They said it in November

"We’ll keep making a noise. We know people can’t demonstrate in Pakistan but we can here. We’re watching what’s going on and it’s unacceptable." -- Jemima Khan, former wife of Pakistan politician Imran Khan, about the Emergency in Pakistan (November 18)

"I’ve been working with these people for 20 years. Without them I’m not funny. I’m a dead man." -- Jay Leno, Tonight Show host, sympathising with Hollywood screenplay writers on strike in Time (November 19)

"India’s disadvantage is its unskilled, uneducated workforce which could undermine its global competitive strengths and expose the economy to the risk of stagnation." -- Abusaleh Shariff, chief economist of the National Council of Applied Economic Research in Times of India (November 22)

"Young people can, and should, take their part in many global challenges, which cannot be resolved by the old generation alone." -- Queen Elizabeth speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala (November 23)

"We have had mixed reactions from stakeholders so far. Some have expressed their concerns about the long course duration. Some states have implemented one year compulsory rural service for MBBS doctors and this would mean that it would be much longer before the students can settle." -- Dr. Ananthanarayanan, deputy director general, directorate general of health services on adding another year of compulsory rural internship for medical students (November 23)

"Our objective is to churn out 35,000 plus industry-ready professionals by the year 2009 and dispel fears that the country’s IT industry will lose out on new investment because of a dearth in quality manpower." -- S.N. Venkatesh, founder of the Raman International Institute of Information Technology, the country’s first IT finishing school (November 24)

"Atrocities on women are commonplace in Nandigram, thanks to CPM cadres and police." -- Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Banerjee