We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.

The mindset of a terrorist and the mindset of intolerance know no territorial boundaries when individuals are targeted either for their eating habits or for any other reason.

By limiting access to surrogacy based on flimsy and exclusionary criteria, the government may just give rise to a mushrooming black market.

If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?

No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.

When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric.

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

My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.

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

India should be an exporter of technology.

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

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

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

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.

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

Economists often get the market wrong.

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

Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

Public interest is a very unruly horse.

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.

Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.

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

You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition.

An individual can have a point of view. He is entitled to that.

To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.

I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.

You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.

Through geospatial technologies, you can plan a whole city sitting in your room.

The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.

The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This turf must be shared.

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.

M&A guidelines need to be liberal.

I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.

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

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

BJP is the mothership of violence.

We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.

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

I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.

Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.

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

Universities are not places where police can come and arrest people. Let the children have a discourse as they want to. They will learn as they move on in life. But to target individuals and institutions is dangerous.

The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.

Sports can't be run by governments.

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.

The great challenge before the IITs is to act as a catalyst in the growth of quality technical education in the country.

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.

How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?

No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.