'Cusp of change': Paralympians Deepa Malik and Devendra Jhajharia recount force of will at Times LitFest
My daughter met with an accident & is also a paralympian. We are the only mother and daughter duo who play together: @deepaathlete #TLFDelhi
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"When asked why @DeepaAthlete & @DevJhajharia cannot get the Khel Ratna, ministers told us 'ye rule nahi hai"- @BoriaMajumdar at #TLFDelhi
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I had decided I didn't want to be called weak. I made a wooden javelin & started practicing
I was afraid of leaving the house after the amputation.My mother was the one who motivated me to go out again
I'm grateful to negative & derogatory comments because they became my source of motivation: Deepa Malik
When I lost my legs I had two choices- either be angry or get prepared to be paralysed: Deepa Malik
Would’ve resigned if I was asked to implement demonetisation: Chidambaram at Times LitFest 2016
Audience having a gala time with @FarOutAkhtar at #TLFDelhi pic.twitter.com/oQmiO2CSnM
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.@FarOutAkhtar performing Live at #TLFDelhi pic.twitter.com/mZAOMqxscr
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I have worked with Rajesh Khanna in many films, but I cannot pick a favourite, says Sharmila Tagore
Dharmendra and I got along brilliantly. We shared a birthday; not the year, just the date" jokes
What Shammi Kapoor did was unique, & no one could copy it. He was flamboyant & brilliant.- @Sharmila_Tagore at #TLFDelhi
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In those days, all leading ladies were chaperoned & wore white & were poised. I didn't fit into that: Sharmila Tagore
Corruption has been here in this country since 1947. It's not fair to point only at Congress and blame them
It's true that Congress has declined. This does not mean we cannot rise
India at 70 ranks at the bottom of every economic list: merging businesses, upcoming businesses, etc, says P Chidambaram
Our Judicial System has broken down.The quickly we realise that, the sooner our country can get back on track, says P Chidambaram
I'm proud of our mythology. We should learn the lessons that our myths teach us not blindly follow it, says P Chidambaram
India at 70 is more intolerant than ever. We ban everything now- jeans, books, shows, beef, what not, says P Chidambaram
At 70 years, one can be religious but one cannot be bound by religion. These are shackles & against progress, says P Chiambaram
It is a shame that after 70 years, India does not have single world class renowned University, says P Chidambaram
Class divisions hamper us and cause more harm to us as a democratic country, says P Chidambaram
We must be truly proud that at 70, we are still a fully functioning democracy, says P Chidambaram
We must recognise that as a country, we have been more unequal in the past 70 years, says P Chidambaram
What as a finance minister you did to improve banking structures for a cashless economy?- @sardesairajdeep asks @PChidambaram_IN. #TLFDelhi
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Had I been the finance minister, I would have advised PM against Demonetization or would have resigned: P Chidambaram
Parliament must function for opposition to put its points across: JDU's @PavanK_Varma tells @PChidambaram_IN #TLFdelhi #demonetisation
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Kanhaiya ends the scintillating session with a cry of 'Inqilaab Zindabaad'!
Kanhaiya repeats his famous slogan 'Azadi' at TLFDelhi with the crowd chanting along
'Agar Modern education ki baat kar rahe ho toh Ambani ke bete ko humare college mein padhaaiye. wo hogi equality.'- @kanhaiyajnusu #TLFDelhi
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'Sirf Naare lagaane se ya chillane se desh ki badlaav nai aa sakta'- @BahugunaSaket at #TLFDelhi
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'Is JNU an anti-national university?'- asks @sanjeevbjp to @kanhaiyajnusu #TLFDelhi
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'Politics mein hume chunaav jeetne ke liye nai jaana chahiye balki Samaaj badalne ke liye jaana chahiye'- @kanhaiyajnusu at #TLFDelhi #Day2
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Students should join politics: Kanhaiya says in a debate of students' politics in #LitFest
Glimpse of "India@70: A historian's report card" #TLFDelhi pic.twitter.com/RhAtr4Xr72
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TV runs on manufactured dissent, says Barkha Dutt
Need to get to the bottom of who funds political parties: Vinod Rai
We haven't done enough to promote cultural tolerance. They look at Adivasis as Hindus lost in the forest: Ramachandra Guha
We haven't done enough to promote cultural tolerance. They look at Adivasis as Hindus lost in the forest: Ramachandra Guha
A patriot is someone who loves his country. A nationalist is someone who hates another's country: Ramachandra Guha
You have to go beyond click activism. http://change.org is not the answer: Ramachandra Guha on technical revolution in India
Democracy is about averting disaster, not achieving perfection: Ramachandra Guha
I would like Mr. Narendra Modi to take more decisions without consulting the BJP party president: Ramachandra Guha
The Aam Aadmi has one khaas aadmi says @Ram_Guha on Arvind Kejriwal & flawed democracy at #TLFDelhi
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Before Indira Gandhi, we didn't have collided bureaucracy & now the govt. even wants to take over the Supreme Court: Ramachandra Guha
We are more free than when the British left us but less free than what our constitutional founder hoped us to be: Ramachandra Guha
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