"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, journalist, mid-day,
March 22, 2021
"The most tragic derailment (of
the pandemic) — especially for doctors — is that it has taken
away the comfort of touch.”
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
"This is one of the best times to buy a house. Interest rates
are at an all-time low and
it is unlikely that we will see a further decline in rates. Property prices are as low as they can be, and prices are not expected to go down any further. Real estate developers are willing to negotiate to close out deals. Incentives such as tax deductions, subsidies and stamp duty cuts by states
like Maharashtra and
Karnataka are helping.”
Keki Mistry, chief executive officer,
Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited, The Economic
Times, March 16, 2021
"Despite 73.2% of rural women engaging in agriculture, only 12.8% are reported to own land. The rest are non-existent on land records, resulting in millions of women not being recognized as farmers.”
Shreya Deb, Omidyar Network,
Financial Express, March 22, 2021
"At eight million a month, times two doses, it will take us (wait for it!) 17 years to administer the vaccine to our 800 million adults.”
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, February 17, 2021
"The sharpest decline was visible in government censorship of the media, repression of civil society
organizations and the autonomy
of the Election Commission of India. There is a high degree of media bias and a fall in academic and religious freedoms.”
Swedish based V-Dem Institute in
its worldwide democracy report,
2020, The Wire, March 11, 2021
"Yazdani (Bakery’s) was the only light that was on. She (a pregnant woman) was passing by (during the Bombay riots of 1992-93),
and knowing him (Pervez Irani), had probably offered her a
bun maska and chai.”
Perzon Zend, a partner, Yazdani Bakery,
The Times of India, March 14, 2021