"Kumbh devotees have the blessings of Maa Ganga to save them from the virus grip.”
Tirath Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand chief
minister justifying holding the festival in his state during the pandemic,
The Times of India, April 15, 2021
"It is an absurdly dangerous act of irresponsibility to allow hundreds of thousands of mask-less people to gather in one place. The fact that this folly is bipartisan only makes it doubly irresponsible.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman of Forbes Marshall, past president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Business Standard,
April 15, 2021
"Last year was the eighth year
of the down cycle and affordability of real estate in India is probably the best it has ever been —
interest rates have never been
this low in my lifetime.”
Pirojsha Godrej, chairman, Godrej Properties, Business Standard, February 16, 2021
"They (Anuradha and Kobad Ghandy) weren’t social workers who visited slums while servants
looked after their homes. From sweeping to washing up, these wealthy 20-somethings did
it all themselves.”
Jyoti Punwani, senior journalist,
mid-day, March 22, 2021
"Opponents are marginalized by characterizing them as ‘anti-national’ (that old favorite) or ‘Khalistanis,’ ‘tukde-tukde (break up of India) gang’ and ‘Maoists’ or with the ‘my way or highway to Pakistan’ ultimatum.”
Darius J. Khambata, senior lawyer,
Bombay High Court, former additional
solicitor-general of India and former
advocate-general, Maharashtra, The
Indian Express, January 26, 2021
"We hope that with time, we will not only be able to touch again
but also feel more deeply. Until then, there shall be a sense
of impending ‘Zoom.’”
Dr Mazda Turel, neurosurgeon,
Wockhardt Hospitals and Honorary
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, sunday mid-day, March 21, 2021
"It just goes to show that you
can take all the precautions
of wearing a mask, sanitizing,
social distancing, but yet
you may still find yourself
susceptible to the virus.”
Viraf Patel, actor, who along with his actor fiancée contracted the coronavirus, The Times of India, March 27, 2021
"In March last year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) placed India alongside China, Russia,
Iran and Saudi Arabia in a list of press freedom’s ‘worst digital predators.’”
Swedish based V-Dem Institute in
its worldwide democracy report,
2020, The Wire, March 11, 2021