When "people mentioned
(former US President John)
Kennedy’s many affairs (former US President) Lyndon Johnson, would bang the table and declare that he had more women by
accident than Kennedy ever
had on purpose."
A Johnson biographer, The Economic Times, April 18, 2018
"The celebrity is carefully selected. We expect him or her to have
a healthy lifestyle, be fun,
energetic, inspiring, self-made
and known for family values."
Piruz Khambatta, chairman and
managing director, Rasna Pvt Ltd,
G2, August-September 2016, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"We need our priests to
interact with the young rather
than being ignored by them."
Shernaz Cama, director, UNESCO Parzor Foundation that implements Jiyo Parsi,
The Times of India, February 11, 2018
"It will cause no inconvenience to customers as they will still be able to operate the ATMs. The machine will be out of service only for the duration of recalibration (for the new Rs 200 notes), which will
be 40 minutes. We are well
staffed to handle this activity."
Navroze Dastur, director, NCR Corporation India, mid-day, February 26, 2018
"To have your films not liked or
not watched or failed, is not
an easy thing to handle."
Akshaye Khanna, actor, whose
mother Geetanjali is a Parsi, mid-day,
November 17, 2017
"Any spice available in your
kitchen will work, or even a
combination of spices that you know work well together."
Ami Shroff, mixologist, Bombay Taxi, on adding spices to cocktails,mid-day, April 8, 2018
"Our constitution... is not a written constitution... It is like a silken thread, woven through centuries. That delicate constitution is
based entirely on the balance between the executive, the
legislature and the judiciary.
It is those three together."
Lord Karan Bilimoria addressing members of the British House of Lords, on March 7, 2018
"Tea is synonymous with caste discrimination in many rural areas of the country wherein tea vendors have two sets of tumblers for the consumers depending on the castes they may belong to."
Sujata Anandan, columnist, Hindustan Times, April 11, 2018
"The inspiration for one painting overflows into several paintings to culminate in a show. An artist can get inspired by anything — the sky, a stimulating conversation or an article that one has read."
Jehangir Sabavala, artist, G2,
December-January 2008, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi