'The irony of this country is that the party in Opposition and the party in power both depend on Muslims.'
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf explains the charges against the Bollywood star.
'Omar Abdullah presented Delhi as a villain in front of the people of Jammu Kashmir before elections and now is shaking hands with them.'
'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.'
'The BJP claims they have eight lakh cadres in the Kashmir Valley so why can't they contest elections from Kashmir?'
'I want to die with my finger on the click button of the camera,' veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into ages early on Sunday morning, told Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'There are 7,000 guns which are in the hands of the armed militia of the Kuki and Meitei communities.'
Tral, the former hotbed of terrorism, rocks to the music of democracy.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf is unimpressed by the Uri trailer.
'Politicians can do symbolism by changing the names of places and museums.' 'Judges need not be seen to be craving for approval from the public.'
Want to live in Maharashtra, follow these eight rules or get jailed. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on the proposed Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act.
'Government cannot pick and choose as to against whom they want to take action and against whom they do not want to take action.'
'That was my mistake.' 'Gautam Adani was not involved in forming the Maharashtra government.' 'Adani was not there in the meeting.' 'The meeting was at his guest house and we were sitting in his guest house.'
'Why should I as a common man not know where my parents are in Kashmir, how they are doing. It is my right,' student Mohammed Aleem Syed, who moved the Supreme Court to be allowed to visit Kashmir, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'I came for my national service. I am the son of people like Gandhiji, Nehru, Patel, Dr Ambedkar and Maulana Azad.'
Cafe Irani Chaii is Mansoor Showghi Yezdi's attempt at preserving Irani culture in an age of globalisation, where old cultures are swiftly fading away.
'We do not want to fall into a trap of uncontrolled escalation or all out conflict.' 'When the need arises we will do that.'
This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The situation is so bad that it is not possible for me to explain in words how bad the conditions are for the common man of Manipur.'
... Why care for the truth when the legend so interesting, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Satyamev Jayate 2 has a dated, circa 1990s script which won't find acceptance with today's generations, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'They contest to ensure they win the election.'
'The Congress cannot speak the BJP's words while targeting Kejriwal.' 'What is the difference between the two? Where is the unity of INDIA then?'
'Apparently, the EC deals with such communications as mine in a summary manner, and it has no intention to conduct its affairs, as a quasi-judicial authority ought to.'
'Ladakh has become a hollow UT.' 'Bureaucrats from Delhi rule Ladakh and there is no attention paid to the grievances of the people.'
'He also understands and foresees potential challenges.'
'If my brother was a criminal they could have filed a case against him and put him on trial. Why kill him?' This is not justice.'
'Article 370 is now dug 70 feet deep in the ground. It cannot come out.'
'The Election Commission cannot be regulated by the government.'
'Till the BJP does not understand Kejriwal they cannot win Delhi.'
'They will be in prison all their life and they will understand what suffering means to Reuben's and Keenan's families.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
'If the country felt very strongly about the BJP, then why did the country not put money where the mouth is?'
'Every district office of the party celebrated his exit by distributing sweets and bursting crackers.'
'Aspiring doctors have put in years of their lives to study in preparation for NEET exams as they start studies from Class 9 to get good marks.' 'And today, after the NEET paper leak, these students even after getting good marks are unable to get admission in any good medical college (because of inflated merit marks due to the paper leak).' 'They are thinking, was it worthwhile to study so hard for the examinations to become a doctor?'
'We don't trust the prime minister's words on repealing the laws because he had promised us that he will implement the Swaminathan Commission report, but he never did.'
The answers will come -- hopefully! -- when the film releases on August 15, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'He was the most thoughtful corporate person I encountered.'
26 candidates in Amethi fray take away 60,545 votes; the difference between the victorious Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi is 55,120 votes.
'The government does not want to be transparent or accountable. Therefore, they do not want to appoint information commissioners.'
