"As a child I have stood outside the fire temple where my friends used to go. I have had to stand outside and not pay my last respects to my father-in-law after his death. I have not been allowed to take part in several games and I have been told that is because my Parsi mother did not marry a Parsi. I was 16 and batting while playing cricket with my friends at the (Dadar Parsee Colony) Gymkhana when I was asked to leave.”
Rishi Kishnani, national content director, Red FM radio channel, whose wife
Sanaya (née Dalal) is a Parsi, mid-day, October 4, 2023
"It is never too late to give
up your prejudices.”
Henry David Thoreau, American
writer and philosopher, Inspirational
Quote, October 2023
"My grandmom told me to
speak the truth. That was most important to her, and my mom
tells me (mimics her), ‘You
don’t have to tell me
everything, no, Jim.’”
Jim Sarbh, actor, The Times of India,
October 3, 2023
"The rule is that you cannot break the gun and everything is clearly visible on the screen. But if one
girl goes out before the gun, naturally, others will follow. Jyothi (Yarraji) went second so they got after her and tried to get her out. So, I told them to let Jyothi run under protest. But to make the
Chinese girl run under protest is wrong because she has
clearly broken the gun.”
Adille Sumariwalla, president, Athletics
Federation of India and vice president, World Athletics, mid-day, October 2, 2023
"(Horse) racing in England has been a passion for me, and one feels energetic and young when one travels to pursue one’s passion. Age doesn’t get in the way.”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, 82, billionaire
vaccine manufacturer, mid-day,
September 27, 2023
"ChatGPT can also respond
to images. People can, for
example, upload a photo of the inside of their refrigerator, and
the chatbot can give them a list
of dishes they could cook with
the ingredients they have.”
Reprinted from The New York
Times, in the Financial Express,
September 26, 2023
"I went searching for my old
Cuffe Parade home yesterday
and was shocked, not able to locate it in the middle of everything dug and boarded. The condition
is dreadful. I also had to guess which was Wodehouse Road,
parallel to ours.”
Zubin Mehta, maestro, sunday
mid-day, August 20, 2023