Voices

India Today, January 25, 1999
Jan 25, 1999

"Unless hearts are mended and balm applied to the wounds, goodwill will not return."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, on the communal tension in Dangs district of Gujarat

"Some political leaders are so concerned about their own future that they can even let the nation go to hell."
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, on his continued opposition to the Pakistan cricket team's tour of India

"Here in India they tell you about single-window clearance, but you don't know where that window is."
Lord Swraj Paul, NRI industrialist, on the hurdles faced by NRIs wanting to invest in India, in The Indian Express

"The RJD with a scam-tainted leader does not figure in our scheme of things."
Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) politburo member

"Should I resign for any dacoity and rape anywhere in the state?"
J.B. Patnaik, Orissa chief minister, refusing to own moral responsibility for the alleged gang rape of Anjana Mishra

"I think the biggest rest that is required is for the top IHF officials."
Ashish Ballal, Indian hockey goalkeeper, on the IHF's decision to "rest" six senior team members

"Nobody is bigger than the box office. We are all slaves to the ticket window."
Juhi Chawla, actress, in Filmfare