'There is no point in just saying, 'hum wapas bhej denge (we will send Kashmiri Pandits back)'.'
'It is a well-thought-out decision. I feel it is difficult for him now to step back.'
'This committee underscores the Indian State's longstanding conventional approach to leverage top-down conflict management in North East India in general and Manipur in particular.' 'Trying to 'manage' violent conflicts top-down has not worked in the past, and apparently does not seem to work this time either.'
'Rahul Gandhi never gets firsthand information. He does not know what is good or bad going on in the party.'
'The collegium system will remove any such doubts from the minds of people and the political parties.'
'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.' 'It could be an eagle or a peacock. And sometimes a monkey.' 'Those moments calmed you, brought hope...'
'If it is not possible for the Indian Railways to have separate non-vegetarian and vegetarian compartments, then what is the harm in railways serving only vegetarian food?'
'The Congress wants to deprive Modi another term in 2024 and for that they are ready to make any sacrifice.'
'Deeply hurt by Modi's conspicuous silence for over a month-and-a-half since the outbreak of violence, people in Manipur came on the roads and crushed their radio sets to express their frustration and anger.' 'The fact that Modi's Mann Ki Baat did not have a single reference to the Manipur violence further accentuated this hurt and anger.'
Where do the four members of the Supreme Court appointed panel to interface with farmers stand on the Modi government's farm laws?
'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'
'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf, who grew up in the 1980s, tells us why Befikre is a must watch to understand the new generation.
'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.'
It reinforces the Muslim stereotype, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
In these times of Rs 2,000 notes and digital payment apps, Syed Firdaus Ashraf tries to book tickets for Dear Zindagi.
'The government never asked any transport association before making this law on hit and run cases.' 'MPs only clapped to Amit Shah's new law and never questioned him about this law.' 'Are these MPs not bothered about the lives of drivers?'
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
Will he take Modi's 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' route? Or will he turn UP into Egypt under Morsi, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'After the NRC in Assam, things have changed for Muslims in India.'
'The Akali government is not responsible for the Punjab power crisis as Mr Sidhu is saying.'
From Singapore to Almora, Abhishant Pant has survived without cash, and he wants to continue in that state all his life.
'To all those then who talk about ending Brahminical hegemony, my advice is: Get the Brahmins on your side,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Because of the Supreme Court judgment, I am being denied my freedom of religion.'
'India's treatment to a member of parliament of Afghanistan was not good and I am very upset about this action.'
'Anurag Kashyap kept quiet for more than three years and now, he wants to become Devdas by making her tragedy his.'
10 Things You Didn't Know About Manikarnika, Rani of Jhansi.
'William Mustoe, the director of horticulture during British rule, named the Presidential Palace garden after the Mughals.' 'He simply kept the name because it was made on the pattern of a Mughal garden.''He simply kept the name Mughal gardens because it was made on the pattern of Mughal garden.'
'They want to establish the silence of the graveyard in university campuses across India.' 'They cannot bear any questioning or dissent. They want subordination and obedience.' 'And that is not going to happen,' says Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat.
'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.'
'The BJP always said Rahul Gandhi is an 'air-conditioned leader', but after this yatra he has proved them wrong.'
'He told senior journalists a few days after the Babri Masjid demolition, 'Jo hua theek hua. Maine isliye hone diya ki BJP ki rajniti hamesha ke liye khatam ho jaye.'
'I want the Supreme Court to give directions to the government of Kerala that they must give protection to all those women who want to enter Sabarimala.'
'Had it not been for the complicity of the state and Biren Singh's leadership, these riots would not have spread this far and for so long.'
'Therefore, these people want Imran Khan out of the elections whenever it is held.' 'For this, he will have to be disqualified from contesting on the basis of cases against him, declaring that he is not sadiq (honest) and ameen (righteous).'
'Siddaramaiah was openly taking on the BJP's communal agenda, which very few non-BJP politicians do.'
'Narendra Modi knows that the Congress without the Gandhis is a more formidable and more dangerous adversary.'
'Only then will we withdraw the agitation.'
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.'
