QUOTA of QUOTES
“Modiji is a fashion icon and this was
a homage to his strong personalized style
of functioning and power dressing.”
–Bipin Chauhan, owner of Jade Blue,
an Ahmedabad-based chain of garment
stores that stitched the Prime
Minister’s monogrammed pinstriped
suit with his name—Narendra Damodardas Modi—forming the stripes. Modi wore the suit, which reportedly
cost Rs. 10 lakhs, during his recent meeting with
President Obama. (Times of India)
“No society is immune from the darkest impulses of men,
and too often, religion has been used to tap into those instead
of the light of God. Every person has the right to practice any
faith or none as he chooses without the fear of prosecution.”
–President Barack Obama, speaking at New Delhi’s Siri
Fort auditorium at the conclusion of his three-day visit
to India.
“India has a huge cultural history of tolerance.
Any aberration doesn’t alter the history.”
–Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, responding to comments from Obama
about religious intolerance in India. (PTI)
“In many ways I would say he
was the conscience of the nation for our
generation—a witty, uncompromising
commentator with an inimitable
perspective.”
–Udayan Mitra, associate
publisher and head of rights, Penguin Books India,
on the legendary R.K. Laxman, whose “Common Man”
cartoons appeared in the Times of India for more than
50 years and were compiled in about 15 volumes
by Penguin. Laxman died on Jan. 26 at the age of 94. (LiveMint.com)
“Perumal Murugan,
the writer, is dead. As he is
no God, he is not going to
resurrect himself. He has
no faith in rebirth. As an
ordinary teacher, he will
live as P Murugan. Leave him alone.”
–Tamil author Perumal
Murugan, declaring on Facebook that he’s giving up
writing and withdrawing his books, following protests
against his novel Madhorubhagan by groups claiming
that it disparages Hindu deities and female devotees.
“Once I realized that I have left my
Mac Book Air at the Bangalore airport, it
was a foregone conclusion that I will never
be able to get it back. Surprisingly, I got
it.”
– Ashok Mago, founder chairman
of the Greater Dallas Indo American
Chamber, now known as US-INDIA Chamber of Commerce–
DFW, who was reunited with his laptop several
days after losing it at the security screening. (PTI)
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
[Comments? Contributions? Please email us at melvin@melvindurai.com. We welcome jokes, quotes, online clips, and more.]
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