ASHA BHOSLE Mehedi Hasan is God's miracle J B D'SOUZA 'It was Onassis who told me, Aristotle, you know' BIPAN CHANDRA 'Gandhi was perhaps the greatest Indian of all times' B S CHANDRASHEKHAR 'Bedi was an intelligent bowler' THEODORE BHASKARAN 'South India has been most prolific as far as cinema is concerned' RAMANATHAN KRISHNAN 'Sampras plays best during crisis' PADMA SUBRAHMANYAM 'The British rule was the worst period for our traditional art forms' SANTOSH SIVAN 'One of the most mesmerising and convincing scenes in Indian cinema is in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar' E A S PRASANNA 'Azharuddin is a great batsman and excellent fielder' Dr M S SWAMINATHAN 'If we want to make progress, we don't need a Nobel laureate' ABRAHAM ERALY 'Servility is a national malady' VIJAY AMRITRAJ 'Rod Laver was the greatest player who ever played the game' MILKHA SINGH 'P T Usha was the best woman athlete India has ever produced' USHA MEHTA 'Madhavbhai Desai was to Gandhiji, what Hanuman was to Lord Ram' BIRJU MAHARAJ 'Balasaraswati is the first name that comes to mind' VISHWANATHAN ANAND 'Kasparov's career is not finished' ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN 'Pather Panchali is the most important film in the last 50 years' MANSUR ALI KHAN 'TIGER' PATAUDI 'Sunny was the first to bring professionalism in the game in India'