"I wouldn’t mind having a child... But I can’t imagine putting up
with a husband."
A successful Japanese executive quoted
by Camilla Cavendish, author of Extra
Time: Ten Lessons for an Ageing World, Financial Times, August 3-4, 2019
"I don’t think there is anything revolutionary here. It’s a political decision, even thought it is
not a wise decision."
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general,
on the abrogation of article 370 in
Kashmir and the police/military
crackdown, Hindustan Times,
August 6, 2019
"Don’t let people see you cry
they will think you are weak...
Vent all you want but not a
tear when you step out."
Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Women
and Child Development, The Economic Times, August 8, 2019
"I met the manager of the Taj and told him that I wanted to work at the rooftop restaurant. He said, ‘To reach at the top, you have to start from the bottom.’ So he sent me to work in room service."
Boman Irani, actor, shared by blogger
Jehangir Bisney, Parsi Junction, July 7, 2019
"I am a firm believer that there is a circle of life and in the end, truth always catches up with reality."
Ronnie Screwvala, entrepreneur, The
Times of India, July 25, 2019
"Many people take no care of
their money till they come nearly
to the end of it."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
writer, DNA, June 10, 2019
"Piloo (Mody) being a connoisseur influenced not just our work ethic but theatre and music choices too. I must add that the dedicated way Vina (his architect wife) sourced artifacts for CAC (Contemporary Arts and Crafts) the country’s
first curated home store, showed her as more Indian than
anyone we knew."
Noman Fatehi, architect, mid-day,
June 9, 2019
"I don’t feel satisfied with what I am doing (acting as a comic), which is why I decided to move towards theater. With theater, I have the liberty to explore and push myself."
Delnaaz Irani, actor, Bombay Times,
July 5, 2019
"The 2019 Index of Economic Freedom of the Heritage Foundation ranks India a lowly 129th of 186 countries, and places it in the category ‘mostly unfree.’"
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
whose late wife Shahnaz was a Parsi,
The Times of India, May 26, 2019