I give them (Sikh terrorists) at least another couple of years. Meantime, I am confident that the (Punjab) accord will work out and that the Barnala Ministry will face the extremists.Rajiv GandhiinBlitzYou did display remarkable resilience and refreshing freedom from inhibitions while handling difficult issues... although I am afraid grave errors haunt your naive steps. Optimism is not opium.Justice Krishna Iyer, former Supreme Court judge, in a letter to Rajiv Gandhi on the Muslim Divorce BillThe budget pulsates with the aspirations of the people and we have committed ourselves to their service.V.P. Singh, Union finance minister, inIndian ExpressIn the 39 years that this country has been independent, no government has used the budget to make so blatant a play for popularity as that of Mr Rajiv Gandhi in its second year in office... It has given tax reliefs to those who neither needed nor deserved... and piled on fresh taxes on those who desperately needed Some kind of relief.Editorial comment inThe Times of IndiaI am a nice guy... Last year I paid Rs 33 lakh and was the largest individual tax payer in the country. By asking why l am not raided, you try to make me look like a thief.Amitabh Bachchan inThe Hindustan TimesAny person who talks of the glory of Sikhs will not be spared by the Government and the Hindu-dominated press. All these years the Centre has been trying to break the Akali Dal.G.S. Tohra, former SGPC president, inThe Week(Army officers are becoming) increasingly careerists, opportunists and sycophants. The standards of integrity have fallen and honour and patriotism are becoming unfashionable.General K. Sundarji, chief of army staff, in a letter to all officersOur secularism does not mean that every man or woman must follow his creed or religion in the same manner. Our secularism is that there should be no persecution of those following their creed or religion in their own way.Asoke Sen, Union law minister, introducing the Muslim Divorce Bill in the Lok SabhaNo one here ever sees my best work. The Bunuels. The Mahabharata of our times. The Ramayana series... All they are interested in are those stupid horses.M.F. Husain quoted inGentlemanI begin my day by seeing Laxman's pocket cartoon. Then I kick myself for not having thought of his idea.BehramContractor inBombayPublished By: AtMigration Published On: Mar 31, 1986 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
