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"Enough has been spoken and written abut the 26/11 (terrorist)
attacks. It is now the 10th year since the attacks and it is time to put it all behind our backs. There’s
nothing to say any more.”

Farhang Jehani, partner, Leopold Cafe that was attacked by terrorists that day, The Free Press Journal, November 26, 2018

"‘You know,’ says a trader in
Margin Call, a film about the crash of 2008, as he stands high on a building above Wall Street, ‘the feeling that people experience when they stand on the edge like this isn’t the fear of falling — it’s the fear that they might jump.’”

The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, November 26, 2018

"Drinking alcohol diminishes
teens’ reasoning powers — which are already not as developed as adults’. Under the influence, teens may therefore decide to try other, even more dangerous, substances. It’s not unusual, in this city,
for teens to drink so heavily
that they black out.”

Dr Pervin Dadachanji, psychiatrist,
MumbaiMirror, November 8, 2018

"His (Freddie Mercury/Farrokh
Bulsara’s) music videos are so free-spirited and out there. That
is the kind of energy we strive
for in our live performance.”

Yohan Marshall, musician,
Hindustan Times, November 28, 2018

"Countries which start trade wars are doing the world a disservice.”

Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej group,
The Hindu, June 30, 2018

"The Bharatiya Janata Party had hailed the Supreme Court ban on instant triple talaq as a great victory for women’s rights. Why then did it oppose women’s rights at Sabarimala? Did only Muslim women have rights, not Hindu women?”

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, whose
late wife was a Parsi, The Times of India, October 28, 2018

"It is so touching to see Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers claiming to be victims or being framed by their fellow officers. If CBI officers don’t feel safe with their colleagues, imagine what it means for ordinary citizens.”

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, vice chancellor of Ashoka University, The Indian Express, November 22, 2018

"I’m happy when people like
the Jindals support our athletes. The problem starts when they interfere in the athletes’ training
plan and competition schedule.
It messes up with the program
we have for the athlete.”

Adille Sumariwalla, president, Athletics
Federation of India, The Economic
Times, October 15, 2018