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" Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services. "

Kapil Sibal

Human Rights

Legal

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

" I have only one sister, Asha Nanda, and she lives in Maharani Bagh. "

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

" Unless the issue of the empowerment of women is addressed, the practice of women being unfairly treated will remain unresolved. "

" 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. "

Kapil Sibal

Why

You

" Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator. "

" Economists often get the market wrong. "

" Corruption is in society and in every strata of society. "

" Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it. "

" If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution. "

" Politics runs in every human being, and so does music. "

" The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble. "

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

" Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not. "

" 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 would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression. "

" 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. "

" There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery. "

" 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. "

" Normally, the law of nature is such that one who rises falls, and one who rises quickly falls as quickly. I don't know how the law of nature will work as far as Modi is concerned. But some time or the other, all bubbles burst. This bubble will also burst. "

" Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu. "

" 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. "

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

" The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression. "

" I am a lawyer by profession. "

Kapil Sibal

I Am

Lawyer

" 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. "

" Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism. "

" 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. "

" Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why they have to be exceptionally careful in rendering decisions, which cause unintended consequences. "