"I see a lot of people religiously following society news, movie reviews, Bollywood/Hollywood scandals and gossip. It’s fine to
be updated on all that, but at
the same time, people need to
be aware of serious civic and society issues as well. The real stories around us need to
be heard and told.”
Boman Irani, actor, Mid Day,
February 24, 2012
"The city needs many stories working at various levels, to capture its polyphony of class
and cultures. A dhobi threatened with displacement, a homesick maalishwalla yearning for his roots, a public sector employee faced with a moral dilemma, each of these are recognizable people, separate, but together making
up the identity of this city.”
Murzban Shroff, author, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, April 30, 2012
"Worli and Lower Parel area
have witnessed the most
development. While the designs
of these structures are questionable, let’s just say, it’s the best time to practise in the city
(Bombay). There are lots of
opportunities for an architect
in terms of design.”
Rooshad Shroff, architect,
Mumbai Mirror, March 4, 2012
"I was disinherited for being gay. Relatives use this as a moral excuse to veil their own greed while depriving gay children of their patrimony.”
Hoshang Merchant, author and
professor, University of Hyderabad, Hamazor, Issue 1, 2012
"(Herman) Melville is good with whales but not Parsis (in Moby Dick). I don’t know any Parsis who wear their long hair wrapped in a huge white turban. (Rudyard) Kipling’s Parsi in the Just So Stories is described more accurately with a shiny Bake hat that reflects the rays of the sun. We wear them to weddings and navjotes and call them ‘phetas.’”
Farrukh Dhondy, writer, Hamazor,
Issue 1, 2012
"For every $ 10 increase in
crude oil price, if it does get passed on to the consumer, one
is talking about an 80 basis
points increase in inflation.”
Jal Irani, managing director (oil and gas research) at Macquarie Capital Securities, Mint, February 29, 2012
"Ray Kroc was in his 50s when he began building the McDonald’s franchise system, and Col
Harland Sanders was in his 60s when he started the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain.”
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, February 28, 2012