"A recent study concluded that 70% of fathers and 65% of mothers show a preference for one child.”
Hvovi Bhagwagar, psychologist and psychotherapist, MumbaiMirror, December 18, 2019
"The fact that 68% of people
in prisons are undertrials means that most people should not be there. Obviously that means
that there is overcrowding.”
Shireen Vakil, head, Policy and Advocacy unit,
Tata Trusts, Civil Society, December 2019
"Since May 2014, there has been a rapid fall in India’s standing in the world — from being seen with China as an emerging global power to being coupled with Pakistan as an insular, inward-looking nation
plagued by authoritarianism
and religious bigotry.”
Ramachandra Guha, historian and author, Hindustan Times, December 15, 2019
"We are artists, painting in sound where the canvas is time.”
Zane Dalal, conductor, Symphony
Orchestra of India, Mint, December 8, 2019
"To call them (Gujarati nataks) plays wouldn’t be quite right. These are simple, silly comedies which the Parsis enjoy. They laugh their guts out, go out for dinner
and reminisce how silly it all
was and laugh even more.”
Darius Shroff, senior solicitor,
Crawford Bayley & Co and actor,
mid-day, December 8, 2019
"All my life, I learnt Sanskrit
and I was never made to realize
I am a Muslim, but now
when I am trying to teach,
suddenly it has become
the only subject.”
Firoze Khan, assistant professor at
Banaras Hindu University’s Sanskrit
Vidya Dharam Vigyan and a doctorate in Sanskrit, on opposition by some
elements to him teaching Sanskrit, The Indian Express, November 21, 2019
"Once, I coughed mid
monologue in The Glass
Menagerie and couldn’t get my words out. It’s like my throat
closed up and I had to spit on stage to get whatever was in
there out — and an audience
member went ‘ew,’ and I looked
at them and all the lines just popped right out of my head.”
Jim Sarbh, actor, Hindustan Times,
December 6, 2019
"We need to break through t
his glass ceiling that puppetry
is only for kids. As an art form,
it is also being used to create
social awareness. We need to
create spaces for both
traditional and modern
puppeteers, hold discussions
and workshops.”
Dadi Pudumjee, puppeteer, The Times
of India, November 30, 2019