Voices

India Today issue dated July 12, 1999
July 12, 1999

"We want peace but it cannot be one-sided."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, on the Kargil war with Pakistan

"The enemy has started the fight, but it is we who will fire the last shot, and the war will end only onb our terms. That is our choice."
V P Malik, chief of army staff, addressing Indian troops in the Drass sector.

"The Rajya Sabha is not the voice of the people. It cannot take decisions independent of the Lok Sabha."
Madhukar Sarpotdar, Shiv Sena leader, criticising the opposition parties for demanding a session of the Rajya Sabha to discuss the Kargil issue.

"You have given your today for our better tomorrow."
Kapil Dev, former India cricket captain, to injured jawans at the Army Base Hospital in Srinagar.

"Monopolies are the ones responsible for obsolete technologies."
T H Chowdary, founder chairman, VSNL, in Sunday Observer.

"I am not angry with myself but disappointed at my performance."
Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer, on his World Cup performance, in Mid-Day.

"I've had a fairytale life where a pauper has become a prince. I don't mind if I lose it all and become a pauper again."
Jackie Shroff, actor, in Stardust.

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