"Thought control is a copyright
of totalitarianism, and we have
no claim to it. It is not the
function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the
citizen to keep the Government from falling into error. We could justify any censorship only when the censors are better shielded against error than the censored.”
The late US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in American Communications Association vs Douds, quoted by Supreme Court justices J. Chelameswar and
Rohinton Nariman in their judgment
striking down draconian section 66A
of the Information Technology Act,
The Indian Express, March 25, 2015
"Cyrus Mistry (Tata Sons
chairman) is quite the ‘car guy.’
He has a fine eye for detail
and looks at cars from the
customers’ point of view.”
Hormazd Sorabjee, editor, Autocar India, quoted in The Economic Times, March 26, 2015
"There is always a glint of hope when couples come forward when they are having problems with
having a baby. When we treat
infertility, it is very important for them to come as a couple.”
Dr Firuza Parikh, director, Department of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre,
DNA, February 21, 2015
"Today, in my 86th year, I feel threatened, not wanted, reduced
to a stranger in my own country. The same category of citizens who had put their trust in me to rescue them from a force they could not comprehend have now come out
of the woodwork to condemn me for practising a religion that is different from theirs. I am not
an Indian anymore.”
Julio Ribeiro, retired Indian Police
Service officer and former Indian
ambassador to Romania, The Indian
Express, March 16, 2015
"I admire people who are very
successful. But if that success
has been achieved through
too much ruthlessness, then I
may admire that person, but I
can’t respect him.”
From Steel to Cellular by Ratan Tata,
quoted on msn.com March 24, 2015
"You can’t hand down a kurti or
a blouse as sizes and styles
differ. A sari is a classic and thus
considered an heirloom.”
Farzeen Daver-Boomla, gara maker,
DNA, March 22, 2015
"We are not confronting the real issues. Crying for death penalty for a rapist is not the issue. Men in India do not respect women. These are the views of many men in India. Let us be aware of it and not pretend that all is well.”
Anu Aga, nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, The Indian Express, March 5, 2015