"Move your bodies. You may develop diabetes and high cholesterol because of lifestyle. But once you have them, they will pass to your progeny through your genes. That’s why heart attacks and diabetes among the young are increasing. Begin now to save generations after us. All we need is a bit of mindfulness and a respect for life, not just money.”
Dr Farokh Udwadia, noted consultant
physician, The Indian Express, April 21, 2025
"Life is more random than you think, and your inability to navigate it rationally is more limited than you think..”
Dr Mazda Turel, practicing neurosurgeon,
Wockhardt Hospitals, quoting Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Lebanese American essayist, sunday mid-day, May 4, 2025
"Artificial intelligence can’t inject emotion, which is the heart of storytelling. But it can prompt, polish, and help you be more efficient.”
Ronnie Screwvala, co-founder, UpGrad,
The Economic Times, April 29, 2025
"Historian and author William
Dalrymple mentions that during
the Delhi siege of 1857, Parsi
merchants undercut the prices of beer of their English competitors.”
Coomi Kapoor, contributing editor, The Indian Express, on reviewing At Home in the Capital: The Parsis of Delhi by Rukshana Shroff, The Indian Express, April 20, 2025
"When speaking about his most difficult performances, Astad (Deboo) would tell me that he wanted the audience to feel the pain, to empathize with what he was going through in those moments. His goal was always to communicate and empathize while giving the audience a thrill.”
Ketu Katrak, author, Astad Deboo:
An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance,
mid-day, December 9, 2024
"I’m sick and tired of hearing
that I’m the last Parsi to play Test
cricket for India. I would love
nothing better than for someone
to come and break that record.”
Farokh Engineer, former Test
wicketkeeper-batsman, quoted in a
documentary Four on Eleven: The
Fading Glory of Parsi Cricket by
Shrikaran Beecharaju, sunday
mid-day, August 25, 2024
"Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament that more than 50 million cases are pending in various courts across India, of which nearly 90% are in district and subordinate courts... What the minister didn’t say was that another 50 million cases are pending in our tribunals, revenue boards, consumer courts,
information commissions, etc.”
Vijay L. Kelkar and Pradeep S. Mehta,
vice president, Poona International
Centre and secretary general, CUTS
(Consumer Unity and Trust Society)
International respectively, Mint,
August 5, 2024