Voices

India Today
August 31, 1998

We exploded the bombs not with the intention of using them. Atomic bombs are useful only when they are not used.
K R Narayanan, President, in an interview on Doordarshan

They should run the Government like tigers and even accept defeat like tigers. They should not behave like rats.
Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, criticising the Government for not standing up to Jayalalitha

In India, the television is not in people's bedrooms but in their living rooms.
Sushma Swaraj, I&B minister, on her crusade against vulgarity in the electronic media, in The Indian Express

A coalition government has its own creed which must be respected diligently.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister

Theoretically, the Government has no business to be in business.
Sikander Bakht, Union industry minister, saying that a government with smaller areas of functioning is more efficient

It is jealousy. It is everywhere. There is jealousy among coaches and trainees.
P.T. Usha, sprint queen, on what ails Indian sport

This industry is a beautiful place. You can be a bitch or a sweet, innocent girl.
Kajol, actress, in Cine Blitz

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