"Every good cause begins
as a movement, becomes a
business and eventually
degenerates into a racket.”
Eric Hofler, US philosopher quoted on
Twitter, MoneyWeek, August 21, 2020
"We’d troop down from Cusrow Baug to settle in cushioned chairs of the last three rows, far from bug-infested wood front benches. Visits weren’t complete without samosas ingested with the ink of notebook pages wrapping them, their spice washed away by sweet sips of mud colored Vimto.”
Farrokh Jijina, journalist, on being sent
to buy tickets to Defence theater near
R. C. Church circa 1970s, mid-day,
September 6, 2020
"My father-in-law (Cyrus), my
husband (Adar) and I, we’re
all quite fiery. Adar’s passionate about something, my father-in-law believes in something else...
and my kids say, ‘Are you
guys screaming at each
other? What’s happening?’”
Natasha Poonawalla, executive director, Serum Institute of India, Brunch,
Hindustan Times, August 9, 2020
"DeMon (demonetization) made legit business cripplingly difficult, but ease of transacting undeclared money continues. Leading to
our own #BlackLiesMatter.”
Bachi Karkaria, columnist, The Times
of India, September 10, 2020
"The power of screenplay is
all important. No cinematographer can place a camera with
conviction if there’s nothing
worthwhile on the page.”
Boman Irani, actor, MumbaiMirror,
September 13, 2020
"India decreed the strictest lockdown
as measured by Oxford University researchers. It also had among the smallest of fiscal stimuli, less than two percent of GDP (gross domestic product). The result? India has suffered the greatest GDP crash among major economies (24%).”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
whose late wife was a Parsi, The
Times of India, September 13, 2020
"There is a disconnect between what is being publicly said and what needs to be done immediately in the short run. If you publicly deny there is a big problem, you are removing the scope for significant action in the immediate term.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes
Marshall and past president, Confederation
of Indian Industry, The Indian Express, September 3, 2020
"He (Elon Musk) would often say, ‘The longer you wait to fire someone the longer it has been since your should have fired them.’”
Branden Spikes, former chief information officer at Spacex, Elon Musk: How the billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is shaping our future, by Ashlee Vance