'Unlike in the Kedarnath floods of 2013, which happened due to heavy rains, no such thing happened in Chamoli.' 'The damage was done only because of the hot sun.'
'People have got into the habit of sitting at home (and watching films).' 'They don't want to watch movies in theatres because they do not want to waste as much as Rs 1,000 on tickets.' 'They feel there is no point in watching a film on the big screen because it will anyway come on OTT in a month's time.'
'Who are Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to issue certificates?'
'This was a decision taken and executed by Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman. Both were convinced that the assassination would not be linked to them.'
Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
If Govinda wants to give Bollywood's filmmakers a wake up call, he needs to do a film that showcases his acting talent, writes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'This bitterness will be more in Jammu area than in Kashmir.'
'The BJP will not win a single seat in Punjab.'
No one can make the audience laugh like Govinda, raves Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'They made so many toppers in NEET that automatically the paper leak issue got exposed.' 'The first mistake they did was announcing 67 toppers in NEET. No way this figure was possible.' 'The maximum numbers of toppers that you can have are two or three at best every year.'
'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election management in politics?'
Indians waiting patiently in serpentine queues outside Mumbai banks tell Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf they are ready to suffer for the larger good of the country.
There are many life lessons to be learnt from the way Sharad Pawar handled the Maharashtra political crisis.
'Not disclosing information to the public indicates that there is something wrong with Project Cheetah.'
'They said that my leaving for the Quit India Movement event would be a threat to law and order so I should not leave the police station and to be stationed there till the time they do not get permission.'
'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'
Sanju is a repeat of Munnabhai, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Nowhere does the CAA state that Muslims will be deprived of their Indian citizenship.'
'Akhilesh Yadav made voters think why is the BJP asking for 400 paar.' 'They understood his words and believed the BJP wanted 400 paar only to demolish the Constitution and end reservations.'
'We moved out just in time. The fire spread so fast.'
Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha's tenures in the Rajya Sabha end this month.
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
'Under this amendment, in any dispute over Waqf properties, the Waqf Board cannot approach the court.' 'This is very surprising because the government instead of protecting Waqf properties they are snatching it away and not allowing them to go to court.' 'The third biggest landowner in India is the Waqf Board after the Indian Army and Indian Railways.'
'This government has done positive things, we got the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Act under this government. Dheere-dheere hota hai.'
'Modi will do himself a favour if he starts studying about Mahatma Gandhi.' 'I feel pity that we have a PM who has no idea of our own history.'
'The wave of terrorism is over in Kashmir. Local people do not support it.'
Say hello to the Guddu Rangeela team!
'Father always wanted Siraj to play for India and make India proud in the cricketing field, but unfortunately, he is not there to see this glorious moment in Siraj's career.'
'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.'
'There is a huge wait in Kashmir for compassion from the prime minister of India.'
After watching Uri: The Surgical Strike, Syed Firdaus Ashraf gets the feeling that Modi has added another tool to help him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election: Hindi cinema...
'If Kejriwal is adamant on running his government from jail, then his government could be dismissed and Article 356 imposed on Delhi, in other words President's rule in Delhi.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
'And once someone is dead in a family the ritual is to shave your head.'
'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an organisational surgery.'
'Assam is not a dumping ground for Bangladeshi Hindu refugees,' says Assamese actor Ravi Sharma who joined the BJP in August and quit the party on December 10 in protest against the Citizenship Act.
'In the BJP I realised they are a different people with different mindset. They had a different ideology which was more rigid, and somewhere I was not comfortable.'
'Shivakumar is an andhbhakt of Congress ideology and principles.'
'In the case of a road accident, prevention is the only answer.' 'There's no cure to death or disability when the accident happens, and when it's due to reckless or negligent driving, it's worse because it's avoidable.'
'Nobody wants to run an exploitation factory.'
