"Numbers count and the poor
representation of women in the justice system signals embedded institutional bias.”
Maja Daruwala, chief editor, India Justice Report and executive director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Indian Express, March 8, 2024
"Even though the demand was largely for chai (tea) and brun
maska (crusty bread and butter), which were available for 10 paise and 20 paise respectively, it was a golden time. When the (Marine Lines) station relocated, we saw
a decline in customers.”
Meheraban Khodadad Kola, one of three
current partners, Sassanian Boulangerie,
The Indian Express, March 10, 2024
"The original owners of the Seven
Bungalows (Saat Bungla) in
Versova were the Maharaja of
Gwalior, the Maharaja of Kutch,
Dadabhai Naoroji, scholar
Rustom Masani, Sorabji Talati,
the Chinais and Khambattas.”
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, The Times of India,
March 11, 2024
"We could have done much
better but the whole year has
been full of supply chain disruptions partly because of the wars and the Red Sea crisis.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman, Rasna Group, Business Standard, March 14, 2024
"If you change ownership of the institutions then you can change ownership of the facts, you can alter the structure of belief.”
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
(Oneworld, 2023)
"I was moved by the tragic death of (industrialist Cyrus) Mistry, which caused me to visit the accident site more than 70 times. I noticed that heavy vehicles brazenly violated traffic rules on the highway, but not a single HSP (Highway State
Police) patrol van was present.”
Dr Boorjis Doctor, road safety activist,
mid-day, March 15, 2024
"Stay away from street food,
however tempting it may be
Musicians who give in to street food do so at their own risk; those who did would call upon me,
about their upset tummies... Sometimes it felt like I was a priest, listening to these confessions!”
Dr Cavas Bilimoria, former physician
to the Symphony Orchestra of India,
sunday mid-day, March 3, 2024
"He [Wall Street investor David (Sandy) Gottesman] said there was a reason he chose to remain under the radar. ‘The only time a whale gets harpooned is when he surfaces,’ he said in an interview for his New York Times obituary.”
Sandy Gottesman, on avoiding publicity. His wife, Ruth, gave a billion dollar (Rs 8,292 crore) donation to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York to cover the tuition cost of every student in
perpetuity. The Wall Street Journal,
reprinted in Mint, March 4, 2024