Famous Quotes from a Conference

Authors note
So here I am in Chandigarh, a sleepy capital of Punjab. Attending a conference, which neither my boss nor me had any inkling to be a part off. There was hectic reading and last minute drafting. But none the less we are here. I was supposed to be home this weekend after meeting my deadlines, but as luck would have it I was forced to board this flight

Produced below are some of the statements that made sense or atleast made me jump out of my perpetual sleepy sojourn at every conference I attend

Sanjoy Hazirka-
“ the role of the police is to protect the “raj” and the people are just incidental to further the cause of the raj”
“I am not a rights activist, I am just an overtly cynical journalist”
“Laws are created to essentially deal with the problems not to create a million more”’

Indira Jaising
“We have to live not only with the laws, but even the contradictions of those laws”

Bishnu
“There is a lot of difference between a liar and a bullshitter!!! And the liar is anyday better than a bullshitter”

One of the panelists

“There is a lot of ‘elaasticitee’ in the case”
Bhagat
“Lets move towards the normative and there is normativity in everything”

Babloo
“The media in Manipur lives under the gun”

“India cant look at 40 million people as a buffer zone with China”