"We are a country where
women, or even little girls, are
being raped every day. Gay men are the least of our problems.”
Zubin Vakil, gay fashion designer,
The Times of India, September 9, 2018
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look
at the results.”
Sir Winston Churchill, former
Prime Minister of the UK, AZ Quotes,
contributed by reader Aarmin Banaji,
October 28, 2018
"Hospitals run by doctors generally do not graduate beyond age-old practices. It is a CEO (chief executive officer) mentality which can harness inherent technical excellence beyond limitations and institutionalize excellence.”
Bomi Bhote, chief executive officer,
Ruby Hall Clinic, The Free Press
Journal, February 4, 2019
"Many families come to the
Café, where fathers show their
kids the tables where they
proposed to their mothers.”
Ardeshir Mazkoori, third generation
owner, Café Excelsior, mid-day,
February 2, 2019
If she could have met him
before he was born, she would definitely not have had him.
C. Y. Gopinath, columnist, citing Kavita Samuel’s reaction to her son Raphael threatening to sue his parents for giving him birth, mid-day, February 12, 2019
"The youngest trustee is 32,
and the oldest, is 84. The age
difference doesn’t matter
because they all behave
like 20-year-olds.”
Meherzad Patel, founding partner and
director, Silly Point Productions theater
company, on the character in one of his plays,
Geedra of Thrones, mid-day, March 17, 2019
"We plan to invite children to
watch craftspersons here, and
get them excited about hand
embroidery, and develop a
certain appreciation and
sensitivity, so that they know
everything in life is not
about phones and machines.”
Ashdeen Lilaowala, designer,
The Hindu, September 18, 2018
"I learnt my welding from a
local grill and gate fabricator in a shanty shop, late at night after
his boss had gone home.”
Arzan Khambatta, scrapture artist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, October 24, 2018
"We do make tweaks to traditional recipes when asked. But with the community becoming smaller each year, people are eager to promote
what’s typical of their roots.”
Tanaz Godiwalla, caterer, The Hindu,
March 2, 2019