'You know the situation in Yemen now. There is no government there.' 'The rebels are in control. So, there is no diplomatic channel through which we can negotiate.'
'At Keeladi, we have not come across any evidence for organised religion.'
'Today, the State looks at everyone with suspicion.'
'It is for the first time in Independent India that collection of information on caste is being done.'
'According to JP, Indira Gandhi was not much of a danger to democracy. He said, it was Sanjay Gandhi and his gang.'
'Archaeological sites like Keeladi, having remained buried for 2,500 years, have come out and speak now.'
'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.'
'Despite being a software powerhouse, we're not producing proportionate original IP, frameworks, or global tech products originating in India.'
'What is going on is the under counting of the migration population in urban areas.' 'It has been going on in the last few censuses.'
'The Railways is today running train services with 30% less number of loco pilots.'
'We had prepared tapioca and crabs for him, and he enjoyed the Kerala cuisine thoroughly.'
'It concerns the sea and the security of the nation. What has happened is a big tragedy.'
'It will split people and create caste clashes. Unity of people will be affected for the time being.'
'The defence forces have come up with certain problems they face in the drone space.' 'Recently we had a meeting at which they presented the problems to many of our start-ups and faculty.' 'Some of the start-ups have started working on the problems.'
'The nuns were subjected to abusive language and all types of mental torture.'
'The CBI did a wonderful job of tracking down the killers, but at the end of the day, all the hard work went for a toss.' 'If we had caught them alive, the operation would have been successful completely.'
'Not only jobs are not being generated, but people are also losing jobs.'
'...hesitate to support the risk-taking it requires.'
'If you don't fulfil whatever they ask, you are in trouble.'
'Why should children, who are already burdened with so many subjects, be over-burdened with three languages?'
'How many jobs will be created when you complete your course?' 'How many people will compete with you?' 'What is the minimum and maximum salary you can expect?' 'Which are the companies that will offer you a job?' 'What skills do you have to develop?' 'How long will it sustain?'
'We don't know which bus is coming next. I know for sure whatever bus comes next, it will miss that too.'
'They are going to create so many nations within one nation.' 'If you do this exercise without a clear vision, it will have far reaching repercussions. It will end up in disaster and that will be dangerous.'
'What does Indira Gandhi want from me? At this age, what will I do to her?'
'The vast majority of BJP supporters in Tamil Nadu can't speak any language other than Tamil.' 'When rural Tamil Nadu can't speak any other language than Tamil, how are they going to convince them that they have to learn Hindi?'
'If delimitation is not handled well by the Centre, the southern states are certainly going to challenge it.'
The Web portal of the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, published an article (withdrawn later) that the Christian community holds many acres of land, far more than Waqf property.'
'Even one accident can cause problems for the entire coastal system.'
'Many of these issues will be resolved within 6 months because the US economy has started unravelling.'
'Nobody asked us to work on this. It was on our own that we decided to embark on this journey.'
'They just showed riots created by some political party. They never mentioned the name of the place or the political party.' 'I don't know why these people are agitated.'
'No retaliatory tariffs now. You can retaliate after a few months.' 'Today, there is no need to retaliate because it is a question of long term benefits.'
'For the first time in this country, perhaps the first time anywhere, we are going to use backwardness index.' 'It is a fundamental shift in the discourse in the country's social justice.'
'Can we give young India the tools to solve the problems the country or society faces and uplift the community?'
'Maybe this has created some minor issues which can happen in any party.'
Shobha Warrier pays homage to M T Vasudevan Nair, the legendary writer and filmmaker who passed into the ages on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
'...how do they consume and contribute to the GDP?'
'I remember our priests saying that he liked sea food. So, they cooked sea food for him without masala and spice.' 'It seems he enjoyed Kerala food very much.'
'So, they have taken away the word Waqf from the Bill.' 'It will now be known as the UMEED Act.'
'In today's political spectrum, it is the Bharatiya Janata Party that always says, nation first.'
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