"Is (standing up) the only criterion for showing respect to the national anthem? People may not be able to stand up for physical reasons, people may not stand up for intellectual or religious reasons because they may consciously believe that their religious beliefs, consciously held, prevent
them from standing up.”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India on the recent Supreme Court ruling on standing up when the national anthem is played in cinema halls, The Indian Express, December 2, 2016
"The public in India has now become accustomed to seeing the Supreme Court correcting government action in trifling matters which should not be its concern. The apex court has original jurisdiction only to entertain petitions for breach of fundamental rights under Article 32 of the Constitution.”
T. R. Andhyarujina, former solicitor general of India, The Indian Express, June 1, 2016
"The US Supreme Court held
once again that freedom to burn the national flag was more important than forced respect for it.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
whose late wife was a Parsi, The
Economic Times, December 7, 2016
"Not many know Mr Tata. People who know Mr Tata will tell you a few facts about him. There are
two people who are very close to him. They are Tito and Tango,
his German shepherds! Nobody else can come remotely close.”
R. Venkataramanan, managing trustee, Tata Trusts, The Economic Times,
December 12, 2016
"If you look at Britain, our premier car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is owned by an Indian
company (Tatas). That is not a source of shame or embarrassment. It is great pride that we together, Indian capital
and British skills and
technology, have built a new
manufacturing giant.”
David Cameron, former Prime
Minister of UK, The Indian Express,
December 4, 2016
"Just because one has an
empty cage or a fish tank one doesn’t need to buy more birds
or fish to fill them and
perpetuate the cruel trades.”
Diana Ratnagar, chairperson,
Compassionate Friend, Winter 2016
"Alla and Tehmi (Master),
supervised each brick laid here
80 years back. Sporting a sturdy sola topi, petite Alla would boom stern instructions from a hand-held horn to nervous laborers atop scaffolds (when The Reward was under construction).”
Meher Marfatia, author and columnist,
Mid-Day, November 13, 2016