VOICES

“UPA alliance is strange: Delhi mein dosti, gaon mein kushti (They are friends in Delhi and fight in the states).”

Narendra Modi, Gujarat, CM

“The AIADMK and the Congress have been friends in the past. I cherish the friendship and as a friend I would like to give an advice. The DMK is sinking into the quick sand. No one can save it. If the Congress extends a helping hand it too will sink,”

AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa

“BJP is making Ram Mandir a national issue. I do not oppose building mandir. I also built Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai when I was chief minister but never made it an election issue,”

Politician Sharad Pawar

The elections are upon us…. TV has nothing else to offer but the electoral scenario unfolding upon us. Exit polls and analysis and who will win from where and who said what to whom and why. Even the media questionnaires that come across to us are full of queries on politics. Friends have become foes, foes have become friends. Games and manipulations all parties play to come to power…”

Actor Amitabh Bachchan

“Celebrities who used to keep politics at an arms length have surprisingly chosen to rally around the need to vote this time. Industry experts suggest that the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year may be the reason for this change…,”

Girish Shukla of the India Election 2009

“If what Varun said poses danger to the country then arrest 80 crore Hindus under NSA,”

Bal Thackeray on Varun Gandhi’s hate speech

“Chup, chup...zindabad ka time khatam ho gaya...ab technical ladai ka time aa gaya hai..,”

Laloo Prasad Yadav

“It’s so hot and so many mosquitoes. It takes me hours to fall asleep...,”

Slumdog Millionaire child actor Azhar Mohammed after his triumphant return from LA to home, a Mumbai slum

“It’s so real. I’m glad it doesn’t breathe,”

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on viewing his was replica at Madame Tussaud

“Film making is like fighting a war with leadership at the front,”

Actor Aamir Khan

“Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works,”

Actor Shahrukh Khan

“All my life I’ve had a choice of hate and love. I chose love. And I’m here. God bless,”

Musician A. R. Rahman while accepting the Oscar

“The economic dominance of the US is already over. What is emerging is a world economy. India is becoming a powerhouse very fast,”

Peter Drucker, Management Guru in Fortune

“Tytler, Sajjan should have themselves quit,”

journalist Khushwant Singh

“Manmohan Singh is acting as a night watchman to the PM seat,”

Ravi Shankar Prasad, MP, Bihar

“He (Rahul Gandhi) is a proxy prime ministerial candidate. He can say what he wants without being held accountable,”

pro-BJP political analyst Swapan Dasgupta

“With India’s young population and growing incomes, the domestic demand story is intact,”

The Australian Online Newspaper

“The new generation wants a better India that isn’t bogged down in religious strife,”

Ya Libnan News

“I expect the world economy will recover at least partially by September this year. And if that happens, we can hope to go back to the growth rate of 8-9% which has been the growth rate of India in last five years,”

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

BY VRN