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"It
is not a matter of life and death if the growth rate goes a few points
on the negative or positive side."
Yashwant Sinha, Union finance minister, suggesting that a less
than budgeted growth rate should not be a cause for worry
"We
are proud of our language, but we want to show the world that we are at
home in English. Learning English is not anti-swadeshi."
Keshubhai Patel, Gujarat chief minister, on declaring English a
compulsory language from Class V in all schools
"He
was looking at me with his light-blue eyes, wearing a light-blue suit,
but actually he was looking deep inside himself."
Ajit Panja, minister of state for external affairs, on his recent
meeting with the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in The Indian Express
"When
I get bored, I go out and buy a new car or a new watch or acquire a new
tattoo."
David Beckham, England footballer, who is among the highest paid
professionals in the game, after he got his wife Victoria's name tattooed
on his arm in the Devanagari script
VIS-A-VIS
"There
is more corruption in the Central Bureau of Investigation than in cricket."
Kamal Morarka, Vice-President, BCCI
"The
Board of Control for Cricket in India does not agree with the views of
its vice-president."
A.C. Muthiah, President, BCCI
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Enron
symbolises everything that's wrong with the way reforms were handled by
M/s Rao & Manmohan, says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor