'This award is funded by American money so I took this decision.'
This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Israelis not only harassed Palestine Muslims, but also Christians.' 'Palestinians have been telling Israel that this will blow up the situation, but they would not listen to us.'
'I have never seen a common man tapping a chief minister on the shoulder and giving him his petition, like needing money for a child admitted in a hospital.'
'These girls are sold to brothels because their parents are unable to repay their loans to money-lenders.'
'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and prolonged incarceration as undertrials.'
'They could have told the media that there is nothing in it and let me read it out.'
'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?'
'Shivakumar is an andhbhakt of Congress ideology and principles.'
'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.'
'Apparently, the EC deals with such communications as mine in a summary manner, and it has no intention to conduct its affairs, as a quasi-judicial authority ought to.'
'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.'
'Every Congressman in Rajasthan is in Ashok Gehlot's pocket.'
'It could backfire on the BJP and boost the Opposition parties.'
'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.'
Dominic Xavier offers his take on how Sachin Pilot is keeping everyone guessing about his future move.
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
'Government supplied public services are less likely to be found in neighbourhoods with high numbers of Scheduled Castes and Muslims.'
'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.'
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
'The buildings all around had caved in or were damaged. The trees were all uprooted. Things were very scary.'
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.'
'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.'
'People tell us openly that in 2024 we will vote for Modi.'
'There is no law or Article in the Constitution that says the prime minister must inaugurate the new Parliament, but Article 79 of the Constitution says the President of India is the competent person.'
Kapil Sharma: I'm Not Done Yet is truly outstanding, applauds Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Hindus have never been polarised across Maharashtra in any state election.'
'He was the most thoughtful corporate person I encountered.'
'A stable and strong Pakistan with an anti-India mindset and hatred is not good for us.'
'We don't know how and why this happened as the route interlock signal works fine millions of times every day across India.'
'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.'
'The Opposition thinks since the ruling party is following Savarkar's Hindutva philosophy, they want to regain their lost political mileage (by attacking Savarkar).' 'By doing so, they think they will get their power back.'
'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.'
'Israel has received an extremely hard and rude reminder that it cannot go ahead and talk of normalisation of relations with other Arab countries without addressing the issues pertaining to Palestine.'
'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
'Switching loyalty from one party to another is completely unfair as it devalues my vote.'
'All these farmers and tribals were told to bring their own wood and ration to cook food during the march.'
'Shinde and Fadnavis have different working styles and certainly there is a crack that has come between them.'
'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
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