"In Delhi, the swift criminalization
of student protestors is moving apace while there is little word
about the alleged police
vandalism inside Jawaharlal
Nehru University hostels.”
Maja Daruwala, senior advisor, Tata Trusts and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Indian Express, July 13, 2020
"Usually professional kitchens get very aggressive and heated, so as a team leader, it’s a challenge to ensure open conversations and a relaxed atmosphere.”
Anahita N. Dhondy, chef-partner of the Gurgaon based outlet of SodaBottleOpenerWala and member of the United Nation’s Chef’s Manifesto, MumbaiMirror, July 12, 2020
"The Yogi Adityanath regime
(in Uttar Pradesh) is explicitly ideologically committed to what is colloquially known as ‘thoki raj,’ (shoot rule) named after a statement attributed to the chief minister, ‘agar apradh karéngé toh thok diye jayéngé (if anyone commits
a crime they will be shot).’”
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, contributing editor, The Indian Express, July 11, 2020
"More vitamin C may have been consumed than oranges since Covid-19 began! It doesn’t work.”
Dr Zarir F. Udwadia, consultant chest physician, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Bombay and Dr Satchit Balsari, assistant professor in Emergency Medicine and in Global Health at Harvard University’s medical and public health schools, The Indian Express, July 11, 2020
"I had to make the decision to
keep things going. The only other option would have been bankruptcy. We had livestock. What do
you do with livestock?”
Perizaad Zorabian, director, sales and marketing, Zorabian Chicks, on how they survived the lockdown, Mint, July 3, 2020
"Another disturbing trend of late is for FIRs (first information reports) to be filed on frivolous charges against journalists who ask inconvenient questions to state and central governments.”
Coomi Kapoor, consulting editor, The
Indian Express and author of The
Emergency: A Personal History, The
Indian Express, June 25, 2020
"Love the treason but hate
the traitor.”
A Castilian proverb cited in Miguel de
Cervantes’ Don Quixote
"One in 10 Indians will develop cancer during their lifetime and
one in 15 will die of the disease.”
Dr Roshan Farokh Chinoy, cancer
specialist in diagnostic pathology,
worked at the Tata Memorial Hospital
for over 32 years and is now at Prince
Aly Khan Hospital, The Indian
Express, June 6, 2020