"I think I was the first model in India to
try all these bizarre hair extensions! I
was so bad with the upkeep of it that
every time I would walk, I’d leave a
trail of hair behind me.”
Mehr Jesia, former Miss India, Hindustan Times, December 16, 2018
"The ’60s is all-important because it sparked off a whole new generation of artistes in the ’70s, like
Led Zeppelin and Queen. The world changed, attitudes and thoughts changed — you could
do what you believed in.”
Gary Lawyer, singer, mid-day, April 8, 2018
"There is, thus, a serious need to curb the ‘megalomania’ of the investigating and adjudicating
(income tax) officers for both
the high economic and
emotional costs they inflict.”
Maneck Davar, chairman and managing director, Spenta Multimedia Pvt Ltd, The Indian Express, January 31, 2019
"We have to be inclusive and
keep pace with the times. The
image of the Turf Club as a stodgy, old establishment is just a stereotype. Regulars and even visitors have seen how this space has evolved over the years.”
Zinia Lawyer, chairperson, marketing
and media, Royal Western India Turf Club, on a gay pride event being held at the
venue, mid-day, January 12, 2019
"Their (the Kellogg brothers)
marketing genius delivered the message that breakfast is the
most important meal of the day
— a fiction that has no medical
basis or fact, and believed to
be true until this very day.”
Dr Rasi Wickramsinghe, cardiologist,
Hamazor, Issue 4, 2018
"No political party attaches any priority to merit or excellence. We have a lobby for every caste, but none for excellence. In such
a milieu, excellence will wither while quotas proliferate.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
columnist whose late wife was a Parsi,
The Times of India, January 20, 2019
"There is a lot happening on
the web... in India, the digital
medium is in its teething phase. It is still developing and everyone wants to try something new.”
Sanaya Irani, actor, Hindustan Times,
September 4, 2018
"It is important to recognize that
in every single case in which ministers and senior leaders of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) honor
and valourise lynch mob killers,
the victims are always Muslim.”
Harsh Mander, human rights worker and writer, The Indian Express, July 19, 2018
"The Indian economy is a domestic economy and what happens outside the country has a lesser impact on India unlike in China which is an export-driven economy.”
Keki Mistry, vice chairman and chief
executive officer, HDFC Ltd, DNA,
April 9, 2018