"At the time, there were no railways or motorable roads there, and
automobiles were just being
invented. His experiences in Iran
as a Parsi and a military man tell another rollicking story again.”
Murali Ranganathan, historian,
translator and author of The First World
War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria,
sunday mid-day, April 24, 2022
"Nine-tenths of education
is encouragement.”
Anatole France, French writer and
Nobel Prize winner, Inspirational
Quote, September 2022
"Indian nationalists denounced
tea drinking as against Indian
traditions. Mahatma Gandhi
refused to drink it, instead
serving hot water steeped
with roasted wheat grains.
Today, a century later, we are a
nation of tea drinkers.”
Vikram Doctor, food journalist and blogger, The Economic Times, January 1, 2023
"(Vinayak) Savarkar was a man
who believed females to be only slightly above beasts of burden
and that a woman was nothing
but a vessel to bear sons.”
Dhirendra K. Jha, author, Gandhi’s
Assassin, The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India (Vintage Books, 2022)
"The tap-thud of the patrolling
night watchman’s stick was
echoed by a second — (Gul)
Karanjia’s husband blowing a
whistle. It expectedly got a lively answering toot from the chowkidar, to confirm he was awake.”
Meher Marfatia, columnist, author-
publisher, on Garden Road residents,
sunday mid-day, May 7, 2023
"This is not a street fight between some rival gangs in the corner
of the city. These are corporate
people, educated people,
articulate people who can
surely adjudicate their
grievances against each other
in a more refined way. If you have both decided to enter the gutter, then please remain there.”
Justice Prateek Jalan hearing a dispute
between a former managing director of BharatPe and the company, The Free
Press Journal, May 17, 2023
"To be wealthy and honored in
an unjust society is a disgrace.”
Confucius, Chinese philosopher,
Inspirational Quote, July 2023
"Given the fact that at the time,
there was limited knowledge of
how to teach kids with special needs, my mother (Dolat H.
Doongaji) made sure that
kids with special needs are
given the help they need.”
Hutoxi Boman, head, New Activity School, sunday mid-day, November 19, 2023