"India’s a young country, and getting younger by the day. The trend of youth movies is going to develop even more. With Ghajini likely to do well, violent, high-voltage films may catch on."
—Shyam Benegal, Film director
"I predict that we’ll have more innovative serials, fewer channel launches, more politicians who’ll be experimenting withreality TV. News channels will continue to run amuck because it’s in their DNA."
—Sevanti Ninan, TV critic
"Less waste! I wish people would buy selectively, wisely and less wastefully."
—David Abraham, Fashion designer
"Indian sport will achieve a lot more if it is left alone to achieve. The more meddling there is, the less we will do. Of course, if Indian sport gets people who love tolook after it, we’ll do great."
—Harsha Bhogle, Sports commentator
"I wish for India to move through its recent tragedies in a way that addresses the real issues and concerns of the people, rather than using the recent terror attacks to push us towards more war, fear and violence."
—Anoushka Shankar, Musician
"An improvement of the infrastructure for cultural events in India. Even Delhi doesn’t have auditoria of international standards."
—Pavan K. Verma, D-G, ICCR
"I want peaceful, non-violent elections in the country, with the poor again showing how strongthey are."
—Shantha Sinha, Magsaysay awardee
"My wish is that there will be greater sanity in the city. My prediction isthat this will not be the case!"
—Shiv Visvanathan, Social scientist
