Shankar is India's answer to Hollywood, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'The problem is not lack of evidence, but the unholy alliance between political parties and church authorities.' 'If you are raising a voice against the priest, you and your family will suffer.'

'The actual price of petrol is Rs 35 and it jumps to Rs 88 because of government taxes.'

The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.

'What has taken the government so long to understand what the people of this country are going through?'

'If people understand the love between boy-boy, girl-girl or transgenders, then that is the first great step for society to change.'

'Societal acceptance is the surround-sound of the socio-economic political compass that we live in. This is the first step.'

'What is surprising is that the police press conference was based on letters (allegedly written by the activists).' 'Now those letters, according to the police, are yet to be verified by their (forensic) laboratory.' 'So, even the police is not sure that those letters are genuine.'

'They have realised that class war is not possible in India, so they are trying to bring about a caste war.'

'...incarcerated in jails, ruining their entire families.' 'You would see that Dalits who displayed so much agitation over the Bhima-Koregaon issue are effectively silenced by the arrests of their activists by the police.' 'What can be a more pitiable state than this for a people who had just seen a ray of hope after darkness of millennia?'

Why Dalit leaders cross over to the BJP

'My only interest is that the law is upheld for each and every citizen.' 'Whenever this case is decided, it will be protection for you and every Indian.' 'I just want the rule of law of to be followed.'

'This is how Narendra Modi-Amit Shah rule. They are now announcing that these arrested Naxalites want to kill Modi.'

'Can he remain ignorant by saying he was 13 years old?' 'That means Rahul Gandhi must not talk on any subject in this country that precedes his adulthood.' 'He should remain unaware of history and knowledge of anything that has happened.'

'If Article 35A is scrapped, then Jammu's identity will be over.'

'Man-made interventions vastly increased the magnitude of the tragedy.'

Atalji witnessed many lows in his life. With these, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, come lessons that can help you in your life.

'He wanted to fire, I held his hand tight so that he would not be able to shoot.'

'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'

Mulk tells Indian Muslims they have to ensure that their children don't get involved in jihad, and at the same time tells Hindus not to doubt the patriotism of Indian Muslims, notes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.