Voices

India Today, February 15, 1999
Feb 15, 1999

"The outer shell of democracy is no doubt intact, but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, on Indian democracy

"The BJP Government is like a coma patient ... It is just alive but not functioning."
Chandra Shekhar, former prime minister

"It is easy to destroy, difficult to construct."
Ramakrishna Hegde, Union commerce minister, saying the BJP's allies should allow the Government to function

"This cannot remain the land of the Mahatma if this evil is allowed to go unchecked."
Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, on the communal tension

"Mamata wants a package for West Bengal, Jayalalitha for Tamil Nadu, Naveen for Orissa. But nobody talks of a package for India."
P A Sangma, former Lok Sabha Speaker

"I should have reached the target myself. It was my intention to stay there till the end."
Sachin Tendulkar, lamenting India's loss to Pakistan in the first Test match at Chennai

"Everything in the industry comes with an expiry date -- stardom, friendship and even the relationship you thought was for life."
Sushmita Sen, actress and former Miss Universe, in Filmfare

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