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

BJP is the mothership of violence.

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

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

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

M&A guidelines need to be liberal.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Public interest is a very unruly horse.

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

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

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

Economists often get the market wrong.

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