'When the Congress is put against someone like Narendra Modi, they do not have anything new to offer to the people of India.'
'While I am talking to you, I have no idea whether I'm infected or not.' 'I just want to go back home safely.'
Journalist Prashant Kanojia was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on August 18 for a retweet and has been in custody ever since.
'Whenever the Government of India throws the debris, they will not take such care of the mosque's debris and Muslims may object to such a move at that time.'
'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.'
Rohith Vemula's suicide exposes all of us as a nation, argues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'It is a well-thought-out decision. I feel it is difficult for him now to step back.'
'They killed one Gauri, but now there will be lakhs of people who will continue to do Gauri's work.'
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala explains why he thinks Modi should be at the helm of India.
'The actual amount due to Jet Airways employees is Rs 1,200 crore, and the management is giving only Rs 52 crore.'
'There was outside intervention which is what led to the initial violence.' 'Once the violence started, there was a brutal lathi-charge by the police.'
'Where was the armed police?' 'Did you see armed constables around him?' 'There was deep negligence by the UP police and this was a deep conspiracy.'
'Verdict shows they had illegally imposed President's rule in Uttarakhand.'
The classic Marathi movie Simhasan would be an interesting watch today as it draws a parallels to the current political turmoil in Maharashtra.
'We cannot believe the police encounter story at all.' 'They were in the hands of the police and they were de-weaponised.' 'They didn't have weapons. How can you kill them?'
'Punjab elections are there and so are UP elections. They must have done some calculations (before announcing the repeal).'
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf does a comparative analysis of suicide numbers released by the NCRB. Data: Hemantkumar Shivsaran/Rediff.com.
'The Muslim community is disappointed with this judgment.'
'Upper castes who complain against reservations are fighting only for their own castes.'
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
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'After Father Stan Swamy's death one thing has become very clear, that if you fight for justice in India you will be called a Maoist by the State.'
Ahead of the elections, a lot had been spoken of the large number of leaders defecting from the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena. In fact, a month before the polls, more than two dozen Congress-NCP leaders quit and joined the BJP in hopes of riding high on the Narendra Modi wave. While for some the shift has brought in good fortune, for others it has brought loss. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com analyses how these defectors have fared.
'...it gets a survey report that they are going to lose elections.' 'The fear of losing elections will make them immediately conduct a caste census.'
'They fear their caste privilege will be exposed if there is an OBC caste census.'
'We will talk to Muslim, Christian organisations and form a broad alliance so that every temple, church and mosque will have freedom to manage their affairs and not to be intervened upon.'
'The Supreme Court has reiterated that marriage is an important institution but it cannot depend on criminal prosecution.' 'It has to rest on certain surer foundations like love, mutual trust etc.'
'When he was killed, did you ask questions of the Muslim community? When we spoke of 'aar-paar' you are asking questions.'
'They want to wind up Osho's Pune operation, take the money and move out of India.'
'The Congress may have made mistakes, but their ideology is not wrong. India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity,' declares filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports from Lucknow.
'Gehlot is right now doing things, which are not appreciated by the Gandhis.' 'The Gandhis have realised that their writ does not run in Rajasthan, therefore they have deflected the issue to Kharge.'
'Before entering Tihar jail, she told us not to worry and that we will together come out of this crisis soon.'
'The suppression is mounting and people may react.'
'Javed Ahmed was no mastermind of the riots, and this is not mentioned in the FIR against him either.'
'The decision to supply free food grains is not an economically sound decision because the government will find it very difficult in future to charge anything for food grains.'
'They were certainly not practising Hinduism in the Harappan culture (which includes Mohenjo Daro and other sites).' 'There was no notion of Hinduism then.'
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'She said she could have taken so much energy from her father had she got a chance to meet him before his death.'
