"I’m sorry Mom. My path to
abroad doesn’t succeed. Mom,
I love you so much! I’m dying
bcoz I can’t breath... I’m from
Nghen, Can Loc, Ha Tinh,
Vietnam... I am sorry, Mom."
Text message sent to her mother
by Pham Thi Tra My, 26, one of the 39 victims of human trafficking who died of
asphyxiation in a container loaded on a truck, Reuters, reprinted in The Times
of India, October 26, 2019
"The recent tree fellings at
Aarey were murder in the name
of progress. By felling trees
so cruelly, humanity itself
fell. We should realize that
by destroying the trees we
are destroying ourselves."
Vanita Bhandari, whose late mother,
Perveez, was a Parsi, president, Ladies’ Wing, IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, mid-day, October 17, 2019
"We as creators need to understand taking one step ahead in growing sectors like e-commerce should not be at the cost of the environment and should not lead to unnecessary carbon footprint(s)."
Jamshyd Godrej, managing director,
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd., The Hindu, October 10, 2019
"You’ve got a million-dollar talent, son, but a 10-cent brain."
Roy Acuff, Grand Ole Opry star,
speaking to legendary country song
writer and singer Hank Williams,
who had an alcohol and drug
dependency problem, wikipedia.org
"During the years that I was with the Tata group, I always looked at the startups as a sector that is exciting but somewhat untouchable
because somewhere or other there will be conflict of interest
with the Tata Group."
Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus,
Tata Group, The Free Press Journal,
October 17, 2019
"When my homeopath father, Dr Ardeshir Boman-Behram, met my (Austrian Jewish) mother, he saw how she suffered, thinking she would be deported (from Bombay) back to the Third Reich at any moment. He married her, much to the alarm of his political Parsi family."
Primavera Boman-Behram, mid-day,
October 13, 2019
"Playing music alone can
sometimes feel like playing a sportalone, when it’s meant
to be played with a team."
Sanaya Ardeshir, also known as
Sandunes, music producer,
MumbaiMirror, October 20, 2019