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May 19 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
VIDEO | Here’s what author Ruskin Bond, who turned 90 on Sunday, said on people perceiving him to be a foreigner.
“They charge extra from foreigners for entering Konark (Sun Temple in Odisha). I said, 'I am not a foreigner, I am an Indian', but then to avoid an argument I paid extra. And behind me came a sardar ji, he had a British passport but they let him in. He wasn't charged extra because he didn't look like a foreigner.”
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VIDEO | Here’s what author Ruskin Bond, who turned 90 on Sunday, said on remaining a bachelor his whole life.
"When I was in London, I did have a very close relationship with a Vietnamese girl. It didn't come to anything. Time passed by and I never really felt that I could, in those days at least, have a family life. I was very much a lone ranger on my own until my present family became part of my life. Now, I am a family man without getting married."
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Apr 7 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
VIDEO | @ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭: "They (BJP) will significantly add number of seats in eastern and southern India, and we would also see a huge jump in their vote share which is more important in states like Tamil Nadu. I had said this a year back that for the first time I see the BJP in double digits in Tamil Nadu in terms of vote share. They (BJP) will either be first or second party in Telangana which is a big thing. They will be number one in Odisha for sure. You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to be the number one party in West Bengal," political strategist Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) tells @PTI_News.
@ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 is PTI's flagship show where newsmakers engage in a candid conversation with senior editors at PTI HQ.ptivideos.com
VIDEO | @ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭: "There is a structural flaw in the way the party (Congress) has been structured and it functions, the way it connects with people, the way it does its outreach, the way it rewards its workers," political strategist Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) tells @PTI_News.