"The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and
regular employment of violence.”
Quotation attributed to German dictator
Adolf Hitler, shown to cadets in the Kentucky State Police Academy as part of a slide show entitled "The Warrior Mindset,” The New York Times, November 1, 2020
"‘Quit India,’ 1942. Now hurled all the time at Muslims, who are obligingly also given the destination. In Hindurajya, where will other minorities be ordered to ‘Go to’... Buddhists may well be told ‘Go
to Nepal.’ The Vatican can’t
accommodate all the Catholics from even one Kerala district. Sikhs have nowhere else. Parsis? The Ayatollah brand of Iran is
precisely what we fled from.”
Bachi Karkaria, columnist,
The Times of India, August 13, 2020
"Because we’ve been professional dancers all our lives, our teachers always told us to not do anything else that may hamper our muscles or change our shape.”
Tara Sutaria, actor, MumbaiMirror,
September 14, 2020
"It is in view of such stubborn attitudes of tenants residing in dilapidated buildings which needed urgent demolition, that several buildings in the city/state have collapsed, resulting in the loss of precious lives and damage
to property. Such tenants as well as their advocates should realize that if the demolition is delayed not only will the lives of the tenants and their family members be at risk,
but in the event of such buildings collapsing, even innocent
passers-by may lose their lives,
a loss which can never be
adequately compensated.”
Justice S. J. Kathawalla, Bombay High Court,
The Indian Express, December 26, 2020
"Pulling carts is a very laborious task on the hills here, and there is not much money in it. We also fall ill regularly due to the dust and hard work. The new generation
will not touch this profession.”
Ganpat Ranjane, Matheran hand
pulled rickshaw operator, mid-day,
December 17, 2020
"The only things he (Thomas Cromwell) cannot remember are the things he never knew.”
The Mirror and the Light by
Hilary Mantel
"For me, too, it was waking up to my Dad filling the house with Beethoven and Dvorak. Not to mention listening to Keki Mehta blasting opera from two floors above us.”
Parveen Antia Hemmadi, mid-day,
December 17, 2020
"In the US, eight out of 10 businesses will fail and it’s okay. ‘It’s OK’ is a culture we need to adapt to, and genuinely fuel innovation
in the short to mid-term.”
Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, The Times of India, December 27, 2020