Top 30 Chidambaram Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Chidambaram

#1. I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

#2. My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

#3. Shiva is chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#4. Independence is a very subjective assessment.

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#5. I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi.

P. Chidambaram

#6. I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

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#7. Congress is not a party which fades when not in power

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#8. The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

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#9. All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.

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#10. Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

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#11. If the exchange rate is a matter of pride, Japan should be only half as proud as India (120 yen to a dollar) and China ten times more (6.2 yuan to a dollar)! My

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#12. We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

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#13. The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

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#14. It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

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#15. A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

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#16. If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

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#17. Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

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#18. Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

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#19. People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

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#20. Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

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#21. What we will become depends on us

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#22. Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.

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#23. I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

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#24. I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.

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#25. 'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

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