"Between January and June
2020, the government made
an unprecedented 2,367 requests to Twitter for disclosing the
identity of those writing what it
believed were objectionable
messages and posts.”
Coomi Kapoor, consulting editor, The
Indian Express, May 31, 2021
"Only about 1.5% or 2% of the population of our country has
direct or indirect access to
financial markets. Now, that
number in the West, say in
America, stands at 60-70%.”
Nikhil Kamath, co-founder Zerodha, India’s biggest stock brokerage company, and True Beacon, an asset management firm, The Indian Express, May 31, 2021
"We find it funny when someone hits their head, or falls somewhere. Even in a show like Friends, they are not trying to be funny, you find comedy in their everyday misery.”
Boman Irani, actor, Midday, April 25, 2021
"Women should get married because a husband, no matter if
he is a moron, looks good.”
Isabel Allende, writer, The Free Press
Journal, April 21, 2021
"The US ordered (and paid for) over 600 million doses. That’s for a total population of 300 million. In the same period, India ordered 11 million doses, for a country of 1,300 million.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman of Forbes Marshall, past president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of the Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research and the Ananta Aspen Centre, Business Standard, April 15, 2021
"My guru, a senior Parsi
motorman, Kersi Kapadia,
taught me to be bold and
not get drained emotionally.”
Arvind Bapat, motorman, Western
Railway, mid-day, February 24, 2021
"We might be having a heated
argument, but as soon as the camera rolls, we somehow cruise through. We ourselves don’t know how we do it. Our daughter tells
us that we are really good actors
to be able to do that.”
Tannaz Irani, actor, on acting with
her husband Bakhtiyaar, The Times
of India, April 12, 2021
"It was a huge (financial) risk
that Serum Institute of India undertook; however, it was also our responsibility as one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines to be on the forefront and drive the wheel of
action against the pandemic. Our primary focus is, and always has been,
the overall wellness of everyone.”
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive
officer, Serum Institute of India,
Jam-e-Jamshed, March 28, 2021
"To remain silent, after all,
means consent.”
Kobad Ghandy, Maoist sympathiser,
mid-day, March 22, 2021