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	Feb 21, 2000

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"RSS is not a political outfit. It is a cultural, social organisation. Why should there be objections to anyone joining it?"
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, in Delhi

"We artistes are emotional people. Don't play games with us. Don't deal with us like you deal with racketeers."
Rajesh Khanna, film star and former Congress MP, to the party leadership after being denied a nomination to the Rajya Sabha from Delhi

"I don't want a fatwa around my neck again."
Salman Rushdie, novelist, on why he gave up the idea of a book on his years in exile, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph

"Players are being directed on which products to endorse if they wish to remain in the team."
I.S. Bindra, former BCCI president, in The Asian Age

"I made mistakes by not working for peace in the region. I regret that."
Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistan prime minister, on BBC

"Had Water's shooting not been banned, it would have led to wide- spread violence."
Ram Prakash Gupta Uttar Pradesh chief minister

"We have lost the battle but not the war. Water will be made if not today, tomorrow."
Deepa Mehta Filmmaker

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