"Do we want to live in a country
of freedom, compassion and
rule of law, or a country of
chaos, fear and hate?”
Kamala Harris, US Vice President,
The Indian Express, July 25, 2024
"I went to (Kate Currawalla’s) house for the Zoroastrian Mushkil Aasan prayers on Fridays. We’d also go to Mount Mary’s together — a Parsi and Hindu at the
Catholic Basilica.”
Kiran Kanwar, former national golf
champion and teacher, sunday
mid-day, July 21, 2024
"Booked monthly or yearly, guest-house accommodation, comprising two rooms with a kitchen, was quite commonly used as a temporary home by some customers. Theater actors Scheherazade and Rohinton Mody lived from the ’70s to the ’90s in such a space of the hotel in Naju Manor, where their mentor Adi Marzban and his wife Silla would drop in, especially for Sunday lunch.”
Homi Kaka, proprietor, Bentleys Hotel, sunday mid-day, June 16, 2024
"(For taking forbidden drugs)
it is also decided that if an
athlete is caught and a sentence
is given to the athlete, the
coach will also get a similar
sentence from the Athletics
Federation of India. The
coach will be responsible.”
Adille Sumariwalla, president, Athletics
Federation of India, Hindustan Times,
May 18, 2024
In 2023-24, Godrej Properties clocked Rs 22,527 crore in sales bookings, an 84% jump from the previous year. In the process, it became the largest listed
developer in terms of sales.
Mint, May 15, 2024
"Teaching minors about ‘good touch’ and ‘bad touch’ is not enough in today’s virtual world and children must be educated on the emerging concept of ‘virtual touch’ and its potential dangers.”
The Delhi High Court, The Free Press
Journal, May 8, 2024
"It’s as addictive as cocaine.”
Adil Damania, instructor, Mumbai Surf Club on surfing, sunday mid-day, March 17, 2024
"I can recall an innocent time when wedding ceremonies of even the wealthy in Bombay were restricted to a single reception and dinner with dance band musicians
such as Goody Seervai, Nellie
(Battiwalla) or Maurice Concessio.”
Coomi Kapoor, contributing editor,
The Indian Express (IE), contrasting the weddings in the past with the brash and
extravagant Ambani wedding festivities,
IE, March 14, 2024