"We are seriously considering a move to stop all organ transplants. We have conducted more than 1,800 kidney transplants, heart and liver transplants and bone marrow transplants. At the end of the day, the Hospital authorities and doctors are unnecessarily being harassed and we are fighting a legal battle now. What is the point?”
Bomi Bhote, chief executive officer,
Ruby Hall Clinic, on a case being filed against the Hospital regarding an
unrelated donor who allegedly presented herself as the organ receiver’s wife, The Indian Express, May 19, 2022
"Each (tree) has a particular
power, passing on certain energies to you. To seek happiness, sit or sleep under a Sita Ashok. Imbibe the infinite peace, celebrate the qualities it can fill your life with. And if you can’t find a tree,
you must grow one.”
Kitayun Rustom, environmental
educationist, sunday mid-day, May 8, 2022
"In Dadar Parsi Colony where the lanes are lined with these grand old (copper pod) trees, they seem to roll out
golden yellow carpets under my feet. And in the evenings while I sit cooling my heels in one of the gardens, the blossoms come wafting down gently on my head and all around, like yellow snowflakes.”
Katie Bagli, naturalist and author,
sunday mid-day, May 8, 2022
"Everyone talks about a British conquest but the East India
Company was not the British
government, it was a private
corporation, run out of one small office in London. And I think
that’s been forgotten; we’ve
turned it into a national story
about the British and India.”
William Dalrymple, author, The Anarchy:
The Relentless Rise of the East India
Company, mid-day, May 6, 2022
"A whopping 45% of the total 82 lakh people who died in India in 2020 did not get any medical
attention at the time of death and just 1.3% of the total registered fatalities during the year
received medical care from a
qualified professional.”
Data prepared by the Registrar General of India, The Free Press Journal, May 6, 2022
"I used to work 365 days a
year and was part of several interesting films. But when my grandchildren were born, I realized that I needed to pull my leg off the accelerator and focus on them.
I decided to do fewer films and
be around my grandkids.”
Boman Irani, actor, The Times of India,
April 26, 2022
"I’m really excited to be here
tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have.”
Joe Biden, US President, at the
White House Press Corps’ annual gala,
The Indian Express, May 2, 2022