"If they’re (jail officials) told to
feed you caviar tomorrow, they’ll feed you caviar. If they’re told
to strangle you in your cell,
they’ll strangle you.”
Aleksel Navalny, Russian opposition leader who died or was killed while imprisoned in Western Siberia, Business Standard,
February 20, 2024
"Most culinary schools are teaching their students three things — ingredients, techniques and presentation. But that’s not food.”
Dr Kurush F. Dalal, historian, archeologist and culinary anthropologist, The Indian
Express, February 12, 2024
"Cooking is a practical art,
and that more than individual
moments of genius, it is the
realities of ingredients and kitchen
procedures that tend to dictate
how recipes evolve.”
Vikram Doctor, food and culinary columnist,
The Economic Times, February 3, 2024
"Among her (aunt Pilloo Pochkhanawala) brilliant public works, Spark, installed at the old Haji Ali Circle, was supposedly named so on account of being commissioned by The BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) Undertaking.”
Farhad Pochkhanawala, resident of
Buena Vista on Pochkhanawala Road
behind the Worli promenade, sunday
mid-day, February 25, 2024
"The degree of civilization of a community, city or country is gauged by how consistently and quickly they make way for an ambulance.”
Dr Mazda Turel, practicing neurosurgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals and honorary
assistant professor of neurosurgery,
Grant Medical College and Sir J. J.
Group of Hospitals, Daddy Diaries 7,
Mazda blog, website: mazdaturel.com, February 7, 2024
"A Parsi gentleman, Sam Bhada,
interviewed me for a job as a waiter. He asked me, ‘What kind of job do you want?’ I replied in style ‘Food and beverage.’ He said,
‘Idiot, the whole hotel industry is about food and beverage.’”
Boman Irani, actor, excerpt from Rising Stars: The Challenges and Joys of Being
a Bollywood Parent by Rashmi Uchil,
The Times of India, December 3, 2023
"Nobody can win without putting up a fight. Whatever victory has come in the world so far it is all through the struggle and fight only. But every fight may not yield a result. What’s important is the fight.”
Bezwada Wilson, member of a manual scavenger community, The New York Times, February 3, 2024
"At no point in time can any
organizaton ever be 100% sure that it will not face a cyber attack. So, you have to keep evolving and looking at the latest trends and keep updating systems.”
Keki Mistry, former vice chairman and chief executive officer, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and strategic advisor for Cyrus Poonawalla Group Financial Services,Mint, January 23, 2024