'India has demonstrated that if tomorrow, any enemy country that has a lot of satellites threatens it, India can (bring them down).'
'The government does not want to be transparent or accountable. Therefore, they do not want to appoint information commissioners.'
'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.'
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.
Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Party workers sit outside polling booths and they know everything that is happening.' 'Besides, as a voter when you push the EVM button to vote there is a paper slip that comes out showing you who you voted for.'
'There is no peace in the Kashmir Valley.'
No one can make the audience laugh like Govinda, raves Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The reason I am not anxious about the opponent facing me in the front (Ajit Pawar) is because of who is standing behind me like a rock (Sharad Pawar).'
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.
'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.'
'This bitterness will be more in Jammu area than in Kashmir.'
There are many life lessons to be learnt from the way Sharad Pawar handled the Maharashtra political crisis.
'Who are Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to issue certificates?'
'The BJP will not win a single seat in Punjab.'
Sanju is a repeat of Munnabhai, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'We moved out just in time. The fire spread so fast.'
Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha's tenures in the Rajya Sabha end this month.
'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.'
'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.'
'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.'
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'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election management in politics?'
'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.'
'Nowhere does the CAA state that Muslims will be deprived of their Indian citizenship.'
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.'
'Not disclosing information to the public indicates that there is something wrong with Project Cheetah.'
'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.'
'This government has done positive things, we got the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Act under this government. Dheere-dheere hota hai.'
'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'
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...
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
'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.'
'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.'
'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.
'The wave of terrorism is over in Kashmir. Local people do not support it.'
'And once someone is dead in a family the ritual is to shave your head.'
'In low-profile cases, if there's a small quantity (of drugs involved), you get bail on the first day.' 'In high-profile cases, it depends on the judge.'
