"My perception of love was shaped by real women and men around me. My nani (grandmother)
and nana (grandfather) had a
30-year age gap between them, but that wasn’t a problem in the slightest. They’ve had the most
glorious love all their lives and
I’m yet to see a pair as smitten
and crazy about each other.”
Tara Sutaria, actor, The Times of
India, June 12, 2022
"I don’t see growth as the
problem. The challenge is going
to be more on profitability.”
Jamshyd Godrej, chairman and
managing director, Godrej & Boyce
Manufacturing Company, The Times
of India, June 13, 2022
"The Indian Medical Association suggests that up to 75% of
doctors have faced some
kind of violence at work.”
Dr Mazda Turel, practicing neurosurgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals and honorary
assistant professor of neurosurgery,
Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, mid-day, June 12, 2022
"The usual story told is that
John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) was so dedicated to gambling that, to avoid stopping to eat, he called for meat in slices of bread, which then took on his name. This is the rare culinary legend which seems partly true since no term for precisely this snack is recorded before 1762.”
Vikram Doctor, food columnist, The
Economic Times, June 12, 2022
"Whoever by words, spoken or written, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection, towards the Government established by law in India shall be punished with imprisonment for life.”
Fali S. Nariman, constitutional jurist and
senior advocate, Supreme Court, citing
section 124A of the Indian Penal Code,
The Indian Express, June 1, 2022
"When I decided to write a
script, I began by reading a
lot of books. They do help, but applying what you have read
on to a page is difficult.”
Boman Irani, actor, Mint, May 14, 2022
"We claim that strategic autonomy is the bedrock of our foreign policy, but I wonder if our choice to abstain in a dozen United Nations votes condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine might have been different if we had felt less dependent on Russian weapons.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall; past president,
Confederation of Indian Industry;
chairman, Centre for Technology
Innovation and Economic Research
and Ananta Aspen Centre, Business
Standard, April 26, 2022
"With a prime location just outside the Fort precinct of the British
period, Queens Mansion had
12 residences, allotted a
servants’ quarter each on
the terrace. That arrangement (was) for a dozen Englishmen-
employed chefs and chauffeurs.”
Erach Kotwal, advocate, sunday
mid-day, April 24, 2022
"Our ground floor was
convenient; my mother was the
go-to. People left their shopping with us, their mail and keys to
the electric meter cupboard.”
Rashna Press, erstwhile resident,
on Sargent House in Colaba, sunday
mid-day, April 24, 2022
"Undertrial prisoners (in India) account for 62% of total prison population against the world
average of 18-20%.”
Lindsay Pereira, columnist, mid-day,
June 4, 2022
"The crematorium has a
facility for live CCTV (closed
circuit television) coverage
of the last rites and cremations which can be beamed live for
overseas relatives, if loved
ones cannot travel to India.”
Dr Ramnik and Dr Bharat Parekh,
who have initiated the Rs 40 crore
Antim Prasthan project to revamp the Worli crematorium, mid-day, May 27, 2022
"I take people out for dinner
and judge how they treat the
receptionist, the waiters... if they value taste. Money is secondary. What matters is the quality
of the human being.”
Arjun Waney, entrepreneur,
The Economic Times, May 22, 2022
"Distance learning was a lot
more to do with the books.
Here (online) you get the best
of faculty from anywhere around the world, including India.”
Ronnie Screwvala, co-founder
and chairman, upGrad, a higher
education platform, Mint, April 7, 2022
"Three years ago, we realized all Bharat Ratna awardees have a stamp except for (Sanskrit scholar Pandurang Vaman) Kane. He was closely associated with the
(Asiatic) Society and did his
research from our library. We felt we should initiate the process
for the stamp’s release.”
Dr Shehernaz Nalwalla, vice president, Asiatic
Society of Mumbai, mid-day, April 19, 2022
"Always remember that you
are absolutely unique. Just
like everyone else.”
Margaret Mead, American cultural
anthropologist, quoted in Mouth & Foot Painting Artists notepad
"For the first time in history a
small group of private individuals
(multi billionaires) could, if
they so choose, materially
impact global development
at a scale that has previously
been the near exclusive
domain of governments.”
Homi Kharas, senior fellow, Brookings
Institution Washington D.C., The New
York Times, April 16, 2022