"The national government also
continued to suppress critical
voices — particularly religious minorities and those advocating on their behalf — including through surveillance, harassment, demolition of property, and detention under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and by targeting nongovernmental organizations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.”
US Commission on International
Religious Freedom, The Times of
India, May 3, 2023
"Why did the Cheetah (named) Pawan cross over from MP
(Madhya Pradesh) to UP (Uttar Pradesh)? He’d heard it had a better law of the jungle.”
Bachi Karkaria, columnist, The Times
of India, April 27, 2023
"I still have great confidence
in the judiciary. I may not like
one or two judgments. I may
criticize the judgments, but ultimately, I believe the court is the greatest savior of our liberties.”
Fali Nariman, jurist, The Indian
Express, April 26, 2023
"Mahatma Gandhi, of course,
was no supporter of foreign
brands and in November 1945, wrote to Dr Dinshaw Mehta, the founder of a famous naturopathy institute, that ‘things similar to
Horlicks and malted milk should
be made (in India),’ so that even the poor could afford them.”
Vikram Doctor, columnist, The
Economic Times, April 30, 2023
"My mother, Dolly Forbes,
really loved children. She began the story of this School (Cumballa Hill High School) with three
pupils on a bench at Kemp’s
Corner... Her acorn flourished as our oak. I took over as principal from her in the 1980s. ‘All you need is love,’ she told me. Layer that with a balance of education and manners, and you can put out
generations of good people.”
Bapsy Chubb who continues to helm
the institution at 91 years, sunday
mid-day, April 23, 2023
"I was ordering takeout at an
Indian place in Massachusetts
and said, ‘spicy.’ The guy on the
phone said: ‘White people
spicy or Indian spicy?’”
Twitter post cited by Soumya Bhattacharya, author, Thirteen Kinds of Love, The
Economic Times, April 23, 2023
"Our idea was to create a space wherein you feel refreshed after you finish your meal, a space where you feel like you are
eating something substantial
and yet healthy.”
Neville Bose, partner, Malido Café,
The Indian Express, April 23, 2023