It is a "disturbing feature that we would have no democratic government in Jammu and Kashmir for five years till the elections which are supposed to be held in September, and the same could continue indefinitely.”
Rohinton F. Nariman, former Supreme Court judge and former Solicitor
General of India, The Indian Express,
December 16, 2023
"In a racist society it is not
enough to be non-racist, we
must be anti-racist.”
Angela Davis, American political activist, Inspirational Quote, July 2023
"Bangladesh has long overtaken India in life expectancy, fertility, child mortality, sanitation, school
participation and gender equality. Initially this was seen as a quirk, but the gap kept growing, proving deeply embarrassing for India.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
economist and journalist, whose wife Shahnaz was a Parsi, The Times of
India, November 26, 2023
"Forget what you know about
buying fair businesses
at wonderful prices; instead,
buy wonderful businesses
at fair prices.”
Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman
of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren
Buffet’s business partner, The New York Times, reprinted in The Financial Express,
November 30, 2023
"People often ask me who’s the worst dancer (among actors) that I have worked with. I think that the worst dancer is always the person who will not try. Shah Rukh (Khan) will try everything. He will give his life for that one shot. ”
Farah Khan, director-choreographer,
whose mother Menaka (née Irani)
is a Parsi, The Times of India,
November 11, 2023
"There are plenty of jobs, just not jobs these young men want.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall; past president, Confederation of Indian Industry; chairman, Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research
and the Ananta Aspen Centre,Business Standard, November 23, 2023
"In theory, the more necessities you can carry on your body, the more efficiently you can move through the world. As an article in The New York Times in 1899 read: If ‘Adam and Eve both began life without any pockets, it seems to me that the difference in the progress of the sexes toward pockets illustrates and proves the superiority of the male. Man’s pockets have
developed, improved, and
increased with the advances
of civilization. Woman is
actually retrograding —
losing ground and pockets.’”
Vanessa Friedman, American fashion
journalist, The New York Times,
November 6, 2023