THE OTHER VOICE

“It is often said that these are testing times. In fact, I cannot help feeling that we in India are living always in testing times. Indeed as PM, I sometimes feel like a high school student going from one test to another. The good news is: Despite all the difficulties we have to go through and for which we are being tested, we as a nation are winning. We must be doing some things right.” – Chief Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

‘There is always a charge against us that we are questioning the integrity (of the Prime Minister). What we are questioning is your infallibility and not your integrity. If you have made a mistake, admit it.” – Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on the 2G spectrum issue.

“When Big B (Amitabh Bachchan) asked me where did I get my confidence from, I replied it stemmed from self – belief and the fact that I knew it all.” – Tasneem Rahat the first ever woman crorepati of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

“Do corrupt politicians and their cohorts alone have the right to ‘speak’ for the people?” – Public activist Professor Deven Dutta.