All stories by SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF
#TeaserReview: Chitti's back and we love him!
Rediff.com14 Sep 2018Shankar is India's answer to Hollywood, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Bishop Mulakkal must be removed from his post'
Rediff.com12 Sep 2018'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.'
Why petrol prices may touch Rs 100
Rediff.com11 Sep 2018'The actual price of petrol is Rs 35 and it jumps to Rs 88 because of government taxes.'
The singers Asha Bhosle admires
Rediff.com10 Sep 2018The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
Why Congress has called a Bharat bandh
Rediff.com10 Sep 2018'What has taken the government so long to understand what the people of this country are going through?'
'We are not fighting for sex, but for love'
Rediff.com7 Sep 2018'If people understand the love between boy-boy, girl-girl or transgenders, then that is the first great step for society to change.'
'India was never, ever homophobic'
Rediff.com6 Sep 2018'Societal acceptance is the surround-sound of the socio-economic political compass that we live in. This is the first step.'
'Police will try to strangulate activists illegally'
Rediff.com4 Sep 2018'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.'
The man who got the activists arrested
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018'They have realised that class war is not possible in India, so they are trying to bring about a caste war.'
'If they open their mouths in protest, they are labelled as Maoists'
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018'...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?'
'Chanting Ambedkar's name makes Dalit leaders cross over to BJP'
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018Why Dalit leaders cross over to the BJP
'Nobody is a terrorist until you prove it'
Rediff.com30 Aug 2018'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 an election gimmick'
Rediff.com29 Aug 2018'This is how Narendra Modi-Amit Shah rule. They are now announcing that these arrested Naxalites want to kill Modi.'
'Is Rahul Gandhi illiterate?'
Rediff.com28 Aug 2018'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.'
The BJP MLA who doesn't want Article 35A scrapped
Rediff.com24 Aug 2018'If Article 35A is scrapped, then Jammu's identity will be over.'
'Floods in Kerala will become worse'
Rediff.com22 Aug 2018'Man-made interventions vastly increased the magnitude of the tragedy.'
What young India can learn from Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Rediff.com17 Aug 2018Atalji witnessed many lows in his life. With these, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, come lessons that can help you in your life.
'I thought of Gauri Lankesh when I saw the gun so close to me'
Rediff.com14 Aug 2018'He wanted to fire, I held his hand tight so that he would not be able to shoot.'
'Police wants to defame Hindutva activists'
Rediff.com10 Aug 2018'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
What Mulk tells Muslims and Hindus
Rediff.com8 Aug 2018Mulk 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.