"The illnesses musicians suffer
are much the same as you and I do — colds, flus, fevers. And something peculiar to musicians — nervousness, right before concerts. This required me to prescribe
medicines which would help them calm down but not affect their
focus and concentration.”
Dr Cavas Bilimoria, former physician
to the Symphony Orchestra of India,
sunday mid-day, March 3, 2024
"Infected wounds are like bottled up emotions. If you don’t make space for them, they’re going to blow up sooner or later.”
Dr Mazda Turel, practicing neurosurgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals and honorary
assistant professor of neurosurgery,
Grant Medical College and Sir J. J.
Group of Hospitals, sunday mid-day,
April 14, 2024
"For every Lee Kuan Yew (who brilliantly developed modern Singapore) there are multiple Maos, Stalins, Pol Pots, and Chavezes who were walking, talking
disasters for their countries.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall; past president, Confederation of Indian Industry; chairman, Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research
and Ananta Aspen Centre, Business
Standard, April 11, 2024
"India is an aspiring great power in my lexicon. It certainly has the population size but not the requisite wealth. India is growing
economically, and it could, eventually, become a great power. There’s no question about it.
But at this point, India is not considered wealthy enough to be ranked among the great powers.”
Prof John Mearsheimer, professor of
political science, University of Chicago,
The Indian Express, April 15, 2024
"At the Serum Institute of India,
we currently have a production capacity of around 60-70 million doses of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccines per year from our Dutch facility. While there is no current shortage, we can ramp up
supplies to meet India’s full
annual requirement (of polio
vaccines) within three-four
months if the need arises.”
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer, Serum Institute of India, The Economic Times, April 5, 2024
"Nearly one-third of Tokyo men in their 50s have never been married, while data gathered by Recruit Holdings shows 46% of men and 30% of women in their 20s in
Japan have never dated.”
Reuters, The Indian Express, April 13, 2024
"Time not of the essence: This
is simply another manifestation
of a more persistent issue —
timelines don’t seem to
matter in Indian courts.”
Arghya Sengupta and Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya, Research Directors
and Senior Resident Fellows, Vidhi
Centre for Legal Policy, The Times
of India, April 13, 2024