'Nehru wanted to strengthen industries by exploiting agriculture and that policy was continued by successive governments.'
'Shraddha tries hard to rescue the film, but the script totters so badly in the second half that any salvage seems impossible,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Sachin Pilot had every legitimate right to demand to become CM.'
'They are calling me an accused without even an inquiry.' 'The video was fabricated and doctored. Now the truth is coming out.'
'If Modi-Shah had not changed the leadership, one section would have parted ways with the BJP for sure.'
'One reason given for the failure of the Congress in Assam was due to the alliance with the AIUDF.'
'He felt that he had no place in the BJP and he was wrong.'
An unemployed migrant becomes a much sought after Baba right before Syed Firdaus Ashraf's eyes.
'Everyone has to take some step in solving this deadlock -- civil society, separatist leaders, the government.'
'PM Modi is not taking Kashmir's stance as far as the Naga issue is concerned.'
The entire campaign in Lucknow is based on Narendra Modi -- there is little mention of the BJP candidate, a certain Rajnath Singh. Some locals wonder, 'Rajnathji is not coming to campaign in Lucknow. How will he take care of this city after he wins?' Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports from Lucknow.
'They are ABVP-phobic people. Tomorrow, they will say the US attack on Iran is because of the ABVP.'
'These charges of the prosecution will fall to the ground and I am 100 per cent sure of that.'
From July 27, 2017, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, my daughter will have to learn that there are only two most important things in life: Power and money.
'If people want to blackmail others to get information or harm things, so why will someone give them information?'
'The Chinese have not crossed the LAC in Galwan.' 'They are on their side of the LAC and we are on our side.'
'There are other prisoners too who are behaving in a good manner, but they are not being released sooner.'
'The Indian government spent Rs 506 crore on security of the separatists in the last five years.' 'These separatist leaders must know how ordinary people live. Have you ever seen Geelani's son throwing stones?' 'The separatists have encouraged people into this stone throwing business. They have destroyed Kashmir.' Jammu BJP MLA Rajesh Gupta on why separatists must not be given security.
'Politicians want pliable policemen who would carry out their orders, right or wrong, lawful or illegal.'
'I don't believe that it beholds democracies like us who claim to be the largest democracy in the world, to have such a thin skin about the possibility of foreign commentary.'
'I am happy Sanjay Raut and Sharad Pawar changed the game of Maharashtra politics.'
She could not believe how much India had changed since the last time she experienced it first hand.
'Gaumutra kills all bacteria,' says the Congress corporator from Mumbai, who wants cow urine to clean the city's hospitals.
'We were expecting at least they would be held guilty, but instead they have gone scot-free'
'Crony capitalism will gain due to these Acts.'
'I should not have lifted my hand, but whoever eats the meat of a cow, whom we Hindus consider our mother, these things will happen.'
'The Government of India could aggressively promote developmental projects that will alleviate poverty particularly in communities where South Africans of Indian origin and our black brothers and sisters live as neighbours.'
'We are seeing an era where only what Modi wishes is going to happen.' 'A clear message has now been sent to others that if this fate could befall on Nitin Gadkari, then just think what could happen to lesser mortals.'
'The BJP will be wiped out from all over India.'
'I have learnt from Guru Nanakji that we all must live in harmony and brotherhood and have concern for others.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com presents 10 dynasts of the BJP who have managed to get elected this time round.
If you thought Vajubhai Vala's invitation to BSY was a one-off, think again :))
Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria's trusted man Dinesh Kadam also helped crack the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts' case, sent Abu Salem to jail and helped bust the Indian Mujahideen terror network in Mumbai.
Amjed Ullah Khan, who carried out investigations of his own and helped rescue 15 women from Hyderabad, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com how the women get trapped in an underground slave market that 'sells' them to employers who force them to work for less or no pay and often under inhuman conditions.
Why 'anti-Romeo'? Why not 'anti-loafer' squad? Or 'anti-Majnu' squad?' wonders Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
It is a waste of time to speak up in today's India, believes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'No action will be taken against Ajit Pawar. I am sure.'
'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.'
It was Dev Anand's dream to put Indian cinema on the world map and he thought Guide was the perfect film for it.
With Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stoking a controversy by saying that the Hindu population was falling while minorities are flourishing, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf studied the 2001 and 2011 census data to track the demographic changes in the northeast.
