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This Issue                                                                        15 / may / 2018            “quoteunquote”








                 A lot has changed in Dalit politics



           While Mayawati and Ramvilas Paswan are losing appeal, the young leadership is gaining credibility
                                                                                                                      Allow me to speak for 15 minutes in the
                                                                                                       10
                                                                                                                      parliament, Modi ji would sit there or

                                                                                                                      not been able to face me. ... I will speak
                                                                                                                      on Rafale and Nirav Modi, Modiji won’t

                                                                                                                      be able to face me.  Modiji is interested

                                                                                                                      only in Modi... Women are being raped,

                                                                                                                      young girls are being raped... But Modi

                                                                                                                      ji did not say anything.”

                                                                                                                      Rahul Gandhi, President, Congress







                                                                                                                                          “I did not want the money and took two days to decided
                                                                                                                                          the same. I wrote to them that I do not want the welfare
                                                                                                                                          fund and that if Manu Sharma was given bail, I do not       twitterati
                                                                                                                                          have a problem with it. He has served 15 years in jail and
                                                                                                                                          it was his first crime. He destroyed my family… but it is   this country belongs to each and
                                                                                                                                          important to forgive and forget. ... There are those who say
                             34/ CURRENT aFFaIRS / ProPerty   52/ SpoRTS / judo                                                           I have let down a lot of people but you cannot spend your   every one of us. it is the duty of
                             Grilled and shrilled             graft game is over                                                          entire life carrying baggage.”                         the Congress party to protect the
                             Land scams put Haryana’s                                                                                     SabRina lall, sister of Jessica LaLL                   Constitution, the institutions and
                             formerCM Bhupinder Singh         Change of guard at the Judo                                                                                                         every single one of our citizens.
                             Hooda in tight spot              Federation of India kindles                             “Every day children aged three, four or six years are getting raped in a brutal    #savetheConstitution
                                                              new hope                                                manner... I submitted 5.5 lakh letters written by citizens to the prime minister, but   Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi
                                                                                                                      in vain.  After which, I decided to sit on a hunger strike...it gained such a momen-
         46/ polITICS / shimla                                58/ Q&a / reNuka shahaNe                                tum that the PM after returning to India had to make an amendment in the law.    AFsPA removed from Meghalaya.
         Policy polemics                                      Back with a bang                                        I congratulate the people of India for this victory.”                       Kashmir should be next and @
         Himachal Pradesh move to give                        Actress Renuka Shahane, who                             Venkaiah naidu, Rajya Sabha ChaiRman                                         MehboobaMufti should be
         cabinet status to chief                              returned in style with 3 Storeys                                                                                                    reminding her BJP allies about
         whip raises eyebrows                                 last month, says she will be seen                       “We are thinking about the way forward. We can’t pressure the courts... But we    the agreement in the Agenda
                                                              in more films now                                       don’t understand why eight FIRs were not enough to keep a sexual predator (Atul    of Alliance
                                                                                                                      Johri) in jail.”                                                         Harinder Baweja @shammybaweja
                             54/ aSIa / ChiNa                 64 / vaNITy FaIR / glamorati                            swati MaLiwaL, ChaiRpeRSon, dCW
                             Trading tacts                    Reddy to deal with abusers                                                                                                      How about death sentence for politicians
                             China’s entry into Chabahar Port  Sri Reddy’s protest against the                        “Whenever I am down in a game, I see the flag and get the energy and motivation from   who defend rapists?
                             likely to hurt India’s interests as   exploitation of women in the                       there... It was surreal when the national anthem was played; I soaked in the moment.”  Shivam Vij @DilliDurAst
                             the Dragon may try to dominate   Tollywood has finally paid off                          Manika Batra, indian table tenniS playeR

         CovER dESIgN Vikram NoNgmaithem                                                                              photo:Tehelka                                                                             tehelka  00




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