"The earlier expectation was
that women would quit their
jobs after marriage. In fact, a
married woman who didn’t
quit could be fired (in the US)
until legislation in the 1960s
made that illegal.”
Sarah Green Carmichael, Bloomberg
Opinion columnist and editor,
reprinted in Mint, October 8, 2024
"Queer therapists have an even
bigger challenge (dealing with
clients while dating). You are working with queer clients and they are part of the same small dating pool.”
Farah Maneckshah, queer affirmative
therapist, The Economic Times,
October 6, 2024
"In Swamy and Friends (July 2021), describing the tragic death of Father Stan Swamy in prison (the late poet Keki Daruwalla wrote): ‘If you had no mai-bap (mentors), you were left
to fate; no bail, more jail.’”
Vappala Balachandran, Daruwalla’s colleague and first boss in RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), The Wire, submitted by reader
Gita Choksi, September 27, 2024
"She (piano teacher Olga Craen) taught us how to learn, not just
play. Her unstated purpose was
to inculcate musicianship.”
Cyrus Guzder, businessman, sunday
mid-day, September 22, 2024
"Many fathers feel it’s an insult to
their masculinity to be involved
with the baby’s care. This seems
to be a cultural issue in India.”
Minnie Dastur, senior training analyst,
Indian Psychoanalytical Society, The
Times of India, September 22, 2024
"Asked if good ghee ever
contained animal fat, Poonamchand Dueera responded that ghee was an animal fat since it came from milk.”
Vikram Doctor, food columnist, referring
to a case in 1886 when Dueera was
accused of selling adulterated ghee, The
Economic Times, September 22, 2024
"On a typical visit (to Tata Motors), over half his (Ratan Tata’s) time was dedicated to research and deve- lopment, reviewing product design in detail. Apart from how motivating this was for the designers, it also
sent a clear message to the
rest of the company that design
was essential to its success.
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, October 17, 2024