“I will run RJD with my son, like Congress is run by Rahul-Sonia.”
Rabri Devi, wife of former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav after he was convicted in the fodder scam case (India Today, October 14)
“Innovation and creativity are a part of the American culture, a natural trait of an immigrant society. But China’s is a culture of conformism.”
Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore (Forbes, October 18)
“Mr. (Rahul) Gandhi, though, hardly looks a leader in waiting. Since his intervention, he has not explained just how he would tackle corruption. He caused a stir mostly because it is so rare the scion of the Gandhi family says anything that is not a trite generalisation.”
The Economist on Congress leaders pushing forward Rahul Gandhi as an anti-corruption figure (October 18)
“We will take stricter measures that will help us detect gays, who will be… barred from entering.”
Yousuf Mindkar, director of public health in Kuwait, explaining his plan to conduct medical screenings to keep gay people out of Kuwait (Time, October 21)
“This school has been a scandal from day one because public land and taxpayers’ money were appropriated to provide fine education to the children of men and women who provide for the citizens of India the worst schools in the world.”
Tavleen Singh, well-known columnist, on the Delhi high court passing strictures against Sanskriti School, Delhi, which is run by (IAS) “officers’ wives” (National Standard, October 27)
“Who will clean up politics. You will always keep demanding, and demanding what you need from the same set of people. Today criminals are sitting in Parliament. They cannot deliver. You tell me how to clean the system.”
Arvind Kejriwal, president of Aam Admi Party (AAP) in an interview to Outlook (October 28)
“Talk of PPPs is getting so boring that anesthetists are considering lecturing on PPPs to help patients slip into unconsciousness.”
Kaushik Basu, chief economist, World Bank, on public-private partnerships in India (Times of India, October 28)
