22 quotes found
Lawyer and politician · Indian · 1948
Indian lawyer and politician (born 1948)
“Sports can't be run by governments.”
“Sometimes it’s difficult in politics to actually tell the truth.”
“My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.”
“How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?”
“All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we?”
“Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.”
“If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within.”
“Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.”
“In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. G...”
“To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific ...”
“If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution.”
“How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?”
“I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.”
“I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.”
“Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.”
“Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should ...”
“I am extremely pained by the methodology adopted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in coming to some figures which have no basis whatsoever. Their exercise was fraught with very serio...”
“What kids see on the internet is mostly pornography and that is dangerous. The internet is being used as a platform for misinformation, selling spurious drugs and for terrorist activities. It is a ...”
“Freedom of expression doesn't mean tweeting through fake accounts. If the government has to be transparent, Twitterati should also reciprocate. This will help stop defamatory and criminal traffic o...”
“Telecom was the golden goose which laid the golden egg. The Supreme Court ensured that the golden goose will never lay golden egg again for a little while.”