They said it in December

They said it in December”We believe this (call to ban women working in late night shifts) will be a retrograde step and everyone including women have a right to work any time they want.” — Nasscom president Kiran Karnik after a woman call centre employee was murdered by a cab driver in Bangalore (December 20)”I think you have to be very careful to only speak about a few things. If you have some credibility, it only goes a small distance.” — Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman in Time (December 26)”Stop your tongue Sheikh Hasina. Or else we shall charge you with sedition.” — Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia reacting to allegations made by opposition leader Sheikh Hasina (December 22)”I recommend that before the ‚Ëœpeople‚s President‚ makes his next speech about empowering India, he take a short drive without his cavalcade. He could discover that neither Bharat nor India are ready for his wondrous plans.” — Tavleen Singh in The Deccan Herald (December 24)”Now more than ever I am convinced that recovery must be guided by a commitment to build back better: better housing, schools and healthcare centers, safer communities and stronger economies.” — Bill Clinton, former US President and United National Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, in The New York Times (December 26)”At present our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiousity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted to the needs of the rural poor.” — NCERT director Krishna Kumar in The Hindu (December 26)”For development to become a national obsession, the tyranny of bureaucracy has to end.” — Prime minister Manmohan Singh in India Today (December 26) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp