"This is not a judgement, this is a judicial disaster. It was an industrial, health and environmental disaster. Today it’s a travesty of justice. Insult has been heaped on the gas victims. Entire families were wiped out and the accused walk away after paying personal bonds of Rs.25,000?"
Satinath Sarangi, convener of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action, after the Supreme Court sentenced six accused to a mere two years imprisonment in the Bhopal gas tragedy (June 8)
"The fact is that the demographic window which is closing for China won’t be open for India for too long."
Ajit Ranade, chief economist Aditya Birla Group (Business Standard, June 22)
"I enjoyed the philosophy of Hitler. It can be a great morale booster."
Tarun Singhal, a student of IIT-Delhi, praising Adolf Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf on a popular MBA resource website (Mint, June 22)
"Opening up the education sector is definitely a priority to improve the accessibility of higher education as presently the supply is far lower than the demand."
Kapil Sibal, Union HRD minister, speaking at the convocation ceremony of Symbiosis International University (June 23)
"Our education system is making nervous wrecks out of otherwise perfectly healthy individuals by privileging robotic learning and cut-throat competition which takes all joy out of learning and makes children slaves to the insane world we have created under the pretence of promoting excellence and rewarding merit."
Madhu Kishwar, professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi (Times of India, June 26)
"The Indian higher education system is generally understood to be “overregulated and under-governed”… The mantra for higher education today is: expansion, excellence and inclusion."
Dr. Narendra Jadhav, member Planning Commission and National Advisory Council, who is helping draft four crucial bills on higher education (Outlook, June 28)