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" Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised. "

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" 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. "

" When you have a limited resource and you have a lot of people wanting that resource, then those who get more justify as to why they got more, and those who get less say they have been treated badly. "

" The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government. "

" What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice. "

" We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world. "

" Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance. "

" How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections? "

" Public interest is a very unruly horse. "

" The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded. "

" I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma. "

" 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. "

" We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect. "

" 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. "

" The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions. "

" The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal. "

" 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. "

" If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it. "

" While the Internet is important for us, India is also necessary for the Internet with its 1.2 billion population. "

" If you have decisions taken from time to time at the level of the executives, which gives the impression of being discriminatory, if you are not open when government is functioning, then obviously people will make allegations. "

" When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars. "

" Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose. "

" Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension. "

" To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics. "

" Intolerance is alien to Hinduism. "

" No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced. "

" I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose. "

" My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song. "

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" You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition. "

" 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. "

" Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports. "