All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
'Perhaps they want MSMEs to die'
Rediff.com24 Mar 2022'The finance minister said, the MSME is the backbone of the economy. My question is, what have you done for the sector?'
'Climate change has increased the number and intensity of cyclones in the Arabian Sea'
Rediff.com23 Mar 2022'The food security along the coastal region will be severely affected.'
'Congress is much bigger than the Gandhis'
Rediff.com23 Mar 2022'When I said the Gandhi family had to step aside, it was because we have consistently seen that the public has not accepted them.'
'This is not a fight against the Gandhis'
Rediff.com23 Mar 2022'I am requesting Sonia Gandhi to listen to her inner voice again.' 'Then, she will know this is the time for the family to step aside.'
'You cannot bring religion to school'
Rediff.com15 Mar 2022'You can walk wearing the hijab on the street, but not in a school.'
'Why is the hijab being singled out?'
Rediff.com15 Mar 2022'I am not in favour of the hijab myself.' 'I personally think it wrong to make women shut themselves out of the world, where there is so much to see.' 'But I can't dictate to others about what they should wear.'
'Results are endorsement of communal regime in UP'
Rediff.com14 Mar 2022'What worked for the BJP were three things: Hindu nationalism, religion and a silent but strong anti-Muslim sentiment.'
'Results are turning point in India's history'
Rediff.com11 Mar 2022'It will impact the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.'
'They should have asked students to get out of Ukraine weeks ago'
Rediff.com7 Mar 2022'An ambassador may not be sure whether there would be a war next month, but prudence requires him to take action to see to it that people leave early.' 'Because once the war starts, it will be very difficult to move out.'
'By abstaining, India voted for India'
Rediff.com7 Mar 2022'It did not vote against America, or for Russia.' 'If we had voted for the American motion, it would have spoilt our relationship with Russia without any change in Russia's behaviour.'
'Yogi wanted to make some noise'
Rediff.com5 Mar 2022'...to come back to power because it was not doing well.'
'If you polarise society by 80-20, BJP will benefit'
Rediff.com23 Feb 2022'Segregation suits the BJP at the moment. It will not suit them forever.'
'Decision to sell LIC is more political than economic'
Rediff.com23 Feb 2022'How can you explain the necessity of selling an institution that has been delivering regular returns to the government, that has never asked for any capital from the government, that has invested Rs 38 lakh crores in the Indian economy and that owns 4 per cent of the market capitalisation in India?'
'You don't become Hindu by wearing saffron'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2022'The boys allowed themselves to become tools of politicians.' 'That age is a dangerous one, children or young men and women can easily be moulded to hate.'
'Government is selling people's trust in LIC'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2022'The entire value of LIC is created by its shareholders because after the initial invest net of Rs 5 crores in 1956, the government has not given any additional capital to the LIC.' 'If the corporation has expanded and emerged as the biggest financial institution in the country, it is only because of the policyholders.'
'Projected 9.2% GDP growth is just for the galleries'
Rediff.com15 Feb 2022'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!'
'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'
Rediff.com9 Feb 2022'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from the industry and infrastructure.' 'There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.'
'How can I as a citizen of this country remain silent?'
Rediff.com7 Feb 2022'Why should my vaccine certificate, which I got paying my own money, have the picture of the prime minister?'
'Budget has long-term vision'
Rediff.com2 Feb 2022'There is a vision in the Budget, and the vision is to take India from a largely agrarian, rural economy into a fast-track digitalised economy.'
He Gave HIV Positive Orphans A Home
Rediff.com1 Feb 2022'We have struggled to pay the rent, we have struggled to pay the electricity bill, we have struggled to send them to school, to buy books and uniforms but there was food on the table every day!'