"Mr (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah
has not abducted me: in fact I
have abducted him.”
Ruttie Petit quoted in Mr & Mrs
Jinnah — The Marriage That Shook India by Sheela Reddy, Mint, March 18, 2017
"At the hoary Statesman Ltd, striking press workers shouted ‘Go Back’ to its managing director, Cusrow R. Irani, prompting
an equally hoary assistant editor
to ask in bewilderment and
correct syntax, ‘But to where should he go back? Iran?’”
Bachi Karkaria, columnist,
The Times of India, March 9, 2017
"The Uttarakhand high court
has said that the Ganga and
Yamuna rivers should be
considered ‘living and legal entities’ with corresponding rights.”
Mint, March 22, 2017
"My father-in-law, Neville always said to me, ‘Go on and bring models and brighten up the place (Mahalaxmi race course) and make it glamorous.’ So that is how I got into this one day of racing as a tribute to Cusrow Wadia who was a very dapper dresser.”
Maureen Wadia, fashionista,
MumbaiMirror, March 12, 2017
"A dog that barks at
passers-by could probably (be)
doing it for a variety of reasons... the best option for you would be to walk away, slowly and quietly.”
Shirin Merchant, canine behaviorist and trainer, DNA, February 19, 2017
"Due to my dad’s frustration in not being able to make it, he took to drinking and finally died as a result when I was just 19. When my dad died, the responsibilities all of a sudden fell on me. That is the reason I don’t smoke or drink at all.”
Omung Kumar Bhandula, film director, whose mother, Sabah, is a Parsi, The Times of India, September 4, 2014
"Out of nearly twenty crores of
Hindus couldn’t you find a single one who came up to your ideals — but you must needs pass them all over and throw yourself into
the arms of a Mohammedan!”
Mahatma Gandhi quoted by Vijaya Laxmi Nehru in Mr & Mrs Jinnah — The
Marriage That Shook India by Sheela
Reddy, Mint, March 18, 2017
"Education is when you read
the fine print; experience is
what you get when you don’t.”
Pete Seeger, musician,
Reader’s Digest, March 2017
"Jury trials show you the
reaction of commoners to a
crime. A jury comprises good,
educated people and therefore
you get an informed decision.”
John Lobo, former deputy
commissioner of Bombay police,
to whom Commander Kawas Nanavati surrendered in 1959, The Times
of India, August 7, 2016