'We request the Indian government that they send some buses urgently so that we can travel in groups and reach safety.'
'In IIT, most faculty members have a bias against SC/ST students.' 'SC/ST and OBC students have no idea whom to approach for support.'
'Even if not me, there are other deserving candidates from Maharashtra in the Congress who should have been given the Rajya Sabha ticket.'
The realities at the nerve centre of the Ram Janambhoomi movement are lack of development, rampant unemployment and 12 hour-long power cuts. Most residents hope Narendra Modi will change the situation in Ayodhya.
'Upper castes who complain against reservations are fighting only for their own castes.'
One Anil Kapoor seems more entertaining than two Arjun Kapoors!
'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...'
'Jockeying for that position has possibly started at this time.'
'Already, the temperature has touched 39 degrees in some parts of Gujarat and now we are in the last week of February.' 'We need to activate the heat action plan from March 1.'
'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.'
Shankar is India's answer to Hollywood, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Congress leaders are a jubilant lot after the results.
Thalaivii proves Kangana is the Queen of Bollywood, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'A political party taking the law into its hands is objectionable, especially in the context of the 2002 incidents in Gujarat.'
'Many times when Khalistan slogans are raised, it is from those who feel alienated, not because they want a separate state.'
'The BJP had a big threat from the Congress in J&K, therefore they were threatened by us.'
'The Maoists have weakened considerably in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after Milind Teltumbde's death.'
'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.'
'When Sikhs were killed in the Afghan-Sikh war in 1837, the Afridis used to bury their heads like flowerpots in the ground,' writer and popular historian William Dalrymple tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'When Sikhs were killed in the Afghan-Sikh war in 1837, the Afridis used to bury their heads like flowerpots in the ground,' writer-historian William Dalrymple, whose latest book Return of a King is a historical work based on the First Afghan War, tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
A sixth of AAP's 67 MLAs in Delhi are either out on bail or behind bars in cases ranging from domestic abuse to sexual harassment, to desecration of holy books, to corruption charges.
Over 1,200 Indian students stranded at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine make a desperate call for help.
'If you want to change everything all of a sudden to polyester, then the production of khadi flags will come under trouble.'
Even as a teen, Syed Firdaus Ashraf was terrified about losing his hair. So here's what he did.
'If you can come with some arrangement with the Pakistanis that Pakistan ceases to stop creating trouble in Kashmir in return for the Indians not arming Afghanistan, everyone wins.' William Dalrymple discusses his new book Return of a King, Afghanistan, the Mughals and, of course, India with Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Narendra Modi can never be Vajpayee because the poet-prime minister had a heart. Modi doesn't. He only understands the language of business, of profit and loss. It is beyond his capacity to understand a complex country like India, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
"Such are his core supporters that they will vote for him even if cooking oil sells for Rs 5,000 per litre under his leadership.' 'They don't think about inflation but Modi when they go out to vote.'
'I approached the ministries for a response, but they did not respond on time, so I had to approach the court.'
'Unlike in the Kedarnath floods of 2013, which happened due to heavy rains, no such thing happened in Chamoli.' 'The damage was done only because of the hot sun.'
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'The right wing has worked for 70-80 years at the grass roots before it burst onto social media.' 'Social media is an extension of its formidable work in society.' 'If you think you can fight them on social media, forget it. You can't.'
'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040'
'I am not sure of the numbers killed, but they were not as high as the use of the word 'genocide' suggests.' 'There is another meaning you could take, 'cultural genocide', in that the Pandit community is extremely small and their forced departure led to a wiping out of their culture.'
'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'
'Modi is now the biggest messiah of OBCs and Dalits as V P Singh once was.'
Varun Dhawan excels in the Judwaa 2 trailer.
'It is a well-thought-out decision. I feel it is difficult for him now to step back.'
'We cannot afford to be complacent about our food security needs.'
The former Big Boss contestant posted objectionable content on her social media pages on September 6 and 21 against Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and other members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, following which Rajasthan Youth Congress General Secretary Charmesh Sharma filed a complaint.
And one big, angry family, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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