Quotes

"My first idea of being a Parsi came from my friends. There is so much affection towards us that you start 
to see yourself the way they do.”

Hirji Jehangir, law student, 
 indianexpress.com, September 29, 2025

"The likelihood of our becoming a country that systematically makes sections of its own citizens — 
minorities, Dalits, the poor and 
the marginalized — targets of hate and knowingly deprives them of their fundamental right is now, 
more than ever, frighteningly real.”

A letter to Prime Minster Narendra Modi 
by a group of 108 former bureaucrats, 
The Indian Express, April 27, 2022

"Consumers at the top of 
the pyramid are ‘money rich 
and time poor.’ They expect 
convenience as an essential 
component of any solution. It’s 
the opposite for middle India.”

T. N. Hari, author, Mint, May 30, 2022

"J. B. Petit High School for Girls has gone through radical changes in teaching, infrastructure and ethos. Change is inevitable, and integrating new technologies with teaching 
methodologies is the most 
significant change I’ve seen.”

Binaifer Pavri, teacher, J. B. Petit High School for Girls, Sunday MumbaiMirror, July 13, 2025

"Most rapes are committed by people known to victims, whether these victims are women or children. Fathers, neighbors, uncles and other assorted family friends are on top of the rapist charts. The home is the single most unsafe place in India.”

Priya Ramani, columnist and co-founder, 
India Love Project, The Times of India, 
July 6, 2025
"Furniture is a big ticket buy, and you don’t change it frequently. If one wants to give their homes a refresh, they won’t have to buy a whole new sofa, but just get it reupholstered.”

Nyrika Holkar, executive director, 
Godrej Enterprises, Business 
Standard, September 10, 2025

"Michael Treacy and Fred 
Wiersema, authors of The 
Discipline of Market Leaders, 
reportedly spent over  $ 250,000 
(Rs 2.13 crores) buying their own books across the US to get into 
the New York Times bestseller 
list. It could let them hike their 
speaking fees and get bigger 
consultancy and book deals.

Rita McGrath, professor, Columbia 
Business School, and  M. Muneer, 
co-founder of  the non-profit  Medici 
Institute for Innovation,
 Mint, May 16, 2025