Quotes

"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