All stories by PRASANNA D ZORE
'Same-sex marriage may take 40-50 years'
Rediff.com19 Oct 2023'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'
'Nobody's scared in Israel, they're the bravest race'
Rediff.com16 Oct 2023'IDF (the Israeli Defence Forces) soldiers, be it a girl or a boy, they may look very cute, but you cannot mess with them.' 'People are serving their country at 95 years of age. That's the greatest example of patriotism.'
'Poor Palestinians are too tired to fight'
Rediff.com16 Oct 2023'People coming from the slightly upper section of Palestinian society want to fight and I see vengeance in their eyes.'
'MHA has a list of Manipur terrorists'
Rediff.com10 Oct 2023'There is a list with the Ministry of Home Affairs that has the details and names of the terrorist organisations that attack the Indian Army.'
Who Really Killed Hardeep Singh Nijjar?
Rediff.com26 Sep 2023'This whole story is going to become extremely murky and that discovering who is an agent of the Indian government is not necessarily a simple matter.' 'And that if Trudeau was to name (the person) who he thinks is the connection with the Indian government, that the Indian government will be sure to have some deniability and will be able to say he had nothing to do with us.'
'Canada Created A Khalistani Frankenstein's Monster'
Rediff.com26 Sep 2023'And when the floats go by in the parade garlanded and decorated with the posters of gun toting assassins and murderers and martyrs, you look the other way.' 'And in return we will bring you 10,000 votes because the people of the gurdwaras will vote as we tell them to vote.'
'BJP Won't Let Bidhuri Be Suspended'
Rediff.com25 Sep 2023'The Speaker should have asked Ramesh Bidhuri to withdraw his words and apologise.'
'Can Modi show that Trudeau is wrong?'
Rediff.com25 Sep 2023'Can Trudeau's evidence hold up? If not, he's finished.'
'INDIA is prepared for any surprises coming out of Mr Modi's bag'
Rediff.com18 Sep 2023'The government has been anti our civilisational values.' 'My fear would be that they erode that some more to have their way and to consolidate their power.'
'He has entire Maharashtra cabinet at his feet'
Rediff.com11 Sep 2023'Since September 1, a senior cabinet minister has been to-ing and fro-ing between Jalna and Mumbai by chartered flight every single day with messages from the two deputy chief ministers and the chief minister to get Manoj Jarange-Patil to back down from his agitation.'
'One nation, one election is a very funny suggestion'
Rediff.com7 Sep 2023'This means the remedy will be worse than the disease. The thing which you want to avoid will happen.'
'Future Of Manipur Is Totally Dark'
Rediff.com1 Sep 2023'The state government, state forces, commandos, police, they are all with the Meiteis in attacking Kuki tribals.'
'Everybody is feeling unsafe, not just the minorities'
Rediff.com31 Aug 2023'It is not just the religious minorities who are being intimidated or targeted.' 'You see an equal intimidation or effort of intimidation towards anyone who does not agree with the Hindutva interpretation of the Hindu faith.'
'You can't run a country where people...'
Rediff.com31 Aug 2023'... are losing faith in the institutions of government, where people do not believe that the institutions of government operate according to the Constitution, within the confines of the law, where these institutions are seen to be representing a small faction of a particular community against all other (minority) communities.'
Manipur: 'BJP is refusing to relent'
Rediff.com28 Aug 2023'After having changed chief ministers in Uttarakhand, Tripura, why are they not doing it in Manipur?'
'Onion price rise scares this government'
Rediff.com26 Aug 2023'Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal once told me that if onion prices rise we will face the flak for it across India.' 'What can farmers expect from a government which talks like a trader and only believes in (electoral) profit and loss?'
'Muslims from Nuh have escaped to Rajasthan'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2023'Not only are Muslim homes and shops being bulldozed, but the cops are filing random FIRs even against people who died two-three years ago, against those who have moved to neighbouring states since almost two years to work there.'
'Mewat never saw Hindu-Muslim clashes'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2023'The situation in Nuh could have easily returned to normalcy if the trader class wished so, but they didn't.'
'Replacing Shinde Saheb is not easy'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2023'The BJP should not treat Shinde saheb as a lightweight.'
'Collegium, with some aberrations removed, is a very good idea'
Rediff.com14 Aug 2023'There is one negative thing which has happened very quietly. The position of the election commissioner has been downgraded.'