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L.K. Advani: How I wish I had been 62!
Rakhi Sawant: That reality show is khatam. Now I can marry anyone. That’s Independence!
Dharmendra: What Independence Day? Woh Hollywood film bilkul theek nahi tha. Sholay was better.
Manmohan Singh: 15th August and 4th of July. Every Indian must observe two Independence Days.
Shahrukh Khan: Mmm! Hmmm... August’s strange. 5th is Kajol’s b’day; 11th Sunil Shetty’s; 16th Manisha Koirala’s. Why was I born in November and not on August 15?
Mohammed Azharuddin: Did Mountbatten fix August 15?
Arundhati Roy: Every silver lining has a cloud. That’s why I say on the day we became independent we lost our freedom.
Anil Ambani: How can we say we’re independent if I don’t get cheap gas?
Amar Singh: Does August 15 mean anything for Soniaji? Italy’s Independence Day is on June 2.
Priyanka Vadra: Guess when Amar Singhji celebrates Independence Day? On June 4, Anil Ambani’s b’day!
Amitabh Bachchan: Jaya and I tried very hard. But Abhishek decided to come into the world on August 12...still, that’s at least the day Nehru drafted his I-Day speech.
Dev Anand: In 1947, I was 24. In 2009, I’m still 24!
Adnan Sami: Though a Pakistani, ain’t I lucky to be born on India’s Independence Day.
Ram Gopal Verma: August is closer, maybe I’ll put off plans to make a thriller on the Republic Day parade.
Shobhaa De: Let’s make South Mumbai independent from India!
Surjit Bhalla: India will be truly independent when the ‘buy one, get one free’ culture spreads across the nation.
Naveen Patnaik: On I-Day, I’ll donate my Rolling Stones collection to the Nehru Memorial Library and my photos with Mick Jagger to the Simlipal Tiger Reserve.
Narendra Modi: Mera mask mahaan! On this day every Indian must wear it.
Prakash Karat: I pledge I’ll never ever say Kerala is Pinarayi Vijayan’s own country.
Arun Shourie: Beware the ides of August. That’s when the Congress partitioned Bharat.
M.K. Azhagiri: By next August, I’ll make every North Indian pronounce my name correctly. What’s so tough about saying ‘zha’?
Amartya Sen: What’s wrong with showering praise on Rahul Gandhi?
Rahul Gandhi: I think on I-Day I’ll nominate Amartya uncle for the ‘Most Augmentative Indian’ award.
Sitaram Yechury: What’s independence without that Left Hand drive....
Varun Gandhi: I’m ready to make friends with any Muslim who likes me.
Yuvraj Singh: Ain’t we cricketers intelligent? Then why this talk of a ‘dope’ test ?
A.R. Rahman: Must remember not to sing Jaya ho for Jaya he.
