"Sleater Road Stalwarts, as my dad called them, will always give a warm welcome to all residents, past, present and future. I’ve
seen the braveheart of this
cosmopolitan community
when we were impacted by
monsoon flooding. Year after
year, the humblest, hardworking, hospitable and honest people
of the area rescued stranded
people and animals, not
fearing for themselves.”
Dilnavaz Billimoria, former Sleater
Road resident and workplace
diversity specialist in Melbourne,
sunday mid-day, July 3, 2022
"Who will label who among the environmentalists are genuine? Maybe, for (deputy chief
minister Devendra) Fadnavis,
genuine means those who
are in his pockets.”
Zoru Bhathena, activist, mid-day,
July 4, 2022
"My mother has sold her jewelry to pay our school fees. Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, Honey and Daisy aunty had kept us in their home for about four-five years, and they were very nice to us, but we had
to ask them for things. We were
literally those poor cousins.Today,
I owe them a great deal.”
Farah Khan, director, whose mother
Menaka, née Irani, is a Parsi, The
Times of India, July 4, 2022
"Street food, particularly the
chaat, is about including the
complex spectrum of Indian
flavors. It is at once democratic,
inclusive and affordable. I was confident what had worked
with a billion people would
work anywhere.”
Meherwan Irani, chef, whose restaurant Chai Pani won the prestigious James
Beard Award for being the most
outstanding restaurant in the U.S.,
The Indian Express, June 26, 2022
"We have art in order not to
die of the truth.”
Friedrich Nietzche, German philosopher, Associated Press, June 29, 2022
"As a simple girl from Jer Baug
in Byculla, who studied commerce and married in 1984, I needed to adjust to the rough bakery business. At one time I could not bring myself to say a milder word like ‘saalaa (rascal).’ Today, I’m a PhD in the subject (of swearing).”
Tanaz Kerawalla, proprietor,
R. N. Kerawalla & Company, mid-day,
May 15, 2022
"Pink has been used by the
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) movement, going back to the tragic use of pink
triangles for gay inmates in Nazi
concentration camps.”
Vikram Doctor, columnist,
The Economic Times, June 25, 2022