The trailer is so gripping that you know something interesting is bound to happen, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'People tell us openly that in 2024 we will vote for Modi.'
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
'The BJP has 106 MLAs and Eknath Shinde claims the support of 40 MLAs. So why are they both not forming the government right now in Mumbai? Why the delay?' Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports.
'These new laws give complete (impunity) to the police.' 'Whatever little accountability the police had, all that is gone now.' 'There is no accountability mechanism against the police for abusing or misusing in the new laws.'
One of Sanjay Dutt's biggest fans will serve his restaurant's signature dish on February 25 to celebrate Dutt's release from jail.
The Emperor of Bollywood Romance tries to play a lecher for the first time in his career.
'Akhilesh did politics like Rabi and Kharif crop which come once a year. Politics is not seasonal, you have to harvest your field all through the year and only then you get a good crop' Political analyst lists 12 reasons why Akhilesh Yadav lost the UP elections.
'You will really wish oh! Had I stayed in Dharavi I would have got a nice house. I can assure you that. We will make dreams come true.'
'Jockeying for that position has possibly started at this time.'
'They want to win 45 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in the 2024 general elections and joining hands with Ajit Pawar is in that direction.'
Thalaivii proves Kangana is the Queen of Bollywood, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'For free supply of drugs and medicines itself, almost Rs 20,000 crores would be required.'
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf explains the charges against the Bollywood star.
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.'
'It is a frightening situation as the most threatening aspect is the development and growth of society.' 'Once our society comes into perpetual violent mode, then investments will drop.'
'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.'
'Shinde and Fadnavis have different working styles and certainly there is a crack that has come between them.'
'I approached the ministries for a response, but they did not respond on time, so I had to approach the court.'
'The upper caste elite's belief that they are casteless is a belief that is available only to the upper castes. Because all the lower castes are reminded by society every day what their caste is.'
'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
'The central government forces are supporting one group and the state government forces are supporting another group and this is resulting in non-stop cross-firing, which has resulted in the killing of many innocent people.'
The answers will come -- hopefully! -- when the film releases on August 15, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
So worried is Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde of desertions that he is asking rebel MLAs in Guwahati to sign affidavits affirming that they won't go back on supporting the 'cause of Hindutva' after reaching Mumbai.
... Why care for the truth when the legend so interesting, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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.
'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.'
'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.'
'The Maoists have weakened considerably in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after Milind Teltumbde's death.'
'...to address the serious faultlines that had got exposed during the pandemic.' 'If the economy is looking up this year, we could have been allocated an increase of at least 20%.'
'Yogi was there, but ultimately the BJP got extremely worried and therefore Modi pitched in.'
26 candidates in Amethi fray take away 60,545 votes; the difference between the victorious Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi is 55,120 votes.
'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
'The cousins do not have a good rapport with each other in politics, though they may be having a good rapport with each other in family life.'
'We request the Indian government that they send some buses urgently so that we can travel in groups and reach safety.'
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
'The wife will not only abuse her husband for giving her less money, but also abuse the government.' 'Look at the price of a cooking gas cylinder, it is Rs 1,200.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
'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.'
'India has demonstrated that if tomorrow, any enemy country that has a lot of satellites threatens it, India can (bring them down).'