"‘The current makeup of the
super-billionaire population also shows a shift from the world’s
richest people inheriting their
wealth to a rise in self made
billionaires. The great American fortunes of today are new money, not old,’ said a 2024 report by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, which noted the absence of names like (John Jacob) Astor, (Andrew) Carnegie, (Timothy)
Mellon, (John Davison) Rockefeller and (Cornelius) Vanderbilt on
lists like the Forbes 400.”
The Wall Street Journal, reprinted
in Mint, February 27, 2025
"As countries develop, the most dramatic growth driver is the
movement of people from low-
productivity agriculture into
higher productivity occupations
in manufacturing and services.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall; chairman, Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research and Ananta Aspen Centre, past president, Confederation of Indian Industry;
Business Standard, August 18, 2024
"The cost of the Bombay Gymkhana building construction — Rs 18,625 — was raised through subscriptions and donations including Rs 1,800 from the famous Parsi philanthropist Sir Cowasji Jehangir. However,
he could not enter the clubhouse since ‘membership was then
open only to Europeans.’”
Khalid Ansari, former president, Bombay
Gymkhana, The Times of India, February 9, 2025
"I had represented a woman in a domestic violence case for almost one-and-a-half years, and it was
only after all that time fighting her case that she finally told me she had been raped by her husband. She said it was only later that she realized that it was rape. She felt safe enough to tell me about it because she and I were in the fight together. Most women take time to recognize
marital rape as an offence and others who do, often don’t provide details fearing backlash.”
Persis Sidhva, child and women’s rights
advocate, sunday mid-day, February 23, 2025
"Actors should align their earnings with the success of their films...
actors should go to the back end
and work on the film. Actors should say that if the films make profit, we make profits because we have earned our millions. How much more will you suck the system dry?”
John Abraham, actor and producer, on
high entourage costs incurred for
actors by film producers, The Economic Times, February 26, 2025
"According to a working paper for the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, the rise of dating apps has not made it any easier to find a soulmate.”
Sarah Green Carmichael, Bloomberg
Opinion columnist and editor, reprinted
in Mint, October 8, 2024