"I don’t see that many films to be able to pick the bad ones. A film like Singh Is King is not my kind of film but is obviously successful."
—Shyam Benegal, Film director
"The lurid coverage of the Aarushi murder case—first run amuck, living off the story, maligning both the dead and living withoutevidence. Then drop it altogether, forgetting that the case remains unsolved."
—Sevanti Ninan, TV critic
"The break-up of the Fashion Design Council of India—it was truly suicidal. The two fashion weeks now result in too many catwalks and not enough buyers. Also, the economic downturn—bring back the big spender!"
—David Abraham, Fashion designer
"Our not qualifying for the Olympics in hockey. It was not completely unexpected, given the callousness of our administration. And the Sydney Test events involving Symonds and Harbhajan ...it pained me."
—Harsha Bhogle, Sports commentator
"The Mumbai attack, which even had a fallout on entertainment/ music. For example,the Live Earth India show, to raise awareness about climate change, was cancelled."
—Anoushka Shankar, Musician
"Even our best classical performances often saw half-empty halls. The sad fact is that very few people in India are willing to buy tickets for theseprogrammes."
—Pavan K. Verma, D-G, ICCR
"The issue of malnutrition, especially child malnutrition in MP and the Northeast. I went to relief camps there, the situation is appalling. Also, all the childrenaffected by HIV/AIDS."
—Shantha Sinha, Magsaysay awardee
"The fact that India is not responding to the suicides in the agricultural domain, all the farmers’ deaths."
—Shiv Visvanathan, Social scientist
