News for 'Shobha Ram'

Sabu Cyril created cities for Mani Ratnam

Does Ravan make Modi-Shah-Yogi nervous?

'There are around 400 Lok Sabha constituencies where Dalits and Muslims combined constitute 30% of the electorate.' 'Also, 90% to 95% of Dalits and Muslims go out and vote.' 'So, if they are come together, they become significant electorally.'

'Now that he is CM he will follow the party line'

'Whenever Yogiji said something which was against the party line, we distanced ourselves from that.' 'He will not speak his personal opinion now.'

'Identifying with a godman enhances your status'

'As long as there is misery, as long as people let themselves be exploited by rogues, this will continue.'

He was married to Smriti Irani for 125 episodes

'I got a very simple one-line brief from Ekta Kapoor that this character is like the Ramayan's Ram -- ideal husband, son and maryada purushottam.'

Ramlila uninterrupted

In its 60th year, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra's dance drama is as iconic as Delhi itself

'Kishori Amonkar was a slave to the purity of the note'

Shobha Deepak Singh, whose association with the legendary Kishori Amonkar, spanned 35 years, shares her memories of the musical genius.

Will Yeddyurappa be CM if BJP wins Karnataka?

Yeddyurappa lacks the Karnataka BJP's unqualified support and Shah knows that.

Sonia Gandhi urges Modi to use majority to pass women's quota bill

Gandhi also assured support of her party to the legislation, which she said would be a "significant" step forward in the empowerment of women.

Coronavirus: 'For two years we have to be careful!'

'Once you resume economic activities, life will be normal.' 'The younger people will tolerate the virus very well. So, life will become normal very soon.'

'Modi and Shah are more chatur than Gandhi'

'This is the first time a majority ruling government is nominating a Dalit for President.' 'So, the moral credibility definitely will go with the BJP, particularly Narendra Modi.'

Check out winning candidates from each phase of polls

As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the 7 phases of elections.

'India's youth want a different country'

'This is a watershed election in Indian politics.' 'For the first time, we are moving away from identity politics to aspirational politics.'

'11 out of 10 for Budget's politics'

'The finance minister has told the BJP's core voters we are hearing you and we are sensitive to your aspirations.'

Did Mulayam Singh's comment make cops change stand to 'no rape'?

Activists and family members of the 30-year-old victim cry foul as the police claim that the woman wasn't gang-raped and that a single man murdered her with his helmet after she fought back. Sharat Pradhan reports.

'How did President come into picture in AAP MLAs' disqualification?'

'By the combined reading of Articles 101 and 102-1, and 191 and 192, and 239 AA, how did the President become the arbitrator of the disqualification of the members of the Delhi legislative assembly?'

Cong rakes up snoopgate scandal; asks if women would elect Modi

Raking up the snoopgate scandal allegedly involving Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday wondered if women of the country would like to have a person like Modi in their households, who is known for his "anti-women attitude".

'Women feel very unsafe in many religious places'

'Women all over India want a safer atmosphere at the place where they go to pray or meditate.'

'Nowhere in Islam does it say women should cover their face'

'I don't believe the talk of free will.' 'They are either forced to dress like this, or indoctrinated.'

'Forces in Delhi are manipulating a bloodless coup'

'One thing is clear from what happened last night; both sides are being manipulated by the same party with a lot of wrong inputs.' 'I see a hand in Delhi doing the puppet act on both sides.'

'BJP made a mistake by supporting Sabarimala verdict'

'It is true that we changed our opinion.' 'I feel the BJP or any other political party is guilty of not understanding the real mood of the people.'

'Foundation of Modi's victory: Good governance'

'It is not that he has not committed any mistakes; he has.' 'But people were willing to forgive you if you were honest.'

'BJP may behave like Trump in America'

'The sadhus and sanyasis of UP are not for any economics.' 'They only know the religious agenda and the RSS will support them.' 'Modi does not have full control of the party at the ground level like Indira Gandhi had.'

'Quota bill is Modi's desperate attempt to come back to power'

'The moment the BJP loses a state, it announces some policy which never takes off.'

'Even the RSS is following Modi's dictates'

'The only narrative before India is what Modi and the BJP is presenting.' 'Nationalism has been taken as a serious plank by the BJP and RSS.' 'They want to keep the nationalism thing alive to make people forget the economic reality.'

'How will caste go away from our society?'

'Why was Yeddyurappa taken back by the BJP ? Because his community is very strong in Karnataka and if he is back, the BJP thinks it will get more seats.' The government should stop all reservations based on caste, Gandhian Salem Velu Gandhi -- who recently asked the Supreme Court to include a new caste in the list of India's castes, for the children of inter-caste marriages -- tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.

'Caste will be irrelevant when idol worship becomes irrelevant'

'Without destroying idol worship, you cannot destroy caste because idol worship keeps religious communities in its religious ideology. The RSS is a big promoter of idol worship.' 'They may have an OBC PM, but neither the RSS or the VHP talk about an OBC becoming a priest. The equation is: Business in Baniya hands. Religion in Brahmin hands. OBC votes for the BJP.'

'Hinduism should not lose its USP, and that is tolerance'

Meet 28 year-old Dusyant Sridhar who is a techie by day and an Upanyasakar after work, giving discourses on ancient scriptures.

LS polls: Bihar sees lowest turnout with 50%, WB tops with 81%

This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.

Mani Ratnam: Why I work with A R Rahman

'You ask him for anything and he gives you more than you expect.' 'Though I work with Rahman again and again, it is not because it is comfortable. In fact, we push ourselves to a discomfort zone.'

'Adityanath's selection is an RSS decision'

'He is a man whose utterances have been so virulent and communalistic.' 'That's why many people did not look at him as the party's choice for chief minister.' 'UP is the state that reports the largest number of communal incidents every year.' 'Modi may not be using the Hindutva card, but he never condemns the incidents too.'

'Modi will recover black money from abroad'

'The difference between black money in India and the black money out of India is, in India, it is tax evaded money and Indian money outside India is not only tax evaded money, but money which has been taken out of India's capital resources needed for India. So it is not only tax evasion, but treason too.'

'Has reservation served its purpose?'

'There are some castes that grab power, then pass on the benefits to those who belong to their own caste.'