"We shouldn’t have to struggle to do what we want just because someone else stops us in
our tracks. Life shouldn’t be
about obstacles that exist
because other people don’t
do their jobs properly.”
Meherzad Patel, thespian, partner, Silly Point Productions LLP, Hindustan Times,
November 28, 2018
"They (grandfather Gustasp
and his brother Rustom)
requested the municipal
commissioner to name the
(Dadar) roundabout
for their father Khodadad,
my great-grandfather.”
Gustasp Irani, travel writer, mid-day
Sunday, November 25, 2018
"I don’t go after labels, but for
the beauty of the paintings.
Art should be a blend between usage and collecting. One
should enjoy a painting.
I don’t believe in buying
a painting and then putting it
away in a storeroom for ages.”
Jehangir Dubash, art collector, Bombay, August 22-September 6, 1983, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"‘Books will soon be obsolete
in schools,’ Thomas Edison
announced in 1913: they would,
he believed, soon be replaced
by silent films.”
The Economist, reprinted in The Indian
Express, November 21, 2018
"Minoo Adenwalla, political
science professor at Lawrence
University, Wisconsin, phones his nonagenarian buddy Sam Thanawala every other week. ‘What a dear thing to do. He
must wait until midnight to
talk in my daytime.’”
Meher Marfatia, mid-day, October 21, 2018
"I’m a textile designer. I visualize
a sari much better than a
dress. It’s more couture.”
Ashdeen Lilaowala, designer,
The Hindu, September 18, 2018
"Improve the drain(age) system or the day won’t be far, when we
have to make waterway transport
plans on Mumbai roads.”
Nitin Gadkari, union minister for transport, The Free Press Journal, December 1, 2018
"There’s a film titled Attack ... It’s
a love story with a lot of action which is fun because I love
breaking my bones.”
John Abraham, actor, whose mother Pheroza is a Parsi, MumbaiMirror, August 3, 2018
"While some dog breeds like
Labradors and beagles tend to
be friendlier than others, there’s
no hard and fast rule that a
certain breed makes for an
excellent therapy dog.”
Shirin Merchant, canine behaviorist and trainer, MumbaiMirror, September 5, 2018