Markandey Katju: Quotes about people

Markandey Katju is Indian judge. Explore interesting quotes on people.
Markandey Katju: 16   quotes 1   like

“Are those people across the world who eat beef are bad and only we (in the country) who don’t eat are saints and seers, whats harm in it when people eat beef, I too eat and will even continue to eat further.”

Markandey Katju

On 2015 Dadri mob lynching, as quoted in " Dadri lynching: Cow cannot be anyone’s mother, it’s just another animal, says Katju http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/cow-cannot-be-anyones-mother-its-just-another-animal-katju/", The Indian Express (3 October 2015)

People , World , Country

“No doubt the media should provide some entertainment also to the people, but if 90% of its coverage is devoted to entertainment, and only 10% to all the socio-economic issues put together, then the sense of priorities of the media has gone haywire.”

Markandey Katju

On Indian media, as quoted in "Justice Markandey Katju clarifies" http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2629257.ece?homepage=true, The Hindu (15 November 2011)

People , Sense

“With the aid of science we had built mighty civilizations thousands of years ago when most people in Europe (except in Greece and Rome) were living in forests. We had made outstanding scientific discoveries e. g. decimal system in mathematics, plastic surgery in medicine, etc. However, we subsequently took to the unscientific path of superstitions and empty rituals, which has led us to disaster. The way out of the present morass is to go back again to the path shown by our scientific ancestors, the path of Aryabhatta and Brahmagupta, Sushrut and Charak, Panini and Patanjali, Ramanujan and Raman.”

Markandey Katju

As quoted in "Justice Markandey Katju's reply to two students who want to sue him" http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/justice-markandey-katjus-reply-to-two-students-who-want-to-sue-him-507071, NDTV (10 December 2012)

People , Way , Mathematics , Science