All stories by ARCHANA MASIH, NIKHIL LAKSHMAN
The Shashi Tharoor You Don't Know
Rediff.com6 May 2024'India mattered to him and he wanted to matter to India.'
'Modi's Speech Is A Response To Congress Obsession With Vote Bank Politics'
Rediff.com2 May 2024'The Congress wants to distort the very fabric of Indian society because they are obsessed with vote bank politics.'
'No one can do hawabazi with the PM'
Rediff.com2 May 2024'I have had occasion to work with Bill Gates as a young engineer, and am one of the few people in India who has interacted with Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.' 'I have worked with Andy Grove at Intel, so I know what bright and great people are like, but Modiji is a different level of perfection.'
'They Wanted Me To Join The BJP'
Rediff.com30 Apr 2024'When I stepped down from the (United Nations) secretary general's race, the first visitor I had was a former minister of the Vajpayee government inviting me to the join the BJP.'
'BJP is out of power this time'
Rediff.com30 Apr 2024'The nation cannot afford a government indifferent to its plight/'
'Rahul Seems A Combination Of Nehru, Gandhi, Ambedkar'
Rediff.com18 Apr 2024'The Congress is trying to reinvent itself -- the caste census demand, OBC emphasis, the anti-corporate thrust, especially on Adani etc -- all this is not standard Congress strategy.'
'2024 won't be a repeat of 2019 -- at least in Bihar'
Rediff.com18 Apr 2024'The 2020 assembly election was a Tejaswi Yadav election; whereas this is a Lalu Yadav election. It is his plan.'
'We have taught the Chinese some lessons'
Rediff.com5 Feb 2024'In Eastern Ladakh the Chinese attempted salami slicing.' 'Our response has been superb. Our military has responded magnificently.'
'Xi had already ordered Galwan when he met Modi in Chennai'
Rediff.com30 Jan 2024'My understanding is that by the time President Xi Jinping came for the Chennai summit [2019], he had already instructed his army to undertake the action in Galwan in the summer of 2020.'
'People Will Soon Forget Amritpal'
Rediff.com12 Apr 2023'Amritpal was just a plant.' 'We have to be careful that such kind of people do not emerge in Punjab.'