"There is something about their (stray dogs) eyes, the scars, their faces that tells a story. They spend their entire lives trying to survive. To me, each has a distinct personality.”
Ayesha Framji, Delhi based, freelance professional photographer, Mint, August 23, 2025
"A family with two working parents in 2024 needed to increase its income by almost 40%, about $ 26,900
(Rs 23,43,156) extra per year, to
maintain their standard of living
after having their first child.”
Family budget calculator by the Economic Policy Institute, The Washington Post,
August 17, 2025
"There are no prizes for
emerging poets. Poets are rarely offered life-saving teaching gigs. The road is as long and winding as it ever was. Of course, in a way this is as it should be. The lack of money and accolades for poetry is a way
of separating chaff from grain.
You need a will of iron and a very thick skin to continue into a
poetic middle and old age.”
Jeet Thayil, prize winning poet-novelist,
writing on poet Adil Jussawalla, mid-day, August 26, 2025
"I run workshops where I
guide people through clay work
and metal wire sculptures, but it’s
not like a formal art class. I’m not training anyone to be a pro — I’m helping them let go. I work with upcycled fabric, with my grandmas’ saris, trims from markets, scraps lying around, but more than
anything, I work with energy. I
just want people to express themselves, not aim for perfection.”
Tianna Khambatta, sculptor, Sunday
MumbaiMirror, July 13, 2025
"J. B. Petit High School for Girls
has always been about belonging;
about making space for girls to
discover who they can be.”
Friyana Pardiwalla, principal and
alumna, J. B. Petit High School for Girls,
Sunday MumbaiMirror, July 13, 2025
"For instance, in a Hindu space, there might be a sanctum sanctorum or a garbhagriha, where no one except the priest can enter. A mosque is more egalitarian — anyone and
everyone can enter the space as there is no priestly class in Islam.”
Dr Shehernaz Nalwalla, vice president,
Asiatic Society of Mumbai, chairperson,
Mumbai Research Centre,
MumbaiMirror, August 4, 2025
"Violence can only be concealed
by a lie, and the lie can only be
maintained by violence.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian
author and Nobel Prize winner for
literature, Forbes