New Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party member Amar Singh confessed to not having achieved much in his political career and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi came under fire for comparing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Mao Zedong. As another year comes to an end, we bring you a compilation of the best quotes from 2010.
Suresh Kalmadi
"Yesterday was the first day of the Games. Today we are sorting everything out and from tomorrow we will have a free flow of everything." Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on the chaos and corruption allegations leading up to the mega event.
Amar Singh
"Of course, because barring the (Indo-US) nuclear deal I don't see any major achievement in my political career…The kind of politics I have indulged in; the kind of politics I have done I am embarrassed to be a part of that kind of politics." - Amar Singh resigned as General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party in January on health grounds and said he wanted to devote more time to his family.
Nandan Nilekani
"It is like doing a start-up all over again in a very different world". - Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani prior to joining the public sector as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India. Nilekani successfully launched the UID project this year and handed out the first set of UID cards to a dozen people in Maharashtra's Tembli village.
Fali S Nariman
"If I had to live my life all over again, as a lawyer, and the brief came to me and I had foreknowledge of everything that later came in, I would not have accepted the case. I think I was described along with others as a fallen angel. I am no angel, of course, but nor am I a devil. But fallen angel would perhaps sum up what others thought of this whole episode." - Jurist and senior Supreme Court lawyer Fali S Nariman on being the lead lawyer for Union Carbide in the 1984 gas leak case. He said with hindsight, he would not have accepted the brief.
Rahul Gandhi
"Mao also developed China but he caused destruction to the country, too." - Rahul Gandhi when asked to comment on the development work carried out by Narendra Modi in Gujarat.
Sachin Tendulkar
"As a teenager I had watched Tom Cruise in Top Gun. And as a teenager you are fond of superbikes, fighter planes zooming around but I actually had the privilege of getting in one in 1996. I have never revealed this secret but I was really scared." - Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar after being conferred with the Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain to honour his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation.
P Chidambaram
"There is a decline in crime in Delhi. There has been an increase in crime detection in Delhi. More police stations have been sanctioned for Delhi than ever in the last two years. Nevertheless crimes take place because Delhi attracts a large number of migrants. There are a large number of colonies and these migrants who have settled in northwest colonies carry a kind of behaviour which is unacceptable in any modern city. So crimes do take place." - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on incidents of rape in the national capital.
Arundhati Roy
"I write this from Srinagar, Kashmir. This morning's papers say that I may be arrested on charges of sedition for what I have said at recent public meetings on Kashmir. I said what millions of people here say every day. I said what I, as well as other commentators have written and said for years." - Writer-activist Arundhati Roy on her comments on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to the Union.
Lalit Modi
"It's a part of life. I have been public enemy number one for the BCCI for a long time now." - Former Chairman and Commissioner of Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi. The Cricket Board’s disciplinary committee is probing charges of financial irregularities agianst Modi.
M F Husain
"I miss India tremendously. But I can’t go back because of the many cases against me." - Painter MF Husain during an self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates. Husain has been conferred with Qatar nationality.
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