Functioning from 8 am to 8 pm, it deals only with mental stress
'This is the third time we are getting an assurance from the central government. We want the investigations to come up with results.'
'The whale stranding-earthquake link is almost a certainty according to my reading.'
'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
'I was not scared. I have seen trains every day of my life. I only wanted to stop the train.'
Kudos to Director Karthik Subbaraj for bringing back the Rajini of the 1990s, says A Ganesh Nadar.
On May 22 and 23, the Tamil Nadu police shot dead 13 persons in Tuticorin after the months-long anti-Sterlite protests turned violent. A month later, when A Ganesh Nadar visited the homes of a few victims, he found the families and friends still cowering under fear of the police.
'When someone gives you one kilo of gold you have some obligations to them'
The Indian embassy has provided an air ticket and visa for the woman whose hand was chopped off allegedly by her employer. She has received no compensation.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
'Parents always remember what their child was last wearing, so it helps in both verifying what they say as well in identifying the child correctly even after many years have gone by,' says the head of a crack Delhi police team which has traced 54 missing children in the last one year.
'All I want the government to do is to make sure that the children whose parents are seriously ill don't lose their jobs for looking after their parents.'
'The AIADMK gets votes from all sections of the minorities.' 'By aligning with the BJP the AIADMK stands to lose that vote'
The hits and misses of the week.
Salman Khan's big Eid release Tubelight is also a major loser.
Salman Khan's much awaited Eid release Tubelight turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. Distributors stand to lose on their investments.
'Amendments in the past have created fear. This will take it further.'
'Vijay acts as himself, so you cannot expect variety from him.' 'He dances the same way, bashes up villains the same way, woos the heroine the same way and says his dialogues the same way,' notes A Ganesh Nadar.
Aditi Mammen Gupta, who hails from the family that started Malayala Manorama, MRF Tyres & Funskool, tells us about her start-up.
An informal group of volunteers from the same school in Ahmednagar come together to pool resources, prepare food, serve the needy.
'I am fighting for my country's land and I am fighting for my people.' 'I am fighting for my country, not against it.'
What is the man who hopes to replace Jayalalithaa like as a campaigner?
'Each plate sold sponsors 250 meals for a worker's family.' 'Our goal is to provide 100,000 meals within the next month.'
Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda tells A Ganesh Nadar why his party may join the Nitish Kumar-led Janata parivar alliance.
'I am attending Hindi language classes as I think it will help if I get a job in North India.'
'My life has been full of suffering for the last five years,' says Professor T J Joseph whose hand was hacked by Islamists in a brutal attack.
An angry Satyanarayana Shimoga questions why he has been denied the Dronacharya award.
Detectives in Sydney have spoken to more than 2,000 people, taken almost 250 statements. They have considered the possibility that someone in India was involved in, or helped organise, Prabha Arun Kumar's murder.
'Sasikala went to jail in a 19-year-old case.' 'Dinakaran went to jail in a case of attempting to bribe the Election Commission.' 'How can you link the BJP to these two cases?'
With more than 300 sexual assault cases filed in Chennai under POCSO Act in the last three years, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to maintain a register of child sexual offenders. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
'Everyone is confused, lost, worried and unsure about the future.' 'Regular communication from the owners or leaders will keep anxiety at bay for employees.'
'Putting your life at stake defending your motherland is the best feeling you can get.'
How did an Independent candidate win a seat in the face of the NaMo wave in UP?
'My son did not write the post at all. He just shared it. Somebody else had written it.'
'How can you say such things? Just because he takes care of cows...'
'Life has been very stressful and frustrating.'
Cops are struggling to determine the motive, as they rule out sexual assault or a hate crime.
'There were 27 cases against me. I have obtained bail in all the cases. The judiciary has released me,' the freed Kashmiri separatist tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com
'When Rajiv Gandhi was PM, Roman Catholic missionaries were allowed to enter Arunachal Pradesh and they made full use of this. They had the blessings of Sonia Gandhi'
Varun Gandhi explains why he has moved a private member's bill in Parliament enabling voters to recall their representatives.
