Bal Thackeray to IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi

"Please invite the Pakistani players on my behalf to IPL3. That way, we can disrupt matches and be given a bad name for a good reason. Right now, we're being blamed for nothing."

The Shiv Sena to Pakistan

"We're sincrely disappointed your players were not picked by any of the IPL teams. This is not what we were hoping for. Quite the contrary, actually. Let's hope and pray the attacks on Indians in Australia don't cease."

Shiv Sena's response to the IPL auction controversy

"Next time we will insist that the auction be conducted in Marathi and Vadapav."

India's answer to Australia

"The Shiv Sena."

Official Chinese response to Google's threat to move out

"Don't ask Google."

Hockey India on Indian Hockey

"Apart from foreign coaches, we're thinking of bringing in foreign players."

The Indian hockey fan on a new dawn for India Hockey

"Waiting for Godot."

The average Indian on Indian Hockey

"Cricket, right?"

Nitish Kumar on Indian Hockey

"Give me Indian Hockey, I'll turn it into another Bihar."

Indian hockey players on Indian cricket

"We're willing to come for nets."

The Indian Auto industry on growth prospects

The Indian Auto industry on growth prospects: "Good to very good. In fact, it's possible that one day our cars will cost less than it does to run them."

On Slate on Obama's blackness

Obama on being accused of speaking in tongues

"It's just a white lie."

Sehwag on the way forward for Indian hockey

"Nothing complicated. If you ask me, all they need to do is convert penalty corners."

Al-Qaida's response to the America-led troop surge in Afghanistan

"We'll just kill time till they clear out."

Asif Ali Zardari on Nehru

"I'm sure only 10% of him was bad. That's enough for me."

Edwina on Nehru

"Contrary to what a lot of people think in private, I can tell you that he was a giant of a man in private."

Shashi Tharoor on Nehru

"The less said about him the better."