"Each neighborhood should
support the nurturing of spaces
that encourage cultural
engagement, especially for
the younger generation.”
Khushroo N. Suntook, chairman,
National Centre for the Performing Arts, sunday mid-day, April 21, 2024
"Colaba Causeway footpath
looks beautiful without encroachments. People can walk freely without being pushed or hassled... Most of all though, children
and seniors will be able to walk
on the Causeway, which is certainly not the case now. I certainly hope the Prime Minister visits Colaba every single day.”
Pervez Cooper, Colaba resident
and activist on the removal of hawkers
for Narendra Modi’s visit, mid-day,
April 2, 2024
"The dust from the myriad building sites has made the beautiful port city (of Bombay) so polluted
and hazy that often you cannot
see Nariman Point from the
Hanging Gardens.”
Coomi Kapoor, contributing editor,
The Indian Express, March 14, 2024
"Until now, there has been no woman Chief Justice of India.
The first woman judge on the Supreme Court bench was Justice Fathima Beevi in 1989. In the
high courts too, in over seven
decades there have been only
16 women chief justices.”
Maja Daruwala, chief editor, India Justice Report and executive director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Indian Express, March 8, 2024
"A recent report by Freedom House, a human rights organization, listed India among the world’s practitioners of ‘transnational repression,’ a term for governments’ use of intimidation or violence against their own citizens — dissidents, activists, journalists — in others’ sovereign territory.”
The Washington Post, April 29, 2024
"I don’t go to a restaurant in the first three months of its opening. I wait for the hype around it to die down, and then go and check out the food. To me, if the food is not great, there is absolutely no point.”
Dr Kurush F. Dalal, historian, archeologist and culinary anthropologist, The Indian
Express, February 12, 2024
"In the future, every sportsperson thinking of protesting against some imagined injustice should ask themselves one question before calling for a press conference and demanding justice: What would our brave cricketers do? The answer will almost always be: Nothing.”
Lindsay Pereira, columnist, mid-day,
January 20, 2024