India Today: Voices

India Today
April 6, 1998

I feel terribly sad that the edifice of the United Front built by our efforts is crumbling before our very eyes.
N. Chandrababu Naidu, UF convener, on why his TDP quit the front

Those who became my enemies continue to be his (Joshi's) friends.
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, accusing Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi of being pro-Pawar

If we can speak to Pakistan, why can't we talk to our own people?
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Congress leader, on terrorism in J&K, in The Sunday Observer

I feel there should be smaller states -- 40 or 50. There is no harm.
Nitish Kumar, Union railway minister

Indian industry is not unviable, it is vulnerable.
M.G. Damani, president, Bombay Stock Exchange, in The Sunday Observer

You can't play cricket smiling all the time.
Javagal Srinath, Indian fast bowler, on his tense look on the field, in Sportsworld

One should be deaf or blind but not dumb here (the film industry).
Sushmita Sen, actress, in G

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