Syed Firdaus Ashraf covers national politics, and sometimes movies too -- a truly wide arc! You can e-mail the author at firdausa@rediff.co.in
'... as has been happening in the last three weeks, then the foreign exchange reserves will not be comfortable to ensure that the rupee does not fall drastically.'
'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.'
'If you want to change everything all of a sudden to polyester, then the production of khadi flags will come under trouble.'
'Every Indian knows why the BJP is targeting Hamid Ansari.'
'The message the BJP is sending is that they are in no way responsible for Uddhav's downfall and it was only Shinde who is to be blamed.'
'Maharashtra governor did not do anything that was contrary to the Supreme Court's decision.'
'Politicians want pliable policemen who would carry out their orders, right or wrong, lawful or illegal.'
So worried is Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde of desertions that he is asking rebel MLAs in Guwahati to sign affidavits affirming that they won't go back on supporting the 'cause of Hindutva' after reaching Mumbai.
'The BJP has 106 MLAs and Eknath Shinde claims the support of 40 MLAs. So why are they both not forming the government right now in Mumbai? Why the delay?' Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports.
'It is a well-thought-out decision. I feel it is difficult for him now to step back.'
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'Javed Ahmed was no mastermind of the riots, and this is not mentioned in the FIR against him either.'
'We do not want Kashmiri Pandits to migrate from Kashmir.'
'Prime Minister Narendra Modiji must personally intervene in the matter to make it clear to his officials and the rank-and-file that communal abuse should now stop'
The transformation of the Modi-Shah baiting Hardik Patel into saffron poster boy.
'Even if not me, there are other deserving candidates from Maharashtra in the Congress who should have been given the Rajya Sabha ticket.'
'They are trying to make the situation bad for Indian Railways so that they can hand it over to private companies.'
'All imaginary figures are pushed by government bureaucrats.' 'They never showed that the production of wheat was less this time.'
'It was disappointing on two counts. One is on the leadership issue and second is how the Congress must win elections.'
'It is a frightening situation as the most threatening aspect is the development and growth of society.' 'Once our society comes into perpetual violent mode, then investments will drop.'
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