheena's remains, will be examined on October 16 in Judge Jagdale's court, it is Indrani's response to the prosecution's reply to her bail application that will be the focus of everyone's attention.
Only if the script was better... Only if the film maintained the promise of its beginning... Only if situations weren't conveniently and easily resolved... Only if the director understood the potential of the story he had on his hands... Running Shaadi wouldn't be the morass of boredom it is. notes Savera R Someshwar.
On the eleventh anniversary of her father's martyrdom during the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, Jui Karkare Navare remembers her father, Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.
'Worse disasters -- both natural and man-made -- have come and gone in our country. We are here because our ancestors and we survived.'
'Normally, I'm very sure about what I look like on screen and what I portray on screen. But, with Savitri, I was not so confident,' Kajol tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
'We are hoping the preparations we have made will not be needed.'
The doe-eyed actress shares the lessons she has learnt as an actress.
'It was amazing to see the grasp he had over the law and the sharp mind that he possessed.'
Helicopter Eela could have been a good film but falls short, says Savera R Someshwar.
Akshay Kumar is King of the box office!
'A prime minister's responsibility is the entire nation.' 'The nation looks to you for protection, for security...' 'Politics has become larger than the nation's interests.'
'In today's situation, it is not going to help anyone's case if they try to politically contest with the BJP on ideological issues.' 'Instead, it is best is to swim along the tide, present the more acceptable face of the cultural Hindu, but not be a political Hindu as the BJP or Mr Modi is.'
'If it doesn't happen, we may be in for a difficult time.' 'Our biggest problem is our population and the fact we are a very social people.' 'However, I would say two months is more than enough time for things to settle down.'
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
'Even though we have around 156 patients, we don't have anyone who requires ventilatory support or the ICU facility.'
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush, Rajinikanth's daughter, tells Rediff.com what it is like to have a legendary superstar for a father.
Starring Ranbir, Aishwarya, Anushka and Fawad, the film is slated to release on October 28.
'Ram Sir was a creator of law. He has his stamp on every leading judgment in criminal law.'
Kirron Kher, actress-turned-politician, recounts how it was Jaitley who made her contest the elections from Chandigarh. Speaking to Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, the Chandigarh MP talks of the BJP stalwart's generosity and how he was the focal point of any place he was at.
'Those who were not co-operating are co-operating now.' 'Now, our facilities are fit, our doctors are fit and we have a better protocol of how to do isolation, how to do the collection.'
Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com describes the mood in the humble apartment in Varanasi where the Aam Aadmi Party leader strategises on how to defeat Narendra Modi.
'India is the most depressed country in the world at the moment and women have twice as much of the likelihood to be depressed.'
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
A look at the hits and misses at the box office this week.
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush talks about her father, Rajinikanth.
Anaarkali Of Aarah is a tale well told.
Will Mumbai North Central, the constituency Priya Dutt lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Poonam Mahajan in 2014, welcome her back?
Journalist Anita Saluja was one of the last persons to meet Sushma Swaraj on August 6. She spent nearly an hour chatting with the late leader, which is why her sudden death later in the evening came as an unexpected shock for her. She talks to Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com about her association with Sushma Swaraj over the last few decades.
'If this is the India you're talking about, where there is no space for minorities, where you have hate, where people can enter universities and beat students up, let me be anti-national.' 'I'll carry that as a badge of honour.'
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