A Ganesh Nadar, a journalist for a quarter of a century, is the author of two books. You can e-mail the author at ganeshnadar@rediffmail.com
Coimbatore-based environmental activist R Manikandan, was named the South Zone Water Warrior by the Government of India's Jal Shakti ministry.
'Our future is in limbo. The government saved us with Operation Ganga; now, they must save our careers.'
'It is easier to make friends with strangers as they are non-judgmental.'
Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.
'I've always wanted to be a pilot; setting records is the icing on the cake.'
'He has to listen to his body and his mind and he decided to leave politics.'
Jai Bhagwan has been without a job for six years. When we ask him how he managed to run his house without a job, he says matter of factly, 'I sold my wife's jewels.'
'My memory is as fresh as it was when I was a student in 1984.' 'I had absolutely no problem while preparing for NEET.'
'We walked into the well of the House because we had no choice.' 'They were not listening to us. They were throttling democracy.'
'We brought him back within 20 days of the complaint.'
'Religion must be in your home and in the temple, not in government functions.'
'The BJP plans to win 10 (Lok Sabha) seats (in Tamil Nadu) and the alliance (with the AIADMK) 20 seats in 2024.'
'OPS is the first person in history to ransack his own party office.'
Even as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's general council meeting got underway in Chennai on Monday morning, endorsing Edappadi K Palaniswami as the interim general secretary, the rival O Panneerselvam faction staged a well-planned coup at the party headquarters in Royapettah, central Chennai.
'One quiver cannot have two different kinds of arrows.' 'The party cannot progress with two leaders.'
'If you don't have an heir, leave alone heaven, you don't even have a place in hell.'
'I must have done a lot of good deeds because of which I was getting the chance to talk to such a mahapurush.'
'The focus is on to cultivate a culture of respect.'
'Sometimes we use political pressure and sometimes political acumen to get what we want.'
'With just 2.4 per cent of global landmass, India houses six to eight per cent of planetary biodiversity and hence is a prime target of wildlife criminals.'
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