Kapil Sibal Quotes
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Politics runs in every human being, and so does music.
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To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.
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I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.
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The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.
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BJP is the mothership of violence.
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Public interest is a very unruly horse.
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India should be an exporter of technology.
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That's what technology does to you - makes you lazy but allows you to innovate.
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If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
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Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension.
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Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.
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How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?
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Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised.
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Unless the issue of the empowerment of women is addressed, the practice of women being unfairly treated will remain unresolved.
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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.
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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.
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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Through geospatial technologies, you can plan a whole city sitting in your room.
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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.