Zitat des Tages von Kapil Sibal:
I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
I have only one sister, Asha Nanda, and she lives in Maharani Bagh.
The great challenge before the IITs is to act as a catalyst in the growth of quality technical education in the country.
While the Internet is important for us, India is also necessary for the Internet with its 1.2 billion population.
To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.
To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.
For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
Modi may be rich in politics but is poor at heart.
I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.
If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within.
The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.
The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This turf must be shared.
When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric.
The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.
Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension.
Economists often get the market wrong.
Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.
M&A guidelines need to be liberal.
Every child should get an opportunity to study irrespective of the economic status.
Through geospatial technologies, you can plan a whole city sitting in your room.
How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?
No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.
We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.
Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
BJP is the mothership of violence.
Universities are not places where police can come and arrest people. Let the children have a discourse as they want to. They will learn as they move on in life. But to target individuals and institutions is dangerous.
By limiting access to surrogacy based on flimsy and exclusionary criteria, the government may just give rise to a mushrooming black market.