"I get the feeling that he (Rajiv Gandhi) is very vulnerable to the pressures that act on him at a given time and that makes him swing and oscillate from one extreme to another. He pursues a certain policy and is attacked for being pro-rich, so if the image of being pro-rich has to be erased, he agrees to undertake raids."L.K. AdvaniinThe Sunday Telegraph"A baba-log Government - that's how it is seen in the bazaar these days. It's the ayahs' expression for the molly-coddled kids of the upper classes. They are seen as playing games, playing government, and for the fun of it."Romesh Thapar inEconomic and Political Weekly"If American help to Pakistan has not made Pakistan democratic, Russian aid to India will not make us communist either."V.P. SinghinGentleman"l am lifting martial law to give democracy a chance. But democracy must come back charting the course I have laid down for it."General Zia-Ul-HaqinSunday"Punjab is burning and all that the Centre is doing is setting up commissions on waters and boundary issues. The Punjab issue cannot be settled through commissions."Baba Amte Quoted inThe Tribune"If I could, I would throw Mr (Jyoti) Basu so far into the Bay of Bengal that he would not be able to swim back to the shore again."A.B.A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryinThe Telegraph"l am the most loyalist partyman in the country. So the question (of starting a new party or leaving the Congress) doesn't arise."Gundu RaoinThe Sunday Observer"In your field of journalism, facts are sacred and opinions free. It is the same with diplomacy; only journalists are paid to write while a diplomat is paid to keep quiet."A.P. Venkateswaran,foreign secretary designate in The Telegraph Magazine"We don't look to the rest of India, which is intellectually inferior. Our literature is related to French literature, not Hindi, I don't even read Hindi. Calcutta is like Paris."Aveek SarkarinFar Eastern Economic Review"It was only after I was elected MP, I got back in touch with reality. Otherwise we stars do get lost in the world of make-believe."Sunil DuttinStardust"Wet scenes are okay. l am fully clothed. You have to establish passion in some way. I can't do all my films in a burqa."FarhainFilmfarePublished By: AtMigration Published On: Apr 30, 1986 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
