"The government might argue that big reforms prompt big protests — such as those we are witnessing in Delhi on the agriculture reforms. The learning from those protests must surely be that the reforms themselves were right, but the method of doing them needs to
be different. We must operate
consistent with our democratic institutions.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall, past president, Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman, Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research and Ananta Aspen Centre, The Indian Express, December 31, 2020
"It is a commonly known fact that for most vaccines, even non-Covid ones the longer the gap between the first and booster dose, the better the efficacy.”
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer, Serum Institute of India, Mint, December 4, 2020
"I don’t need new clothes. I know people who have clothes, so I would ask them if I could borrow them or they have something they don’t need. The worst case, I guess, I’ll buy second-hand.”
Greta Thunberg, Swedish green activist,
on economizing on consumption, The
Economic Times, January 7, 2021
"The brain weighs only two to
three percent of one’s body weight, yet consumes over 25% of its
energy; more electrical impulses
are generated in a single day by one brain than all of the cell phones in the world.”
Dr Mazda Turel, neurosurgeon,
Jam-e-Jamshed, January 3, 2021
"You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end — much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you.”
Brenda Ueland, American author quoted by Bakhtiar Dadabhoy in The Magnificent Diwan, The Life and Times of Sir Salar Jung I
"Quite literally, the major chunk of our discussions comprised issues like grass cutting and pump repairs... almost all important issues continue to languish and are
deferred to the next meeting and 50 odd housing applications languish at the bottom of the agenda.”
Kersi Randeria, trustee, Bombay Parsi Punchayet, commenting on the Zoom meetings of
the trustees, Parsi Times, December 19, 2020
"English humorist P. G. Wodehouse named Bertie Wooster’s famous
valet (butler) Jeeves after
(English) cricketer Percy Jeeves.”
Kersi Meher-Homji, cricket historian,
mid-day, December 27, 2020