"As an entrepreneur, geopolitical crises and seemingly weakening democracy all over the world
remain worrisome.”
Nadir Godrej, chairman, Godrej Industries, Business Standard, January 13, 2024
"If a costume designer has put
two pens in the pocket of the
character (as for Rocket Boys),
I need to know why. Are they
different colored? Which color would Dr Homi Bhabha use for what? Is it because he has many documents to sign and doesn’t want to run out of ink?”
Jim Sarbh, actor, sunday mid-day,
January 14, 2024
"I can’t strike down half of our
Parsi menu to accommodate a
cuisine, say Chinese. The idea is to experiment with peripherals, which would keep changing for the young crowd and the first-timers. We want them to try Parsi food while also offering them dishes that they would be more comfortable with. For instance, we serve lagan nu custard, but we also serve
brownies, pies and pastries.”
Sherzad Irani, Jimmy Boy, The Indian
Express, January 14, 2024
"(Bapsy) Pavry became Marchioness of Winchester at 51, wedding the twice-married Marquess Henry William Montagu Paulet in 1952. The aristocrat husband soon strayed, falling back into the arms of his ex-girlfriend Eve Fleming, the mother of James Bond
creator Ian Fleming.”
Meher Marfatia, author-publisher, sunday mid-day, January 14, 2024
"India has a massive higher
education system. With over 42 million enrolments, we have more students in higher education than the population of three-quarters of the countries in the world.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall, past president,
Confederation of Indian Industry,
chairman, Centre for Technology
Innovation and Economic Research
and Ananta Aspen Centre,
Business Standard, January 18, 2024
"Criticize a policy, you are branded as a traitor. Ask for better healthcare, you are deemed treacherous. Speak for the marginalized, you become the nation’s enemy.”
Roop Rekha Verma, former acting vice-chancellor, Lucknow University
and a petitioner in the Bilkis Bano case,
mid-day, January 15, 2024
"Showing his visiting card that has his name and address printed in Hindi on the reverse side, he (architect Hafeez Contractor) said: ‘I did that soon after starting my practice in 1982. Those days except the government firms,
nobody was using Hindi. So I
am a nationalist.’”
Satish Nandgaonkar, journalist, Sunday
Hindustan Times, January 7, 2024