"This (moral policing) is ridiculous. Today’s youngsters have a better value system than us."
Infosys chairman and mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy in DNA (February 18)
"Courts should be clean, run on the basis of a straight, transparent and accountable code of conduct with the aid of a performance commission with punitive powers. If even one corrupt judge pollutes the glory of the great tribe, expel him."
Former Supreme Court justice V.R. Krishna Iyer in The Hindu (February 19)
"We have a skewed higher education system and institutions are concentrated only in urban and metropolitan areas. We don’t have good quality educa-tional institutes in small and backward regions."
B.B. Bhattacharya, vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Education Plus (February 23)
"The essence of the film is about optimism and the power of hope. All my life I had a choice of hate over love. I chose love, and I’m here."
Music director A.R. Rahman in his Oscar awards acceptance speech for the musical score of Slumdog Millionaire in Los Angeles (February 23)
"In a global economy, where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity — it is a prerequisite…"
US President Barack Obama delivering his first presidential address to a joint session of Congress (February 24)
"A researcher or film-maker can barge into a slum home any time — no permission sought or needed. On the other hand, an upper class door does not yield under pressure. This why both academics and artists can make a lifetime’s reputation purveying the lives of the poor."
JNU sociology professor Dipankar Gupta in Times of India (February 28)
"We can’t deceive the world. We should openly oppose terrorism."
Former president Pervez Musharraf on why Pakistan shouldn’t hide its role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks